I got a time stamper from an incredible store called Shimojima that is near where we rehearse. Think of it as the store where you buy the paper supplies you need for your store. So stuff like plain boxes or bags or whatever.

I'm trying not to let this new block printing adventure be an excuse to buy tons of tools. That being said, I did buy three things for archival and tracing purposes.

For archiving I really wanted a date stamper like the ones they use on library cards. They had all sorts of them so I got one with some more black ink for the stamp pad. Very satisfying to go through all the prints and date the backs of them. I already want to start using it for band flyers.

For tracing they had nice packs of carbon paper. I am at the point where I needed some to get more tricky things like letters and numbers on to the block. Carbon paper is a must for that so got that bought.

Black, white, and brown work so well when together.

Bonus purchase was craft paper post cards. My block prints look cool on white business cards but they look amazing on craft paper. Black, white, and brown work so well when together. Also, the craft paper has all there subtle color variations in it. A cool find.