New Supplies

John and I went to an estate sale on Saturday. The sale had already been going on for a week so it was 50% off. From the photos, the woman had been a very serious crafter with massive amounts of scrapbook and craft materials including rubber stamps. I thought I had alot of stuff, but this woman was definitely on a hoarder level.  I was told she taught classes which might explain the entire finished attic space filled top to bottom with supplies. Unfortunately, most of her stamps were  Stampin’ Up which I’m not a big fan of because they’re on the cute side. I knew she would have some stamp pads and reinkers and I did find some still in the package. I bought some clear stamps which I don’t normally buy, but everything was dirt cheap so I thought I’d give them a try. I did buy a couple of Stampin’ Up stamps that were basic shapes or designs. I also bought a bunch of clear plastic clamshell boxes which will be perfect for storing extra unmounted stamps. 

Estate Sale Supplies

More art supplies from an artist estate sale yesterday. Purchased a large case filled with supplies from an art correspondence school from 1973.  It seems the owner only did one or two exercises and abandoned ship.  I pulled out what I could use and donated the rest like oil paints, the case, some brushes, etc.  At some later point, they might have became a working artist in illustration because there were lots of books and supplies on the subject.  I also got a large stack of high quality sample papers for $5 which I think were probably used for book making.  I am cutting them down to make artist cards, postcards and maybe zines for mail art. 

Old Supplies for New Art

I love to find supplies at artist estate or garage sales that I can use.  Such a nice assortment of pens and nibs found recently at a sale.  Especially happy with the marbleized ones, but the prize is the advertising pen for the Rice Hotel.  Everything was stored in one small box and well worth the price which was under $5 for all of it. 

Estate Sale Stamps

John went to an estate sale this morning and found me a small box of rubber stamps and art supplies.  It is very rare when cool, vintage stamps show up at sales around here so I was very happy with these designs.  I have one of them (the spiral), but not the others.  Companies are Graphistamps, Stamp Francisco, Leavenworth Jackson and Top Drawer.  Very surprised to find that one in there! I also collect ink pads and although I have an Inkadinkado already, it is a different color.