What? I have a blog? Oh, right.
Last few weeks have been completely
insane with non-business-related things (local bff moving away forever, trips to surrounding "i" states, friends visiting, condo on the brain) but I'm trying to get myself back to work so I can have my rebranding done and my
Off the Wall Greetings shop up and gorgeous by June.
You know that lovely
banner Bean Sprout Studios designed for me? In the interest of branding and consistency and all that fun marketing crap that just makes "it looks and feels better" sound like deep psychological manipulation,
I asked her what font she used. Turns out to be "
Lettering Delights Letterpress" from
scrapgirls.com. For $3, I decided it was worth
paying, even though I normally stick to the free fonts from
DaFont.com. I've been through DaFont over and over again and for $3 I can Lettering Delights Letterpress my brains out on everything and be done with it.
Thing already in the works with my new name and font: a stamp from Stacey of
AsspocketProductions that says offthewallgreetings.etsy.com so I can stamp the insides of all my envelopes and the outsides of all my packages and your forehead. I really like her work and she's a fellow Illinoisian. I'm buying one of her fabulous
custom Chicago Skyline address stamps, too, so I can stamp my new permanent condo address like a cool person all over everything. Way better than address labels, since I never know how many labels I'll use and at some point you either move with tons left over or you have to keep reordering them or using the weird ones from awkward charities like the Foreskin Foundation*.
Stacey also has a whole fantastic shop of
naughty stamps appropriately named
Stampin Naughty, but I know I'd just get myself into trouble with those.
*I made that up.
Stacey (AKA AsspocketProductions AKA StampinNaughty AKA Amazing Arts) rules. Those two stamps (only with my full address...had to white out parts so my loyal blog followers wouldn't come to my house and kill me in my sleep or anything...this means you Interlochen Amy) should be heading my way once Memorial Day is over and done with. Yay!
And here's the real kicker: Stacey is offering you, my blog readers, 15% off her stamps (that means stamps, not books, cases, acrylic blocks and the like) if you say "Jill sent me" in a convo or when you check out.
Persoanlly, I've come to use stamps in place of my love of stickers for decorating packages and branding things. Like I said yesterday, you run out of stickers. Stickers have to be replenished and I always feel like I have to wait for a special package or occasion to use a special sticker. Not with a stamp. Using a stamp doesn't take away from using it again. It's like love. That's why when I send people things (both official Etsy orders and random mail to random friends and family) the envelopes tend to show up covered in stamps. It's like covering the package in love.
So if you're looking to buy some love, say "Jill sent me" and Stacey will discount said love 15%. And no, I'm not getting kickbacks or anything. Just spreading the love.
