I haven't bought a greeting card in over 5 years. One of my favorite and most rewarding hobbies is making hand-made cards, using mostly rubber stamps. This morning I was perusing the website of one of my favorite local stores, Stamp On In (www.stamponin.net-- Chicagoans, you should go there) in Lincoln Park, when I saw a set of stamps that I HAD to have. So I immediately send the link to Dean, who agreed that the stamps were indeed beyond wonderful.
Moments later, we decided to take a cab there at lunchtime. The store is owned by a guy named Terry and his partner, Rick. Rick teaches most of the classes and designs a lot of their display cards. He's immensely talented and I'm, quite frankly, in complete awe of him. This man ROCKS. Seriously. Once we got to the store (only a $12 cab ride!) I focused my attention on finding "the" set, while Dean lingered at the front of the store, looking at this and that. Suddenly, there it was. #99109 Patterned Pets, by Inkadinkado. They had ONE set left. A generous, kind person would defer to her friend. I am not that generous or kind. I snatched it in my hot little hands and called it MINE! I feel sort of bad about it, but I'll get over it. Fear not, though. Dean did not suffer-- she found plenty of other tidbits to purchase. We had a nice time, and must've told Rick about a million gazillion times how creative and talented he is. Stamp groupies!!!
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