I know just what you mean, too ;) ! I try to limit myself. I'll say, "Well, it's SU (I leave mine unmounted) and PTI. That's it." I have plenty of Crafty Secrets (tempted still by their latest) and cannot make room for any more of the single wood-mounted stamps (like Penny Black and House Mouse). I have a smattering of others like High Hopes, TAC, and lesser knowns. I went on an Impression Obsession kick and need to stay away from there for awhile. My latest splurge was the primitive style stamps from Saltbox Studio and Cornish Heritage Farms ~ I just have a strong desire to do primitive designs and it must be answered! My Favorite Things has a permanent place but I need to back off and Kitchen Sink Stamps is nicely represented ~ no one makes three-steppers like Maria! The last "new" company purchase for me was a couple of birthday sets from The Cat's Pajamas... I just thought I needed to "lighten up" a bit after the primitives, y'know? Then I caught onto shulsart's gallery here and her blog. Sandy does the most amazing scenery and I have a small start-up supply of scenery stamps to give it a go... Sutter's on my wish list now.
So, I'm still trying to resolve to stick with SU and PTI ... for awhile... oh - and Verve Stamps (they just had the best release there - every set was wonderful!). That's it. Those three. Unless I need to add to the new primitive collection. Hmmmm.... and Rubber Soul clear sentiment sets. That's it. I'm done.
Oh.. I do try to stay away from the CTMH and TAC catalogs ~ oh my. They have wonderful images, really. And I have a Stamps by Judith catalog that I positively drool over now and then and tell myself if I can manage to NOT buy from any other company (except SU) for three months, I can order. Hasn't happened yet ;).
Enabler? Never. Rationalizer? Every. single. day. Name dropper? Well... you didn't think you'd start a thread like this and not have someone mention companies, did ya?! Good intentions? Every. single. day.
I used to keep a Word doc on my computer with my "wish list" companies names.. y'know ~ you wouldn't want to forget anybody, right?! Now, I fill up a cart and do a "snapshot" of it (my 'puter has Microsoft Document Imaging which just copies a page and sends it to a file). I rarely just order right off the bat. It sits there for awhile and then after I have several carts copied, I go back and reevaluate what has a greater priority to me. Did I mention that I'm a listmaker?? A hobby unto itself it seems.
I'm in the stamper addicts club. The best club I've ever joined
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P.S. Gina K just had a gorgeous release... when is the mailman getting here today?!
ETA: Thanks for bearing with me. THAT was therapeutic!!
Stamps are like good books you can never have enough
