Pixie Dust Gal (Kelly) has been teaching her mother Spicegirl (Ginger) about Letterboxing this past fall. Since Kelly does not carve Ginger sent me a quick text asking if I could carve her a signature stamp. I was more than happy to help but an image has alluded me completely since October. Ginger is a fun and spunky gal and I know her trail name is a play on words since her first name is a spice. But each time I looked up Spice Girl all I got were images of the Spice Girls (specifically Geri Halliwell - Ginger Spice of the Spice Girls). When I looked up images of ginger all I found were images of the root and ground spice. Not very promising. I finally decided to look for an image that was a bit more Betty Boop'ish. I like her friskiness and she is always flirty and fun. I found the image above and liked it because the waves in her hair were thicker than most Betty Boop images. I did need to trim it down to mostly a head shot as her dress was long and the image would have been too large for most log books. This one is still a bit large but for a first signature stamp I think it will work. We have plenty of time to carve more and to keep looking for something a bit more in line with her trail name. I am probably not the best person to carve stamps that match trail names as mine has nothing to do with my trail name (but more to do with me personally as a Halloween addict). I think it just need to be an image you like. I also whipped together a snazzy logbook for her. I was tempted to make some LTC's but I think I will leave that in Kelly and Ginger's hands.
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