You have an ultra organized friend or family member. He or she makes lists to keep track of lists and has a bigger addiction to sticky notes than to cappuccinos. As you thought about gift ideas, you started to wonder how many different types of sticky notes you could buy. Wouldn’t an entire basket of different sticky note designs be a memorable and useful gift for this label addicted list lover?

Create a set of sticky notes with the name of each family member on them. There are quite a few things that super organized friend can do with them, from labeling lunch bags in the morning to leaving a wall of task reminders for the kids. Theyll know their chores are done when they pull down the last note.

A set of sticky notes personalized with common checklists can help the person you are giving them to become even more productive. After all, if he or she writes a list every day that starts with packing lunches and starting the laundry, why not make that part of the list permanent? A few extra blank lines make these notes perfect for adding a few tasks that dont happen every day, such as taking out the trash.

The sticky note is commonly considered to be an essential business supply. However, many artists, despite their complete lack of businesslike characteristics, would be completely lost without the versatile sticky note. There are so many artistic uses for these little pieces of paper.

 

• Rubber stamp enthusiasts use sticky notes to help them build elaborate stamped scenes. The crafter stamps an image and then covers it with a sticky note so that the next stamped image doesn’t get ink on the first image. After the new image is stamped, the note is easily lifted away without tearing the cardstock.
• Artists who are working on several pieces at once jot notes to remind themselves of their plans and stick the notes on the pieces to help jog their memories when they switch to a new piece.
• Veteran scrapbookers know that writing on a photo back with a ball point pen could actually cause quite a bit of damage, since the ink can eventually eat through the paper until it reaches the front of the photo. These memory mavens frequently jot notes about an event and the identity of the people in the shot on a sticky note instead. They adhere the note to the back of the photo until they have time to create a scrapbook page.

 

You were hesitant to take a half day off work, but it had to be done. You grimly march to your desk the next day, dreading what you’d see. To your horror, it is even worse than you expected. Not only are you missing your stapler, your cordless mouse and your desk calendar, but that light fingered coworker has actually snatched your purple sticky notes, too. You can’t bear to face the day without those purple notes. Luckily, you took a few moments yesterday to check out personalized sticky notes. In a few days, that office supply bandit will be thinking twice about snatching your sticky notes, since he is definitely not Jane Doe. Of course, there are a few other reasons to shop for personalized sticky notes, too.

 

• You can use them in place of official memo forms for less important interoffice memos. Simply order notes that say From the desk of and personalize them with your full name and official title.
• You can use sticky notes in place of fax cover sheets. Since the notes are so much smaller than a full sized fax cover sheet, youre even choosing a greener way to fax.

Custom printed sticky notes are a great giveaway to promote a business, since few people turn down a pack of these handy little notepads. However, there are so many other things you can do with the versatile little sticky note. Why not think outside the box and consider sticky notes with some of these custom messages:

 

• I love you. With this printed message, the busy executive can be romantic, caring, or sensitive, while only using seconds of valuable time. Leave instant love notes on your sleeping spouse’s pillow when you need to dash off to work or as a surprise tucked into a lunch bag.
• Clean this, please. Nag at high speed with sticky notes that have this message. Slap the notes on the fridge, the microwave door or the bathroom mirror as you dash around getting ready for work in the morning. When your teens stagger out of bed at noon, there will be chore reminders they can’t possibly overlook on the items that need to be cleaned.
• Trash, keep, or donate. These notes can help you organize even the most overwhelmingly cluttered room. Simply slap a note on that hideous throw pillow, circle the word donate: and move on to the next item. Your helpers can grab the item and toss it in the appropriate pile.