Amazing what we find hidden deep in our closets…
A friend recently gave me a box of her old … and we’re talking practically prehistoric … stamping supplies. Check out these ancient ink pads:
Here’s the amazing part: some of these pads are still inky!
Anyone old enough to remember when we had to use office ink pads? And colors were pretty much limited to black and red. Ugh. Here’s a pad I once used to stamp cute images on envelopes and to stamp my return address:
We didn’t have the internet back in the day, so we relied on little booklets like these for inspiration:
And check out this old time stamper:
Ah…. memories….
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Filed under: Not a card, Robi's Closet | Tagged: All Night Media, from the vault, Hero Arts, Inkadinkado, inks |
Roberta is a writer by trade, a crafter by accident. She was a contributing writer with The Rubber Stamper Magazine since its inception and now holds the same position at Crafts 'n Things. Read more about her in the About Me column. 
Good job on cleaning out closets! How much did you get done?
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Not enough!!!! This is only he tip of a VERY big iceberg!!!