Monday, November 21, 2005

Scalzi's Monday Photo shoot - Collection of something


   

   
John Scalzi's Monday photo shoot really struck a cord with me.. http://journals.aol.com/johnmscalzi/bytheway/entries/5099 I have a few different kinds of collections...   I think I need a part 1, part 2, part 3...ad infinitum!   I have eight drawers of rubber stamps that I can use to make cards or art projects.   Amazingly, I have become a recovering stampaholic.  Yes, I actually have to tell myself that I will survive not going into a stamp store I happen to be passing...that yes, that magnetic attraction will pass and that the all powerful force is nothing more than a temporary satiation.   I get such a kick out of the creativity in these places...but boy do they get such a lot of money out of me!   Still, it is sometimes worth the quick fix on rainy days and Sundays.  (In Seattle that is a bit of a problem for recovering stampaholics like myself...my only respite is that I sometimes need to buy a paper punch....unfortunately they too are like Lay's potato chips...you can eat just one...I can never buy just one....)   OH well, it's all in fun. 

Thanks, John!  I never would have taken a photo record of this collection without your incentive!   
 
  

       Maria    

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Very interesting!

Anonymous said...

I would seeing some of your stamping work :).
Betty

Anonymous said...

oh wow.. i had a number of those when i used to "write real letters" lol.. some things the computer has taken away from me.. i seem not to have time to do things like that anymore.  Sad too.  I used to use "stamps" and little cute "stickers" on letters.. i also sometimes drew on the envelopes.. and as a younger person we also wrote things like "de-liver, de-letter..de-sooner, de-better" lol.. so lame .. but so fun lol..   thanks for the memory..
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Anonymous said...

I just took time to look over your journal and saved you to favorites.. love the pictures!  I'll be back!
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Anonymous said...

I have "one" drawer just like that... In drawer two is stickers and in drawer three is assorted markers. I used to collect coffee mugs but now it is popcorn tins.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Linda :)






















Anonymous said...

My daughter and I do Stampin' Up and Creative Memory Scrapbooking.  This is a collection that I would have never thought of, although I have one to, so I understand the addiction, but my SIL beats me hands down, lol.

Happy Holidays!~
Susan
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Anonymous said...

What a wonderful collection...I can just see them now on letters and more...hugs,
Joyce