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Stampington & Company publishes the largest number of niche magazines in the art and crafting industry, with more than 1 million copies sold annually. They currently produce 30 high-quality titles focusing on crafts such as mixed-media, paper crafting, and both wearable and digital arts. With premium newsstand placement and representation in all major bookstores, crafting chains, upscale grocery stores, and hundreds of independent art and crafting stores, Stampington & Company’s publications have become synonymous with quality in design, production, content, and photography. The company also maintains a strong presence in the online crafting supply market offering more than 3,000 art and craft products and a wide variety of self-manufactured art stamps that are sold on their website, which receives more than 20 million hits per month.
 
History
In 1994, Kellene Giloff, Founder and President, realized there was a need for a full-color magazine dedicated to inspiring artwork for rubber stamp artists. The Stampers’ Sampler was born with a mere 20 pages of artwork submitted by stampers throughout the world. Realizing a need for more advanced artwork that encompassed mixed-media with stamping, Giloff created Somerset Studio, a publication that revolutionized the industry and quickly became the flagship magazine for the company. From there, the company continued to spin off a variety of periodicals that quickly broadened their market.
 
Magazines
Stampington & Company’s philosophy of directing publications towards niche, enthusiast markets has allowed them to create a variety of unique titles featuring some of the top designers and artists in their fields. Somerset Studio itself has spun off 12 artful lifestyle, scrapbooking, art journaling, home décor, and digital art. The success of Where Women Create, a collaboration with Jo Packham, has warranted a cooking edition called Where Women Cook. Belle Armoire, the company’s wearable arts magazine, has spun off jewelry, handbag and altered clothing titles. The company has also created two successful art doll publications and maintains a strong presence in the card-making industry. Other unique titles include periodicals dedicated to eco-friendly crafting, artistic blogging, stuffed creatures and aprons.
 
With an emphasis on quality production, photography and design, Stampington & Company has won several Gold Ink awards and maintains multiple top-selling positions on the newsstands.
 
Please visit the Publications page to learn more about each title.
 
Internet and Social Media Presence
Stampington & Company’s website currently receives more than 100,000 unique visitors per month, and their Facebook and Twitter accounts currently have more than 10,000 followers each. The company also sends out three weekly and monthly e-newsletters, each boasting a subscriber base of more than 30,000. With more than 50 videos available on their YouTube channel, the company continues to teach crafters new techniques on a monthly basis.
 
Looking Forward
Where Women Cook is slated to enter the market in December of this year. Although the company’s focus has been on high-end art and crafting, they feel that their unique approach to the enthusiast market, combined with quality production, photography, design, and the creative direction of Jo Packham will provide a heart-warming cooking magazine that is very different from other food and entertaining periodicals.
The company is also planning the 2011 launches of Gatherings, Etc., which will explore the many different types of creative gatherings, from the small and intimate girls’ night in to the larger art retreats; Misc., a publication that sets out to explore the many aspects of living a creative life, from photography and illustration to letterpress and more; Create with Me, which will provide ideas, artwork, resources, and tips that help to inspire creativity between children and adults; and the eagerly anticipated re-launch of Art Quilting Studio.
 
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