Balloon Stamps

Two hot air balloon stamps arrived in the mail this weekend.  It was like Christmas opening my mail. I loved it.  I cannot wait to see all of the others as well.

Sea Maid sent me Breezy and Fuchsia Fairydust sent me Up Up & Away. Phazia is working on a couple of stamps. I also got MissMae & VTersMom to agree to carve a Hot Air Balloon stamp. *happy face*

Beaver Brook: DENIED

Beaver Brook denied my request to plant boxes there.  Truly unfortunate for both of us.  I'm sad. So I guess I'll move on to the next plant opportunity. Which is..... ?

This little bump in the road has got me thinking about how to approach businesses & people for permission to plant. Also how to plant & what to plant in.

I'm feeling a little deflated today,  not just because of being denied with BB but also due to college issues. 

Plotting & Planning

I have made a request to the AQ community for some hot air balloon stamps.  These will be for the 20th Annual Great Falls Balloon Festival in 2012. Here's the tracker for it. I'm very excited the first carved stamp should be arriving next week. As of today there are 17 people signed up to carve stamps. 

The next step a year from now will be to plant these stamps in the L/A area for the festival.  They need to be some what secluded but accessible by people here for the festival. I hope to have several mini series to plant and at least one for kids by kids series. 

Just this morning I made my first Cootie.  People better look out or they'll end up with it when they're not looking. :-) 

I've also composed an inquiry to Beaver Brook to plant some boxes there. That will be going out in the mail on Monday. 

I still have one of my elements to plant as well as the Prom Night one at LAHS. I'm plotting out one in memory of MJD who would have graduated with JPizzle (my son). I also have some ideas for boxes that can only be reached via kayak or canoe.

Recently...

What have I been up to lately?

The first weekend of June we took the girls to Boothbay & did some Letterboxing before/after our trip to the aquarium. This is the crew getting a box in Brunswick. 

After fraps at Fat Boy we got a stamp.

I signed up for the August camping at TPB and surprisingly looking forward to it.  I don't really like to camp so it's kind of amazing I'm doing this.  I need to carve 3 stamps for this; favorite us vacation spot, some place tropical, & a foreign country. I've carved Tuscany & an Aztec temple so far. The next one I'm doing is RI to serve dual purposes; this & the US Postage stamp LTC swap.  I'm getting kid of excited about it. 

I also need to carve a snowflake for Happy Daze for something in November. 

Sooner than that I'm carving two to plant at a camp ground close by & one or two for friends. A beaver, disc golf, & a moose.

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