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Pipsticks {giveaway!}


When Maureen, mom and mastermind behind Pipsticks, a new sticker subscription service, first contacted me about her business, we quickly began to swap emails over our shared sticker love. Mine is rooted in the sticker collection that I began in the first grade. Stickers were hard to come by, and I wasn’t above adding the stickers off my bananas to the pages of the photo album that housed my prized collection. Had an envelope addressed to me, filled with stickers, ever arrived in any of the mailboxes of my childhood, I would have been ecstatic. Seriously, it would have been a dream come true. But even better than that, was to see my little girls in their excitement when Maureen sent them their very own Pipsticks envelopes full of fantastically fun stickers. Maureen is here today to share how Pipsticks began, and to offer a gift to one of you!


In Maureen’s words:
I recently launched a company to inspire kids, crafters and sticker lovers – and, to help parents, grandparents and gift givers. Pipsticks is a sticker subscription company that provides a selection of curated stickers to its subscribers every month. Stickers – like the ones many of us used to collect, trade, and obsess over as kids – sparkly ones, puffy ones, smelly ones. Pipsticks sources stickers from manufacturers all over the world in order to give its subscribers a gorgeously packaged, affordable, awesome stash of stickers when they need them (because I find my family ALWAYS needs them).

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I am a designer and left my corporate brand management job when my first son, Atticus, was born. A few years later, we were invited to join one of those sticker club chain letters. Like all chain letters, it was a bust: after loads of time and energy to find friends, write letters, enclose stickers, address envelopes, find stamps (oh, stamps!), etc etc, my kids received one measly response. Though maddening for me, they went absolutely bananas crazy over that one sheet of stickers waiting in our mailbox. Inspired, I created Pipsticks after looking for a sticker subscription and coming up empty. At Pipsticks, we take the heartache out of sticker clubbing and promise a return that is just all around enjoyable.


As a mom of four, I also appreciate hands-off (and non-tech) projects for my kids. The sticker packs arrive with loads of stickers as well as a paper and postcard so that kids can use the pack completely on their own. The whole pack, from packaging to sticker selection, is designed to a fun and sophisticated standard, and totally child-friendly – giving parents a chance to take a break (or just cook dinner in peace and quiet) once in a while.


In response to our subscribers’ requests, we’ve just launched a sticker ideas blog on the website which features craft projects and activities that center around or incorporate stickers. This stuff relies on high tech supplies like toilet paper rolls and bobby pins, so is very accessible to parents and grandparents across the board that want to get crafty.


And finally, Pipsticks solves the gift-giving conundrum we’re in on a regular basis. It’s the perfect present: new and different each month, inspires creativity, doesn’t add to an overcrowded toy chest, and is geared toward whatever your budget may be. * You can purchase a gift subscription and set it to begin whenever you choose if you’re doing early holiday shopping, just follow your purchase up with an email to support@pipsticks.com.

Maureen is offering one Small Things reader a 3-month Gift Subscription!  In addition, readers can receive one month free on any 6 or 12 month family subscription using the code SMALLTHINGS10 at checkout.  (If purchasing a gift subscription, you can set the start date as you choose (in case you’re doing some early holiday shopping!  Details on that here.)

For your chance to win, simply leave a comment on this post. 

Follow @mypipsticks on Instagram and “like” Pipsticks on Facebook !

Comments are closed, and the winner is Jenni, who commented, “My children would be thrilled to have these!! Thanks for the chance!”

Thanks, Maureen and Pipsticks!

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  1. I taught elementary school in the 80’s – early 2000 and loved giving stickers to my students – especially the scratch n’ sniff ones. Now as a grandmother, I have a granddaughter obsessed with stickers too! I would love to win this so her and I can both share our passion for these tiny pieces of stick able art!

  16. As a kid, I had a sticker collection on the headboard of my bed. Im sure my mom appreciated that 🙂 Thanks for the chance to win this giveaway! My kids would love this.

  17. Awesome! Stickers are great, and we love them. The only time I do not love stickers is when my kids stick them on the tile floor, and then the stickers refuse to unstick. Otherwise, LONG LIVE THE STICKERS!

  22. I too was an avid sticker collector as a child, and now with three of my own we just can’t keep enough in stock. What a fun idea! Thanks for the chance to win a subscription!

  24. I saw the ad for this company in your sidebar and was intrigued. So glad to see a giveaway from them. Please enter me. Thanks for the chance to win. 🙂

  30. I, too, had a prized sticker collection. Some of it is still on the walls of my parents’ house (oops!). I know so many children who would be over the moon for this subscription!

  32. What a great service. My daughter was just saying how she would like to get some mail and she loves stickers! Fantastic company!

  35. When my children were small, stickers were the “treat” we took to restaurants to keep them happy and quiet. Now it’s time to pass on this tradition to my grandchildren.

  36. What a great business idea – on so many
    levels!
    My sticker collection was my most prized
    Possession as a young girl – fuzzies, puffies,
    smellies, googlies, sparklies! I spent hours
    sorting and trading and I still spend hours
    perusing the sticker collections at craft stores!
    I know my kids would love this (as would I)!

  42. What an amazing idea! We go through stickers at an amazing rate here and what a fun thing to look forward to every month. Thanks for the giveaway!

  45. My kiddos would enjoy this! I used to have a sticker book when I was younger, which had all my favorite stickers. Wonder where that went!

  50. Ahh, the joy of stickers! I loved them and my daughter loves them and has covered her bunk bed with them. She’s aiming to get into the Guinness Book of Records for the most number of stickers on a bed (not sure if that’s a recognised category, but hey, there are stranger categories than this). Your mentioning banana stickers made me smile. Only yesterday was I in the supermarket surreptitiously peeling stickers off fruit and sticking them on my purse to take home for her. All was OK until one I didn’t notice had a barcode on, set the alarm off. Embarrassment! Your kids look as though they are enjoying stickers too. Long may it last! xx