rubber soul blog

katherine and emma ann

mom katherine loves to craft - she scrapbooks, makes cards, and loves to alter things. her latest project was a giant clothespin that she made into a picture holder. front and center is daughter emma ann, and she has read the entire harry potter series. doesn't she have the most beautiful smile? 

thanks you two for your continued visits to rubber soul....we love you!

marie

marie is like family. she was one of our very first customers - quite literally. she entered our shop door, on our very first day, and heck, she may have actually been the first one! our wee little store had it's humble beginnings in a tiny space on the second floor in a building on front street in historic downtown poulsbo. you really had to love stamping to come seek us out. and here we are, over 16 years later, and marie is still a faithful rubber soul pal. she is one smart lady with a huge heart, and i'm always fascinated by all of her interests and philanthropic ways. and just when you think you know a person, you learn that they've been on the shoulders of tarzan (johnny weismiller) at the age of 4. who knew? 

thank you for all your kindness and generosity marie - we sure do love you!

this month is all about you. read more about it here.

mary and jill

mary and jill have been friends for ten years. they refer to themselves as the thelma and louise of crafting, and regularly get each other into trouble when they go out shopping together. we're happy to be on their hit list :)

thank you mary and jill.....we love you!

this month is all about you. read here for more details.

poulsbo's amazing race

this last saturday night, rubber soul got to play a part in someone's amazing race - the birthday version! we were the stop somewhere in between eating pickled herring at the market, and re-enacting a bunny being chased by dogs to the hare and hound pub. 

there were specific instructions that andrea - the birthday girl - left at our shop for all the different teams...

six teams came rushing in at different times - you could just hear them running up the street

 

and there was quite a frenzy of card making as they sped through their assigned task.

this was definitely the quickest stamping and assembly i've ever seen, and i loved my role as the clue giver for their next task. it was all very exciting. happy birthday andrea, and thanks for including us in your birthday fun!

wishing well

Attention all local rubber soul friends!

We just made three wishes:

1. let it be spring .....and here it is.
2. deliver some cool new products to our store ....and they arrived!
3. fill our store with people in a party-like atmosphere with treats, activities, great sales and pretty things! ....and it's happening this weekend.

THE RUBBER SOUL SPRING CLEANING PARTY

Out with the old (at great prices, no less) and in with the new (things you've never seen before and just have to have)

Saturday, March 27 from 10-4pm

Create a Card - join us at the make-and-take table and create a card using new Memory Box stamps and papers

And - brand new - MAKE A WISH WITH FLYING WISH PAPER, a new wishing activity kit that you've got to see to believe. Write your wish on the special paper, light it, and watch it fly into the heavens! We'll be making wishes at our wishing table event all day long. Maybe yours will come true, too!

Bring in this email copy and receive 20% off any one item in the store, AND if you are one of the first 30 customers you'll receive a FREE Springtime Mom clear stamp set!

It's a super fun spring event for the whole family, and we really hope to see you there!

many many thanks

many many heartfelt thanks to everyone that came to the shop today to make cards for the residents at our local nursing home here in poulsbo. a very special thank you to the woman that was there right when the doors opened and helped get the day off to the right start. and i must add two more special HUGE "thank you"s - one to the beautiful woman that brought a along a bag of cards she made at home to contribute as well as make more cards at our table today, and the very lovely woman that traveled all the way from bellevue (that's 2 hours away!) to create and contribute with her generous hands and heart. each one of you that attended really made our day. thank you thank you thank you. xo

in the spirit of giving

every year, sixteen of them now, rubber soul has sponsored a day, just before christmas, for our customers to drop by and make cards for the residents of our local nursing home. we are holding the event once again this saturday, december 19th from 10-6. we have lots of different stamps, papers and inks available for use.  all we need is you. this is always such a great day - we love seeing all ages of giving souls side by side, creating from and for the heart. so for you local folks, please drop by if you can, and help us put some smiles on the faces of the residents at the Martha and Mary nursing home. hope to see you saturday!

new friends

my day was made when these lovely women from out of town visited the shop today. i particularly enjoyed when one was sending a tweet to her twitter about rubber soul, while another was updating her facebook about us. this seriously tickled me, so i HAD to join in by blogging, naturally.  they were on their way to journal fest, a weekend retreat in port townsend. all three of them were so delightful, as you can surely tell by their warm smiles. 

thanks for the visit ladies.....until next time!

 

we are what we do

Ain’t that true? I just noticed a new book in our store: “Change the World for Ten Bucks”. Being curious about how you can change the world for ten bucks, I opened it up to find all these cool things we can do to make this world a better place. The premise is that many people x many actions (even small ones) = big change. Then I noticed that there is a web site  where you can track your actions and see how many others have performed the same one(s). The “We Are What We Do” movement also invites you to send pictures and stories of actions you’ve taken.

posted by fred