I have always loved post, real post I mean, not bills! - and anything connected to it, from my very first "Post Office" set - does anyone else remember those cardboard boxes left by Santa Claus containing a mini shop? I had Post Offices with mini mail, rubber cancellation stamp, ink pad, tiny envelopes and teeny tiny stamp sheets - to real stamps(I collected them for a while!), airmail stickers, cancellation marks and so on, that I really did feel I wanted to a part of this - this time round. I still steam stamps off my mail - especially decorative ones, and am fortunate that my island home has some really attractive stamps - so I can save some unused ones too!
I belong to a craft group here - and a few of the members like to swap ATCs each month, we always have a theme and though I don't always join in, I did this month as for our last meeting the theme was "Recycled" - so I recycled stamps - here they are.
'til later,
Bannaghtyn, J x
Oh I love the idea of recycling the stamps on ATC! My hubby collects stamps AND trading cards ... hmmm... maybe I could make him a one-of-a-kind set of cards for Christmas! Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteYes! I remember having a toy Post Office set which I loved.Stamps on ATC's is a great idea
ReplyDeleteIt's surprising [or not, when I come to think of it] just how many of us crafty-types remember playing with a Post Office when we were small! I guess our love of precious paper and rubber stamps was fostered from an early age!
ReplyDeleteit's lovely to hear you attend a craft group - we sometimes struggle for members at ours .. and we don't even have the excuse that were on a little island! Your ATCs are lovely and fresh and the stamps were a great way to introduce images to them.
It's glorious to have you on board the post train - thank you for finding the time. I've popped your posty-post on the posty-themed board now: http://www.pinterest.com/notesonpaper/going-postal/
Thanks Jennie!
Julie :-)
Oh, I remember playing post offices too! That's a very neat idea, using stamps on ATCs - they are such a good size for each other and their prettiness really gets a chance to shine.
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