I have a little bit of an addiction to stickers. It all started when a relative sent our oldest son some Mrs. Goodman stickers along with his gift for his second birthday. I was stunned at how detailed and beautiful they were. I appropriated a few for myself, rationalizing it by determining he was too young to appreciate and use them.
Around the same time, I began making photo albums, one for each year in our family life. Stickers and scrapbooking were a fruitful combination, and Mrs. Goodman began churning out lots more excellent stickers for people like me. I had to remind myself that the main feature of the photo albums should be the actual photos, not the little decorations I stuck on the pages.
I discovered that another great way to use stickers was to put them in my journals, to mark the beginning of each new entry. Or to pop them onto stationery and/or envelopes when writing to others.
But Mrs. Goodman – and eventually Creative Memories – spoiled me. I became a sticker snob. I’d go to craft stores and look over their selection, but find very few that really hit the spot for me. And kiddie stickers (i.e. hearts, puppies, kittens and Disney) are So Tedious As To Be Offensive: STATBO, for short – a handy acronym that my husband and I made up. You’d be surprised at how often it applies. I give you permission to use it.
I’m not making photo albums anymore, but I still hunger for beautiful and unique stickers to use in my journals and in correspondence. Somehow, Instagram knew this (is there a conspiracy theory in there somewhere?) and began placing ads in my feed for a sticker company. I meandered over to their website and was smitten. I held out for awhile but finally placed an order. It came from overseas, so the wait was long, but today, that wonderful package arrived.
Aren’t those fabulous???!!
Well, now you know my guilty secret. Let me know if you want me to write you a letter just so you can get one of these beauties as part of it. If you know me at all, you know I’ll make good on that promise!
I’ll probably delete this in the morning if I can manage to suppress my excitement about these stickers long enough to focus on that.
Lynniebeemuseoday 