I take my nail art seriously. I plan to take it further soon, so I wanted to start on my namecard. There's been some exciting progress in that sector, so I wanted to share them with you. But first, let me tell you how it began.

I met Fiq while we were queueing up for The Used's concert. She's amazing. She's got a talent for typography and illustration, and I knew I had to own one of her works. You can view her work here. She takes projects, so I ordered an illustration from Fiq. My brief was, well, brief. I knew I wanted something circular, which included 2 of my favourite flowers, a camelia (whose oil works so well on my hair, by the way), and a rose. And off that, Fiq drew this:

You should have seen my face when I saw the final product. It's perfect. She was nothing short of supportive, and the end result was more than I had imagined. 

So for the next step, I knew I wanted to make this illustration into a stamp, so I can use it on my namecard. Fiq referred me to another talented artist: Lini.

Now, Lini specializes in handcarved hard rubber stamps. To view her work, click through here. She gave me a lot of advice on selecting the size of the stamp to that would fit best on my namecards, and I really appreciate how patient she was with me. When everything was settled, she had the stamps done in a week, and mailed to me the next day. Here's the final result: 




Entirely hand carved. Would you just take a moment to soak it all in?