From 1994, I remember using this whole range in my teenage years and loved it. The title for these stamps is 'Messages' and all the characters are writing or reading something.
And this is from January 2014 so I own quite a few of this selection and can continue buying it for another year if I want to,
The top one I posted on my Instagram which resulted in someone wanting to swap the stamp so it resulted in this...
I'd bought all the postcards to match this set of stamps as I thought it would be fun to send maxi cards on Postcrossing but I doubt I'll be exchanging anymore postcards on there as Royal Mail put the prices up by 9p! It cost 97p to send a postcard, 10g worldwide or 20g to Europe so it seems silly to spend that amount on a postcard now. I'm sure postcards many years ago had a price of their own so I wonder why that changed. It doesn't help either that in the 6 months I was part of Postcrossing 8 postcards expired so I can't even resend those now.
After posting this on my Instagram I got a request for a swap, at first I said no but that person was a little insistent so I agreed as she was happy for me to send things in an envelope.
At the moment she only thinks I've sent these 2 things but what she doesn't know is that it also includes 2 more postcards...
When decorating the first envelope using the Paddington Bear rubber stamp, I thought to myself that it would be so much fun to take Paddington on an adventure using the same image. This was the perfect opportunity to do that and as this is going to Russia and I could send something to the weight of 20g it resulted in 3 fun postcards. I had 2 problems with this, the first is that I'm such a doughnut and decorated my envelope upside down and then wrote on one of the postcards upside down! ~Sigh~ The other problem is that I've tried buying felt tips but they end up so dry when colouring with them that I've stuck to pro-markers but I find they end up bleeding and blending in with other colours so it was such a task to colour these in. I do feel I spoilt them a little bit though because of it. Maybe you can recommend decent felt tips to me?
Lovely post! I remember that I used to see him appearing in some of my bedtime stories books! After 10 plus years, he's still "famous"! Saw my nephews and nieces' coloring books and little notebooks, all depicting him! Never knew that UK issued Paddington bear stamps. They're so cute. I like the one with the quotes on the side. By the way, I love your drawings! I quite like Sharpie markers, not sure if you've tried using them before? They worked for me at least, when I do my doodles. Take care! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Bree. The UK are quite good in promoting things that originate from here. Its nice when they bring them back in some ways as children etc... wouldn't know who Paddington etc... is.
DeleteI have some sharpie markers I'll have to give them a try :)
Such a colorful post! I really like all the stamps! I don`t like price going up on sending mail, but it is happening! Thats the reason I don`t send postcards lately!
ReplyDeletePrices only went up by 1p each year so with the huge 9p jump it is too much to digest. Its a shame as I was really getting into it.
DeleteAwwwww, both me and hubby love Paddington ^.^ Such a funny little bear... I'd really appreciate a stamp like that on my future letter ^.^ And ~ aren't markers the most fun thing to draw with?? I've bought myself some touch twins, but I guess the promarkers are just as good, BUT ~ I do use special marker paper when using them, it's not overwhelmingly expensive but the pens don't bleed through and well, that means you can use them longer... it's a pity that alcohol markers bleed out so much on normal paper, but I have yet to find decent felttips that look nice... so I'm still using my watercolour pens on my envelopes mostly...
ReplyDeleteIf I remember I definitely will use Paddington on your envelope. I just need to get organised and actually write your letter now.
DeleteI bought the recommended paper in the shop, its too thick to cut but the ink still spreads. It is quite thick for little things so I'd love some proper colours.
Paddington, Rupert Bear, Shaun the Sheep....your stamps are so much cooler than ours!!! :(
ReplyDeleteI've loved the ones you've used so far :)
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