Contact Crafts

What to know about shopping at Contact Crafts

Contact Crafts is a stamping and paper-craft supplier built around its own PEGZ alphabet stamps, and understanding how those are sold is most of what you need to shop it well. They come in four sizes — Tiny at an eighth of an inch, Small at three-sixteenths, Medium from a quarter to three-eighths, and Large at half an inch — and in named typefaces including American Typewriter, Papyrus, Futura Outline and Curvy Girl. Bundles run from 36 to 108 pieces depending on whether numbers and symbols are included, and mostly sit between $30 and $60.

PEGZ 2.0 is the connectable version, and it is the range worth understanding before buying: the stamps lock together so a whole word can be inked and pressed in one go rather than letter by letter, which is the difference between a straight line of text and a crooked one. The matching organizers are sold separately and are what keep a growing set usable.

Beyond stamps, the catalog covers Color Burst powders and liquid watercolors, sold in six-packs by palette — Brights, Earth Tones, Fresh Florals, Caribbean, Moroccan Shades — as well as Stick It adhesive sheets for die-cutting, Zutter binding and bow-making machines, and magnetic storage for dies and stamps.

On practicalities, most orders ship within one to two business days, which is quick for this category, though some items are sold for delivery within the contiguous United States only — worth checking if you are ordering to Alaska or Hawaii. The larger bundles carry the better per-piece value, so if you expect to want a full alphabet it is usually cheaper to buy the set than to add pieces later. Storage and organizers are the items most often left until last and most often needed.

— MoneySaverCodes Team