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It’ll be here before you know it. So if you’re in need of a few ideas on what to give (or in some cases, what to put on your own list) this year, this is the place to be for the next couple weeks. Our annual 12 days of Dappered covers one item each week-day between now and December 11th. That’ll leave some time for shipping if you’re the last minute type. All will be reasonably affordable. See the growing archive here.
So you’ve got the thank you note thing down, and maybe you hammer out an actual letter every once in awhile. Scribbling your return address on the envelope is one of those tasks that’s about as enjoyable as drying dishes. Should be done, has no real appeal to it.
The answer: Get a stamp.
These are from the Holmes Stamp artfire shop. They’ve been around awhile, are well reviewed, and offer a ton of designs. Some are simple, some a little more masculine, and some… straight up girly. They’ve got quite a bit to choose from, plus you can have a totally custom design made if need be. For somewhere around $20 you can get one of their pre-designed stamps with an ink pad in the color of your choice (assuming you don’t want a self inking model, but they have plenty of those too). Looks like they have more inventory over in their etsy shop, but stamps over there run closer to $26.
The challenge after a purchase like this will be to resist stamping everything and anything. Like the dog. Don’t stamp the dog. Infant’s forehead first. Then dog.
Have you ever had a custom stamp made? Leave it all below.
I’ve got one, make sure it’s the right way, cause otherwise you just look like a fool
Even worse then having a vanity plate on your car.
If by worse you mean…returned mail actually makes it back to you then yes. Otherwise, it’s better than using those save the children address labels you didn’t donate money for!
This is really a great idea that I never would have thought of.
I don’t care for the monogram style pictured, but I would consider getting one that is a bit less embellished.
But not as bad as having an overly patriotic icon.
Never actually send mail anymore, but this is a fantastic idea.
Pretty sure this is a little more subtle. And less expensive. And it saves time. And instead of having something like TPRTYLV the stamp has your actual name, and… 🙂
But hey man, if it’s too much for you? Then by all means. Skip it.
I didn’t even know this was a thing you could do but I think it’s really cool. Don’t really have any roots put down yet, but when I do this is something I’ll definitely revisit. Thanks for putting it on my radar Joe.
No such thing as overly patriotic.
Just think a stamp is pretentious
I sign my name thank you.
It’s a return address stamp.
Do you usually write down your address under your signature? I think your interpretation on the intended use here might be off base.
I like it. Been thinking about getting one for quite sometime. These are great if you do alot of hand written letters. I already have a wax stamp engraved with the Marine Corps emblem I would use to send letters to the guys in bootcamp when I was a recruiter. It was a hit with everyone there.
Disagree with Joe and u’ll hear it from him (and his legion of butt kissers)! Funny reading through posts from 2010 and the dude would get 0-2 comments per post. Now if you disagree you’ll hear it. If it weren’t for people like us visitors he wouldn’t have such a sweet job.
I have a couple of friends who recently got engaged. If I can pick the right style, I think this would be a great gift for their notifications and simple thank yous. (I understand that they won’t be using it on anything official don’t fret, just a little symbolic thing to present to the almost-newly-wed couple.)
Thought that sniffing out deals for the “average Joe” was the reason for the sweet job. Up to individual taste as to whether info pans out or not. I personally use the gazillion free lables that come unsolicited in the mail, but stamp looks cool. My sister uses one and it really dresses up her Christmas card envelopes.
Now this is an idea!
Great idea for us ‘murrrrrican’s. stamps are still used in Asian countries like China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, etc. as an official signature