Just recently learned about letterboxing, which looks like it may be
*too* much fun. At the moment, I am currently suffering from
information overload.
The piece(s) of information I am most interested in now is creating a
stamp so I can mark books that people have left.
I live in the Washington DC metro area (specifically, Fairfax) and was
wondering if anyone could suggest a good store where I could buy a
high quality stamp which I could then carve.
(online stores could be useful as well, but I was hoping to pick
something up soon)
Pointers to tutorial/tips for doing the actual carving (I'm not an
art-inclined person) would be helpful as well.
Getting Started in Washington DC
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Started on 2003-03-05
[Q] Getting Started in Washington DC
From: Eric Gorr (ericgorr@cox.net) |
Date: 2003-03-05 21:33:58 UTC
Re: Getting Started in Washington DC
From: AM (angele@twcny.rr.com) |
Date: 2003-03-05 16:58:34 UTC-05:00
At 09:33 PM 3/5/03 +0000, Eric Gorr wrote:
>Just recently learned about letterboxing, which looks like it may be
>*too* much fun.
It is! You're lucky to have a lot of boxes nearby just waiting to be found.
>Pointers to tutorial/tips for doing the actual carving (I'm not an
>art-inclined person) would be helpful as well.
I didn't think I was very art-inclined before I carved my first stamps,
either. I still consider myself a bit creatively challenged, but my stamps
(while not masterpieces in any way) have turned out a lot better than I
anticipated. You might be surprised by what you can create. Let go of your
expectations, have fun with the carving and see what happens. :-)
This is a great place to find links on all sorts of basic letterboxing
topics if you're just starting out:
http://www.letterboxing.info/articles/00000002.shtml
Welcome to the obsession!
TurtleMcQ
>Just recently learned about letterboxing, which looks like it may be
>*too* much fun.
It is! You're lucky to have a lot of boxes nearby just waiting to be found.
>Pointers to tutorial/tips for doing the actual carving (I'm not an
>art-inclined person) would be helpful as well.
I didn't think I was very art-inclined before I carved my first stamps,
either. I still consider myself a bit creatively challenged, but my stamps
(while not masterpieces in any way) have turned out a lot better than I
anticipated. You might be surprised by what you can create. Let go of your
expectations, have fun with the carving and see what happens. :-)
This is a great place to find links on all sorts of basic letterboxing
topics if you're just starting out:
http://www.letterboxing.info/articles/00000002.shtml
Welcome to the obsession!
TurtleMcQ
Re: [LbNA] [Q] Getting Started in Washington DC
From: (gbecket@aol.com) |
Date: 2003-03-06 07:47:51 UTC-05:00
In a message dated 3/5/2003 4:35:49 PM Eastern Standard Time, ericgorr@cox.net writes:
You can try the Total Crafts stores - they have a stamp section but you usually have to ask for carving meduim and tools. I got an excellent kit there and it has worked well for me but I have mostly saved the pink stuff and ended up doing a lot of my stamps on white erasers from the Dollar Store. On letterboxing.org there's a link to Der Mad Stamper's page and that's where I got my "training and inspiration".
I live in the Washington DC metro area (specifically, Fairfax) and was
wondering if anyone could suggest a good store where I could buy a
high quality stamp which I could then carve.
You can try the Total Crafts stores - they have a stamp section but you usually have to ask for carving meduim and tools. I got an excellent kit there and it has worked well for me but I have mostly saved the pink stuff and ended up doing a lot of my stamps on white erasers from the Dollar Store. On letterboxing.org there's a link to Der Mad Stamper's page and that's where I got my "training and inspiration".