Make Your Mark
Gone are the days when the lady of the house would pride herself on her collection of monogrammed linens, brought out to impress the guests, and her personalized stationery for every occasion.
But there is still something very special about being able to personalize things with your name or initial, and we’ve found a couple of great ways to do that.
Mom-run, Canadian company She She Impressions makes over 30 different custom stamps, with inks available in seven different colours. Their circular style evokes the days of wax-sealed letters, but without the heat. The address stamps save you a lifetime of looking for address labels or writing out return addresses by hand. Or get one of the name or initial stamps, and make your personal mark on books, recipe cards, scrapbooks, photo albums, or blank stationery. Another great use for the stamps is for making gift labels. We’re planning on making the holidays easier this year with the To/From stamp for ourselves and a personalized stamp for the teacher/babysitter/ mother-in-law/girlfriend. And we’re hoping a name stamp for the kids will help ensure textbooks, binders and notebooks spend less time in the lost and found and more time with their rightful owner.
But stamps aren’t just for big kids. Lee-Ann O’Neill, a Canadian teacher, mom and founder of The Little Stamp Company, has created ‘Signature’ name stamps. They are custom-created with your little learner’s name, and they are perfect to help them master the art of printing. The dotted font helps them trace and print, and the self-inking (no separate stamp pad required so no mess), child-safe, washable and eco-friendly ink (it’s actually edible!) make them good for mom too. Children will love printing their names on artwork, colouring sheets, birthday cards and more. The Signature stamps make great gifts as well—to celebrate back to school or package them up with some coloured paper and they make the perfect preschooler birthday present. ($24.95)
Personalized stamps—they’re definitely a great way to make your mark on the world.
She She Impressions
www.shesheimpressions.com
The Little Stamp Company
www.littlestamp.com/home.html
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