<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="4.4.1">Jekyll</generator><link href="/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><link href="/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" hreflang="en" /><updated>2026-09-11T20:31:37-05:00</updated><id>/feed.xml</id><title type="html">Toasty Peel Shop</title><subtitle>Toasty Peel Shop makes small die-cut stickers with big good-day energy. Browse the lineup, request a custom peel, or ask about bulk orders.</subtitle><entry><title type="html">The shop is warming up</title><link href="/the-shop-is-warming-up/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="The shop is warming up" /><published>2026-09-08T00:00:00-05:00</published><updated>2026-09-08T00:00:00-05:00</updated><id>/the-shop-is-warming-up</id><content type="html" xml:base="/the-shop-is-warming-up/"><![CDATA[<p>Six designs are printed. One website exists. A checkout does not, yet.</p>

<p>That is the honest status of Toasty Peel Shop today, and it felt better to put up a real
page than to sit on it until everything was perfect.</p>

<h2 id="what-is-ready">What is ready</h2>

<ul>
  <li>The first six designs, printed on waterproof vinyl with a UV laminate</li>
  <li>Custom requests, which are open right now</li>
  <li>Wholesale conversations for shops that want a counter jar</li>
</ul>

<h2 id="what-is-not">What is not</h2>

<p>Checkout. It is being set up on AnyCart, and when it opens the Shop buttons on the lineup
turn on by themselves. Until then, if you want a set, ask - it is a short email, not a
whole ordeal.</p>

<p>Stay toasty.</p>]]></content><author><name></name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Toasty Peel Shop is live as a site, the first six designs are printed, and checkout is next. Here is exactly where things stand and what is open today.]]></summary><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="/assets/img/TPS_Action_Stick_Around.png" /><media:content medium="image" url="/assets/img/TPS_Action_Stick_Around.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></entry><entry><title type="html">Why we die cut everything</title><link href="/why-die-cut-matters/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Why we die cut everything" /><published>2026-08-26T00:00:00-05:00</published><updated>2026-08-26T00:00:00-05:00</updated><id>/why-die-cut-matters</id><content type="html" xml:base="/why-die-cut-matters/"><![CDATA[<p>The difference between a sticker that looks homemade and one that looks made is usually
the cut line.</p>

<p>A rectangle is cheaper to produce. It also puts a hard border around artwork that was
never drawn with a border, which is why so many first-run stickers look slightly off
without anyone being able to say why.</p>

<h2 id="what-die-cutting-does">What die cutting does</h2>

<p>It follows the drawing. Toasty’s peeled corner stays a peeled corner instead of getting
swallowed by a white box, and the silhouette reads from across a room - which is the
whole job of a sticker on a laptop lid.</p>

<h2 id="the-tradeoff">The tradeoff</h2>

<p>It costs more and it takes an extra proofing step, because the cut path has to be drawn
and checked separately from the art. Worth it every time, especially on anything with a
strong outline.</p>

<p>More good peels soon.</p>]]></content><author><name></name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[A rectangle around your artwork is the fastest way to make a sticker look cheap. Here is what die cutting actually changes, and why we do it every time.]]></summary><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="/assets/img/TPS_Action_Stay_Toasty.png" /><media:content medium="image" url="/assets/img/TPS_Action_Stay_Toasty.png" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" /></entry></feed>