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I was tagged by spannamarin

“We’re gonna play a new game called Top 10 TV shows because there’s one for films, so I’d like to do one for TV shows. Write down your top shows and then tag 5 blogs you like to do the same. Yay!” 1. The Last Ship 2. Survivor 3. Pretty Little Liars 4. Community 5. How I Met Your Mother 6. Castle 7. The Amazing Race 8. Glee 9. Misfits 10. Lost

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What is involved in making your stickers and what sticker paper do you use?

1. Drawing!

Draw the thing at a reasonable resolution! I usually make an 8” x 10.5” canvas at 300 dpi, and size the drawing according to approximately how big I expect the final sticker to be. When in doubt, draw larger than necessary. It’s easy to size something down, but not to size something up.

2. Formatting!

I flatten the sticker image and put a border and guide line around it using a few layer styles, then try and cram as many stickers as possible onto a page. This is also when I decide how big the final sticker will be, and resize accordingly.

3. Printing!

My preferred paper is the Office Max brand full sheet labels, but they are SUPER expensive - something like $17 for ten labels or something? They’re semi glossy, smooth and very attractive, but potentially not worth the up front investment, especially if you’re (like me) getting hundreds of pages at once.

This round I switched to Avery full sheet labels! Much cheaper, around $40 for 100 labels. They’re matte and a little less pretty, but they get the job done.

I don’t have a quality color printer at home, so I usually go to a printing place (Staples, Fedex Office, Office Max, etc) and get them done.

4. Cutting!

For any inner cutouts, I use an Xacto knife. Otherwise it’s just scissors!

Then I peddle them to unsuspecting congoers. B) The end!