Question for French or French-speaking SCSers

[yawp]

I'm in France and would love to find a store that sells stamp supplies. Can anyone tell me what type of store I could ask for or even what section of the phone book to look in? I'm not in a huge town, so it might need to be more of a general craft store.

My French 101 course in college also neglected to teach me important words like stamping, rubber stamp and ink pad, so if anyone can help with a little stamping French language lesson, that would be so fantastic!

Merci beaucoup,
Amy

[kellybee]

I guess in the yellow pages you'd look for Arts and Crafts - arts et m�tiers

In the white pages try places that start with the word "M�moires" or "Papiere" I think stamp is "timbre" but I'm rusty...and worse, I'm not bilingual...just Canadian, eh!

[annabelle1974]

There is a stamp store in the Latin Quarter of Paris off the Jusseiu exit of the Metro near the University. It has some. They are VERY expensive and small selection.

[basketballmom]

You should PM Nancy (la_scrapbookeuse) at Forums at Splitcoaststampers
She is a French-Canadian demo here, and would be able to help you.

[la_scrapbookeuse]

HI girls
Je suis la francophone du forum. I'm the French-Canadian here...
So, in France, stamps are "timbres". If you are in a small city, look for a craft store: "artisanat". And a stamp pad is a "tampon". If you have any question, PM me.
Nancy

[MoberKitty]

Bon jour mes nouvelles amies!

Sorry, couldn't resist. I'm an American, but am finishing my undergrad degree in French. Woohoo! I just returned from a study abroad program in Paris and was surprised to find a craft store in the mall at The Louvre! They had a wide variety of crafts including stamping and scrapbooking! The prices were comparable to what I was used to paying in the States.

Bon chance!!

danita

[yawp]

Thanks for all your help!

Amy

[jerow]

Have you tried looking in stores for "bricolage", or handmade items?

[dianerh]

Ok, so I'm not a French speaker, though I did take two weeks of "French for Travellers." I'm a former German teacher (now substitute teaching while kiddos are young) who finds the word for stamp pad really funny. ;-) I've got funny stories about some of our German translations too. :-)

Just had to say thanks for the laugh and for an interesting thread. I haven't been back to Germany since I've been seriously into stamping. It would be fun to go since I can't find really good stamps in German online. ;-)