Heraldry Resources

Coat of Arms Design Studio: This is the software we used in the workshop.

Café Press: Order your coat of arms on a wide range of custom-printed products such as T-shirts, sweatshirts, tote bags, mugs, flasks, throws, etc.

Spoonflower.com: Order custom printed fabric.  Order a yard of fabric with several copies of your coat of arms on it to put on a set of costumes and/or banners.  Or, order just your charge or a semé pattern.

Spider Stitches: Purchase isolated embroidered patches of many popular heraldic charges to add to a costume or banner.

Simon Stamp: Purchase a custom rubber art stamp which can be used to stamp your coat of arms on paper, fabric or wood.

Nostalgic Impressions: Purchase custom-made wax seals

Money saver: Buy your wax seal materials from Nostalgic Impressions but make your own wax seal.  First, order a mirror image of your coat of arms as a custom rubber stamp. Then roll flat a piece of polymer clay a little larger than your stamp and about a quarter-inch thick.  Stamp your stamp in the clay and trim around the shield shape with a sharp knife to get a sharp edge shield shape.  Bake as directed.  Mount on something (Amanda glues it to a recycled wine cork with E-6000 glue.  When you stamp it into your hot wax, first dip it in a bit of cooking oil and blot the excess — that will help keep your wax from sticking to your polymer.  Let your wax set before you remove the seal.