Textual Play

I try to date everything: cards I send or receive, art I make, kid art and school stuff. I’m never sorry to have the date on something and often sorry the date is missing, especially in my notebooks.

If you don’t have or want a date stamp, handwriting the date is super easy. But to me, there is something special and graphic about using a date stamp.

This is my current collection of date stamps.

Here is more info if you’re interested in any of these:

• Turquoise – no idea where I got this one
• Ali Edwards date stamp
• Ali Edwards time stamp – no longer available
• Becky Higgins – no longer available, similar
• Amazon
• Trodat (the picture shows DDMonthYYYY, but mine came MonthDDYYYY)
• Old Becky Higgins – no longer available
• Studio Calico Mega Date Stamp

Some artists who use date stamps:

• Federico Pietrella
• Austin Kleon
• Mo Willems

Start dating your notebook pages today. You’ll be glad you did.