Baby Footprint Tattoos - a bizarre use of the inkless print kit!

It’s amazing what people plan to do with our inkless imprint kits. We met a chap at the Excel baby show who had a tattoo made of his daughters hands – something like those shown left.

He created the copy by placing her hands on a scanner – no easy task as she wiggled a lot and it was difficult to keep her hands still. Remarkably the tattoo is fantastic. He saw a real advantage with the inkless imprint kit as it was much quicker and a lot less stressful and easier for his tattoo artist to use. He planned to use the baby’s footprints going up his back this time.

If you have any other stories of how you are using the inkless kits we’d love to hear from you!

Click here to see the great mess free inkless print range on our website.

The Baby Show - baby gifts & bargains for all new parents & parents to be!

Off we go again this wek as we get ready for The Baby Show at Excel on the East side of London near the Dome.

We have a number of new baby gift ideas which will be available at special introductory prices & we look forward to meeting our customers & giving some demonstrations of taking baby feet casts.

You can book to have your baby cast at the show & we are giving away a free inkless footrpint to all of you with a copy of the voucher from our website. I've pasted it in this post too:
Bring a copy of the voucher along & we will take one amazing inkless print of your baby's foot & offer you a discount on our great range of other inkless footprint gift range from mugs to clocks, mouse mats to framed tiles.

We hope to see you there - it's well worth the trip. However, if you can't make it have a look at our special baby show offers on our website but remeber: we're away until Sinday living the high life at Excel so we won't send it until Monday the 3rd March if you order after 10am on Thursday this week.

Baby Shower Fun!

I hosted my first baby shower this weekend & what a laugh we had! We played some great games - some of which were made up & others bought from Shower My Baby.

After a few glases of wine 'Pin the dummy on the Baby' can become rather risky - I suggest you make it the first game of the evening if you ever have a baby shower!

The BBC was discussing baby showers on Breakfast TV this morning, saying they can mean forking out on expensive gifts but we all had great fun at little or no cost to anyone! We felt it was bad luck to buy for baby in advance of the birth so we put in for a Debenhams voucher to treat the Mum-to-be & we all decorated a white babygro as a joke present for baby. The decorations were really funny: some with pictures on & others with jokes. All in all good clean(ish) fun!

Just the one photo - can't give too much away can I........

Baby baby baby!!

Like him? Here's a sneak preview of our new baby logo for a great new range of baby gifts we will be launching very soon!

He was designed for us by Lee Healey who has illustrated for a number of publications such as The Dandy & Viz as well as CBBC.

As yet nameless, baby will be featuring on the website very soon so keep an eye out for him!

If you need a caricature or any other freelance cartoon work done, take a look at Lee's website:

www.leehealey-cartoonist.com

Being a Mum & Running a Business - why???

Julie & I have done this for a while now. Creative Casting grew entirely from the change in our work situations, new arrivals & the need to remain sane.

It can be hard though. Don't kid yourself if your thinking of setting up your own business.

Despite that, I wouldn't change a thing & we both thoroughly enjoy our work. Providing people with the change to create such amazing keepsakes of their children is a very rewarding job. All kits have been created by us & we are proud of our kits.

The flexibility of the business means time for the children & we can always be around for schoolpick ups or illnesses & because we are both in the same position we work around problems together.

So, I'm now going to start my paperwork as the kids are both asleep & the house is all quiet.
You should go look at the website & buy a kit for someone you know needs a little memory making :-)

www.creative-casting.co.uk

Jo

Inkless Handprints and Footprints - A Great Way to Create a Unique Baby Memory

Latest article on www.ezinearticles.com:

Inkless Handprints and Footprints - a great way to create a unique baby memory.

Inkless prints can be made using a great inkless paper & wipe technology which was introduced in the US for fingerprinting. It then became widely used in hospitals for identifying baby's by taking a print of their foot & so began a great idea. Hospitals started to send Mum home with a copy of these prints & now you can do them yourselves at home using an inkless print kit available from many US & UK online stores.

So how does it work?

That's a secret! You just wipe baby's foot or hand with the inkless wipe & then gently press the foot onto the coated paper. Within seconds a black footprint develops with an amazing amount of detail - every wrinkle & fold can often be seen. The wipe has no visible ink on it so no messy black marks are left on the hand or foot - amazing!

What can I do with my prints?

It is recommended to keep your original prints in a safe place away from sunlight as with all inks the print may eventually fade. Scan or copy the prints & they can be shown off in a huge number of ways:

• Create your New Baby cards with them & send everyone a very personal announcement card.
• Frame the prints alongside baby's scan picture or photo to create a timeline for baby.
• Give to grandparents having had the prints transferred onto a mug or clock.
• Have the prints put onto a mouse mat along with baby's date of birth & give to Daddy as a Father's Day gift.
• Take baby's prints just ahead of their christening & place them on a christening candle. This makes a memorable gift for god parents.

All in all taking baby's hand or footprints with an inexpensive inkless printing kit is a rewarding activity that can be used in many ways. This makes them a great gift idea & a joy to receive!

Jo Bale runs Creative Casting Ltd. See the full range ofwith something for all occasions on their secure online UK shop.

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Use of plaster in moulding children & babies hands & feet .

Julie found an article this week regarding the use of plaster as a moulding material for hands & feet.

This should not be done for several reasons, one of which is highlighted in the articles . A water & plaster mixture is exothermic - that is, heat is given off when the two are mixed together & this CAN cause burns if the mixture is in contact with the skin. Plaster bandage is usually kept slightly off the skin with a layer of vaseline & dues to being applied in thin layers tends not to give rise to the same issues as a tub of plaster mix does.

Have a read & you'll see why we only recommend taking moulds of children's hands & feet with aliginate - an inert, non toxic mixture which is fully biodegradeable. Plus, you'll get much more detail with alginate!

Plaster of Paris Hazard Alert
In an incident a girl was mixing Plaster of Paris with
water by hand, intending to make a plaster cast of
her hand. The mix became very hot, the girl suffered
serious burns and her hands had to be amputated.
The safety Data Sheet supplied with the product did
warn against making casts of the hand.
Although Plaster of Paris is used for setting bones,
in such cases it is never put in direct contact with the
skin and, in addition, it is used in relatively thin layer
so the heat can dissipate. In bulk the temperature can
reach 60°C or so.
Before using plaster of paris to make casts of the
children’s hands or feet, please check with the
product manufacturer that it is safe to do so.

Taken from the Northern Devon District Early Years and Childcare Newsletter, Summer 2007
Link to the original pdf document

Want to buy some alginate for your castign needs? We sell alginate in heat sealed bags on their own or in packs with casting powder & full instruction. Click here to see our alginate & plaster supplies. Data sheets are available for all our materials on request.

Fingerprint jewellery - a new area for Creative Casting

We are busy putting together our images for some new products & first up will be a range of silver fingerprint jewellery.

We will add pieces to the collection over the coming weeks but we are making the silver charm necklace below our first item as it has already been requested as a Valentine's gift by a few of our customers.This lovely personalised piece of jewellery comes complete with the snake necklace & ispresented in a gift box. Suitable for prints of children form 6 months old this idea has been growing in popularity all year. Fingerprint jewellery has been seen round the necks of a number of celebrities so why not take a look. Although there is no legal requirement to do so, all pieces can be hallmarked (at additional cost) if required as the are of the highest quality.

We look forward to showing you some of our own pieces when we get the photo's back!

New Year here we come!

Whoosh - there goes Christmas & the New Year is nearly here!

The postal system has let us down today so if you received a despatch email your kit is stuck in the system & could take an extra day or two than first thought. You should have received an email about thia already but do contact us on 01252 715700 if you parcel hasn't arrived by the end of the week.

As for Creative Casting in 2008. Well, we have a few new products to introduce over the coming weeks & a few reductions on the site so do have a look at the sale section.

We will be starting a collection of articles about baby casting as well as offering a DVD giving step by step help on how to achieve the best results with your kit.

For now though, we wish all our customers past & present a Happy New Year.

Regards,

Jo & Julie

Inkless Hand prints & Footprints

Proving to be very popular this Christmas! Capture handprints or footprints using the special inkless wipe & gently press the limb onto the treated paper. Hey Presto - the print appears!
Used extensively in America to record baby's footprint whilst in hospital as a security measure we have turned this great idea into a really useful gift - a personalised footprint or handprint mug. Perfect for Grandma, Uncle, Aunty, Godparents - the list goes on.....

We have also extended this range to incluse mouse mats, clocks, tiles & very soon christening candles, T shirts & plates. Take a look at the inkless print gift range....

There is a lot of mug printing going on at Creative Casting this Christmas & if you have ordered a kit or are thinking of doing so be quick - prints for pre Christmas despatch must be returned to us by 13th December meaing you've only got a day left to order a kit!!!

Too much of a rush? What about a Christmas inkless print set so baby's prints can be taken at this special time as a memory of their first Christmas. We have a special kit which includes one sheet of inkless paper printed up specially for baby's first Christmas. At £6.95 you can't get a better personalised gift for baby's stocking or their parents!

Click here to buy a Christmas Inkless print kit.

As for Christmas itself, this is a very busy week in the Creative Casting office & we have had to open the tin of Roses already - why so few caramel barrells........