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Create your own 450YRS stickers

Making the stickers yourself can be a fun and rewarding experience. Here are the differences between DIY stickers and the ones I sell:

For SaleDIY
Sticker ShapeStarburstCircular (because no one has time to cut 18 right angles per sticker)
Sticker backingRecyclableNot recyclable
Sticker sheetFive different colorful starburst patterns🤤Plain white
Cost 1 sheet: $18
2 sheets: $25
3 sheets: $30
 $17 (assuming this 10 pack)
TimeLess than 5 minutes?About 25–30 mins per sheet
Emotional investment¯\_(ツ)_/¯Through the roof!

The Steps

The first step is to purchase Eco-Friendly Avery #94268 8-1/2" x 11" Blank Rectangle Labels, which are only available from Avery.com. Be sure to choose EcoFriendly Matte White Paper from the Material dropdown.

All 450YRS assets are available to download from this asset repository, but if you’re looking for the quickstart version, just download this PDF.

Note that these templates are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, so as long as you’re using the templates for personal and not commercial purposes, you’re good.

As an aside, one of the reasons I can’t allow commercial use of the templates is because it would be very easy for anyone to make the same product using cheap, vinyl (plastic) non-ecologically friendly paper, and sell it for cheaper–can’t have that!

Print out the template and cut out each individual sticker along the dotted lines.

Once you have your stickers, start sticking and posting pics to social media! Don’t forget to tag the appropriate company in your post like so: Hey @corporation, we need better options! #450yrs

And add a #diy tag to your post–you’ve earned it!

Photograph of seven 8.5 inch by 11 inch pieces of paper, laid out in a fan-like fashion, on a workbench. Each sheet shows contains 30 DIY, approximately 1.5 inch diameter stickers. Individual stickers are circular in nature, come in either red, green, blue, magenta, black, and white and the all say the same thing: 'This plastic will exist for at least 450YRS. We need better options! #450yrs '
There are seven different DIY sticker templates
Thumbnail of Photograph of seven 8.5 inch by 11 inch pieces of paper, laid out in a fan-like fashion, on a workbench. Each sheet shows contains 30 DIY, approximately 1.5 inch diameter stickers. Individual stickers are circular in nature, come in either red, green, blue, magenta, black, and white and the all say the same thing: 'This plastic will exist for at least 450YRS. We need better options! #450yrs '
Thumbnail of Same as previous photograph except from a lower angle. Namely, photograph of seven 8.5 inch by 11 inch pieces of paper, laid out in a fan-like fashion, on a workbench. Each sheet shows contains 30 DIY, approximately 1.5 inch diameter stickers. Individual stickers are circular in nature, come in either red, green, blue, magenta, black, and white and the all say the same thing: 'This plastic will exist for at least 450YRS. We need better options! #450yrs '
Thumbnail of Close-up photograph of approximately 30, hand-cut out, circular stickers–approximately 1.5 inches in diameter, all bunched up together on a white background. Stickers are either red, green, blue, magenta, black, or white and all say 'This plastic will exist for at least 450YRS. We need better options! #450yrs '
Thumbnail of Photograph of a large, red, plastic laundry detergent bottle sitting on a workbench. In the middle of the bottle is a 1.5 inch, circular sticker that says, 'This plastic will exist for at least 450YRS. We need better options! #450yrs '
Thumbnail of Close-up of the previous photograph. Namely, a close up of a large, red, plastic laundry detergent bottle sitting on a workbench. In the middle of the bottle is a 1.5 inch, circular sticker that says, 'This plastic will exist for at least 450YRS. We need better options! #450yrs '

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