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just_the_things10. Carve/create my own stamp & try letterboxing if possible
I created two really terrible stamps using the puffy paint on Gatorade top method. I don't really like the look of them, and I had a lot of failed attempts. But I've been wanting to try this for a while, and now I have. I might try again. It would just have to be a design that would stand up to the several layers of paint it takes to accomplish a stamp. Tip: make sure the paint dries completely before using it to stamp!
Okay final products:
Terrible in progress attempts:
As for Letterboxing, I'd heard of it years ago and thought it sounded really neat. The finding, however, proved to be a lot harder than I'd counted on. I'd thought it would just be like Little Free Libraries--you go to a site, it tells you where to go, and you visit. Nuh-uh. There are all sorts of puzzles and riddles and clues. So I picked a letterbox that was in Springfield. The clue was in a numeric code, which I deciphered with some difficulty. I ended up at a church trying to find five sisters in front of a parking space. Nope. Nothing even remotely resembling five of anything near the parking area. Strike one.
Okay, then I went to Great Harvest in Burke, my local store that sells nummy bread. I found the mailbox on the top of the shelf near the doorway, and there was supposed to be a letterbox across from that on the top of another shelf, but that would have been behind the counter, and the guys working there had absolutely no idea what I was talking about. Strike two.
I was heading into Alexandria for another project, and decided to try a third time. This time, the instructions were quite clear. I just had to find my way to the cemetery. I followed the instructions--looking under a certain hedge, under a brick (I'd brought a trowel, and glad for it at that point), and found a dinosaur in the graveyard! Home run! There was a stamp inside, but no log book, so I couldn't leave a stamp of my own. Still, this was definitely a success. I sealed the container and covered it up properly when done.
I created two really terrible stamps using the puffy paint on Gatorade top method. I don't really like the look of them, and I had a lot of failed attempts. But I've been wanting to try this for a while, and now I have. I might try again. It would just have to be a design that would stand up to the several layers of paint it takes to accomplish a stamp. Tip: make sure the paint dries completely before using it to stamp!
Terrible in progress attempts:
As for Letterboxing, I'd heard of it years ago and thought it sounded really neat. The finding, however, proved to be a lot harder than I'd counted on. I'd thought it would just be like Little Free Libraries--you go to a site, it tells you where to go, and you visit. Nuh-uh. There are all sorts of puzzles and riddles and clues. So I picked a letterbox that was in Springfield. The clue was in a numeric code, which I deciphered with some difficulty. I ended up at a church trying to find five sisters in front of a parking space. Nope. Nothing even remotely resembling five of anything near the parking area. Strike one.
Okay, then I went to Great Harvest in Burke, my local store that sells nummy bread. I found the mailbox on the top of the shelf near the doorway, and there was supposed to be a letterbox across from that on the top of another shelf, but that would have been behind the counter, and the guys working there had absolutely no idea what I was talking about. Strike two.
I was heading into Alexandria for another project, and decided to try a third time. This time, the instructions were quite clear. I just had to find my way to the cemetery. I followed the instructions--looking under a certain hedge, under a brick (I'd brought a trowel, and glad for it at that point), and found a dinosaur in the graveyard! Home run! There was a stamp inside, but no log book, so I couldn't leave a stamp of my own. Still, this was definitely a success. I sealed the container and covered it up properly when done.
