Getting a Design Team Together

I've been wanting to start a design team for sometime now,  and it's finally going to happen.  I have found some wonderful artists who have agreed to join together their artistic forces for the very first 100 Proof Press design team!  I am very excited to get this going.  It's going to be fun, and I hope you follow a long to see what the team does with our images.

The Poppy Design Contest at the Handmade Gift Guide

Image 5865 Used for the Design Contest

We got the entries in for our first design contest.  The artists were to use this poppy image in any way with  any medium.  The entries are wonderful, imaginative and diverse.  And now it's time to vote on which artist will be awarded the 30 dollar 100 Proof Press gift certificate.  So, visit  The Handmade Gift Guide, to see the entries and cast your vote.

Show Trays

The shop is buzzing with activity.  All we can think about is getting the display trays filled up with finished stamps.  We have 20 trays to pack with  hundreds of stamps before our first show.  We are getting there.

tray in progress

Getting Ready For The Show. . .

We have been busy busy busy getting ready for our first show.  There is so much to do:  vulcanizing, scrolling sawing, indexing, setting up the booth and more.  We have been stamp-making fools.