It’s never been easier to print your own stickers and to decorate your home, car, or belongings with fun or practical stickers. Sticker printing is a cost-effective way to brand your business or simply to express your creative side, and it’s easy to design and print your very own stickers thanks to modern digital tools and with the assistance of a local print shop in Melbourne, such as Print on Demand.
Want a few cool and creative sticker ideas for home or professional use? Here are a few to consider, but of course, let your imagination be unshackled and free and come up with your own ideas and bring them to us!
Of course, one of the most obvious applications for printed stickers is to showcase your company’s brand. Packaging, printed materials, and many other business supplies and resources can benefit. Some more creative ways to increase your branding are to consider slapping a few on your office equipment, like laptops, monitors, and tablets.
Businesses can also benefit greatly from having a little stockpile of stickers ready to go for things like giveaways, trade shows and events, and for various other marketing materials.
Another common use for stickers is directly on products themselves and/or the packaging. Whether you sell handcrafted candles or you source products directly from factories or warehouses, like bottled or canned goods, sticking a product logo on it really makes it stand out.
Naturally, these stickers should be designed to withstand the conditions that the product is designed for, as well as when shipped to the customer. Some sticker options are much more rigid and versatile, such as polypropylene stock for added oil & water resistance. For large-scale operations, consider getting a large roll of stickers and consulting with our team to come up with the best design with the best stock for your specific application.
QR codes are quite common these days. It’s a relatively new trend that can add a huge amount of context to a product or service, or simply direct users to a funny photo or meme. Restaurants now commonly use QR codes to direct patrons to their digital menu, whereas many products now use QR codes to add more detailed information that perhaps might be unconventional for a small package or instruction manual.
There is very little room for creativity with the QR code itself, but there’s a huge amount of creative potential for the link that the QR code directs to.
Students have been putting stickers on their laptops for decades now, but why limit yourself to what’s available in shops or online when you can create your own custom stickers? Personalising your laptop with custom stickers is pretty easy, even if you lack graphic design knowledge. AI tools and free (or freemium) platforms like Canva let you design stickers quite easily, just the way you want them to look. All that’s left is to save the output and take it to a print shop and bring it to life.
Contoured stickers look pretty cool on a laptop or on physical notebooks, and they give a little variety from rectangular- and circular-shaped stickers.
Stickers might look pretty neat on a car, but be careful because they can also appear a little gaudy and classless if overdone. One or two stickers on the boot of the car might be all it takes to get a little laugh or to personalise your car just a tad. Just try to refrain from putting them on glass, as these can be considered an obstruction to visibility.
Stickers are also pretty common on skateboards, and things like e-scooters and bicycles might also have decent real estate for planting a nice little sticker or a few.
When you’re designing your stickers, make sure to try and use CMYK colours, as these translate to printing much better than other formats.
Also, try to save in vector format (.svg) rather than as a raster image. Smaller images can look awful when scaled up, but vector images scale perfectly.
Also, make sure to consult with a professional print shop to ensure that there aren’t any bleed or cut lines in the finished product, as well as to make sure that your stock material and finish are appropriate for your needs.
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