EzLounging

Are you into stickering up your boards? Or do you prefer to keep ‘em clean?

I have a collection going back to around 2004 of stickers I’ve accumulated. Recently got them out to let me daughter have her first foray into customizing.

Care to share what you got?

I have a large envelope thick with things from over the years, especially from when I was shop dude. Also have a large flat tupperware for my own diecut stuff. Used to be into strategic stickering throughout, but for years now I keep it super clean with a couple little hits, same on every board. Airpill is most crucial.

Old example



Current

I considered keeping my new board clean, but old habits die hard. Especially when it’s been over a decade since getting a new ride.

NEW

OLD

Also passed on the sticker love to my daughter, she picked her own and was inspired by my placement

Spenser wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 1:40 pm my own diecut stuff.

What’s the best way to work making your own?

I’ve just been creating some ideas on an iPad.

If you want to make them yourself, of course you’d have to buy a machine and material, and learn how to use it. A lot of people might just buy a cricut for cheap, but there’s a reason they’re cheap compared to “real” cutters. I still have my Roland setup, but barely use it these days. With the price of gas and other inflation, I pretty much need to start getting back into the vinyl game…

If you have someone else do them, we typically just need a vector file, although I don’t have those programs on my own computer. I usually just have people send me a very large, clean JPEG that I can pull an outline from. Or if it’s a company logo, I can do it all on my end

Spenser wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 12:12 pm A lot of people might just buy a cricut for cheap, but there’s a reason they’re cheap compared to “real” cutters.

My wife bought a Circut. It actually works remarkably well, the finished product is no different from professional cutters I used at the shop I used to work for.

The biggest downfall to a Circut is that it can’t do volume like a pro cutter can. But if you’re just wanting to make yourself a few stickers here and there when you feel like it, they work great.

And it ( Circut ) has an iPad app that you can use.

They do work well, I’ve just seen differences in longevity, and like you said, volume and some other factors compared to a less hobby-oriented machine. For the average person doing a few here & there, I’m sure they’re perfectly fine. Definitely more affordable too, that’s for sure. I paid almost 800 for my 12” Roland. Made it back in the first month, from easy loungers alone

been trying to keep it tight and neat on the stickers these days.
this DOA was probably the peak of my die-cut maximalism

i need to re-up on my sticker supply though.

i’ve been trying to do less snow logos other than Airblaster and the occasional union/coal, and try to always have one each of a Drink Water, local coffee roaster, and local brewery (cause who wouldn’t love a beverage sponsor?)

Yeah, prefer clean/minimal. DrinkWater, AK & VANS the staples for me, brands I wear/resonate with. And subtle resort stickers every now and again, if an all time experience there.