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Large blank stickers can be used for anything from tagging and artwork to gift-wrapping, notes, and of course, mailing labels.
Basically, UPS will deliver to you, totally free of charge, an unlimited amount of blank white mailing labels when you start a business account with them.
I found out about this from someone who found about it from some punk art kids…or something.
This isn’t illegal at all. I don’t know what other mailing supplies UPS will provide for free besides stickers, but you can check it out on http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/resources/prepare/supplies/labels.html

***Here’s what you do:
Think of a name for your business.
Call 1-800-PICK-UPS
Say you would like to open a business account with them. They will ask what kind of business it is, so say you sell junk on Ebay or something.
(Before I called UPS, I actually made a real online store with paypal, so that I could prove I had a business, I didn’t know if they were going to ask me to prove it.
Check that out if you want, here: www.weatherlight.1go.dk and click on ‘store’.)
You have to give them a bank account number, but they won’t take any money out whatsoever unless you buy something that costs money.
Give your address and phone number and whatever else they ask for.
Then say you want to order some labels!
They have 4 in. x 6 in. white stickers, which are kind of glossy, and also 5.5 by 8.5 stickers, which are plain paper finish.
1 box is definitely enough to start out with; it has about 1,500 stickers or something.
They arrive next day via (coincidentally?) UPS.
I have 3 boxes of stickers, and I use them to put in front of my mattress to keep it from sliding away from the wall…but you can also spread them around your work area like newspaper or something. Or, recycle them if you need to get rid of them. They were free anyway.
One more note: About a month after I started the business account, UPS called me to do a survey on how my business account was going, and how many packages I had sent so far. I said fine, and none yet.

Next time on the make-it-yourself blog: "making shoes, Part 1: making shoe lasts"

until next time, big up yourself, keep it real..etc