Values Vibez Are Going Mobile

For the longest time, stickers were just a little extra around here. I'd tuck them into orders as a surprise, make a few from designs I thought would work well in the form of a sticker, and generally treat them as a fun side project. All The Vibez has always been about the tees, so the stickers never really had an official place of their own.

Apparently, they were waiting for their moment to shine.

The more I made them, the more I realized some of my favorite designs didn't necessarily need a T-shirt to make their point. A two-inch sticker can say quite a lot from the corner of a laptop, water bottle, notebook, tumbler, or car window. Sometimes it can say it a little more quietly, too, which feels especially appropriate for a brand that's become pretty comfortable with the idea of everyday resistance.

So, the Vibez have officially gone mobile.

I've always used Wear Your Values as part of the heart behind All The Vibez. The things we wear can tell people a little about who we are, what matters to us, what makes us laugh, and occasionally what we're absolutely not willing to be quiet about. But the more I thought about adding stickers to the shop, the more obvious the next version became.

Stick to your values.
Yes, the pun was absolutely intended.

There's something I really like about taking a design that normally stretches across the front of a shirt and shrinking it down to a couple of inches. It changes the personalities. On a shirt, the message walks into the room with you. On a sticker, it just hangs out on your water bottle waiting for somebody to notice it. It's still a statement, just in a much smaller package.

And honestly, not everyone wants to wear their opinions across their chest. I get that. A sticker gives you another way to make something yours. It can be subtle or not-so-subtle depending on where you put it. Your laptop at work and the back window of your car are two very different levels of commitment. 😂

That's part of why I'm excited about expanding beyond the little stickers I've been slipping into packages. Some of the first designs are familiar All The Vibez favorites, with the same mix of humor, humanity, democracy, equal rights, and occasional well-earned snark you'll find throughout the rest of the shop. Some make a statement. Some start conversations. Some are simply fun. And knowing me, there will probably be a few that exist solely because I thought of something ridiculous and couldn't leave it alone. I'm also playing around with different sticker styles rather than trying to make everything the same. Some designs are available as UV transfer stickers, which leave the artwork directly on a smooth surface for a clean, almost printed-on look. Others are traditional die-cut stickers with the familiar peel-and-stick backing. Different designs work better in different formats, and part of the fun has been figuring out which is which. I did not anticipate having opinions about sticker dimensions, transfer films, application methods, or whether something looks better at two inches versus two and a quarter inches, but small-business ownership has a way of giving you expertise in extremely specific things nobody warned you about. One day you're making T-shirts. The next you're conducting a very serious investigation into the appropriate size of a tiny political sticker. Here we are.
But underneath all of the experimenting, measuring, peeling, sticking, and occasionally applying one slightly crooked, there's something about this little addition to the shop that feels very All The Vibez.
This business has never really been about putting graphics on things. The designs have always been a way to say something. Sometimes that's something important. Sometimes it's something funny. Sometimes it's simply a little reminder that someone else out there cares about the same things you do. Stickers give those ideas somewhere new to go. They can travel around on your water bottle, live on your laptop, hang out on a notebook, ride around on your car. They can start a conversation with a stranger or make another person smile because they spotted something they agree with across the room. They're tiny, but they're surprisingly good at taking up space and I kind of love that.
The sticker collection is starting small, and I'm intentionally leaving room for it to grow. I want to see which designs you love in this format, which ones you want next, and maybe even create a few designs specifically for stickers along the way. Part of the fun of running a small shop is being able to try something, listen to the people who support it, and see where it goes from there. So consider this the official beginning of the Sticker Vibez era. The shirts aren't going anywhere & neither will adding stickers to those packages.
Wear Your Values is still very much part of who I am and what All The Vibez stands for. Now there's just another option.
Wear your values. Stick to your values. And if your water bottle happens to develop a few strong opinions along the way, well...

I can't say I didn't warn you.