Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Stamp Obsession!

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Sandwiches! Lately I have such an obsession with rubber stamps! I can't stop buying them! (@Lee Tran Lam does this sound familiar?) When my work day is over I treat myself to making envelopes from scrap paper and decorating them with stamps. Sometimes this takes me to 4am when the sun is starting to come up and I can hear the newspaper delivery motorbike arrive. Oops!

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d-bros seal sheet


I was at the Japan Immigration office in Shinagawa recently renewing my working holiday visa and Udagawa-san mentioned there was a great shop 'e-cute' inside the JR station. So I popped upstairs to 'e-cute' to find the d-bros stamp station!!! Oh My! They sell seals (that's stickers for us non Japanese type), various size envelopes, and other assorted paper products which you can have fun stamping away at the giant d-bros stamping station. They have a selection of simple designs such as dots, stripes and typography and also some cute sketch-like illustrations like the profile of the girl and puppy dog seen above. The pre-inked d-bros stamp station has both red and black stamps and they are constantly adding new stamps to the series. If you're planning a trip to Tokyo, and love stamps, then it might be worth a trip out to Shinagawa! It's a great way to pass the time if you're waiting for your Shinkansen too. Oh I wish I could go somewhere on a Shinkansen again soon...

Anyway, I made these seals! You can't really see in this pic, but it's a seal sheet which has many oval and scalloped edged shape seals which I'm so excited to use.

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D-bros in Station image from D-bros website

Hope you're having a happy week Sandwiches.

I'm installing my works for the exhibition at Nidi Gallery tomorrow then I have the Hello Sandwich Handmade Notebook workshop at Shibaura House. Plus my friend from art school arrives for his holiday in Tokyo tomorrow morning. Exciting day!
What are you up to this week?

Love Love
Hello Sandwich
xoxo
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19 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 5, 2011 at 9:10 PM

    Oh gosh, those stamps do look like fun ... I know when you get into those crafty moods you can just go for hours. I was up till 2am one night scrap booking - I was obsessed. And now haven't touched it in years ... oh, well.

    Kelly xo
    Elegantly Academic

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  2. KAAM {hand-made}July 5, 2011 at 10:06 PM

    I wish one day I will find an envelope like that in my mailbox!

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  3. Mlle ParadisJuly 6, 2011 at 2:23 AM

    looks like such fun....

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  4. MeggieJuly 6, 2011 at 2:31 AM

    Love the "PMATS" sign in the shop... it's like a "duh" moment because it makes so much sense but I never thought of it! ;)

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  5. SannaJuly 6, 2011 at 3:02 AM

    Oh, stamps <3. I'm drooling over the Yellow Owl Workshop sets, I just n e e d to get one one day.

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  6. beatriceJuly 6, 2011 at 5:19 AM

    but this is so great!!

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  7. GraceJuly 6, 2011 at 5:56 AM

    Very cute and fun!

    xx Grace
    Dream-Boating

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  8. amanda janeJuly 6, 2011 at 7:28 AM

    i love stamps too...these are fantastic.

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  9. jojoebi-designsJuly 6, 2011 at 9:16 AM

    do you carve your own stamps? I have a massive pile of bought stamps and then I discovered carving them, even more fun!

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  10. YUJuly 6, 2011 at 11:10 AM

    love stamps, I bought an onigri shaped stamp from Itoya on my trip to Tokyo - have yet to use it though :)

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  11. darcy duboseJuly 6, 2011 at 12:52 PM

    Those envelopes are amazing! I'm always on the prowl for some sort of similar stationary, but DIY seems the way to go.

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  12. Jan HalvarsonJuly 6, 2011 at 2:12 PM

    those look amazing! and your envelopes are so pretty. i would end up doing the same thing...(staying up late making them)!

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  13. SewonJuly 6, 2011 at 2:13 PM

    Oh you've just inspired me to make my own envelops for the packages I've been meaning to send to friends! Do you usually use a template?

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  14. UpGeminiJuly 6, 2011 at 5:50 PM

    In New York there is a tiny store crammed with stamps... now I have to go soon! :D
    Plans for the week: sale shopping and dinners with friends -- I'm not good at dieting! hihihih

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  15. AnonymousJuly 6, 2011 at 6:12 PM

    I love rubber stamps too!! They are such a satisfying way to add a little bit of detail to any craft item. My plans for the week are looking through my new craft book haul from Amazon jp YAY!! op shopping and making some little brooches. Have a lovely week.

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  16. Bonjour JulietteJuly 6, 2011 at 8:42 PM

    Awwwww you just make me ache for time to make such beautiful things!
    Thanks to you i think some of my friends are going to receive snail mail pretty soon...
    Thanks again for feeding me with paper beauty and pictures of Tokyo and inspiration!

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  17. leetranlamJuly 6, 2011 at 8:47 PM

    Dear Ebony, you are SPEAKING MY (INK-SMUDGED) LANGUAGE!!! Of course, you would know about my stamp fixation, given your Will-sponsored mission to get those lovely stamps from Popeye Camera for my birthday (thank you, again)! I love the sound of the D-Bros station, it will be one of my first stops when I can get back to Japan again. Thanks for taking us on a blog excursion there. And XXXXXL-sized luck for tomorrow's exhibition unveiling. Please post lots of pictures, we'd love to see how awesome your work is! (And Gracie's, too!) x

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  18. CamilleJuly 6, 2011 at 11:37 PM

    So nice !!!

    http://camilleillustration.blogspot.com/

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  19. ReiJuly 15, 2011 at 4:21 PM

    Hi!
    I came across to your blog through tupera tupera.

    I just wanted to share the love of stamps.
    A friend of mine created hand-made stamps and they are soooo cute!
    Check her out!
    http://www.etsy.com/shop/talktothesun

    She used live in Australia and now back in Japan, seems you are living in Japan so maybe you can hook up?!

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