Personalized Stamps for Your Handmade Business

Personalized stamps are ideal for using in your handmade craft business. Whether you sell your handmade craft items through craft fairs and markets, via galleries or online from your own website or a handmade marketplace such as Etsy, then you may find personalized stamps surprisingly useful.

Types of Personalized Stamps

The term 'Rubber stamps' is now used to encompass a wide range of stamps. This includes traditional wood mounted stamps, unmounted stamps, clear stamps, foam stamps and digital stamps. Any type of stamp can be personalized. The type of personalization depends on you and your requirements. The options are extensive and ranges from pre-designed stamps which you can personalize by adding your address or company logo through to stamps that have been designed to your own specifications. Many rubber stamp companies offer this service, including stamp companies that traditionally specialize in rubber stamps for business through to small independent artisan rubber stamp companies who offer a bespoke service. It is also possible to make your own personalized stamps. Again, the range of options is extensive and includes carving your own stamps, through to making your own photopolymer clear stamps.

Personalized stamps can be used within your craft business in many ways. Personalized rubber stamps are perfect for making your own stationery. This is ideal for small businesses as it allows you to quickly make only the stationery you require and not have to pay for large amounts of stationary to be printed. A personalized stamp can be used to create your own compliment slips, letter headings, invoices and receipts, packaging notes, business cards and other items of stationary. They are also a good way to help to raise your brand identity. A rubber stamp can be used to stamp your logo onto product labels, packaging such as bags and boxes and other items.

Tips for Using Personalized Stamps

Here are a few tips to get the most from using personalized stamps in your handmade business:

• Don't try to cram too much information onto one stamp. This can make important information difficult to read.
• Consider getting a number of different personalized stamps made that you can used for different purposes. For instance a stamp with just your logo and website address which you could use on packing notes and another with your postal address and other information for letter headings.
• Remember that stamps only print in a single color so take this into account when designing the layout of the stamp and any images used.
• Consider personalizing stamps for other purposes, for instance you could personalize a 'recycle this' stamp for packaging. This is a good way to help build your brand awareness.