The Sticker Archives

I collect stickers and this is my attempt to archive them all she/her

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From a trip to Newport, RI. I don't remember the name of the store that I got this from, but I do remember that I tried to pay with my debit card, but they had a $5 minimum to use a card. I had just enough ones to pay for it (I don't remember if it was $2 or $3), and the lady at the store said I didn't need to pay the extra 13 cents or whatever the change was, which was nice. I later remembered that I have coins in a different pocket of my bag and I felt bad that I swindled a small business out of some money, even if it was just a few cents.

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My mom was cleaning out the craft bin from when I was a kid and she found these, so naturally I kept them. Big fan of sublime lime. I don't know where they're from but they do have the Highlights magazine logo on the back, so that's a clue.

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Someone I knew in college found this on the ground and gave it to me. We made many "someone lost their hope" and "I found hope" jokes.

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From my favorite game, Animal Crossing! I believe I bought Lottie at Paper Asylum in Beverly, MA and the other three were a gift. I have no idea who the giraffe is though. TBH I've only played New Horizons, so maybe she's from a different version.

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I got these from a farmers market in Winter Garden, FL. I visited Florida in May with some friends and I knew I wanted to get a Florida themed sticker while I was there. We went to some shops in Winter Garden, where there happened to be a farmers market that day. We went to all the booths (there were a lot!) and I liked some of this person's stickers, but I didn't want to commit until I had seen everything. After finishing our rounds at the booths and shops, I decided I knew which one I wanted. Unfortunately, when we headed back to the booth, all the farmers market vendors were packing up. We quickly made our way back to the vendor selling stickers and they had not fully packed up yet. I asked for the Florida man sticker (because I love the implication that bigfoot is THE Florida man) and the man working at the booth very kindly gave it to me for free! There was also a Florida woman version that he asked me if I wanted, but I said that I think Florida man is more classic. He then asked a question that implied I was getting it for a boyfriend to which I clarified it was for myself. He then offered each of us one of a few different I <3 FL stickers. I picked the blue one with the manatee because my favorite color is blue and I am an animal lover.

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I also bought this during my most recent trip to Maine. It is from Topo in Camden, potentially my favorite place to get stickers. The store is very Maine and nature centric with several pride pieces as well. This sticker in particular was designed by Camp Mustelid. As I've mentioned, I love puffins. They are my favorite bird because I think they are cute and funny looking and they remind me of Maine and my cat (who is black and white) is named Puffin. Something I didn't know until I found this sticker is that the only way to make puffins better is to give them progress pride flag beaks! I myself am queer and love a good piece of pride merch. I am a little confused about the shared foot in the bottom middle though.

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This is a recent purchase from Planet Toys in Camden, ME. My family goes to Camden every summer and I wanted to find a sticker to commemorate that. Instead, I found two! There were multiple options that had "Camden" written on them, but I chose the puffin because it is my favorite bird and my cat's namesake. I'm also a big fan of the Maine state flag. I like the minimalist and flat graphic style, so I got that too.

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I thought a fitting first post would be the sticker that started it all! I found this on the ground when I was a junior in college and kept it. I had always liked stickers but never liked the permanence of having to stick them somewhere. Shortly after finding this, I came up with the idea of taping them to my wall and a new obsession was born. I try not to think about how much money I've spent on stickers, but it's worth it.

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Introduction! (8/2/2026)

I have a huge sticker collection that I've been wanting to do something with for some time now. When I was in college I had them taped collage-style to the wall in front of my desk (picture below), but now that I live at home, I don't have a good place for them, so they sit in a box in a drawer in my room :(. Even though I don't have a way of displaying them at home, I still wanted a way to show them off, thus, this blog. I post about individual or groups of stickers that I have, where I got them, and their significance. I almost exclusively shop small businesses (although sometimes I can't pass up a clearance deal at Michaels), so every sticker has a unique story behind it. I also make my own stickers, so I might share some of those as well!

(Note: this picture was taken in May 2023. I know that the Sticker Mule co-founder has since come out as a Trump supporter and I no longer buy stickers from them.)

As for me personally, you can call me L. I am an artistic autistic. Even though my pronouns are she/her, I do identify as nonbinary, so just avoid gendered language when referring to me.

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