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| My first stop in Portland (after lunch and before even checking in to my hotel) was SCRAP PDX. I went with my pal Karen (Sewmanyinterests on IG) and we were so entranced we forgot all about the parking meter -- for two hours! Luck being with us, no ticket. |
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| The PDX Scrap was three blocks from my hotel, did I mention that? And -- I went back the NEXT day with Miss Polly & JJAlltheWay..... |
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| I could have taken this guy home for $85.....he may have been handy for the Fast Trac carpool lanes but I passed. I would have had to buy another plane ticket for him. |
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| Karen knew exactly where the boxes -- and boxes -- of rubber stamps were...... |
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| It kills me to say this but they had way more stamps I've ever seen here in Scrap SF. These are only some of the bins... |
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| And more stamps here....you can see why it took us so long to go through all of these...we didn't want to miss anything good. |
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| My basket didn't look too bad -- at first. I forgot to take a photo of it at the check-out but it was considerably fuller. Rubber stamps, two sizes of Rolo cards, blueprints of PDX, vintage magazines, some old photos, red letter stickers, large vintage index cards with tabs, a cigar box..... |
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| I found the little WISH YOU WERE HERE stamp-- perfect for my PDX postcards (which I barely had time to write). |
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| Postal themed stamps... |
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| I wanted that file cabinet but it would have been a bit tricky to get home on the plane... |
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| I loved the vintage office supply section.... |
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| They had loads of Rolodex files in need of some altered rolodex card love......I wanted to buy them all and give them good homes...but....the plane.... |
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| Maybe I should... |
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| My SCRAP PDX cigar box with some of my rubber stamps....I was a very happy re-purposer..... And I went back the next day with JJ and Polly and got in some more trouble. All I can say is, paper weighs A LOT. Google "center for creative re-use" and you might find a Scrap near you! AND THE POUCH WINNERS ARE --- Michele C (airmail pouch) & Bleubeard....I mean Elizabeth for the KITTY pouch.... LEAVE YOUR ADDRESS in a comment (I will NOT publish it) OR send me a message using the Blogger Contact Form on the top right of the blog and I will mail those off asap. And, everybody else, thanks for reading and commenting and stay tuned... there may be more giveaways... SEND GOOD MAIL -- GET GOOD MAIL |
