Stamps ala John .....JUST the Facts, Ma'am. :~)

WE DO offer cust

John and Anhoki have decided it is time to bring our custom soap stamp making to an end.  It has been an awesome ride but one we need to end.  Thank you to ALL of the (hundreds, if not thousands) of people who have chosen us for their custom projects.  We appreciate you and hope you have many many years of happy stamping with your Custom Anhoki & John Soap Stamp. 

XOXOXO

om soap stamps but we can not design the image for you.  The image MUST come from you.

PLEASE READ all of the information below.  We would not ask for this information if it was not needed.  

PLEASE EMAIL me at info@soaptattoos.com for more information. Do not add a comment...it will get lost.  

Please understand and respect that we also have a family and will get to your email as soon as we see it in our inbox but will not be checking email 24/7.  "Normal" business hours are 8-5 for most people....this also includes us.  Like everyone else...we also take time away from our computers. :~)

We will not give pricing until the image has been sent and we see how much work is required.  Please remember that we will not design your custom soap stamp for you.  ALL artwork..be it an image with not text or simply text IS an image and must come from you in order for the job to move forward.  Thanks!
Please allow us up to two weeks to complete and ship your custom soap stamp once the image has been approved by you and paid for.

 
Custom soap stamps  START at $35.95 but may be more depending on the amount of work Anhoki and John have to do to it.  

The quoted price does NOT include shipping.  Most soap stamps will ship for about $3 in the US.  Multiple stamps will obviously be more.  
If you are in dier need of a rush job we can do that but it will cost you.  Rush jobs cost $50 ABOVE the cost of the stamp.  We will do whatever we can to move as fast as possible on your rush job.  HOWEVER... if you do not reply to our emails and pay for your stamp right away it WILL delay your rush order.

We currently have shipping set to a flat $8 for outside of the US.  We will refund anything above $1.50 more than what it costs us to mail the stamp.  If you are charged fees upon receiving the package it IS your responsibility to pay them...not ours.  

The price of your stamp will go up if, after you have approved your artwork and it is milled, you decide changes need to be made. The first remill is an additional $25 and each additional milling will be in increments of $40.  This MUST be paid before we will remill.  If you have paid for your stamp, require a remill and refuse to pay and also desire a refund of payments already made we WILL charge a 20% restock fee for our time and materials.  Please understand this before agreeing to purchase your custom soap stamp.

PLEASE communicate fully with us and understand the stamp design process before we mill it for you. This will save our time, our supplies and your funds. Payment IS expected in FULL before we will do any design modification changes OR milling. We only accept Paypal so keep that in mind when requesting a custom stamp.

One of the best thing you can do for us is tell us APPROXIMATELY what size you would wish your soap stamp to be.  Exact isn't always possible.  Approximately is the best way to go.  

And remember we DO allow for a 1/4 inch border all the way around the design.  This helps prevent bulging when the image is impressed into the soap.  We do not make allowances for beveling  If you require this please make a note to yourself and also let us know you wish to have a little extra "shaving" room. 

Giving us an image the EXACT size of the requested end result is of no use to us. 

Also... If you give us an image that is TOTALLY square and want it to be made into a RECTANGLE stamp ((@@))... We need to work within the constraints of the original image in order to keep it as close to the original as possible. Please keep this in mind.

1) PLEASE provide me with a name. I'd like to know with whom I am exchanging emails.

2) Length and Width of your soap bar (this is very important). Without a bar size we can NOT move forward. Don't be shy about this. It IS information we must have. If you wish to have a stamp that works with many bar sizes give us the smaller bar size but PLEASE give us something so we have something to work with.

3) H-U-G-E JPEG, GIF, PNG, PDF, BMP, TIF file of your image. We prefer a size of 5X7 or larger to avoid pixelation. Please be sure to not take a very small image and BLOW it up at this does not prevent pixelation but enhance it.  Sending us an image the size of a postage stamp is not helpful.  We will re-size it to the stamp size as we go.  

4) Along with the above please do NOT send us an image the size you PREFER your END PRODUCT to be.  That is of no use to us.  Communication is key.  Give us an image we can work with and then talk to us through the email process.  Makes life MUCH easier for everyone involved.

5) Tell us what the EXACT name of the font is and where we can find it for FREE IF we might need it to rework your image for any reason.  We use Open Office on ALL of our computers.  We do not have Microsoft anything so letting us know it is in Word...doesn't help.

6) Give us an idea of how much space you wish your stamp to cover. Often times images are not well represented in a smaller stamp but an idea of what you have in mind is most helpful.
Larger is better. SERIOUSLY..SIZE DOES MATTER! The larger your stamp image the better it will look on your soap bar. However, we don't want to have it so large that is buldges out the sides of the soap bar so please be reasonable.

6 a) Believe it or not smaller is NOT the better way to go. The SMALLER your stamp is the MORE money you will spend. Small stamps are truly the spawn of Satan. They are extremely difficult to generate code for because of the teeny tiny spaces that the bit has to maneuver through and the smaller stamps do NOT translate well at all in a soap impression.  ESPECIALLY if the image has a lot of detail in it.  Sad, but true. Less (as in smaller) is definitely not more when it comes to stamp image. Less actually costs you more money.



7) We will not go more than 11 letters across the face of your bar. This includes spaces. MOST fonts need to be beefed up in order to "shine" on your soap bar. Allow us the room (if needed) to thicken the letters and add spacing where needed.

8) Be REASONABLE with the image AND text you want for your stamp. The more detailed images may look great in a rubber stamp OR on paper but not so great in a soap stamp. If you have an image that is highly detailed and requires a lot of impressing, chances are, it will not work. For instance....if you wish to have a stamp of a daisy it is often better to do an outline and minimal lines and then color the inside with mica or soap paints. The fewer lines and impressions you have the better the outcome.

9) On 8 to 5 job where he is not working on stamps or soap molds. This is what we call "paying the mortgage and providing food for the chillen's". :~)) He makes the molds, stamps, cutters and whatever else is requested in his off hours. We will do our very best to be up front and honest with you regarding the turn-around of your item but life does happen and sometimes things ne thing we would like everyone to remember is my DH does have aare delayed a bit.

10) As always...communication is key.  We will send you a price quote.  You approve the quote and THEN we will work on your stamp proof.  Your stamp proof will almost always come to you in backward format.  This is as it will be when it is milled.  This is how it will look on your stamp when you look at it.  When you ask yourself "why is my stamp backward".... simply answer the question by stamping a bar of soap or placing your stamp on a piece of paper.  Even easier would be to view it in a mirror or look at a rubber stamp if you have one.  It too is backwards.  You MUST approve the proof which means you do need to reply to the messages we send you regarding the images.  Once you have approved the proof it goes to mill.  Once we have milled the stamp we will send you a test stamp picture to approve.  Your stamp will be blocked and finished only after you have approved the stamped imaged.

****** We do request a two week turnaround for our soap stamps and we require all of it. Life happens and sometimes things come up. If we are waiting for a return email or payment from you and have not heard from you in a timely manner we will put your project on hold and move to another one.  Likewise...if something happens in our lives that might prevent us from meeting a deadline we will let you know.

....And finally....PLEASE please understand that just because an image looks good on paper it does not always mean that it will translate properly into a stamp. Changes are sometimes required in order to create a workable stamp. An exact replica of the image you have provided is not always possible.
>>I do apologize but at this time we do not offer wholesale pricing for our products.
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