Here's a card that I found in a fancy store on Istiklal Caddesi (street). Which is hugely famous place in Istanbul. It has a famous red trolley and everything. It's a shopping mecca. Well, imagine my surprise when I found a store called Panter Kirtasiye. Kirtasiye is basically a stationary or paper store? in the broad sense of the term. I was super excited as I have been looking for beautiful papers, which I KNOW are in that city but I haven't managed to find yet. At any rate, imagine my surprise when I saw a wall of handmade cards. Esp card there were some that were using TURKISH theme stamps. I was tickled. I asked the man if he knew or sold any stamps. To no avail. At any rate, the cards were very simple, but I was very enamored with the stamps so I purchased a couple of them that I will be sharing. I was happy they had the card maker's name on the back. The artist is Mine Fiore.
hi Holley you made a wonderful discovery in the stationery shop, when I'm on holiday I also go looking for stationery shops and bookshops to browse if they have scrapbook materials. a hug Taty
ReplyDeleteYou made a great discovery, but such a shame they don't sell the Turkish stamps! However, the card you bought is beautiful.
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Ooh nice!
ReplyDeleteso lovely Holley.........gr karin
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