I read about letterboxing 2 days ago, and made my first stamp on the
eraser of a brand new pencil. I am not much of an artist, but it came
out okay. Made a letter box and log book for it the same night and
hid it yesterday. This morning, while my wife was still sleeping, I
went to the convenience store to buy a big eraser. I drew on it and
started carving. I was about 1/4 done when we had to go out. While I
was out, I bought a six pack of erasers, an exacto knife, an inkpad,
and a compass. I finished My first large eraser stamp, and decided to
make one to stamp bills for wheresgeorge.com. It came out mostly
legible, not bad for my second real attempt. I think I'm hooked.
TecBrat.
P.S. I am waiting for the feeling to come back to my pinky fingers.
They went numb holding the eraser and exacto.
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Started on 2003-11-15
Instant Fanatic
From: TecBrat (tecbrat@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2003-11-15 23:50:36 UTC
Re: Instant Fanatic
From: cadenza74 (cadenza74@earthlink.net) |
Date: 2003-11-16 05:34:57 UTC
uh oh, looks as if the bug has bitten you! :) You will love it.
Letterboxing and letterboxers are just great. Carving will also
come more and more naturally to you as well. I am amazed how
much more concentration it required as I began. I hope the
feeling in your fingers returns soon.
Cadenza
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "TecBrat"
wrote:
> I read about letterboxing 2 days ago, and made my first stamp
on the
> eraser of a brand new pencil. I am not much of an artist, but it
came
> out okay. Made a letter box and log book for it the same night
and
> hid it yesterday. This morning, while my wife was still sleeping,
I
> went to the convenience store to buy a big eraser. I drew on it
and
> started carving. I was about 1/4 done when we had to go out.
While I
> was out, I bought a six pack of erasers, an exacto knife, an
inkpad,
> and a compass. I finished My first large eraser stamp, and
decided to
> make one to stamp bills for wheresgeorge.com. It came out
mostly
> legible, not bad for my second real attempt. I think I'm hooked.
> TecBrat.
>
> P.S. I am waiting for the feeling to come back to my pinky
fingers.
> They went numb holding the eraser and exacto.
Letterboxing and letterboxers are just great. Carving will also
come more and more naturally to you as well. I am amazed how
much more concentration it required as I began. I hope the
feeling in your fingers returns soon.
Cadenza
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "TecBrat"
wrote:
> I read about letterboxing 2 days ago, and made my first stamp
on the
> eraser of a brand new pencil. I am not much of an artist, but it
came
> out okay. Made a letter box and log book for it the same night
and
> hid it yesterday. This morning, while my wife was still sleeping,
I
> went to the convenience store to buy a big eraser. I drew on it
and
> started carving. I was about 1/4 done when we had to go out.
While I
> was out, I bought a six pack of erasers, an exacto knife, an
inkpad,
> and a compass. I finished My first large eraser stamp, and
decided to
> make one to stamp bills for wheresgeorge.com. It came out
mostly
> legible, not bad for my second real attempt. I think I'm hooked.
> TecBrat.
>
> P.S. I am waiting for the feeling to come back to my pinky
fingers.
> They went numb holding the eraser and exacto.