Pastel Leo stickers
The warmest sign is generous before it is loud.
Pastel Leo stickers, 14 zodiac designs in a warm blush and rose palette. Waterproof die cut vinyl, printed and cut in my studio, shipped in 5 to 7 days. $18.
- 14 individual die cut designs
- Warm blush, rose and soft gold palette
- Pastel lions, hearts, romantic roses, soft script and a warm portrait
What the pastel Leo stickers bundle contains
This is the version of Leo almost nobody sells: pastel Leo stickers in a warm blush and rose palette, meaning soft lion illustrations, hearts, romantic roses, gentle script lettering and one warm portrait, rather than a gold crown and a joke about ego.
The colour story runs warm and low contrast. Blush, dusty rose, a soft gold, and enough negative space that nothing in the set fights with anything else. It sits well on things that are already quiet, which is most of what people actually put stickers on: a journal that lives in a bag, a laptop lid with one thing on it, a water bottle you look at forty times a day.
The pastel Leo stickers are the version you can put on a work laptop without anybody deciding something about you first. The rose and heart designs in particular read as a nice bit of botanical illustration before they read as astrology.
Who the pastel Leo stickers are for
- The Leo whose actual defining trait is generosity, not volume, and who is quietly sick of every product for their sign assuming otherwise. Most Leo zodiac stickers are drawn for the reputation rather than the person.
- Anybody who has searched aesthetic Leo stickers and found nothing that was not gold, glitter or a crown.
- Anybody buying a gift who has seen the person’s desk and knows it is calm. These are the safe read.
- People who want the sign present without it announcing itself across a room. The floral designs in particular read as a nice piece of art first and a zodiac thing second.
If you want the version with the spotlight on, buy the Bold bundle rather than the pastel Leo stickers. It is a genuinely different look rather than a louder one.
Where the pastel Leo stickers actually end up
The honest answer about where pastel Leo stickers go is that almost all of them end up on three surfaces: a laptop lid, a water bottle, and the front of a notebook. I know this because people send me photos, and it is the same three things every time.
The palette matters more on those surfaces than you would guess. A laptop lid is usually silver, white or space grey, and a blush rose sits on that like it was always meant to be there. A deep red tarot lion on the same lid reads as a statement instead. Neither one is wrong, but only one of them stays quiet in a work meeting.
Water bottles are the surface people worry about most and the one this stock handles best. The lamination is what survives condensation, a bag and being knocked around on a desk all day. The one thing I would say is to hand wash it, because a dishwasher drying cycle ages laminated vinyl faster than anything else you can do to it.
Journals and planners are where the smaller pastel Leo stickers earn their place. The hearts and the individual roses sit around two inches, which is the size that works on a page without taking the whole page. If you already own a drawer of floral zodiac stickers, these go in beside them without clashing with any of it.
The one surface I would think twice about is a car window. These are fade resistant rather than fade proof, and full sun across a summer lightens a blush pink faster than it lightens a deep red. Leo season is the sunniest stretch of the year, which makes this the sign where that warning matters most.
How these pastel Leo stickers are made
Every one of these pastel Leo stickers 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 pastel Leo stickers 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 pastel Leo stickers 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 pastel Leo stickers 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 pastel Leo stickers 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 pastel Leo stickers 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.
Buying pastel Leo stickers as a gift
I have a whole post on Leo gift ideas if you want the longer version, but the short one is this. Most Leo gifts assume the person wants something gold and loud, and a lot of them do not. Buying the loud thing for a quiet Leo is the most common mistake I see.
Stickers get used, and that is the case for them either way. An $18 set of pastel Leo stickers turns into fourteen small decisions over the following year about where each one goes, which is a great deal more attention than a candle ever gets.
The timing is obvious once it is said out loud. Leo season runs 23 July to 22 August, so a birthday gift means ordering inside that window, and so does everyone else’s. Everything here is printed and cut to order in my studio rather than pulled off a shelf, which is why the window is 5 to 7 business days. Order in the middle of July if you are aiming at a late July birthday and neither of us will have to think about it again.
If you are choosing between the two $18 sets for somebody else, look at their desk. Beige, wood, one plant and a lot of white space means this one. Anything already committed to a strong colour means the bold one. The soft Leo sticker bundle is the safer read when you genuinely do not know, because a quiet design on a loud object still works and the reverse does not.
Why Leo is like this
Leo sits at the peak of summer. Maximum light, maximum heat, and no cover anywhere. Whatever you are is visible whether you would like it to be or not.
So the strategy is deciding to be good at being seen. Not because attention is pleasant, but because at this point in the year hiding is not on offer, and you may as well be deliberate about the thing that is happening to you anyway.
Leo is not vain and it is not needy. Leo is standing at the one point in the year where there is nowhere to hide, and being deliberate about that reads as performance from the outside.
Not because Leo needs an audience in order to exist. But because at this moment in the year everything is exposed regardless, and somebody has to be the one who is warm about it rather than defensive.
Also in the Leo collection
Fourteen editorial designs with tarot lions, goddess portraits and sunburst badges. Built to be seen from across a room.
$18See this bundle
Twenty two designs across both aesthetics, plus Leo Mom, which is only in this box.
$32See this bundleCommon questions
Are these pastel Leo stickers 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?
14 separate pastel Leo stickers, 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 pastel Leo stickers 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 Leo 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.
Are the pastel Leo stickers the same size as the bold ones?
Yes. Every design across all three bundles runs roughly 2 to 3 inches on the longest edge and is die cut to the shape of the art. What changes between bundles is the palette and the mood, not the scale.
What exactly is in the soft bundle?
Fourteen designs: soft lion illustrations, hearts, romantic roses, gentle script lettering and one warm portrait. The colour story runs warm and low contrast the whole way through, so nothing in the set fights with anything else in it.
Will pastel Leo stickers show up on a dark laptop?
Less than the bold ones will, and that is usually the point. On a black or dark grey lid a blush rose reads as soft rather than invisible. If you want real contrast on a dark surface, the bold bundle is the one built for that job.
Can I put these on a phone case?
Yes, as long as it is smooth rather than textured. Grippy matte silicone is the one material vinyl struggles with, because there is not enough flat surface for the adhesive to grip properly.
If you want the reading rather than the stickers
The pastel Leo stickers 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.
Keep reading
Singles and other signs are on my Etsy shop.