We had a good day of paper craft shopping in Chicago today. We started our morning at Stamp Thyme in Lockport. They had a fun make & some fun new floral stamps by Outlines.
Next we headed to Whole Food, Trader Joe's, Penzey's Spices, and Paper Source in Oak Park. Such great papers and fun stamps at Paper Source.
I also loved how they had taken tiny little embellished yo-yos and used them to decorate paper clips.
Next stop was Stampology, where we saw lots of great new stamps. They also have some of the best samples … love the wheat stamp in these colors.
And I loved the sparkling snowflake background on this fabulous holiday card.
And our final stop was the Cottage Stamper in St. Charles, where I found some new Stampington & Company images, as well as Tim Holtz Embossing Folders, Papers, and Paper Tape.
All-in-all, another great road trip … but as always, glad to be home, so I can play with all of my new goodies.
Very cool!! My daughter lives in Chicago (I live in Indianapolis) so now I have to make her take me to these shops when I visit!
I have found a wonderful little shop Twosided on Clark Street. There are two other shops owned by them (don’t remember the addresses, sorry) They do have a site: http://www.twosided.net that is really neat.
thanks again for the info!
kat
Sounds like you found some great finds on your trip!
You always seem to have such a great time on your trips – wish we could all come with you.
“ohhhhhhhh i am NOT JEALOUS at all…noper…not even a little bit!” said the big liar through a mouthful of breakfast yogurt. 🙂
(glad you had a super-fun day!!!)