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Stickers: The $6 Gateway to a Desert Art Collection

Nobody plans to start a sticker collection. It just happens.

You're at The Underground in Flagstaff, or you're on a Freaky Foot Tours ghost tour, or you're browsing the site at midnight because you fell into an Arizona merch rabbit hole. You see a $6 sticker with a saguaro holding a disco ball and you think: "Yeah, that goes on my water bottle."

Three weeks later you have seven.

The Gateway Product

Stickers are how most people discover Weird & Wild West. They're the impulse buy that becomes a collection, which becomes a t-shirt, which becomes showing up at The Underground to see what's new.

At $6 for a standard vinyl sticker (metallic finishes start at $7, bumper stickers at $14), the price point is below the threshold where your brain asks permission. It costs less than a latte. And unlike a latte, it lasts.

Built for Arizona

Every W&WW sticker is a waterproof vinyl sticker with a protective laminate. UV-resistant and built for the kind of conditions Arizona throws at things: direct sun, triple-digit heat, monsoon rain, and the occasional dust storm.

Stick them on water bottles, laptops, car bumpers, guitar cases, coolers, toolboxes, or the side of your camper van. They hold up. We've seen stickers survive multiple Arizona summers on bumpers with zero fade. The vinyl and laminate are no joke.

15+ Designs and Counting

The sticker collection covers the full range of W&WW's desert themed sticker designs:

  • Desert Disco (the flagship): saguaro with a disco ball under a saturated sunset
  • Vibin' on 66: Route 66 nostalgia through Flagstaff
  • Vortex Voyagers: Sedona vortex energy in swirling desert colors
  • Cosmic Dreams: celestial bodies and deep space vibes
  • Tourist Season: tongue-in-cheek local humor
  • These Boots Were Made for Vibin': Cosmic Cowboy energy
  • Plus Pine Party, Cruisin' On 89a, AZ Melts Ice, and more

Metallic stickers add a reflective, holographic quality that catches light. They're the same size and durability as the standard stickers, just shinier. They look particularly good on dark surfaces.

Where to Find Them in the Wild

W&WW stickers show up in more places than the website:

  • The Underground at The Temple (2 E Aspen Ave, Flagstaff): the full collection, in person
  • Freaky Foot Tours: walking tour guides sell stickers along the route through downtown Flagstaff
  • Plantae (112 E Route 66, Flagstaff): a selection of W&WW stickers alongside other local goods
  • Hotel Congress (Tucson): W&WW stickers available at one of Tucson's most iconic venues

The Collection Effect

There's something about stickers that triggers the collector instinct. Once you have two or three, you start thinking about which one goes where, which designs pair well together, whether your laptop lid has room for one more.

We lean into this on purpose. The designs are varied enough that a Desert Disco sticker and a Vortex Voyagers sticker feel like they belong in the same collection without being repetitive. They're all clearly W&WW, but each one channels a different corner of Arizona.

Start with one. See what happens.

Filed from headquarters

Written in the basement of a 1917 Masonic Temple: The Underground at The Temple, 2 E Aspen Ave, Flagstaff, AZ 86001. Every design mentioned above is an original by Brigitte De Marco of Prickle & Pine Designs, printed to order in 2–5 business days and shipped free.