Last custom stamps

As in other occasions, I would like to show a summary of my latest custom stamps. Many people often ask me to make special stamps for them, for instance with the shape of their logo, of their favorite character, of their children, and many other cute ideas... it is always a pleasure for me to help in carving these stamps! Here's some of my last realisations...

Such in the case of Laetitia, who committed me a trio of clouds and a bunch of moustaches with which to decorate her stuff; and Laura, who committed me the stamp with the cute logo of her amazing shop, maisonbee ...

... or the case of Elisa, the daughter of a good friend of mine, who received a "stamp-portrait with cat", which has been done starting form a cute photo; Christel, who committed this funny a panda stamp; and Muriel, who asked me to carve for her a complete series of stamps inspired to the amazing characters of Roger Hargreaves...

... or Kasia, who asked me for a stamp set inspired to the Petit Prince, which she aimed to use on cloths and decorations to welcome her new-born baby... All my stamps can be used to customise everything you want... you need only to use the right ink and the game is done! Would you like your own special custom stamp? Fill this form and send me a mail explaining your project!

Customized stamps roll

This is a quick little post to show some of last customized stamps that I made for some of my readers, I hope you like them! If you would like to commit me your personal hand carved rubber stamp, do not hesitate, it is sufficient to fill up this form and to send it back to me for having an estimate of the cost!

These stamps inspired to the Moomins were made for Isabel, a fan of this amazing Scandinavian fairy tale... 

Or the logo of Petite Purls, a cute website-magazine about the cute things, ordered by Brandy.

Or also these Petit Prince stamps made for Zayenne. Thanks a lot to all of you, I was very glad to carve your new unique stamps!

Getting out the color of wheat

Waiting for the reopening of my etsy shop the 25th Sept., I would like to write a special post for these two custom stamp sets that I have recently done. They are both stamps related to the Little Price, which is, above all, my favorite tale! The first is a stamp set for Anna, representing the Little Price who is flying away with a cloud of birds, the second is The Little Prince with almost all the characters of the story, i.e. the Fox, the Planets, the Sheep...

What I love in the Little Prince is especially the chapter in which he meets the Fox, who explains him the significance to "be tamed". You can find the full text of this chapter here. After Fox's explanation, the Little Prince is confused because "to be tamed" has a big downside: we suffer when our beloved go away to such extend that, according with the Little Prince, we can wonder if it is really a good thing to tame and to be tamed. Yes, the Fox explains, because it is this process of taming that, in spite of its hardness and the energy that demands, makes our existence unique and special. 

However, I have found an English version of the story, and I have to admit that I am quite disappointed. After having explained his doubts about the sufferance generated by the taming process, the Little Prince asked frankly to the Fox "Alors, tu n'y gagnes rien!" (literally, "So, you don't get out anything of it!" but in the official version is "Then it has done you no good at all!"). And the Fox replies, "J'y gagne à cause du coleur du blé" (literally, "I get out of it the color of wheat" or "I earn the color of wheat" but in the official version is "It has done me good because of the color of the wheat fields"). I thing that the meaning behind this sentence is quite hidden in the official version.

Actually, the Fox gets out of the hard process of taming, not only a new friend, but also a new significance for the color of the wheat and, each time that the Fox will look at a field of wheat, she will remember her dear Little Prince! The wheat ends up with being simple wheat and became intrinsically tied up to the blond hairs of the beloved kid. This is for me the significances of true relationships, to establish unique and special ties.

Customized Hand Carved Rubber Stamps

Finally I booked my travel back home to Paris. Since the 25th September, stamps and accessories will be available again after this long summer pause. And also all readers that asked me for customized hand carved rubber stamps during the summer now could go ahead their projects. If you would like to commit me your personal hand carved rubber stamp, do not hesitate, it is sufficient to fill up this form and to send it back to me for having an estimate of the cost!

In this post I gathered some special customized stamps that I have done before the summer... such as the "Check it out" here on the top of the post that I have made for Michelle... Or this marine knot above ordered by Fabienne...

Or the logo of Soyogic, a cute website about the yoga world, ordered by Claire.

Or also these "best wishes" made for the Julie. Thanks a lot to all of you, I was very glad to carve your new unique stamps!

Customized works

I love to make custom orders! During last times I met on the web some amazing crafters and bloggers, who committed me some little customized works such as stamps or draws for them. Here's I'd like to thank them, and to show you these last creations of mine, introducing you also these amazing people who contacted me for their little hand crafter works...

The first is Coral, from Saint Louis Obispo - California, also called "SLO", to which wikipedia refers also as "the happiest city in America". And I believe that wikipedia this time should not be far from accounting the true, seeing the wonderful world that Coral is able to describe in her gorgeous blog, rich in inspirations and cute pictures. Recently, she asked to prepare a couple of portraits to be added on her blog that feature her in company of the Pascal, her inseparable softy bunny, in both a winter and a spring versions...

... then, I'm glad to introduce here also Charlotte, a Parisian talented dress maker, who ordered me a stamp with her logo, to be used for signing her collections. Recently, she was also featured on the French Etsy blog, in which she released an inspiring interview with amazing photos showing her dreamy works; you can take a look also to her blog here...

And last but not least, I happy here to talk again about Rosario, aka Donamaria. Rosario handcrafts amazing wools and I find that really gorgeous. She firstly asked me to turn a draw of her daughter into a stamp. Then I made also for her the logo of her boutique. Some time ago, I discovered that she uses these stamps to decorate her wooden spools and to embellish little cotton pouches that she uses for her wools. I find this idea really creative, able to well describe the potential of hand carved stamps: to have fun, to embellish things, and to make even more special our unique objects. Thank you Rosario for sharing these cuties!

A stamp for every occasion!

For every occasion it exists a stamp able to make you happy or to accompany your daily life! Indeed, during last period, it was glad for me to hand carved a certain amount of custom rubber stamps: an ex-libris for a cute friend of mine, business logos for two great website (Meias Marias and Curious & Cute), an emplacement for mail address for an adorable Belgian family, a phrase hand written by her son for lovely Virginia, a little logo for a nice Australian girl... these are few samples of committed rubber stamps; I hope you like them, if you'd like to have you too your personalised rubber stamp, write me an email and either send me a draw or explain me in detail what you'd like, I will be happy to satisfy your request!

Therefore, as Christmas is starting to approach, and the first stuff are starting to appear on almost all websites, I've remake my special Xmas stamps collection... you can find a wide range of cute little stamps on my etsy with which to can start to organise your Xmas and mind how to decorate your greetings cards, your wrappings, everything you want!