rubber soul blog

"names - everybody's got one"

that's the motto we've been using around here ever since we acquired the name brand stamp company some time ago. for many years we had carried their name stamps in our shops - there are over 800 of them! - and we loved them. they always did so well for us. so when fred and i heard they were closing their business.....well, we just couldn't bear it, so we bought them! we've always been glad of our decision, as the beautifully hand-lettered designs and the quality in which we make the stamps are incomparable. we've been proud to be able to offer them, and they are such a natural fit with all of our rubber soul and wordsworth designs. and since everyone we know has a name, we have found them to make awesome gifts! you can check them out here.

sweet lady bug: part deux

here's another super simple card that was done recently with the ladybug in the grass stamp:

 two stamps (the gandhi quote is definitely a favorite), a little color pencil, and that's it. sometimes the art of the designs can carry the whole card. have a good day, and thanks for the visit!

sweet lady bug

hi there! i've gotten off track as of late in posting cards here. all that lovin' and appreciating of all you lovely customers definitely mixed things up a bit. i sure had such fun with the whole thing! 

this is such a simple card, and looks more exciting in person as the scan doesn't quite pick up the fun of the diamond glitter glue on the flowers, or the diamond glaze used on the lady bug stamp. the lady bug was stamped on a second piece of white cardstock, colored in with red pencil, and her body cut out and mounted on top of the main one with a tiny piece of the foam mounting tape. then chase life was stamped, and the diamond glaze was added to the lady bug as the last step. 

summer has officially arrived here today! i'm not exaggerating when i say we haven't had any weather even closely resembling summer yet, so the forecast for the next ten days of all sun has us dancing in the streets. just give us a few days of 90 degrees and then us pacific northwesterners will be complaining how hot it is :) i hope you're all having a nice summer. thanks for checking in here! 

UPPERCASE 6

the newest issue of UPPERCASE magazine is in! issue #6, and oh my, it's delicious. 

 

we have a winner!

i know, we've kept you in suspense far too long, but we have a winner for the you are beautiful contest, selected by the random number generator. drum roll.........

which is allison! here's her comment:

Well, Rubber Soul, Poulsbo was where it all
started for me! Yes, and I became addicted!! It was well over 10 years ago, and I am so glad that you have hung in there
- its a lovely outing for me, travelling from Sequim, to Poulsbo for rubber stamps
and Boehms chocolates! What a way to go!
Good luck and Best Wishes for another decade or two.
Allison

congratulations allison! please email us ([email protected]) or call so we can discuss the details of where to ship your $100+ of rubber soul gifts! 

thank you all so much for playing along. oh goodness, your comments were phenomenal and did our squishy mushy hearts such good. thank YOU, beautiful yous!

molly

 

molly is another rubber soul friend, a longtime local, and a tire heiress. hi molly :) she has been a journalist for many years, and has just completed her first novel. best wishes to you molly....i can't wait to be one of the first to buy it!

thank you molly.......we love you!

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

shirley

this is shirley, and she's been a wonderful customer and friend of rubber soul's since our very first days. it's so much fun to ask someone you've known for so many years a random fact about themselves. i certainly never could have imagined that salvador dali once kissed her hand at the betty parson's gallery in new york city! she said it's a long story, and i can't wait to hear more about it.

thank you shirley for your many years of friendship....we love you!

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

pam

 

pam has been coming to rubber soul since our first weeks 16 years ago! i love her always kind spirit, and she feels just like family here. she LOVES color, and all the walls inside her house are purple. i can't believe i never knew this until just now.....this has been a really fun month learning about all of our friends here! 

thank you so much pam.......we love you!

the month of may is all about you. read more about it here. 

mary ann

 

mary ann has been a customer of rubber soul since the beginning, and we get to see her during the time of year when she isn't wintering in arizona. she is now retired, and found her passion for stamping when she realized what a great relaxing outlet it was from her job as a lawyer. 

thank you mary ann......we love you!

may is all about you. read more about it here.

karin

 

karin has been a crafter for years, exploring all sorts of different mediums and paper crafts. from time to time she brings in her cute little dog bitsy, and she recently took a fabulous trip to costa rica. when asked for some really random fact about herself, she said that when she was 9 she ice-skated with peggy fleming. isn't that cool? 

thank you karin.....we sure do love you!

jessica

jessica is a local teacher who is known by students far and wide for her penguin stamps. i think this is just the greatest thing - if they complete their weekly lesson plans, they get their papers stamped with a penguin. oh, and not just any penguin - it might be a surfer penguin, or a farmer penguin, or a skiing penguin. thanks to memory box's vast array of whimsical penguins, ms. jessica and her students are never without smiles.

thank you jessica for your fun and generous spirit.....we love you!

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

miki

 

upon hearing marie's story in the shop (see earlier post) she revealed that she once got to shake john f. kennedy's hand at point mugu! we've been connected to miki for many years, as she used to own a stamp shop in a nearby town, and carried many of our stamps there. she still enjoys stamping, and meets up with a stamping/crafting group regularly. one more random fact about this lovely woman......she's a sharp shooter with a 22 rifle. who knew?

thank you miki.....we sure do love you!

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MAY is you are beautiful month at rubber soul. you can go here for more details.

andrea

 

andrea is a dear rubber soul customer, and the birthday girl behind poulsbo's recent amazing race birthday event. i love that she included us in the fun, and what an awesome group of friends she has. it was all so very exciting!

thank you so much andrea......we love you!

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

 

leota

 

this is leota, another long-time customer. when queried for a fact about her, she told me she loves to photograph square dancers. i love learning all these unique things about our customers!

thank you leota......we love you!

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

merrilyn

gosh, merrilyn and i just figured out that she's been coming to rubber soul for 15 years! halloween is her favorite holiday to make cards for. she's been involved in calligraphy for many many years, belongs to a calligraphy guild, and just attended a 2-day calligraphy workshop. 

thank you merrilyn.....we love you!

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

 

suzanne

 

this is suzanne, momma of twin boys. she has also been a customer since our very first days. isn't that amazing? i remember so very clearly the days i used to visit with suzanne in our tiny upstairs location.  i can't get over all the wonderful people i have met and continue to know 16 plus years later.

thank you suzanne for your continued support all of these years......we love you!

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

lyneen

 

lyneen is like family. she's been a rubber soul customer forever, she teaches classes at the shop, and regularly sings our praises on her blog. she is always incredibly supportive, and her positive attitude is unavoidably contagious. i so appreciate her, that smile, and everything she does for us. 

thank you so much lovely lyneen.....we sure do love you!

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.

holli and mike

 

holli and mike were great to let me use their iphone on lomo app to snap a photo of them once i realized i forgot my camera. i did NOT want to miss getting a photo of them - i am quite smitten with these two lovelies. they are wonderful and kind, and also appear to be great gift givers based on the things they've been choosing here in the shop for others. mike just got back from the cayman islands on a work trip, while holli stayed back busily grading papers. rubber soul was first on their list upon his return.....how cool is that? 

thanks holli and mike for your great energy and continued support!

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