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Show Help others stamp out stress the front, fold over the top and punch pun-ch two holes, string ribbon through the top and tie a bow. Gift bags that are bought run from 50 cents to over a dollar and this would be a lot less expensive and it's cute too! The owner of the store in Seattle told me about her partner who keeps her rubber stamps on her desk. One day she was paying her bills and stamped the portion of a statement to be remitted. Her husband, hus-band, seeing her do this, decided she had "lost it" Why in the world would anyone want to stamp a bill? Two days later she received a phone call from the girl who processed the bills. She was so delighted because her job is so boring that when she opened the bill, it made her day. Not only that, she came into the store and bought $50 worth of stamps! Rubber stamps can be made by various companies in town inexpensively. inex-pensively. If you want just your name or a message, it can be easily done. Looking through my daughter's year book to find a picture pic-ture of someone, I happened on a "stamped autograph" of a teacher who had come out of retirement to teach choral music for a year. He had used a rubber stamp that read, "you are the best music student stu-dent I have ever had. I mean this sincerely. Leo Dean.' I thought it was really a cute way to sign all those year books. Speaking of clever, I went to one of the best parties I've ever attended. attend-ed. It was just ladies. The invitation came stamped with a door beneath which was a welcome mat reading "Welcome Friends.' Beside the invitation was stamped the time, place, date, with the information supplied in pen. The little door was cut out and you opened it to find ' Hope you can come. ' The note inside explained that this was a rubber stamp party. "No I am not selling rubber stamps." We were invited to come and brine our stamps and pads and a treat if it would not cause stress. It was a "Stamp Out Stress" party. There were four long tables set up and piles of different colored paper with many different sizes and textures. Christy Elkins, the hostess, has access to many types of paper because of her husband's profession. profes-sion. I would imagine different odd-shaped odd-shaped paper could be bought from printers. We "stamped out stress" and had so much fun. And I came home with a bag full of notes, tags, and cards stamped with everyone else's stamps. It was a wonderful opportunity oppor-tunity to share with others. We all labeled our stamps and went to work. By SUSIE DAVIS Digging out from Christmas, I just found the Christmas card my 12-year-old Ryan gave me. It was on my pillow one night. When I opened it, the note was simple. "Dear Mom, Merry Christmas. I love you." And all over the card were hearts stamped in red. There were four small hearts in a row, a diffused looking heart, hearts with a country look. On the front of the red envelope were stamped the same hearts in black, a row of old-fashioned old-fashioned children sharply defined in black ink, and a smiley face. And opening the card just now, I put on a "smiley face' ' just feeling his love. Ryan had gotten into my basket of rubber stamps I have collected with various stamp pads. His touch was very personal. Rubber stamps may seem insignificant, but they can make quite a statement. They say, "I care enough to add this touch. For their size, rubber stamps may seem expensive. But you can get by with just a few or start to collect them if you are interested. inter-ested. I don't have very many, but I love the ones I have. I recently added add-ed to my collection on a trip to Seattle. Seat-tle. I went into a mall to shop and found a rubber stamp store with wonderful designs, pads, and tags to stamp. I left the store contemplating the many years of fun I would enjoy from the stamps I bought. I use my stamps on a lot of things. I bought plain white shiny wrapping paper that I sometimes stamp with hearts for shower gifts. I stamp tags and tie them on gifts with ribbons. Sometimes I stamp envelopes and notes I send to people peo-ple or to my children. There are so many stamps to choose from that your selection can be very individualistic. in-dividualistic. I definitely , have favorites. I love the hearts and the children. I have a balloon that is fun. And the turkey for Thanksgiving Thanksgiv-ing was great. One of the most creative and economical uses of the rubber stamp is to buy lunch bags, stamp |