Gift Tags Style
Over the past few years, I’ve been trying to look for a “style” that I prefer and like to go back to…
Looks like I’ve found it with gift tags.
Distressed, twine tied, and washi tape + rubber stamp.
I can make these forever!
What’s your style?
Thanks Maki for sharing this wonderful video found on YouTube.
If you’re interested in finding out what kinds of inks to purchase and what it can do, check out this video for some bright ideas.
Local Vancouver shop owner, teoTime, commissioned me for a beautiful custom stamp!
Last week, I was contacted by Matt from teoTime.com to make him a rubber stamp. It was a pretty busy week so I didn’t think too much about the logo he designed himself and what it was for. When I first looked at it, I thought it might be a stamp for a wedding- unless the customer volunteers information to me or I need more info to better the stamp results, I usually don’t inquire what the stamp is for – but of course, tea leafs + hearts and in an hourglass/ time… teoTime logo makes so much sense! 
Matt is very courteous in his communication and very humble too! He sent me the image file and told me he was new in graphic designing so I am free to make any adjustments. I thought the image looked great!
THE SURPRISE!
I bet his company really loves surprises because when I met Matt to deliver him his stamp, he surprised me with a gift box of teoTime teas!! HAHAHA…
Don’t know what goodies I got!
It was only then when I found out that his stamp was for his company… DUH!!
Nice logo that I just made into a stamp.
We chatted a short while and him and his business partners are new to their teotime business. I love that! It’s so nice to meet new business owners because every individual who is willing to get out of their comfort zone and work on something they believe in is to be commended.
I asked Matt:
“Why tea?”
Matt: “My business partners and I love drinking teas. We’ve found [competitor's] teas smell great but doesn’t always match the taste. So we wanted to be able to do that for our customers.”
Makes sense.
Me: “Are you selling this at craft shows?”
Matt: “No, just online at the moment.”
Well this is sorta what I remembered because I didn’t really think I would be doing this review… but after I saw what great lengths teoTime and Matt did for me, I just had to tell my readers about this new local tea company.
Whoa! Check out my gift!
A nice little note in a corked bottle.
Inside my surprise box were a bunch of goodies nicely packaged in 2 fabric bags with 2 bags of teas in each bag and a bamboo spoon and a note in a bottle. What a delight! Matt left a note showing gratitude and a true small businessman in the making! Who wouldn’t want to receive a little note in a bottle… LOL
So many teas to try.. where to begin?!
I’m not sure if I should be showing off the new teas but I hope Matt doesn’t mind that I do! These are fantastic.
As a first impression, I give this company 5 Rubber Stamp Stars! I haven’t tried the teas yet and it’s getting late on my end so I don’t wanna be up all night if I brewed one now but I’d love to give this tea a try tomorrow morning.
Matt was open to having a review on their teas done so right away, it gives me the impression that they are confident about their product. I’m not a tea expert and I have not looked into tea competitors or industry standards so this is all purely my review based on my thoughts on the product.
Taste test tomorrow and review in a future post soon!
Until next time.
Last month, I got the opportunity to meet VOKRA’s rescue cat, Kenny Pawgers as well as make a custom stamp for Maria, a brave cat rescuer/ferral cat trapper.
The first pet portrait stamp was for my sister’s black and white miniature fox terrier. Then I worked on my friend’s tuxedo cat, Lala and finally Kenny Pawgers.
Etchythings will donate a portion of the sales of this pet stamp as well as some of her etchythings pet items to VOKRA. If you were referred by Maria or her rescue group, please contact me for a custom listing.
A picture of Lala was transformed into a stamp
Image progression of Kenny from VOKRA into a portrait stamp
RESULTS:
From photo to stamp
Lala’s stamp
Kenny Pawgers from VOKRA (Maria’s rescue cat)
Landed on Front Page on Etsy!
It’s one of those dreams come true moments for any etsy seller to be featured on Etsy Front page. I’ve been tremendously fortunate… I got on front page once for my snowflake stamps and again yesterday for my lotus stamp.
A very good feeling of course; WAAAAHOOO!!! not to mention the number of hits and orders to follow! 
Thank you Etsy.com! and thank you to my curator, La Vale, for a wonderful treasury.
Beginning of this year, I decided to start making custom silhouette rubber stamps with personalized names for pet owners (see examples here => https://www.etsy.com/listing/122001367/personalized-dog-cat-pet-stamp-with-pets)
These were some of the common silhouettes I started with as well as the paw prints I’ve been offering since etchythings’ inception.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/124372425/personalized-dog-paw-cat-paw-print
beagle dachshund boxer pug
Occasionally, I would get special requests from pet owners for a custom silhouette image because their particular breed mix require a special stamp.
Here’s an example below showing a picture taken from the owner (side profile are best) in order for me to create a silhouette of Gaby.
The making of Gaby Silhouette Stamp
I also get requests for an actual paw sized stamp:
Actual size of footprint is about 2.5 inches wide
These could all be done just for your pet and are great on greeting cards, envelopes, tags and other gifting inspiration.
These pet silhouette stamps come in 3/4″ (1.9cm) size but you could request these to be 1″ or bigger as well if you choose to have multiple names or prefer a bigger font size.
Recently, I received a review from Dachshund Nola’s blogspot and 5 out of 5 stars rating! Have a look to see what she thought about the stamp!
Maki K. won with a whooping 101 votes for putting together a beautiful paper doll tag using one sheep hoodie, one cat face and one reindeer stamp she bought from Michaels! So creative.
To see how these little cute stamps work, read this blog:
http://myogastudio.ca/2013/03/06/how-to-use-your-paper-doll-stamps/
To see the criteria on how Maki won, read here:
http://myogastudio.ca/2013/03/08/win-over-50cdn-worth-of-mix-and-match-paperdoll-hoodies-cat-face-rubber-stamps/
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sentiment stamp
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I’ve been making my own rubber stamps for about a year now and every day I think of something new I want to create. As an avid stamper, card making and crafter, I often find myself buried with paper scraps, left over craft foam and irregular shaped rubber unfit for making my standard rubber stamps.
Instead of throwing away perfectly usable rubber scraps for making stamps, I thought I would save these for my plethora of pop-up creations.
My current usage has been on personalized sentiment stamps. Stamp companies like Hero Arts and Pinkbydesigns have been making cute sentiments for years and these sentiments are useful for creating the cutest greeting cards.
I own hundreds of these stamps and (counting) just because they are too cute! But there are times when I need a sentiment specific to my occasion, my purpose and my personalize sentiment stamps are just the solution.
Simple Signature Stamp for note cards and gift tags.
Use them separately or together to make a business card, a gift tag or packaging tags
Instead of numbering tables, how about naming all the places you’ve travelled or going to travel to on your escort cards?
As these are small and versatile; they can be stamped on clay as well, there’s a lot of options to mark your craft with these personalized stamps.
Easter Giveaway
Bunny Gift Tags
No purchase necessary. Just participate and share!
Win these 4 free gift tags using etchythings paper doll stamps
Last month, I started a contest with selected fans to partake a paper doll kitty stamp challenge. (see contest details near end of the page) We had close to 20 fans interacting on Facebook trying to score some kitty stamps …hehe.. after some great fun, I ended up giving away 9 pairs of stamps to some of most loyalest fans from Etchythings.
Yesterday, our challenge closed with 3 participants and here are their entries:
submission by Maki K.
Vote by liking the photo.
Click to enter FB photo.
Submission by Jodie S.
Vote by liking the photo.
Click to enter FB photo.
Submission by Shawna M.
Vote by liking the photo.
Click to enter FB photo.
If you haven’t voted already, please click on the photo you like best and add a like to their shared page. Voting closes on March 14th at 11:59PST.
Details of the challenge below:
Win Free Stamps!!
monkey rang #cat rubber stamps
To enter please like and share my Facebook Post.<= (click on “Facebook Post” to open) OR RETWEET my post on twitter.
Next, follow my instructions provided here, on facebook or twitter:
1) Choose one of 8 hoodies (batman, superman, lion, tiger, sheep, bunny, monkey, or bear)
2) Send me an email via contact form on my website, a private message on facebook/ twitter, or at mei[AT]myogastudio[DOT]ca with your address information to send ONE HOODIE of your choice and a cat face stamp. [2 stamps total]
3) Include your physical address, your PayPal address so I can send you an invoice of an amount that will cover shipping and fees. [Visit Canada Post.ca and PayPal fees for rates Between $3.50-$6 depending on shipped country.]
4) Once I receive the payment, I will send you the stamps within the next few days. You have plenty of time to submit your photo(s)!
CONTEST
5) When you receive your stamps, you have until March 7th, 2013 to submit up to TWO photos on my Facebook page of your creation! This could be a card, a gift tag or any paper craft creations you make! You must use both the cat face and the hoodie you’ve selected in your entry to qualify. If you can’t or have problems posting to my facebook page, just send it via my email and I will post on your behalf. [images may be used on my blog here and definitely posted on FB if not other pinterest/ social media sites]
6) Once the contest closes (First week of March), we will use “likes” to determine the winner.
7) Winner will receive the remaining 7 hoodies plus one other animal face rubber stamp to be launched later next month…That’s over $50Cdn worth of stamps that you could create hundreds of different characters from!! As Kayla from Lovelettersupcycled would say, “Ultimate coolness! It’s like paper-dolls but way more fun.”
AND KEEP YOUR 2 STAMPS FREE!!!
Check out the new post on how to use the stamps with your existing stamps here.
Leave me a comment on facebook, twitter or on my blog here if you have any questions!!! This is JUST FOR FUN and to thank my fans for being awesome. Not for Profit. Let’s inspire each other to be creative.
This contest is open to anyone who loves stamping, card making and making others smile. Good luck.
Check out the list of hoodies on my etsy shop here:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/120654274/hoodies-costume-add-on-stamp-mix-and?
A bunny in monkey hoodie looking for easter eggs.
***Please note all my rubber stamps and craft items are made in Canada. I am able to customize your items when you convo me because I do not mass produce your specified items or outsource anything off shore. Therefore, they look more handmade then they do mass produced style. I make items for geeks, yogis, animal lovers and entrepreneurs who would like to start their own handmade business. People like me! ***
***Rubber stamps and any small items I have here are not recommended for young children use without supervision; they can be USED for children party favors and items for children by adults but NOT for children to use as playing toys.***
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