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Post by mrsduffy on Oct 22, 2021 18:48:34 GMT
Whether it's a virtue or vice I cannot say, but I'm a paper hoarder. I never set out to stockpile paper but I'm finding that over the years I have. Yesterday Mr. Duffy asked if I had colored paper. "Why yes, I do. Bright pink." "Do you have anything else?" "Let me check. I have purple. How many sheets do you need? Never mind, I'll just fill your printer. It turns out your wife is an excellent paper hoarder." Two colors does doesn't sound like hoarding but I didn't exactly buy them in packs of 100. Your know, bulk is always a better value and there are so many things that can be done with paper. My latest acquisition was a ream of Crane's cotton paper. It's really beautiful, feels luxurious, and isn't watermarked. I haven't used it yet but my quest for the perfect paper may be complete. If so, will my compulsion to buy paper finally be stilled? Time will tell, but for now all I can say is that it is a very good thing that I use a lot of paper.
Surely I am not the only one here with this problem ability to weather any paper shortage.
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Post by Gary S on Oct 22, 2021 21:57:34 GMT
Stamps. Hi, my name is Gary and I hoard postage stamps. I've bought approximately $725 worth recently. Luckily I didn't pay full value for them but even at 50-65% of face value it starts adding up. The saddest part is after I look through them the thrill is gone and the latest, greatest stamp lot is just so much postage to be used when needed. The lucky thing is I only do something like this every 1-2 years but I never use up all the stamps I bought previously so the hoard grows a bit each time.
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Post by penguy on Oct 22, 2021 22:01:29 GMT
Paper, Paper, Paper, the more the better. Being that I love to draw, do some bookbinding, and am a printmaker, plus enjoy writing letters, how could I not like paper. I think like is too weak a word, love would be more like it. Looking at drawing paper it depends on whether I am using a wet or dry medium, and then there is texture and color...I need to have paper for whatever I happen to feel like using at any given time. When I buy paper for printing I usually buy a few extra sheets, just in case I have a printing problem when I'm printing an edition, and usually don't have enough left over for an additional edition of another print, which I will probably need a different paper for. Then I love Japanese paper and use them for bookbinding, plus my wife is into origami....more beautiful paper. I have a flat paper file full. I have decided to make a deal with myself, I can't die until I've used all my paper up....that should make me about 125 years old before I kick the bucket and I will probably continue to buy more paper, make that 150 years old!
For all the paper lovers out there I have a book that I would recommend: Paper, Paging Through History by Mark Kurlansky. It looks at the history of both Eastern and Western paper making and the effects of paper on those cultures, a fascinating read.
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Post by mrsduffy on Oct 23, 2021 12:38:01 GMT
Stamps. Hi, my name is Gary and I hoard postage stamps. I've bought approximately $725 worth recently. Luckily I didn't pay full value for them but even at 50-65% of face value it starts adding up. The saddest part is after I look through them the thrill is gone and the latest, greatest stamp lot is just so much postage to be used when needed. The lucky thing is I only do something like this every 1-2 years but I never use up all the stamps I bought previously so the hoard grows a bit each time. But the upside is, when you use them, someone else can enjoy the thrill. I happen to notice and enjoy the stamps people use on the letters they send me. And can you really regret having that many stamps?
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Post by mrsduffy on Oct 23, 2021 12:44:33 GMT
Paper, Paper, Paper, the more the better. Being that I love to draw, do some bookbinding, and am a printmaker, plus enjoy writing letters, how could I not like paper. I think like is too weak a word, love would be more like it. Looking at drawing paper it depends on whether I am using a wet or dry medium, and then there is texture and color...I need to have paper for whatever I happen to feel like using at any given time. When I buy paper for printing I usually buy a few extra sheets, just in case I have a printing problem when I'm printing an edition, and usually don't have enough left over for an additional edition of another print, which I will probably need a different paper for. Then I love Japanese paper and use them for bookbinding, plus my wife is into origami....more beautiful paper. I have a flat paper file full. I have decided to make a deal with myself, I can't die until I've used all my paper up....that should make me about 125 years old before I kick the bucket and I will probably continue to buy more paper, make that 150 years old! For all the paper lovers out there I have a book that I would recommend: Paper, Paging Through History by Mark Kurlansky. It looks at the history of both Eastern and Western paper making and the effects of paper on those cultures, a fascinating read. You turn paper into something beautiful if it wasn't something beautiful in itself to begin with. That makes your hoarding a definite virtue so hoard away. I just added Kurlansky to my Alibris cart.
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Post by although on Oct 23, 2021 14:41:37 GMT
I like to keep an eye out for vintage paper whenever I'm in a thrift store or at an estate sale. It usually sells for next to nothing. I recently found a full pad of "HyTone, Linen Finish" writing paper at a sale. It looked to be from the 1950's. The price on the front of the pad said 29 cents... The person at the checkout table looked at it and charged me a quarter! I like to imagine that, after waiting 70 years in a drawer, the paper is happy to be written on, folded, stuffed in an envelope, mailed, opened, read, and appreciated...
I wonder if I'm the only one who anthropomorphizes paper?...
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Post by InsomniaQueen on Oct 23, 2021 16:31:55 GMT
Stamps. Hi, my name is Gary and I hoard postage stamps. I've bought approximately $725 worth recently. Luckily I didn't pay full value for them but even at 50-65% of face value it starts adding up. The saddest part is after I look through them the thrill is gone and the latest, greatest stamp lot is just so much postage to be used when needed. The lucky thing is I only do something like this every 1-2 years but I never use up all the stamps I bought previously so the hoard grows a bit each time. I enjoy seeing what stamps arrive on my letters. I love it when I can match stamps to the envelope by color or theme, but I don't love it enough to be a stamp hoarder. It's doing the math that warned me off. My hat's off to you for your dedication to old postage.
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Post by sunshine2170 on Oct 23, 2021 18:43:01 GMT
Stamps (Post office lady collects them for me), paper stacks, scissors, pens and colouring implements, rubber stamps, I collect them all. What do I do with the paper? Well I turn them into these beauties.
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Post by mrsduffy on Oct 25, 2021 23:38:02 GMT
Stamps (Post office lady collects them for me), paper stacks, scissors, pens and colouring implements, rubber stamps, I collect them all. What do I do with the paper? Well I turn them into these beauties. Oh…my…goodness…those are lovely. Nice work!
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Post by mrsduffy on Oct 25, 2021 23:41:32 GMT
I like to keep an eye out for vintage paper whenever I'm in a thrift store or at an estate sale. It usually sells for next to nothing. I recently found a full pad of "HyTone, Linen Finish" writing paper at a sale. It looked to be from the 1950's. The price on the front of the pad said 29 cents... The person at the checkout table looked at it and charged me a quarter! I like to imagine that, after waiting 70 years in a drawer, the paper is happy to be written on, folded, stuffed in an envelope, mailed, opened, read, and appreciated... I wonder if I'm the only one who anthropomorphizes paper?... I can’t say I anthropomorphize paper but I can easily imagine being giddy with excitement over a vintage stationery find. You must enjoy the hunt.
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Post by distractedmom on Oct 27, 2021 1:20:31 GMT
For me, it's washi tape. And here's the crazy part: If it's a pattern that I really like I don't like to use it, because what if I use it all up and then want to use it in the future, but it's all gone?
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Post by InsomniaQueen on Oct 27, 2021 10:23:55 GMT
For me, it's washi tape. And here's the crazy part: If it's a pattern that I really like I don't like to use it, because what if I use it all up and then want to use it in the future, but it's all gone? I identify with this so much.
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Post by katiel on Oct 27, 2021 10:31:26 GMT
For me, it's washi tape. And here's the crazy part: If it's a pattern that I really like I don't like to use it, because what if I use it all up and then want to use it in the future, but it's all gone? I identify with this so much. So do I. Why am I like this? 😂🤣😂
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Post by distractedmom on Oct 27, 2021 15:53:23 GMT
InsomniaQueen and katiel, I am so glad that I am not alone. It's like I want to save it for the perfect moment. (I also have some washi tape out for delivery right now!)
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Post by purplemaze on Oct 27, 2021 18:17:41 GMT
Papers yes. I ordered 9 packs of discontinuing Tomoeriver from a store in Japan and shipped to my parents address so I will pick them up next time when I visit. That should last a while? But bunch of other papers, notebooks, stationeries, airmail envelopes, scrapbooking papers, decorative papers. Washi is under control for me. Postage stamps - 2021 was the year I bought way more than other years. As far as US forever stamps this year had good ones, don’t you think? And throw inks into the equation. I had maybe 10 nice inks pre COVID, and they grew to over s-i-x-t-y. (someone else, please confess too) Oh and I just got Inkvent calendar, 25 new inks are just what I need
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