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“Is This Handwriting Image Good Enough To Use?”

Don’t worry. If you can (mostly) read it, we can use it.

We get this question a lot.

A customer is looking to create a piece of handwriting jewelry, but she’s worried the handwriting she has isn’t good enough to use.

Often, the handwriting is on a old card or letter, where the text is faint or has faded.

Handwriting Military Dog Tag Key Ring with the original writing

Or, it might be an image where there are lines or marks, smudges or creases.

Sculpted Raised Edge Circle Handwriting Necklace with the original writing

We’ve even had a number of people send images so we could make jewelry from their tattoos! (These are really fun to do.)

The short answer is: don’t worry. If you can read it, we can use it.

After many years and thousands of images, we’ve seen it all. Our expert artists have developed LOTS of tricks & techniques.

Not only can we bring out the handwriting in just about any image, we’ll painstakingly restore it to ensure sure the handwriting, and your jewelry, will come out great.

Handwriting Ring Made With Your Handwriting, shown with the original handwriting image, where the writing was etched in clay

In fact, we even have some tricks for when there’s handwriting doesn’t exist.

And, rest assured, if we ever had any issues with the handwriting on your order, we’d reach out to you before making your jewelry. After all, we have a satisfaction guarantee, so we won’t send you anything you won’t love!

Silver dog tag with etched handwriting, and the original handwriting sample used to create the piece — Handwriting Military Dog Tag with original handwriting

Send us your image for a free look

Still not sure, or have questions? Just contact us! We’re more than happy to take a look at your images and let you know what we think.

What is Hand Stamped Jewelry?

Visitors to our site often ask questions about hand stamped jewelry. We thought this would be a good opportunity to give some answers!

What is Hand Stamping?

Hand stamping is a way of imprinting (debossing) letters, numbers and symbols into metal.

In traditional hand stamping, the artist will position a metal die above the metal and strike it with the hammer, pushing it down into the metal, and leaving an imprint of the end of the die in the metal.

For example, to hand stamp “Emma” into a silver charm, you’d need three stamps: “E”, “m” (used twice, of course!), and “a”.

One at a time, you’d line up a die, and strike it with the hammer to deboss the letter into the charm.

In the end, the result is based on the experience, skill, & care taken by the artist.

Look for finished jewelry that has the lettering placed in a visually pleasing way, with the letters nearly (but not quite perfectly!) spaced & aligned. This gives the piece its handcrafted, organic & personal feel.

Fun fact: This is how the winning teams in the NHL have their names added to the Stanley Cup!

Will the Hand Stamped Letters Fade or Wear Off?

Nope! They are deeply stamped into the metal, and they’ll stand up to many years to wear.

What’s the Difference between Hand Stamping and Engraving?

Engraving involves removing metal to create the words or images. For example, traditional hand engraving involves using a cutting tool to precisely scrape metal away from an object, leaving the words or patterns desired.

Stamping, by contrast, doesn’t remove metal. Instead, the artist will use a hammer and a set of specific metal stamps to create depressions in the metal to create the words, dates, patterns, images, etc.
These depressions are usually darkened to create a stronger contrast with the surrounding metal, so that the the message that’s been stamped stands out more clearly.

Questions, comments? Feel free to contact us. We’re here to help!

Reordering is easier than you think

We can find your previous orders & images so you don’t have to

It’s happened quite a bit, actually.

A customer gets in touch with us really upset, because they’ve lost their personalized jewelry, and they can’t find the original images they sent to us to create the pieces.

No worries!

We can look up your previous orders, and find the images that you sent us

Silver Handwriting Cuff Bracelet with signature on white background — We keep your images & order info on file, so reordering is easy

If you have your previous order number, terrific.

If not, we can track down your order by your name.

You can skip the upload (even if you didn’t lose a file)

When ordering, just reference your previous order, and we’ll use that image.

Questions, comments? Feel free to contact us. We’re here to help!

Can I Get My Logo on a Piece of Jewelry?

A beautiful way to promote your business or organization

if you have a business, and want to get your logo on a piece (or two, or twenty), we can help!

Creating a piece of logo jewelry is a beautiful way to promote your business. Pieces with your company’s logo also make classy rewards for employees and VIP customers.

Just like a piece of our artwork jewelry, we’ll take the image you send us and etch it onto your choice of jewelry.

A couple things to keep in mind:

You have to have the rights to use the logo. So, for example, we can create jewelry with your business’ logo, but not with the logo of your favorite sports team.
Colors will convert to black & white. if your logo has several colors, we’ll work with you to represent it in black & white.

Our Rectangle Handwriting Key Ring, made for the owner of a neighborhood preschool

Mothers Symposium Log, on a sterling silver disc

Our Silver Bar Handwriting Necklace. Bought as a gift for a daughter that had just fulfilled her dream of opening her own salon!

Have a logo you’d like to put on a custom piece of jewelry? We’d love to work with you to design & create something that works for your brand.