About every three months I design a batch of new
stamps. "NEW" is the lifeblood
of the business, but there are some of Karen Lockhart's older stamps that continue
to sell (and sell and sell)! No. 4003, Tissue
Box is always near the top of our
sales list. I thought about designing a
new one...but why? It's pretty darned
perfect as it is. I did however, get a
request to design a new robe stamp, and I thought that made sense. I'd always felt the earlier robe was too
small and the request was for a stamp big enough to be "paper
pieced", and so along came the "Fuzzy Bathrobe"!
An aspect of the business that I find fun, is matching up
these new stamps with older "friends"...verses that already exist and
that some of you may already have. Here
are two verses that fit perfectly
with the new Fuzzy Bathrobe get well stamp ~
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| 4101 Fuzzy Bathrobe, 3109 Bunny Slippers, 10035 Ickie Sickie & 10031 Get Comfy |
Another brand new design is "Seed Packets" and
while I love the new verse that I designed to go with it: "Scatter Joy, Gather Love", I found two older verses (and an itty bitty stamp!) that are also
great matches ~ "weed...water...wait"
& "Fresh from the Garden". (Plus, those itty bitty plant stakes that make
such a cute coordinating decoration)!
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| 2254 Seed Packets and 10130 Scatter Joy |
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| 2254 Seed Packets, 10053 Weed...Water...Wait & 10013 Fresh from the Garden |
The last example is our new "Doodle Butterfly"
stamp, inspired by my Flora Bella coloring book art. I didn't plan a verse for this stamp because "flitter...flutter...fly"
already seemed so perfect. I also
thought that "enjoy the simple
things" was a good fit and "Have
a beautiful day" works well too.
(I also considered "caught a
bug"...but nooooo, I don't think so).
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| 2256 Doodle Butterfly, 10058 Flitter..Flutter..Fly & 10109 Have a Beautiful Day |
So, as you enjoy the thrill of inking up a brand new stamp,
don't forget about those old friends.
You may find that they were just what you were looking for.
