Crafty Stickers Giveaway

I have a secret guilty love of stickers. Ever since I was little, I loved to collect pages of cute little characters, hearts, shiny stars, etc. Only I did not put them in sticker books like so many of my friends– because that would be wasting them. In fact, I’d carefully- carefully- choose when and where to use them. To such extent that I still have, somewhere in my collection, a sheet of glittery chubby flower babies with 4 stickers remaining. They were my favorite stickers as a kid.

crafty stickers from chronicle

These days I use them more liberally, generally on mail and packages, as I feel like there are so few hand written exchanges any more and this is just one more way of making them fun and personal. So when I saw these cute Crafty Stickers from Chronicle Books I knew I wanted them! They are craft- themed labels, with touches of faux stitching, graph paper lines, yarn balls, pincushions, doilies and dressforms throughout. And they come in a multitude of sizes that you can use not only for packages, but to label your supplies or tag your handmade gifts.  My absolute favorite way to use the big stickers is to feature them on envelopes that I re-use, like so:

crafty stickers from chronicle

They take the focus away from “Hey you ripped off/crossed out that address and sent me this half beaten envelope” and turn it into “Aww, what a cute label!”. And I save an envelope, some resources, and some $ in the process. Hopefully they also inspire the person receiving the envelope to continue to re-use it until it falls apart.

And to inspire you to do the same, and to litter the world with pretty crafty stickers, Chronicle Books has so kindly donated one pack of Crafty Stickers for me to give away to one lucky reader. The packet has over 200 stickers to choose from- and don’t worry, there are at least 2 of each design, so you don’t have to save them for 20 years to find the perfect place for each one.  To enter to win,  tell me what you would use the stickers for- or, describe your favorite/most memorable sticker– in the comments. Eligible comments must be left by Sunday at 10 pm mountain time. Good luck!

28 comments to Crafty Stickers Giveaway

  • I absolutely love stickers and use them all the time on scrapbook pages, kids activities, mail…. Like you, I collected stickers as a child. I had the sticker book full of all kinds of stickers. Strawberry shortcake was my prized collection.
    Anyways, if I won these, I would use them on my gift bags. I crochet baby afghans for new births and what a wonderful accent these stickers would bring on the gift bag.
    Thanks for sharing.

  • I save envelopes like that too! But I agree, they look a little ragged. I would do exactly what you did with these super adorable stickers – decorate reused envelopes. I would also use some to embellish the creative entrepreneur workbook I am putting together this summer. So adorable!

  • Growing up I always went ga-ga over the scratch and sniff stickers. Do they even still make those?

  • I used to collect stickers as a kid, too, and I still have quite a few of them left. I loved to put way too many stickers on envelopes for hand written letters, so that the recipient would feel like the were getting something special. And honestly, one of my favorite stickers (maybe this says something about me) was the Mr. Yuck stickers I got from Poison Control at some point. I don’t why. I guess I’m strange. These crafty stickers look awesome! :)

  • Stickers make me think of Lisa Frank and my sticker collection in the 80s: sparkles! unicorns! purple! I love the idea of pre-sized stickers to reuse envelopes.

  • They are so super cute! I had some awesome feet with smiley faces on them… “Happy feet” I think they are the most memorable. :) Happy June!

  • I have a lot of stickers. So many that I’m constantly trying to give sheets of them away. But my favorites are these awesome 80’s phrase stickers. They’re turquoise & hot pink with sayings like: Totally Radical, Awesome!! & Cowabunga. I don’t think I ever used too many of them, so I still have most of the sheet left over.

  • Malinda

    I would so use these for my craftster swap packages and labeling things in my crafty area.

  • Heather

    Without a doubt, I’d give them away! My friend Katie has a similar love of stickers, and I was just thinking how totally she would adore these.

  • Those are awesome stickers! I had a sticker collection as a kid, too. Who am I kidding? I still have a sticker collection! My faves used to be Lisa Frank stickers and I was obsessed with free address labels. Because I have an odd name, anything with my name printed on it seemed extra special. I would use these stickers on my craft supplies and packages!

  • Angie H

    I would love to use these pretty much just as you did. I too recycle envelopes and this would be great to have. Not to mention my daughter would love it too!

    Thank for letting me enter!

  • mjb

    What’s fun is that I still have some of my stickers originally obtained from an elementary school book fair. A few from my Lisa Frank phase too, but those aren’t so special anymore.

  • Liz

    Those are some pretty cool stickers. I could use them just as you did, covering over the old labels from the envelopes I’ve yanked from work, but my favourite sticker of all time is one that I got as a kid.

    It was a little grey hippo with a small heart and he was fuzzy and my friend gave him to me. I still have him stuck to the inside of a suitcase at my mom’s.

    Thanks for letting me enter!!

  • Carissa

    These are so fun! I would use them to send happy packages to people I love… none of my family lives near me :(

    I was the same way as a kid, carefully saving stickers for the perfect occasion.

    Thanks for doing this!

  • I’ve been looking for those crafty stickers (I saw them in a magazine, maybe stitch?), I guess they must be available now!
    My favorite sticker as a kid was a scented spaghetti and meatball sticker- my favorite food and also totally different than all my heart and unicorn stickers.

  • I too had a sticker collection as a kid. I think the scratch and sniff and Scooby-Doo were my favorite. (I also loved the markers that smelled like berries, chocolate etc.)
    I would use these stickers on gifts, give a few to my daughter who loves stickers and probably some to my boys (they’d feel left out). I’d label a few drawers on our craft cabinet – each child has their own drawer for their special things.

    Thanks for the chance to win.

  • STICKERS!!!!! I would use them for the same purpose you do. I, too, recycle padded envelopes for resue and use stickers for the labels. I like to decorate the envelopes a bit.

    Thanks for the giveaway!

  • I used to tote my sticker box around with me wherever I went. My favorite were the glittery ones and the puffy ones. Funny thing, I never “stuck” them on anything. They just sat in that box, collecting. I’m with you, though. Now whenever I send a letter to someone via snail mail, I search and search for the perfect sticker to use. And I love these!!

  • Anne

    I love stickers and would use them as address labels just as you did – such a great idea. My favorite stickers have always been heart stickers!! a.haun@sbcglobal.net

  • Alyssa

    A couple of months ago, I was cleaning off an overly full book shelf and found my sticker books from the 80’s.. I was really, really excited to look back at the ones I collected. I had a whole page of smelly stickers and they still smelled over 20 years later!! They were a bunch of mexican food stickers (tacos, burritos, etc.) so they all smelled like a package of taco seasoning! ha! But my absolute favorite sticker memory is when I went to piano lessons as a child, the teacher would give us a sticker on the pages we learned and practiced. She had a big pile of stickers on a table that we got to pick from! That was the neatest thing and probably where my love of stickers came from! Now I just wish I still knew how to play the piano.. :(

  • I love to recycle envelopes and would use the stickers the same way you have. My favorite stickers are those with flowers on them; but, only because I’ve never found stickers with a crafty/sewing theme! My flower stickers may have some competition!!

  • I love the stickers! I would use them to label crafty gifts and items around my house. I too had an extensive sticker collection as a girl but I can’t remember specifics…

  • I have always had a thing for office labels, and this new vintage look of labels are just what I need for wrapping up my sold items to ship out. I’m always looking for interesting labels to keep on hand for packaging.

  • Jayne

    hmmm. pardon me as i am unable to express myself well…my most memorable sticker would have to be the sheet of precious moments stickers that was given to me by my aunt before she migrated. it has been about a decade since she gave it to me and i still have yet to use any of it. when i look back at my sticker collection, that sheet of sticker indeed brings back alot of happy memories that i had with my aunt. she was my closest aunt who was always treated me like i was her daughter. indeed, that sheet of stickers is very dear to me and i truly treasure it.

  • Danijela

    Lovely stickers.I would use these for my swap packages and perhaps some can use my daughter too.

  • ikkinlala

    I’d use them on packages, both for mailing and for gifts.

  • I love stickers! I would use them to decorate packages and cards for gifts and thank you’s. What a fun giveaway!

  • I too had a huge collection of stickers as a child that I would never use. I had a whole shoebox full of them. I would even take the stickers off my homework and stick them on wax paper when I got home. I started teaching ballet about 6 years ago and used them on the floor as sort of a seating arrangement so the little ones would know where to sit and stand during class. And I would give them a sticker on their hand after each class. They loved them because they were different each class. I don’t teach now, but I would use them to label my yarn and craft bins and also use them for birthday mail.

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