About

Hi there! I'm Brandy and I run a little online "boutique" - if you will - called Of The Fountain that specializes in custom hand stamped leather luggage tags.  I started making and selling hand stamped goods in 2009 while I was finishing up my Fine Arts degree at the Art Institute of Atlanta.  Inspired by the movie Harold and Maude, I stamped a metal "love coin" for my boyfriend.  I thought stamping metal was the neatest thing ever and soon started stamping everything I could find.  I learned a lot about what can be stamped during this time. Stainless steel scissors are a 'no'.  I then moved onto leather and have since transitioned away from metal stamping and now I primarily work with leather. I currently live in Boston with my husband guy and sadistic hairless cat, and focus on Of The Fountain full-time.

Throughout my childhood, I was always referred to as the quiet kid, but that couldn't be further from the truth. I would often answer the annoyingly stupid question "Why are you so quiet?" with "Why the hell are you so loud (and annoying and lame)?"  Perhaps immature, but at least it made me feel better about being treated like a weirdo.


I enjoy the peculiar, the different, and the subtly obscene. Okay, okay...blatantly obscene.  To better explain 'me' (or perhaps send you into a spiral of confusion), I've composed a list of my favorite things (in order of awesomeness):

Movies

Serenity

Empire of the Sun

The Fifth Element

Harold and Maude

Grizzly Man

Pan's Labyrinth

Life is Beautiful

The Midnight Express

Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Office Space

Stalingrad

Stigmata

Music

He sees everything....

Hank Williams, Sr.

Eve 6

Dolly Parton

Adema

Tonic

Loretta Lynn

Goo Goo Dolls

The Offspring

Hootie and Blowfish

John Denver

Snow Patrol

Marilyn Manson

Jewel

Ralph Stanley

Television

Band of Brothers

Freaks and Geeks

Queer as Folk

Parks and Recreation

Six Feet Under

Archer

Battlestar Galactica

Dexter

Spaced

Buffy

Angel

The Office

Game of Thrones

Spartacus

Carnivale
Workaholics
Ugly Americans

Books

Alas, Babylon

The Jungle

Pride and Prejudice

Death Be Not Proud

Harry Freaking Potter
Field Guide to the North American Bird

Food

Starbucks Birthday Cake Pops

Garlic

Olives

Artichokes

Pepperoni pizza

Bread

Booze

Chambord

Mead