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Reply to: #550061 by Guzzelin' Gal
Oct 1, 2010 6:13am
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Rubber stamps are considered crafts, print making is considered fine art. For us, they merge. Perhaps Michael's should have the two departments next to one another.
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Reply to: #550061 by Guzzelin' Gal
Oct 1, 2010 6:20am
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In hobby lobby they had them with the screen printing stuff and across from the stuff you use to make landscapes and things for train sets and what not. It is always a adventure to figure out where stores are going to put these items. I don't understand why they don't just put them with the stamp stuff.
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Reply to: #550063 by AbsolutelyKathy
Oct 1, 2010 6:44am
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You guys are lucky!! I have 2 michaels that are both an hour in different directions away from me and NEITHER ONE carries the pink stuff, not much other stamping stuff either. I'm really jelous :(
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Reply to: #550066 by bodyquest
Oct 1, 2010 6:59am
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I have 2 michaels that are both an hour in different directions away from me and NEITHER ONE carries the pink stuff, not much other stamping stuff either. I'm really jelous :(

When was the last time you checked? My Michael's only started carrying the pink stuff about a month and a half ago. Until then they only carried the gray stuff. At my Michael's, it's by the calligraphy.

(At my Hobby Lobby, it's by the stamp and coin collecting stuff).
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Reply to: #550062 by Baqash
Oct 1, 2010 7:00am
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Thanks! It actually makes sense that they would do it that way with that in mind. I'd like them better close together, stamps and ink and in row three, the canvas's are way in the back of the store. lol
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Reply to: #550067 by Dizzy
Oct 1, 2010 7:05am
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Until then they only carried the gray stuff

It's probably been 2 months since I've checked because of the distance, but when I did check they carried absolutley no carving material at all. I got everyone involved in the search from the gal stocking shelves to the manager on duty to help me find something, not much caring what color it was at that time. I think I'll call them and see if they are carrying it now, but if I just go...I'm sure I can find something else I need with ACMoore coupon :)
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Reply to: #550066 by bodyquest
Oct 1, 2010 7:26am
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I live downtown in the city and Michaels is more of a suburbs store here so I don't get to them often either. The last one I went to, I asked a woman after searching the place, if they had any carving material for rubber stamps and she just said "No." and went back to stocking shelves. Disappointing.

Herbivore
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Reply to: #550074 by Herbivore
Oct 1, 2010 7:41am
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I asked a woman after searching the place, if they had any carving material for rubber stamps and she just said "No." and went back to stocking shelves. Disappointing.

Yes, very disappointing. I live in a relativley small town and I went to our local "art store" and when I asked if she had any EZ Carve or "pink Stuff" she just looked at me like I asked her is she carried Plutonium! She didn't even offer to see if she could order anything for me:(

My best place for non-carving stuff has been WalMart...I hate to say. I have to do what I have to do!
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Reply to: #550063 by AbsolutelyKathy
Oct 1, 2010 7:47am
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I don't understand why they don't just put them with the stamp stuff.

economics. if more scrapbookers realized you could carve your own unique stamps, they wouldn't buy so many storebought stamps. if you put the stamp carving stuff by the stamps, more people will buy stamp carving stuff, and far fewer of the other stamps will be bought. this way, most of the people buy the storebought stamps, and those who know you can carve your own find the carving supplies and buy them. the store makes more money.

it actually makes more sense for them to put it in with the block-printing supplies, though, since that's what speedball actually makes it for. we have perverted its intended use when we slice it up and make it into rubber stamps.

it does make a wonderful rubber stamp, though...

romana
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Reply to: #550071 by bodyquest
Oct 1, 2010 8:07am
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when I did check they carried absolutley no carving material at all.

It might be worth noting that there are two different types of Michael's stores. They're both the same company but the stores are markedly different. I believe one has the name Michael's in red while the other has black script. The black script type store is utterly worthless, judging from the one time I was in one.
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Reply to: #550087 by Kirbert
Oct 1, 2010 8:10am
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It might be worth noting that there are two different types of Michael's stores.

The one that I went into was titled "Michael's Arts & Crafts". Based on the name I felt it was a good assumption that I was in the right store, but alas...
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Reply to: #550082 by Romana
Oct 1, 2010 8:41am
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economics. if more scrapbookers realized you could carve your own unique stamps, they wouldn't buy so many storebought stamps. if you put the stamp carving stuff by the stamps, more people will buy stamp carving stuff, and far fewer of the other stamps will be bought.

I have to disagree with this. I've been an avid stamper for years... probably 20 years or more. I knew long ago that you could carve your own stamps but why would I? It was easy to just buy what I needed and I never had a need for anything that I couldn't find. I've used mounted stamps and even used unmounted stamps long before you could buy them at a store (had to specially mail order those). I was always able to find what I needed and had absolutely no desire to carve my own. Of the people I know that are avid rubber stampers, I'd be willing to bet that not one of them would ever even consider carving their own for the same reason... why should they when there are literally thousands of choices available? The only time I found a need to carve my own was when I started boxing. Now that I'm getting better at carving, I know that if there's a type of stamp image I want that I can't find, I can just carve it myself. But then again, I still buy rubber stamps that are commercially made. Now I wonder why I would want to spend so much time carving the "perfect" stamp when I would just keep it locked up inside my house? A carved stamp should be shared by releasing it into the wild.

Dizzy
-not a consultant, but still very protective of my Stampin Up! stamps
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Reply to: #550063 by AbsolutelyKathy
Oct 1, 2010 10:08am
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It is always a adventure to figure out where stores are going to put these items.

i think they do it on purpose. Make you wander the store so you see things you might not have and pick them up and buy them. At least thats what happens to me. i end up with a whole bunch more than what i went in for.
Tricky these marketing people are.

deniserows
the stamp aisle, the scrapbook aisle, the paint aisle, the paper aisle, the ink aisle, the 40% aisle
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Reply to: #550096 by Dizzy
Oct 1, 2010 10:14am
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A carved stamp should be shared by releasing it into the wild.

i totally agree. My first hand carved stamp release was hard to do. But now i release them with abandon knowing they will be taken care of by others.
My store bought stamps however are locked up good and tight. They're never getting out of their plastic bins MAHAHAHAHAHA

deniserows
her Stampin Up! stamps into submisssion
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Reply to: #550096 by Dizzy
Oct 1, 2010 12:18pm
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I agree. I have a room full of Stampin Up and store boughts. They are what I use for regular cards and crafty projects, but not for LTCs or Letterboxing...anymore. I still love my Stampscapes.
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Reply to: #550119 by deniserows
Oct 1, 2010 12:26pm
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That is true! And they move things all the time. Every time I go to work, I go early to wander around and see where the products have been moved to...and see what's new that I or the kids/grandkids (/anyone else I can think of LOL) don't already have.
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Reply to: #550120 by deniserows
Oct 1, 2010 12:32pm
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Hahaha Denise you stamps are such beautiful treasures I go seeking them over and over to be sure they're safe and I'm crushed if one is missing. I feel the pain for you...
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Reply to: #550071 by bodyquest
Oct 1, 2010 7:36pm
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My Michaels wasn't carrying them about 2 months ago...I started reading about people from all over the AQ kingdom reporting finding the stuff. Went back to Michaels twice more ... third time they finally had stocked it!
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Reply to: #550074 by Herbivore
Oct 1, 2010 7:37pm
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I've asked a Michaels employee who said no...went back same week and found it all by myself! (After taking the advice from all you guys about the strange locations to check for it.
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Reply to: #550263 by Chedva
Oct 1, 2010 7:52pm
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Michaels employee who said no...went back same week and found it all by myself

I'm going to have to go back and spend the afternoon until I find that pink stuff!!!
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Reply to: #543117 by Anne Bonny
Oct 7, 2010 5:56pm
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My local Michael's manager told me that they no longer carry the pink stuff or any carving tools. He mentioned that the store was considered small, so he couldn't speak about the merchandise carried by the larger Michael's stores.