Two of my many lovely design-related Christmas presents were sets of stamps from Yellow Owl Workshop all the way from San Francisco.
I supplemented them with an alphabet set from Muji and immediately got to work making my thank you cards (above). I’m really proud of them, but I think the credit should really go to Yellow Owl Workshop for the beautifully designed and made stamps.
Following my initial success, I got very excited and stamped everything I could get my hands on…
Having run out of things I could (reasonably!) stamp, I did a little more research and decided I definitely need to get hold of a copy of Christine Schmidt’s book, available on pre-order from amazon…
…and find myself some more stamps, from Yellow Owl Workshop and also perhaps from Skull and Cross Buns. I’d love to find a workshop where I can learn to make my own stamps, so let me know if you know of one. I suspect this might be a new hobby – the speed at which you can make beautiful stationery, and who knows what else, is quite addictive!
Further reading for the especially geeky:
- DIY Holiday Cards with Rubber Stamps (apartmenttherapy.com)
- Print Workshop: Hand Printing Techniques and Truly Original Projects (coolhunting.com)
- Stamping, The Creative Hobby For The Whole Family (mydecorarticles.com)
- Finding Great Retro Digi Stamps for DTP Projects (brighthub.com)
- Ultimate geek stocking stuffer: The Emoticon Stamp [TNW Shareables] (thenextweb.com)
They are nice. Worth sending thank you cards for. I particularly like the city scape.
How did your tea cup candles go down?
Thanks chicken! I was quite pleased with them – although really the credit must go to the lovely people at Yellow Owl Workshops who designed the stamps. Once that’s done, the rest is easy! The teacups went down very well indeed – although most people had spotted them on my blog, which spoiled the surprise a little! Did you have a lovely Christmas? Happy New Year! xx
I love stamping too – resulting in a tendency to stamp anything which is not moving. Your tags and envelopes are fab!
Trudi,
I know exactly what you mean – it’s a bit addictive isn’t it?
K x