Don't fear Bryan! Someday we'll get up there. It' s just gonna take a little planning.

Until then, I can only suggest you puit a few more boxes out in the area. The more bait, the better chance to get a bite...

>>> "bryan toy" 07/05 4:33 PM >>>
Hey Everyone!
Checked on my boxes here in Western PA.
Still no visitors.
And I havent had time for a road trip!
DRAT! My stamp books are empty!

If you are making your stamps out of
erasers or linoleum.. try this! -
Dick Blick - "EZcut Printing blocks"
or
"Soft-Kut Printing Blocks"
They hold a fine line, pick up ink well
off a stamp pad, are more durable than
an eraser and cut like butter.
I do all my professional block-print
illustrations with them.
They are available from any art supply
catalog of large art store.

Happy Hunting! - Bryan Toy


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Yeah, hey man... get the word out to as many outfitter stores as you can in
your area! If you can persuade them to set up something in their store to
promote letterboxing (which will also bring in business) it will only
snowball from there! At my Eastern Mountain Sports store here in Waterford,
CT, we have a small stand with three binders full of clues and three
art-boards of stamps so that people can "register" their stamps. I myself am
about to get rid of a lot of old tupperware! So, hey, chin up and it'll
happen!

Eric in Drew Family-letterboxing-heaven-Connecticut

(um, what was my count again?)

Oh, hey, on the e-z cut stuff... i have my stamp carved out of it and am
noticing that it's beginning to crumble a bit.... is there any type of
coating you can apply after carving that will help it keep its integrity?

Eric in what-should-we-carve-next Connecticut

anybody think of emailing tupperware to make a contianer just for lb? I
tested som of the old tupperware we had and it wasn't watertight. I am
going to double zip lock everything. The Evanston, Il lb had some water
but the zip lock bag saved the journal. wlr
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I think that the outer Tupperware or Rubbermaid or Sterilite container is
just for crushing protection and the first defense against moisture. You
absolutely have to use the ziplock as well I would think.

Eric

>I think that the outer Tupperware or Rubbermaid or Sterilite container is
>just for crushing protection and the first defense against moisture. You
>absolutely have to use the ziplock as well I would think.
>
>Eric

I guess I must have been relatively lucky or Walmart tupperware type
containers are of exceptional quality. My boxes on the east coast of
Florida have gone through numerous storms and two brushes with hurricanes
and have suffered _no_ leakage that I can tell. Go figure ;-)

--
Regards,
Eric Mings Ph.D.

> If you are making your stamps out of
> erasers or linoleum.. try this! -
> Dick Blick - "EZcut Printing blocks"
> or
> "Soft-Kut Printing Blocks"
> They hold a fine line, pick up ink well
> off a stamp pad, are more durable than
> an eraser and cut like butter.
> I do all my professional

Brian
Any chance you'd show us a few samples of your professional work in a
page someplace? Always interested in seeing the art work of others.

Erik DAvis

> nybody think of emailing tupperware to make a contianer just for lb? I
> tested som of the old tupperware we had and it wasn't watertight. I am
> going to double zip lock everything. The Evanston, Il lb had some water
> but the zip lock bag saved the journal. wlr

Well, Rubbermaid still is my favorite - out a couple of years, subjected
to flooding, still watertight (mostly)
Erik Davis