Three Things : Letter Stickers
I am a classic typeface kind of person. I like clean lines in both serif (letters with the "little feet" on them) and sans serif styles (without the "feet"). I also mainly pick up black, white, red, and brown. Here's a few of the ones I keep coming back to again and again:
1. Scenic Route Parker. I also definitely like Omaha.
2. Three Bugs In A Rug Red Alphabet Stickers. This one is great for those times you want a mixed typeface set.
3. American Crafts MOMA sticker book in black and white. One of the reasons I love this set is that it comes with a LOT of stickers. Great for multiple projects.
Thanks for the tip on the MOMA sticker book. Love AC alpha stickers in general and must get some of these!!
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I love using letter stickers--for me they are so easy to use.
This is off-subject, but I wanted to share my layout on the historic election with you. I used news clippings from a number of different articles--a few headlines and stats and a map, plus his acceptance speech typed up on 8.5x11 in between the two 12x12 pages.
When I was working on it, I kept moving the pieces around, not happy with it, until I took a quick glance through your Life Artist book. I didn't use any one layout as a guide, but just getting a quick look at a bunch of your layouts at once really helped to remind me of what makes a design strong and suddenly I was able to pull it together.
Thanks for the constant inspiration, Ali. I hope you like my layout. When you go to the link, just scroll halfway down the post to see the pic's...
http://www.paperclipping.com/2008/11/13/paperclipping-71-working-with-newsprint/
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Me too --- I am totally a letter sticker person! I got a Cricut two years ago so I could make letters/titles, and rarely use it. My favorite letters are black & white letters including Sonnets (Creative Imaginations), and anything by Scenic Route and Pink Paislee.
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Thanks, Ali, for explaining serif and sans serif to me. I learned something today.
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Such a sucker for alpha's- a weakness!! Thanks for sharing.
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i love, love, love letter stickers! the scenic route are some of my favorite. i'll have to check out the moma.
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I have an alpha sticker obsession! I am going to do a LO about it! I personally love Scenic Route and BasicGrey alphas! I find myself coming back to them again and again.
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moma stickers are filed under something I cannot live without. Oh, and thickers. And MM tiny type. And...well, yeah I guess I'm a letter sticker fan :)
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My favorites are the American Crafts alpha (and thickers). The MM tiny types are fun and cute. I also love the puffy alphas from MM and AC. (They remind me of the 80s.)
As for my color preference... I have no idea why, but I am such a black letter only person. I rarely venture away from that.
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Thanks for the tips, Ali.
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I love these letter stickers, they are a staple for me!! And the American Craft Thickers (I love to play with fonts) are addictive.
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my favorites have always been the Scenic route ones. I've had bad luck with my thickers not sticking. My first love was the making memories rub-ons in the skinny packages. Loved those!
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Dear Ali,
I was looking through your archival posts and saw the beautiful big alphabets displayed around your house, namely E and A etc.
Where did you purchase them and is there any way I can get them online as I live in Singapore!
Thanks for your inspiring posts and you have the most adorable boy in the world. God bless. :)
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I always learn something new on your blog, thanks for always being so inpirational.......and for letting me know what Serif means! FEET! Who knew???
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Wuling - I have picked those letters up at a variety of different places. I know one store in San Francisco that carries LOTS of different letters and I bet they would work with you on shipping them overseas. You can check them out here: Timeless Treasures (http://www.timelesstreasuressf.com/).
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Here's that link again: http://www.timelesstreasuressf.com/
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I too am a sticker person and love these. Thanks for the recommendations.
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I agree! With all the really neat stuff out there to use for emphasis (rub ons, negative space, chipboard, grungeboard, computer fonts, etc.) I still LOVE the good old sticker letters. I always stock up when they are on sale. I use them at work as well as home. I guess it's like having a nice black suit in the closet - always appropriate - not always as stylish or fun as some other choices, but ALWAYS appropriate. I sound so conservative! Heeheehee
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These stickers are fabulous!! Thanks for sharing. I can't wait to buy some.
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Morning Ali,
I love sticky Alpha's too! I have two huge binders full of them...always drawn to them when looking around in my LSS....Do I need more?....YES! LOL. I especially love the Red set from 3 Bugs in a Rug...first time seeing that. Gotta go hunt for it now. Thanks!
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Me too - I love sticker letters. Clean lines. The ones you showed are great. Doodlebug has a font that is clean too, but I'm going to look for the AC ones you mentioned.
TFS
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Thanks for Sharing I am going to keep my eye out for the MOMA and Three Bug stickers. Love them.
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alpha stickers are one of my favorite staples for scrapping. I have a *thing* for fonts. My current faves, in sticker form, are both manufactured by American Crafts. Simply Chic, "Runway" in black, the other is Monogram Mumbo Jumbos in white. Both are a great size to use with larger scale photos. I like to use the small vinyl letter stickers you can get from office supply stores too. Mine are made by Chartpak, I use the 1/4 in. and 1/2 in. sizes regularly. They are perfect for sub titles, names, card fronts etc.. they come with hundreds of letters, and a variety of sizes. I don't worry about ever running out. :~)
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thanks for sharing the serif and sans serfi. i alwasys wondered... learn somehting new everyday!
i'm starting to fall in lvoe with the style of stickers you displayed today! so versatile!
thanks ali
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I am a total letter sticker ADDICT... it's like you wrote this post JUST FOR ME! lol. Thanks for the heads-up on the 3 bugs one... I'm going to ask my LSS owner to order some in for sure!
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