Partly Paper

After posting about the swap yesterday and my decision not to participate within it, Don suggested we take a ride and asked me if I'd like to visit with Norma, the owner of Stampland. I instantly cheered up! Norma is such a wonderful friend and is just as sweet as she can be. She has had her rubber stamp store, Stampland, up for sale for over a year now and unfortunately we're not in a position where we can afford to purchase it. Anyways, I jumped at the opportunity to go and am so glad I did!

We arrived at Stampland a few minutes before Norma's scheduled opening hours to notice she's having a huge sale! Percentages off rubber stamps, ink pads, embellishments, ect. Anyways, I took my time to browse through the store, picking up some stamps I desired. I picked up 4 wood mounted stamps, some embellishments, some refills for ink pads, one ink pad, and some much coveted items ---- a 12 pk. of Twinklin' H2O's {Kit #1203} which contains a lot of the whites for blending and the Lyra Aquacolor crayons I've had on my wish list for some time now. I figured with the percentage off, I couldn't afford to not purchase them and save myself more $$ by not having to order them online and pay for shipping. (Don't you love the way I justified that? LOL!) With mixed emotions, happy regarding my savings and heartbroken to see Norma preparing to go out of business, I do understand that she is ready to retire to Florida. I do wish her the best that life has to offer! and I will miss both her and her store!

After returning home, I checked my email, browsed 2P's a bit, checked for any replies to any of my own recent posts when I noticed Lianna had posted asking me why I didn't sign up for the ATC swap using the sketch. I sort of cringed but emailed her that due to the size of the swap sign up and obligations that I have to re-organizing the studio that I decided not to participate. So, I offered to RAK the sketch to her. Immediately, I thought I can still participate in the swap! Why not send stamped images of on of my new stamp purchases to Rebecca, the swap hostess? Rebecca can distribute the images when swapping the participant's artwork back out and I can get some of the RAK's I've been desiring to focus on out of the way! A win-win for everyone!