artisan and handcrafted market

one of the Christmas markets BIRCHseed will have a table at...

if you live near by, pop over to my table and say hello :)

making my own stationary -- swing tags & stuff

nothing pretty to show off this week...rather its about being practical. 

i like to make everything myself... you could call me stubborn, but i guess i am just a little bit frugal in life.

... plus i just want to make sure that when someone buys a BIRCHseed item, they get a little bit extra handmade goodness, that tells a touch more about what i do.

a few weeks ago, i decided i needed (wanted) a BIRCHseed stamp i could use for letter head, business cards, on the back of envelopes etc. 

but i did not want one of those ugly mail-order self inking rubber stamps. so i got my carving tools out, and after a bit of freehand carving in reverse (not so easy!) i ended up with this. 

and i here are some individually hand-pressed business cards using this new stamp...

... and had to make some more swing tags for my retail sales

... and some name tags stamped with a flower

...and some stickers (its the leaf block you saw above) used to seal the wrapped BIRCHseed items, instead of sticky tape.

... and some cards to write nice messages on.

mmm, things have come a long way since my first attempt at a business card last year when i began BIRCHseed. 

oh,... i do make my own cotton clothing/product labels too.

... in a few weeks i will pop up a free tutorial, that reveals the ins and outs of 

how you can do this at home too :)

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:: is anyone as crazy as me and makes their own 'everything' things?


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whats in the name... BIRCHseed?

some of you may wonder how i came to called my business BIRCHseed...?  

... the name came together over a few days of thinking about how to brand the printed fabrics & items i was to make. i gave some deep thought about a name that...

• could be used across a broad variety of ages & items
• had a fresh 'sounding' word (or words)
• was a little bit 'green' to match the organic & non toxic elements of my printed fabric
• in some way resonated with my personal life... 

i really liked the word BIRCH on its own, but after some googling i could see i was not the only one! as a child, i grew up with 3 lovely, big, white paper-trunked birch trees in our backyard & i would spend hours pulling apart the seed clusters & watching them spin & float to the ground (dot point 4 covered!) 

& so the formation of two words became one - BIRCHseed.

:: how did you come to uncover your business name / brand?

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