Penny Ranch visit again..

I took a stop at the Penny Ranch in Chico,CA on my way to my parents house. I wanted to pick up some stamps and old letters from the owner John. The collectible store filled with stamps, baseball cards, and comic and coins has been there for as long as I can remember when I was growing up in Chico. The funny thing is I never shopped there until recently after I got more involved in mail art and teaching creative re-use workshops.  Here is a quick look at some of this weekend finds.. I don't buy anything collectible in the traditional stamp collecting sense since I will be repurposing them.

Here is one of my creations with the stamps. A stamp birthday cake to my friend Pamela who

is the mail artist who blogs on the great site: www.cappuccinoandartjournal.blogspot.com.

She will be happy to know that some of her birthday presents are coming from the Penny

Ranch this year found in shoe boxes and cigar boxes... treasures for mail artist and paper lovers.

My bird collage with cancelled stamps, magazine images and discarded book pages.

Finally I have been able to post! A series of iphone, computer and blog problems 

have plagued me for months but hopefully they have been resolved with help from

Tammy and Pamela and Delaney.