Saturday, August 22, 2009

1000 stamps=8+ hours of work

stampspan

That’s right.  I spent the better part of all day yesterday sorting and inventorying the 1000 stamps I won from Unity.  All I can say is WOW!

I sat down thinking it would take me an hour or two but WOW!  I eventually had buried myself in, surrounded with piles and piles of stamps, trying to sort them and match them into sets or like pieces for rebagging.  Eventually I went from this (above and below pics):

stamppile 

to this:

pileostamps

The folder is there for perspective (it’s my Unity catalog – standard 81/2”x11” folder).  I haven’t counted but based on the number of clear envelopes I went through, I think I bagged about 150 goodie bags of assorted stamps.  Some are mostly complete sets, others are a random assortment, while others are a cute image and greeting to go along with it.

I will be giving away these little baggies with orders or maybe some as blog candy until they are gone!  I want to share the love and the unmounted rubbery goodness!

Thanks for popping in.  Have a great weekend!

8 comments:

Jennifer Scull said...

holy todeo, batman! thatsa lotsa stamp packages!!!! I can't imagine the HORROR of HAVING to sit there in drudgery sorting those stamps......... probably had to drink a Starbucks frappuccino, too. with a little biscotti on the side..... gosh, my heart is breaking for you! :D but really, that is a LOT of work. I know you'll have just as much fun gifting these to lucky peeps!

LorettaL said...

Holy Shamolies that is one schwack load of stamps!!!! kudos!

Mary Friederichsen said...

Alot of work kate, But I bet you were smiling as you did it!
It would be like Christmas morning for me!
Although my husband would never get me 1000 rubber stamps!, But one can always hope! LOL
Have a great weekend,
Mary

Tammy Hershberger said...

Oh my stars, you weren't kidding when you said you had a pile of rubber you could slap my rude blog commentor with! What a haul! It's so generous of you to be giving them away, too! Lots of people are going to be very pleasantly surprised!

Sarah said...

Holy smoking moly! Can you imagine how long it would take you to use all of them???????If you used 1 a day it would take you about 3 years to use them all!!! Crazy!
Wayyy cool you are paying it forward.

Renee' Morris-Dezember said...

Congrats on your win!!! Enjoy those stamps :D

Cathleen said...

Holy Cow! That's a lot of stamps!

Nancy Jensen said...

Wow! How generous of you to share the rubber. LOL

Congrats on winning!