How to easily stamp names/words?

I might be the last one on earth to tell you this but I'm going to share anyway! It's an easy way how to stamp names and words. Perhaps this might be the tip you have been waiting for forever! :)

Here is what you need:
alphabet letterstampset, masking tape, paper, inkpadPick out the words that you want to make.

Put the stamps down on the table and cut a piece of masking tape.

Pick up the stamps while firmly holding them together.

Press firmly onto the stamps so that they stick to the masking tape.Close the masking tape all around the stamps.

Now you have 1 stamp of 4 letters.

Press the inking pad onto the stamp.

Stamp the word on the surface you want to stamp on.

I have two identical stamping sets so it's easy to make multiple words.

I wish I had three, but I don't so I needed to use
the letter 'L' from one of the above stamps.

And this is the result...

It's very easy to make your own shopname too.
In case that's a long name, use a liner or box
to make sure the stamps are lined up nicely.

Add a piece of masking tape to the stamps.

Press the masking tape firmly around the stamps.

When the stamp is long, you have to make sure that you press firmly
on the beginning, middle and end of the stamp to get an even result.

Tada: ArtMind!

Don't know if this was useful for you, but I remember I was completely enlightened when I first found out how to do this! :)

Now go look at these clever fabric labels by EvaForeva - what a fantastic idea to add your label to your work! :)

Dream in progress... part 15

Oh joy, I got a lot of sewing done on my Babette blanket this week. I have been working according to the pattern which suggests to sew together blocks. I have 8 of the 10 blocks done. I have the bad habbit of not sewing in the loose parts directly so that particular boring task still lays ahead of me...
But look how much I'm already able to cover myself! :)While laying out the blanket on our floor, our cat thought it was a good idea to mess it up... Naughty, naughty kitty! :)

Secret santa wants to know...

... what the daily occupation of the members of the European streetteam is...

Some of them work in retail We have a cute librarian

One fashion photographer
Two peope work in the IT business (assistant & manager)

One person does media research

Of course we also have an accountant

Two textile/fashion designers

A part time writer (and full time Etsian)

Some people work in child care.

There is one musician among the EST

Now guess who is the miniaturist among the lot?

There is one sweet stewardess who makes us all jealous traveling everywhere.
We also have a biologist

I bet the waitress in our team is not so clumsy.

A few Graphic designers

A structural engineer & a few architects

A few students (part-time or full-time)

We have an art historian & art student

There are several public servants

Several secretary'sMany (exhausted) mommy's

A few teachers

Many artists/crafters/home businesses

All Etsians

All pictures above were found via Google pictures.

Secret Santa is a game played by the European Streetteam on Etsy. The idea behind the Secret Santa is that you make something for a teammember and also receive a gift yourself.
Since I try to organise the game for our team, I get a lovely reward: reading all the questionnaires and knowing all the teammember's secrets! :)
What I also know is that lots of people of the team would like to read them all too... That's why I share part of the answers on the questions in my blog. And even though it's anonymous, it's still fun to read what other people wrote... Hope you enjoyed to have a peek in our team.

My creative space

I have a new creative space. My former workspace will be used for packing and all things paper.
It was fun to work there but it was kind of small and I had to re-organise all the time. The past few weeks we have been busy painting and putting down floorboards in our livingspace. Now that most of the things are done, I moved all my things downstairs yesterday. Some stuff is stored elsewhere and will still have to be brought back here but I have the most neccesary things right at hand.

This is how it looks when you enter.
The walls are still bare but I'll be adding sample tiles etc. sometime soon.

This is the view from our lounge area.A trip to IKEA is neccesary as I need some big racks.
I can live with this temporary solution though.
This is what I look at all day.
It's the first 'real' work I made in clay while being in the academy of fine arts.
It's a triptych called 'Aus-tree-lia' - you can read more about that here.

Still need cabinets on this side and I'm afraid lots of other stuff will be added to that corner soon.

Today I'll be making test tiles for my new glazes and make a few more samples for the secret project. I want to fire the kiln today so that I can see the result on saturday.Want to show your creative space? Hop over to Kootoyoo's to play! It's fun! :)

The secret project... work in progress

1. Honesty Seed Pods2. Not available

1. Untitled2. Not available

This gives you a bit of a clue where we were inspired by...

The honesty seedpods are a bit of an experiment. The one on the right is made with two very thin slabs of clay where I put little seeds in between. The one on the left are two very thin fabric leaves which I soaked in liquid porcelain clay. I also put some seeds in between these.

The starfruit like shape needed to have a hole through them all the way. Not easy because you can't do it when the clay is sculpted 'cause it will deform when trying to add a hole. So I strung a piece of clay on cotton thread and sculpted the pod. The thread fired away and there is a nice hole through the whole pod.

To know the idea behind the secret project, go read the first blogpost here or click on the label 'the secret project' to see all the posts about it.
Can't wait to receive your guesses but think about it carefully 'cause you can only guess once! :)
You can send your guess to mitsy@artmind.eu and can not change your guess so think about it carefully...