Deco ahoy! Review- The Sticker Monster Review/Mini Decoden Tutorial
Jun 4, 2010 by Violet
Almost 3 weeks ago Jolene at The Sticker Monster sent me a package of fun things to review for your guys and seeing as I have such a sweet spot for deco I just couldn’t say no to making a decoden tutorial :D
This is a super long post but stay with me because I’m going to show you how to make a whole bunch of really cool things!
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Here are some tips on how to make an attention-grabbing sticker design.
Now onwards to the review!
This was the package that arrived on my doorstep… I couldn’t believe how much was packed into it! The delicate items were very well protected and nothing was damaged at all. It took around 1 week to arrive from Malaysia.
Shipping- 5/5
I had to giggle at the adorable business card!
So what was inside?
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Several packs of Swarovski crystals in many colours and sizes. I’ve never used Swarovski before so I was really excited to try them out.
Lots of yummy plastic cabochon, pretzels, flowers, whipped cream and chocolates! This was my favorite part of the package, mwahaha more sweets to add to my collection!
10 fimo fruit canes in some really fun designs.
Pre-glued jewels on sheets in cute designs
Pre-glued pearls, big jewels and mini boullions in gold and silver.
Of course there was a whole host of their trademarked stickers! Glow in the dark, glittery and little hearts, totally adorable!
Prestuck felt sheet and furry leopard fabric sheet.
Jolene was also lovely enough to include 2 sheets of special deco protection paper. Basically the idea is that you glue your deco design to the sticker and then put it on your expensive items (laptop/cellphone/whatever) and then if you don’t like the design/want to sell your laptop you can remove it with no damage!
So I think the questions you’re all asking by now is “What on earth did you do with all of these supplies??”… Well I was a little overwhelmed with all the design ideas so it took me a while to decide what to do first XD
First thing I did was decorate my make up brushes! So you need:
It’s really easy to do… just measure how many rows of jewels you need while they are still on the plastic, remove the plastic, stick them down and press down for a minute to make sure the glue sticks. I chose to add the jewels at the top of the metal band because it won’t interfere when I need to wash them.
I had some jewels left over so I added a stripe to each of the ends ^_^
Very easy to do and very pretty no? Over the last 3 weeks I’ve used my brushes every day and washed them as per usual with no damage at all. The only tip I have is don’t submerge the pre-stuck jewels in water, if you do by accident just pat it dry with a paper towel.
I liked it so much that I did my Magical Pick deco tool as well! My lovely friend Jin sent this to me and as soon as I can get the proper internet back I’m going to tell you all about it!
Now onto some real nail art :D
Have you guys ever used fimo canes? They are so much fun! I’ve actually got pretty much a lifetime supply of them now because the delightful Jacie sent me a bunch of them which are going to be featured in another tutorial too ^_^ So I’ll cover the basics here… they are made of fimo or sculpy and they come in sticks with pretty much any design you can think of.
Using a *very* sharp knife you cut them into small slices. This can be really tricky because they like to roll around. I got around this by taping the cane to the cutting board so I could have more control with my hands.
You want the slices to be *really* thin because it makes them more flexible to shape around your nails when you stick them on.
Apparently you can get over 100 slices from one cane sometimes! I got sore hands after cutting for a while so I made James finish them off XD I cut them all up at once so I never have to do it again!
Keeping on the topic of nailart… these are the nails that I’ve been wearing for the last two weeks. Over two weeks I managed to move house with these babies on so they were super durable!
I used the little silver boullions to fill in spaces between the diamantes, it gives it lots of extra punch! Heehee typically I managed to lose my first nail like 20min before James was ready to take the photos yesterday *_* You can spot one of the little fimo cane bows from Jacie in there too ^_^
I decided to experiment by using a big fabric bow this time too. It was very durable and went well and by using hand sanitiser a lot I was able to keep it nice and hygienic. Cute but I probably wouldn’t do it again because I fiddled with it too much! You can see the nails survived the move by my skin didn’t, time for a hand treatment!
Next it’s sticker time! I’ve been looking at ways to deco my laptop for a while, I deco’d the entire front section twice but didn’t like either design. The second I saw these little heart shaped stickers I knew I wanted to stick them to my keyboard!
It’s fairly self explanatory… I just stuck them on randomly ^_^
I also used some matching yummy macaron/sweets stickers that the lovely Trashtastika gave me and went crazy with them!
LOVE the finished product and it’s a great starting point to inspire the rest of my laptop’s design. I’m going to use the deco protection sheets on the back of my laptop and start again with an even better design!
This next project was probably my biggest overall… I was very inspired by the leopard print fabric and the pre-glued deco sheets to finally decorate my little handy camera and it’s case :D
First thing I did was add some of the little black rose stickers to all of the buttons on the back of the camera. They were the perfect size! The flash from the camera makes them look kind of shiny but in natural light you can’t see the sticker part you only see the black roses with silver outlines.
Nice and classy unlike the rest of my design which pretty much slaps you in the face with the pink ;)
I used the prestuck jewels and the sticky leopard print for the case. Again this was one of the easiest project I’ve ever done… I stuck the sheet of jewels on the front of the case, it fit perfectly!
And I stuck leopard print on the rest of the case. I added a stripe of lace to cover the line… and that’s it!
I keep it in my purse all the time and it’s been really great, none of the jewels have come off the sheet which surprised me as I’ve always assumed they aren’t very durable. Very happily surprised!
Now on to the actual camera! I wanted this to be sweets themed but I didn’t want it to be completely crazy. It also needed to fit back in the case which was a bit of a tight fit to begin with *_*
I played around with the design a bit and decided that this would be perfect to try out using Swarovski‘s for the first time! I used a lot of the cabachons, the prestuck pearls (which I removed the stick backs from and glued down) and several colours of crystals. This is what I ended up with after around an hour!
Totally cute but not too crazy!
Like?
I got a request a little while ago from a reader asking for cute ideas to store nail art supplies and nails there is another tutorial coming on this as well but here’s a quick and easy idea for you! This is one of the boxes I keep my supplies in…
It took me about 2 minutes to cut out the sticky backed felt and cover the box! SUPER EASY.
It needed a little something extra so I added some of the other cute stickers in the pack ^_^
This is completely random but this is the rest of the sheet the stickers came on… all the cutest ones like the little bears weren’t actually cut out as stickers XD I just cut them out and stuck them on anyway!
Last but not least I used some of the other Swarovski crystals to jazz up a little heart photo thingy that I got aaaages ago. I put in some purikura of James, Susie and I and deco’d around the edges.
Sorry Susie parts of you got covered in jewels ;_;
I really loved using the Swarovski‘s, they certainly do shine a hell of a lot more than acrylics! They are much heavier but I think they are going to be so much more durable too. Love durability!
So now you’ve seen all the fun things I got to make here’s my final review on The Sticker Monster! Communication-Every email I sent was replied to very very promptly, in fact I don’t think I ever waited more than about 12hrs for a response about anything. If you live in Malaysia Jolene also has her mobile number online for inquiries and even arranged meet ups if you want to buy a certain number of products. To top that off she is super polite, very friendly and really knows a whole lot about her products. She actually collects and uses them herself so if you have questions about anything she has proper first hand knowledge. Prices-All of the prices are in Malaysian currency (RM). When converting to Australia Dollars the prices are really cheap! Things like the sticky fabric sheets and pre-stuck jewel sheets were around half the price of what I’ve seen them for in shops here in Aus. Even when you factor in shipping it’s still much more cost effective. Quality-I didn’t find one single piece in the selection I got that I wasn’t happy with the quality. A lot of the things like the jewel sheets and the Swarovski‘s far exceeded my expectations. Even little things like comparing the silver/gold boullions to ones that I had previously ordered from a nailart site in bulk, the Sticker Monster boullions were slightly larger, shinier and more uniform in size than the bulk ones. Couldn’t be more pleased with everything. Overall-Considering the prices, exchange rate, ridiculous number of products actually available on the site and the super friendly service… I’m already putting together a mental order list :D DO WANT!!! Let me know if you have suggestions for another decoden tutorial! |
Your art works is awesome! I love them all~
May I know what are you using to stick the charms on your phone?
Oh thank you Pei! I’m using Epoxy Glue to stick the charms on, you can buy it from Bunnings and it comes in two tubes which you mix together :)
This website is absolutely awesome!! I’m making a mental list already!!
Oh I LOVE everything on there, it’s seriously awesome!
This is so inspiring!! I am going to start a decoden project soon!! :D
Oh yay! Do show me how it turns out, I’m so glad to have inspired you!
Great post dear! Now I WANT TOO! damnit.. :)!
And you are so creative, I love it!
Haha I’m happy to inspire you XD I hope you end up making something pretty!
omg shiny and cute ^^ i wish i had the patience to do something like this ^^
Aww you should give it a try, it really doesn’t take as long as it looks ^_^
so cute!
is fimo sticks good?
Thank you! I do like the fimo sticks, they can be a bit hard to cut thinly but after some practice it’s easy. They are a good way to add cuteness to nailart with no effort!
Good timing! I did my first deco project today so it’s really interesting to see what you did. All the products look really nice, I’m impressed!
I can’t wait to be able to read your blog and actually see what you ended up making! Stupid internet >_< I'm so behind on blog reading! All the products were fantastic, I couldn't be happier with everything!
Oh, how many things you can do! I love those little fimo sticks and those whipped creams. I have plenty of makeup brushes to deco, yay for Missy! But I think that if I deco’d too much, I would probably get addicted. So, baby steps. Great tutorials!
Haha I am completely addicted now *_* It’s certainly the best addiction I’ve come across so far though! Start with something little like the make up brushes and you’ll soon be deco-ing everything in sight XD
LOVE the leopard case!! Well, they’re ALL fantabulous, but I’d actually use the case (the others are a little OTT for me). Hmm…gonna have to look into getting some stuff shipped…
Oh you totally should, I couldn’t be happier with everything I’ve received and yay for leopard print!! I’d be interested to see what you made!
These are all awesome ideas! I think I like the little photo charm most of all though.
It’s permanently attached to my camera case now and I love it! Thank you <3
Oh wow, your deco posts are always so inspiring! OwO Now I’m tempted to get some stuff from the Sticker Monster too, since I’ve sort of been looking around for places to get deco supplies, so thanks muchly for the detailed review!!
I’m so glad I could inspire you! I would definitely recommend the Sticker Monster, they have so much variety and Jolene is seriously a lovely person!
This is lovely!! I love your blog. So many good reviews and tutorials ^^
Im starting up a review blog myself but i guess itll be ages until someone is willing to send stuff for review ^^
Aww thank you Saffi! I’m so glad you are enjoying my blog :D Oh do send me a link when you’ve started up, I’d love to take a look!
whoa! you got spoiled! lovely things! I had been browsing her shop too for a while. Maybe I’ll buy something someday haha :D
Love the things you made with the supplies! I was thinking on doing the same things to my laptop with the stickers (I already have a hello kitty sticker on my enter button so it’s easier to find it :D)
I also thought those deco stickers would hold long but since you tested them; maybe I’ll try them out ^^ Thanks for the review and the tuts!
I really did get spoiled! Yes the stickers on the laptop are going really well, they remind me where the keys are now by feel when I touch type! Aww I’m glad you enjoyed the post :D
Somehow I never thought of using preglued sheets for deco’ing brushes haha they look so nice now!
I really want a magical pick, then maybe I will deco at a decent speed XD’
It would take me a day or so to deco what took you one hour :O
I really liked the pink/blue diamond design you started on your laptop, it was really nice and I think you should have stuck with it :P
I will likely blog about Deco soon and I hope you don’t mind me including you :D
Thanks Sami! Yes I think the pre-glued stickers are really good for the make up brushes, it was so quick and easy to do :D The Magical Pick thingy is really awesome too, it helps me deco really quickly! Oh please do include me in your post, send me a link I would love to read it :D I really loved the pink/blue diamond design on my laptop too, I think it was just so hard to get the jewels exactly straight over such a big surface that I got really frustrated >_< Maybe I'll try again soon!
Yeay! thats where I get my deco supplies too! ^^ She’s a lovely bubbly girl who shares a love for pretty things<3
She really is awesome! It’s great to see businesses run by people who have a real love for what they do!
Guess where I’m going to get my supplies. Not sure about deco-ing everyday items I use but for nails and such a great place to start.
Absolutely, there are so many other nail art supplies on their site too that it would be hard not to find something you loved!
I ordered from the Sticker monster a little while ago and it was great! Jolene was so nice and my things came so quickly, I didn’t get nearly as much of a haul as you did however! My favourite pieces were the vanilla cookies and the pink pretzels. I stuck them to ANOTHER compact mirror (I swear I’ve got… at least 5 pocket mirrors)
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Haha I’m the same with pocket mirrors! I seem to collect them even though I never use them >_< Oh that is so pretty, I love the design you did! I am in love with the pretzels and cookies, I need to think about what else I can use them on!
Wow awesome huge post! SO many shinies ;-D
Yay for shinies!
Awwww I went to straight to the sticker monster to see if they had nail sized cameo stickers. They do not :(.
I looove those random Korean stickers with the toilet paper and stuff though. Korea has the craziest stickers, I got a sheet of Korean stickers with some stick man doing a variety of martial arts or something while selling stuff behind a stand. It was so random.
Oh that sucks! But if you email Jolene directly she might be able to get them in specially from her suppliers. You’re so right, Korea has the awesomest crazy stickers, I love the idea of the martial arts sales man!
Oh those are so cute! I love the little candy/pretzel/donut/chocolate ones especially!
Lovely to meet you today at the Chocolate event!
xox Sarah
It was lovely to meet you too Sarah! It’s great to put a face to the emails :) Loooved the choccies, let’s do it again soon!
OMG. I love it! So many cool and cute deco stuff! Me likes! :3 Now I want go out and buy some too.
Yay more deco converts! You should totally try :D
Wow wow wow! So sweet n’ sparklin’ ! I have to get my own
deco kit!
Kat Cupcake
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:D You should give it a try Kat, it’s very fun and easy to do!
Do come and visit Msia someday! :D
I absolutely want to!
wow your so creative! xox
Aww thank you so much!
Oh thanks for sharing this wonderful post. I really love every single item you made! The camera, purse and brushes were extremely good! I had a look at their website and you’re right! The price is really good! I’ll definitely order some soon hehe.
Oh I’m so glad you found things you liked on their site, Jolene is seriously lovely to deal with and I’ve had nothing but positive experience with them! I can’t wait to see what you do with what you order!
Oh my gosh, these deco stickers are adorable!!! I’ll definitely have to look through all these stickers, but somehow I feel like I’ll end up with so many I won’t know what to do with them! xD
Haha I know the feeling, I want to buy everything on the site!