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2013-06-30, 8:52am
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Stamping letters into beads?
I have a friend whose sister lost her pregnancy at 22 weeks yesterday. As expected, the whole family is devastated. 
So my friend asked me today if I could make beads with the letters of the baby's name stamped into them. I've kinda pondered it before, but now I need to ask. What's the best way to go about this? Brass letters? Bending an old mandrel into shape? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks 
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2013-06-30, 9:02am
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I think you could use tiny letters punched out of copper. So sad for them.
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2013-06-30, 9:25am
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I made one stamping letters from a punch set I bought at Harbor Freight too.
Not a great photo, sorry, but I have believe stamped in the long one.
I'm thinking that maybe if you had a base encased with a colored transparent, then stamped, the letters might stand out more?
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2013-06-30, 9:46am
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How good is your stringer work?
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2013-06-30, 10:19am
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There's also Murrini Cane or Alphabet stamps for leather.
May your friend find peace.
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2013-06-30, 11:05am
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Tandy makes stamps for leather that work well on glass.
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2013-06-30, 1:03pm
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the Tandy stamps may be a little big for detail stuff,
FMG has several small stamp sets that should work.
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2013-06-30, 1:19pm
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Whatever tools you use to stamp, here's advice on staining the beads, which will make the letters stand out http://www.listen-up.org/kitty/beads/tea/tea.htm
I was kind of picturing a hospital baby bracelet, with each letter on a separate bead, and pink or blue spacers beads between. I don't think they do that in hospitals anymore, but my husband has his; it has his last name, A--the A because he was the first born of twins.
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2013-06-30, 4:30pm
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Thanks all. I got some metal stamps and I'll try some of those tea staining techniques with them 
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2013-08-04, 2:00pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mewkittie
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Encasing stringer in clear makes it easier to write (cursive) the letters stay separated more
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hand dyed silk ribbons in many colors!
WASHERS & TOPPERS - layering components for interchangeable glass topper and to use in other jewelry/metalwork.:
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2013-08-04, 3:40pm
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Doggone it! I knew that and did that, then forgot that! Writing it on my forehead (mentally anyway) so I don't forget to go pull more encased stringer.
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2013-08-04, 4:00pm
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I ended up going and getting a letter stamp set from Ace Hardware and it worked perfectly for what I wanted it for.
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