Airmail Paper Airplane Rubber Stamps

Oh, golly-gee, did it take a long time to photoshop these images.  Far longer than it should have, that's all I'm saying!  In any case, recently I took a virtual jaunt across Etsy, always more fun for me than it is for my wallet, but what are you going to do, it's Etsy?!  So I like stamps (both rubber/acrylic and postage, but in this case, the former it what we're talking about), yes, I like stamps just as much as the next person -- well, probably a little more than the next person.  I'll protect my dignity by not showing a picture of my not-so-small box of stamps.....  Hmmm, where were we?  I was looking around on Etsy, combined with the knowledge that I had recently seen a cute airmail stamp (not postage) decorating a received postcard, so I was less casually browsing and more hunting with great determination.  I digress.  The short version of this story is that I ended up buying three airmail paper airplane themed stamps and I shall review them for you here.  

First we have this lovely pink-handled paper airplane stamp by ivyPINK.  It is well crafted, I love the detail of the words along the path of the airplane and it stamps well.  You will need to press it against the ink pad a couple of times as it is a bit longer than a standard pad, but really there are no problems here.  Cute, reasonably priced (check the hyperlink above for specifics, please), does exactly what you want it to, what more could you want?  I have already used this to decorate some of my plainer stationery and it looks great.  Oh, and in my experience, shipping was super-fast.  I know we all live in different places, but this arrived very quickly.

Next is this lovely, hand-carved paper airplane by extase.  It is a little bit smaller than the first stamp, but, no surprise, I love it.  As an added bonus, you can choose to have a regular (circular) loop or heart shaped tail.  I think it is obvious which direction I went on that decision.  The reverse side of the stamp is not marked in any way, but I am going to be using this stamp a lot and I have no other stamps this size, so I don't really see that as a draw back.  This came from Canada, which for some reason always seems to take a silly length of time, but I don't hold that against the seller.  It arrived in what I would consider a reasonable amount of time, plus these are hand-made, so no complaints here.  I love the detail and simplicity of this stamp - did I just contradict myself? - and look forward to using this stamp again.  The material stains easily with the ink, but in my experience, all stamps do, so nothing to be shocked about.  It cleans up quickly.  Very happy with this purchase.

Last, but certainly not least, we have this cute, circular airmail, paper airplane stamp by FreshBakedPaperGoods.  It arrived very quickly, I have used it several times already and it is a bit smaller than the other two stamps, so I can fit it into more places (like in the message section of a postcard, yes!).  The one very slightly disappointing thing is that the first time I rinsed the ink off of the stamp, the picture on the back of the stamp faded significantly (see bottom-left image below).  This picture makes it look brighter than it is, but don't get hung up on that.  Let's be honest, you could write "Merry Christmas" there and it wouldn't change how you use and enjoy the stamp.  It stamps well, washes easily, comes in cute packaging and will brighten even the smallest bits of stationery.

All in all, I am happy with all three purchases.  I will use each of them differently as they are each unique.  I don't feel like I bought multiple of the same product in any way and I am happy to have options when it comes to professing my appreciation for airmail via rubber stamp.

If you have any questions about the stamps, please feel free to comment on this post.  I am happy to elaborate.