The bold Aries sticker pack
First out the gate, every time.
An Aries sticker pack of 18 retro designs. Disco queens, holographic tigers and astronaut art on waterproof die cut vinyl, printed in my own studio. $18.
- 18 individual die cut designs
- Retro and high contrast palette
- Disco queens, seventies rams, holographic tigers, psychedelic and astronaut art
What is inside this Aries sticker pack
This Aries sticker pack is the version with the volume up. Disco queen art, seventies ram illustrations, psychedelic and holographic pieces, and cosmic astronaut designs. Eighteen of them, which is the largest of the three $18 sets.
The colour story is the opposite of the soft bundle. Hot orange, deep red, chrome and holographic finishes, high contrast type. 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 astronaut designs are the sleeper hit. They read as a nice space illustration to anybody who does not know the sign, and as a very specific joke to anybody who does, because going first into somewhere nobody has been is the entire Aries argument.
Who this Aries sticker pack is for
- The Aries who started the thing while everybody else was still discussing whether to start the thing, and got called impatient for it. The disco designs are 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.
Where the bold Aries sticker pack works best
This Aries 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.
Hot orange, deep red and holographic finishes 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 disco designs get 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 holographic tigers are the designs people ask about most, and they are also the ones I would keep off a car window. Holographic finishes are the least sun stable thing in the set. On a laptop they will still look like that in four years. In a windscreen through July they will not.
If you already collect retro zodiac stickers, this Aries sticker pack sits in that category rather than the delicate one. The seventies ram and astronaut designs 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 Aries sticker pack are made
Every one of these Aries 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 Aries 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 Aries 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 Aries 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 Aries 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 Aries 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 Aries sticker pack as a birthday gift
This is the set that gets bought as an Aries 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.
Aries season runs 21 March to 19 April, 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 March if you are aiming at a late March birthday.
The other thing worth knowing is that this Aries sticker pack is eighteen separate stickers rather than one sheet. That matters for gifting, because it looks like eighteen things instead of one thing, and because there is nothing to cut apart before the person can start using them.
This Aries sticker pack is also the largest of the three $18 sets. Eighteen designs against fifteen in the soft bundle, at the same price, which works out at a dollar a sticker. I am not going to pretend that is a deliberate strategy. It is just how many bold designs I ended up with.
Why Aries is like this
Aries opens the entire year at the spring equinox, at the point where the light has just tipped over into winning and absolutely nothing is established yet.
So the strategy is going anyway. There is no evidence that any of it will work, because there has not been time for evidence, and waiting around for some costs you the whole opening.
Aries is not reckless. Aries is standing at the one point in the year where acting before conditions are safe is the only thing that works, and from the outside that looks like not thinking.
Not because Aries never considers consequences. But because at this moment in the year the cost of moving too early is small and the cost of moving too late is the entire season. Everything that grows after this depends on somebody starting it while it still looks impossible.
Also in the Aries collection
Fifteen designs in a warm pastel palette. The kindling version of the sign, for things that are already quiet.
$18See this bundle
Twenty five designs across both aesthetics, plus Aries Mom, which is only in this box.
$32See this bundleCommon questions
Are these Aries 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?
18 separate Aries 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 Aries 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 Aries 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 Aries stickers set exactly?
Eighteen designs: disco queen art, seventies ram illustrations, psychedelic pieces, holographic tigers and cosmic astronaut designs. The palette runs high contrast the whole way through.
Is the holographic finish on every design?
No, just the tigers. Everything else is printed on the same laminated vinyl as the rest of the shop. The holographic stock is a separate material and those are the designs in the set using it.
Does this Aries sticker pack overlap with the soft bundle?
Not at all. Soft is fifteen designs and Bold is eighteen, 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 disco and astronaut designs carry light linework and white type sitting on the deep colour. 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 Aries 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.