The bold Taurus sticker pack
Stubborn is just another word for unmovable.
A Taurus sticker pack of 12 retro designs. Girl group art, a tarot bull and vintage poster pieces on waterproof die cut vinyl, printed in my own studio. $18.
- 12 individual die cut designs
- Retro editorial palette in olive and terracotta
- Girl group figures, a Taurus Season banner, a tarot bull and vintage poster art
What is inside this Taurus sticker pack
This Taurus sticker pack is the version with a spine in it. Retro girl group figures, a Taurus Season banner, a tarot card bull and vintage poster art, all in deep olive, terracotta and mustard.
The colour story is the opposite of the soft bundle. High contrast, heavy type, saturated seventies colour. These are designed to read from across a room, which is why this is the set that gets bought as a gift more than the other two combined.
The tarot bull is the sleeper hit of the set. It reads as a nice occult illustration to anybody who does not know the sign, and as a very specific statement to anybody who does, because the whole Taurus argument is that not moving is a decision rather than a failure to decide.
Who this Taurus sticker pack is for
- The Taurus who got called difficult for holding a boundary that everybody later agreed was the right one. The banner design is for that person specifically.
- Laptop lids, hard cases, anything that gets carried around and looked at by other people. High contrast survives being seen at a distance in a way pastels do not.
- Gift buyers who want the recipient to react when they open it. If you need a reaction, this is the bundle.
If the person you are buying for keeps their whole life in one calm colour, the Soft bundle is the better read and this Taurus sticker pack will sit unopened in a drawer.
Where the bold Taurus sticker pack works best
This Taurus sticker pack was designed to be seen at a distance, so the surfaces that suit it are the ones other people look at. Laptop lids in a coffee shop. A hard shell suitcase. A water bottle that goes to the gym. Anything that gets carried around rather than kept on a desk.
Deep olive, terracotta and mustard hold their edge at three metres in a way pastels do not. That sounds like a small thing and it is the entire difference between the two $18 sets. If the object lives in a bag and comes out in rooms full of people, high contrast is doing real work for you.
The Taurus Season banner gets put on the outside of a laptop case more often than on the lid itself, which surprised me. My guess is that a case gets replaced sooner than a laptop does, so it feels less permanent. These are permanent adhesive either way, so pick the surface you actually mean.
The tarot bull is the design people ask about most, and it is the one that works best somewhere it can be seen whole. It is one of the larger pieces in the set, so a notebook cover or a laptop lid suits it better than a curved bottle, where a tall design has to bend around the surface.
If you already collect retro zodiac stickers, this Taurus sticker pack sits in that category rather than the delicate one. The girl group figures in particular read as illustration first, which is why they work on a sketchbook beside things that have nothing to do with astrology.
How these Taurus sticker pack are made
Every one of these Taurus sticker pack is printed and cut by me, on my own machine, in my studio. Nothing goes out through a print on demand service, which is why the turnaround is 5 to 7 business days rather than same day.
The stock behind these Taurus sticker pack is waterproof laminated vinyl. The lamination is the part doing the work: it is what lets them survive a water bottle in a dishwasher and a laptop that lives in a bag. They are fade resistant rather than fade proof, and I would rather say that plainly. A sticker on a car window in full sun all summer will lighten eventually. One on a laptop, a notebook or a tumbler will not.
Sizes run roughly 2 to 3 inches on the longest edge, die cut to the shape of the art rather than left on a square. Each design arrives as its own individual sticker, not a sheet you have to cut apart.
If you want to know what that means in practice: the Taurus sticker pack in your order were made in the week you placed it, on a machine I own, in a room I pay rent on. That is the entire supply chain, and it is why I can tell you exactly what happened to them.
Every one of the Taurus sticker pack is printed fresh once you order, so nothing has been sitting in a box losing colour for a year before it reaches you.
Putting them on so they last
The Taurus sticker pack go on best on a surface that is clean, dry and not textured. Wipe it with rubbing alcohol rather than a household spray, because most sprays leave a film that stops the adhesive gripping properly. Let it dry fully.
Peel from a corner, lay one edge down first, then press outward from that edge so you push the air out rather than trapping it under the middle.
Give it a day before you get it wet. The adhesive keeps curing for about 24 hours, and the most common reason a corner lifts is a water bottle that went straight into a bag and then into a fridge.
The Taurus sticker pack use a permanent adhesive rather than a repositionable one. You get a few seconds to adjust and then it is committed. Hand wash anything you put them on, because a dishwasher’s drying cycle is what ages laminated vinyl fastest.
The Taurus sticker pack as a birthday gift
This is the set that gets bought as a Taurus birthday gift more than the other two combined, and the reason is not subtle. It photographs well and it gets a reaction when it comes out of the envelope. If you need the person to visibly react, this is the one.
Taurus season runs 20 April to 20 May, so the birthdays are stacked into a four week window and so are my orders. Everything is printed and cut to order in my studio, which means the 5 to 7 business day window is real production time rather than a shelf being emptied. Order in the first week of April if you are aiming at a late April birthday.
The other thing worth knowing is that this Taurus sticker pack is twelve separate stickers rather than one sheet. That matters for gifting, because it looks like twelve things instead of one thing, and because there is nothing to cut apart before the person can start using them.
If you are buying for somebody whose entire aesthetic is one calm colour, the soft bundle is the better read and I would rather point you at it than take the sale. If you have no idea at all, the complete bundle carries both looks for $32.
Why Taurus is like this
Taurus sits in the middle of spring, at the point where there is finally enough of everything and the question stops being can I start this and becomes can I keep it.
So the strategy is holding. Building something that survives being left alone, and enjoying it while it is actually here, because the entire point of getting through the last stretch was arriving somewhere worth staying.
Taurus is not lazy and it is not greedy. Taurus is standing at the one point in the year where the correct move is to stop moving, and from the outside that looks like stubbornness.
Not because Taurus cannot change. But because at this moment in the year, changing course costs you the thing you have just finished building, and somebody has to be the one who refuses to keep starting over.
Also in the Taurus collection
Twelve designs in an oat and sage botanical palette. The grounded version of the sign, for things that are already quiet.
$18See this bundle
Twenty designs across both aesthetics, plus Taurus Mom, which is only in this box.
$32See this bundleCommon questions
Are these Taurus sticker pack waterproof?
Yes. They are printed on laminated vinyl, so they hold up on water bottles, tumblers and anything that gets wet regularly. The lamination does it, not the ink.
How big are they?
Roughly 2 to 3 inches on the longest edge, die cut to the shape of the artwork. A tall design and a wide design will not come out the same dimensions.
How many stickers do I actually get?
12 separate Taurus sticker pack, one per design. It is not a sheet, so there is nothing to cut apart and no backing grid to peel around.
Will they fade in the sun?
Fade resistant, not fade proof. Indoors on a laptop, a notebook or a tumbler they hold colour for years. On a car window facing full sun, expect them to lighten over a season or two.
Can I buy single designs instead of the bundle?
Singles are on my Etsy shop. The bundle exists because buying six singles costs more than buying the set, not because I am hiding the individual ones.
How long does shipping take?
5 to 7 business days from my studio, because the Taurus sticker pack get printed after you order rather than before. That window is real production time, because your order gets printed and cut when it comes in rather than pulled off a shelf.
What if they arrive damaged?
Tell me and I will fix it. The refund policy has the details, but the short version is that I am not going to argue with you about a bent sticker.
Do the three Taurus bundles overlap?
Partly. Complete is my pick across both aesthetics plus a couple of exclusives, not a straight merge. Soft and Bold together come to more designs than Complete does, so if you want literally everything, buy those two.
What is in the bold Taurus stickers set exactly?
Twelve designs: retro girl group figures, a Taurus Season banner, a tarot card bull and vintage poster art. The palette runs deep olive, terracotta and mustard the whole way through.
Are these bigger than the soft designs?
A couple of them are. The tarot bull and the banner sit at the top of the 2 to 3 inch range because the artwork needs the room. Everything is still die cut to the shape of the design rather than left on a square.
Does this Taurus sticker pack overlap with the soft bundle?
Not at all. Soft is twelve designs and Bold is twelve, with no repeats between them. The complete bundle is the only place designs from both show up together.
Will the dark designs work on a dark surface?
Better than you would expect, because the poster designs carry cream linework and heavy type sitting on the olive. On a black laptop they read as a dark badge with bright detail rather than disappearing into it.
If you want the reading rather than the stickers
The Taurus sticker pack are the light version. If you want to know which stretch of the year your own sun, moon and rising are each built out of, that is a different thing.
The Seasonal Blueprint Mini covers those three placements for $29, written for your chart rather than for your sign in general. The Resource Vault is free if you would rather read a complete sample first.
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Singles and other signs are on my Etsy shop.