{"id":828,"date":"2011-02-22T12:23:55","date_gmt":"2011-02-22T11:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/blog\/?p=828"},"modified":"2013-02-03T14:58:38","modified_gmt":"2013-02-03T13:58:38","slug":"my-own-stamp-store-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/blog\/my-own-stamp-store-system\/","title":{"rendered":"My own stamp-store-system"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my Friday post, I told you about the stamps I bought.
\nAlthough I don’t stamp very often, I do like to buy them
\nand little by little, my amount of stamps grew from ‘a few’ to ‘a lot’.
\nAmong them, there are quite some ‘clear’ and unmounted stamps
\nand it became time to store them properly. But how?<\/p>\n

I asked around and looked for store solutions,
\nbut nothing seemed very fitting to me.
\nIn DVD-boxes?
\nThose are too small, and I don’t have room to store a whole row of boxes.
\nSpecial boxes to store stamps?
\nThey look like DVD-boxes – same problem.<\/p>\n

BUT… when I saw some store systems, an idea came to mind.
\nUsing those knowledge, I made my own system,
\nand it works very well! YEAY!!!<\/p>\n

So here it is. My own stamp-store-system…<\/p>\n

(You can click on the images to enlarge, for a better view.)<\/p>\n

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I bought two large binders.<\/p>\n

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Using cardboard and duct tape, I made ‘folding sides’
\nAn elastic band keeps the binder neatly together.<\/p>\n

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The bottom and the side are protected by the cardboard sides.
\nWhen the clear stamps don’t stick too well and come off,
\nthey will be kept from falling out of the binder.<\/p>\n

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The side folds over the bottom.
\nTo look at my stamps, I spread out the side…<\/p>\n

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Then I spread out the bottom… and tadaaa!<\/p>\n

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… now I can flip through my stamps!
\nOn the left, the stamped images in a plastic pocket.
\nOn the right, the stamps sticking to a thick transparency.<\/p>\n

Last Sunday, I went to the scrapbook store in Heesch to shop
\nand meet Jenneke<\/a>, Jeanet<\/a> and Petra<\/a>! It was such a great day!
\nWe talked, we laughed and we did some major shopping.
\nI hadn’t met Jeanet before, and it was really cool to finally meet her!
\nThanks girls for a wonderful day!!<\/p>\n

We only thought about taking a few pictures after Petra was gone
\n(she left earlier) and I’m sorry I didn’t think about it before…
\nNext time, you will be in the picture too Petra!<\/p>\n

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Jeanet, me and Jenneke. Photo taken with Jenneke’s cell phone.<\/p>\n

Last week, I took notes of the things that I wanted to memorize on
\nmy ‘chronicles’ page of the week.
\nBecause I knew I was going to shop on Sunday, I didn’t start working
\non the page until yesterday, and combined my notes with new goodies.<\/p>\n

Week 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I wrote some very personal and private journaling on the page.
\nAfter that, I covered it with gesso and mist. (You can still see
\nsome text shimmering on the right, under the note card.)
\nI just had to jot it down and now it is there, and I know what it says…
\n(I will spend a post on this subject soon!)<\/p>\n

New ‘goodies’ on this page:<\/p>\n