My first offical Blog!

Well, this is pretty exciting, my very first Blog. I decided to give this whole blogging thing a try after I finished my stamping project today that I was working on. I had been looking at other blog sites from Stampers, who had tutorials about making journals out of composition books. I decided it wold be a great way to make some new friends, share ideas,and even get some feedback on some of my projects. Stamping has been such a love of mine and will always be my first choice for favorite things to do.
A few years back, we lived in Seattle and I had got so into stamping, that I had my own little stamping studio/room. Over the years, my passion and my rubber stamp collection grew to well over a thousand stamps and all of the glorius goodies and gadgets we all use. I found stamping to be the perfect distraction to dealing with my disabilities which leave me in a chronic state of pain( really sucks!). When I am crafting, the pain just doesnt seem to be the focus. About three years ago, we were renting a home, and had a nasty fire. I lost everything in my stamping room!! Fortunatley, only part of the house was damaged, but the horrible part was losing my much loved stamping room and ALL that was in it. A little bit of advice for anyone renting, make sure to get renters insurance!! We didnt have it, like idiots, and so was unable to recover my loss.
For the next four to five years, I couldnt even think about stamping or any kind of crafting without just losing it. I avoided it like the plague. The thought of not only losing it all, but trying to start all over, with very limited funds, was just too much to endure. So I didnt do anything until just about ten months ago. Slowly, I started picking up a stamp or two, here and there. Got lucky at a couple garage sales, and even joined the bidding wars on good ol' Ebay. I am always trying to come up with ideas on how to generate some kind of cash flow, to start over in buying new craft items, namely Stamps!! lol! (Anyone have any good ideas they might want to share?)
So my goal is to get back to my little stampers paradise and get those ol' creative juices flowing! I would love to make some new friends here and see what others are doing. I have a lot of catchng up to do in the world of stamping: what's the latest trends, stamping styles, new goodies etc... But now, I have something to look forward to, that is something I love, and no offense boys, just hanging out with the Girls!
Thanks for stopping by....
Jamie