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Stamp Store, Portland, Maine
I will be in Portland, Maine next week and my mother slipped me some extra money because she "just knows there will be a stamp store there that I NEED to visit." I've searched the yellow pages on the internet and have come up with nothing. I feel certain that this cannot be possible - help, please? BB
I will be in Portland, Maine next week and my mother slipped me some extra money because she "just knows there will be a stamp store there that I NEED to visit." I've searched the yellow pages on the internet and have come up with nothing. I feel certain that this cannot be possible - help, please? BB
I know there is one in Freeport, ME. Will have to go looking for the name and possibly address if you are interested. Freeport isn't that far - let me know if I should search...
Stamper's Delights is in Windham (about a 30-45 minutes drive from Portland)I haven't been to this particular one personally, but I have heard it has some interesting things to browse...
Stamps n' Stuff is in Freeport. I go just about every time I'm in town. They have some really great "Maine" themed stamps and other unique items. They are near L.L. Bean and some other great outlets as well. Again, Freeport is about 30-45 minutes from Portland.
Right in the Old Port (an area in downtown Portland) there are two interesting stores that carry unique stationery goods, but necessarily geared specifically towards crafters. I like to browse just to get inspired, and sometimes I pick up a thing or two. They are called Communiques and The Paper Patch.
I know there is one in Freeport, ME. Will have to go looking for the name and possibly address if you are interested. Freeport isn't that far - let me know if I should search...
The last time I was in Freeport that lovely little store had closed. Stop at the welcome center as you come into the state from the south. They will tell you how to get to a nice store(can't remember the name) that is close to the center.
This is too late for your visit, but I'll post it here in case anyone searches.
About an hour or so north of Portland, Maine in Waterville, Maine is a store called: YardGoods Center. It is a really neat store! In addition to the thousands of rows of fabrics and yarns, she has thousands of wood mounted rubber stamps from all different companies. She has Stickles in every color and a bunch of punches and other accessories. Not much in the way of paper/scrapbooking paper, but tons of cute, cute stuff. Even though I'm a SU Demo, I spent way too much money!
It doesn't hurt that she was so super nice, letting my kids use the employee bathroom and giving them m&m's (with permission) while I was shopping. Just great, old-time customer service. Very fun! Well worth the trip.
This is too late for your visit, but I'll post it here in case anyone searches.
About an hour or so north of Portland, Maine in Waterville, Maine is a store called: YardGoods Center. It is a really neat store! In addition to the thousands of rows of fabrics and yarns, she has thousands of wood mounted rubber stamps from all different companies. She has Stickles in every color and a bunch of punches and other accessories. Not much in the way of paper/scrapbooking paper, but tons of cute, cute stuff. Even though I'm a SU Demo, I spent way too much money!
It doesn't hurt that she was so super nice, letting my kids use the employee bathroom and giving them m&m's (with permission) while I was shopping. Just great, old-time customer service. Very fun! Well worth the trip.
Thanks! I may just have to check this out when I take hubby to the Portland airport on Sat.
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This is too late for your visit, but I'll post it here in case anyone searches.
About an hour or so north of Portland, Maine in Waterville, Maine is a store called: YardGoods Center. It is a really neat store! In addition to the thousands of rows of fabrics and yarns, she has thousands of wood mounted rubber stamps from all different companies. She has Stickles in every color and a bunch of punches and other accessories. Not much in the way of paper/scrapbooking paper, but tons of cute, cute stuff. Even though I'm a SU Demo, I spent way too much money!
It doesn't hurt that she was so super nice, letting my kids use the employee bathroom and giving them m&m's (with permission) while I was shopping. Just great, old-time customer service. Very fun! Well worth the trip.
Ended up I was so busy eating every lobster in site, that I never ever looked for any stamp stores, but thanks for letting me know. I really, really enjoyed Portland and hope to go back sometimes, so I'll keep this in mind.
Well you didn't miss much Bev. They use to have a nice little store right in the Old Port, but it closed it's doors several years ago. They also had a stamp/scrap store just outside of So. Portland, but it too closed up shop last December. The Freeport store was fantastic, but once again closed it's doors. The closest stamp store that I can think of is in Kittery Maine. It's called Mainely Stamps. Nice little store. Only others I can think of are the craft stores, Mike's, AC Moore, They recently closed up another great craft store this past spring. I don't know what it is about the stores in our areas, but they never seem to stay in business very long. Perhaps by the next time you come here to visit they may be some new stores. Lets cross our fingers anyway.
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