After a budgetted trip to L.A., my daughter and I took a weekend trip to San Francisco, CA this Labor Day weekend. Besides the trip to Fisherman's Wharf to see Boudin's sourdough factory (the food was delicious!), and the Aquarium of the Bay, we also went to the Musee Mechanique, which we saw on a map of Fisherman's Wharf. This is a museum of beach-front attractions and old and more-recent arcade games. We used a few quarters to play Skee-Ball, watch penny-arcade flip picture movies and a French execution (very interesting!), and I also got to play my favorite arcade game, Centipede, and got my initials up--twice! We went to Japantown, and shopped at my favorite store, Ichiban Kan, which sells all sorts of Japanese home goods, stationary, and general fun stuff including supplies for making bento lunch boxes---guess what's for lunch now?! Besides some lunch-toting items, I also got a couple of craft punches, including a little bow I have been looking for. Most of their items are in the dollar range. There was also a new store there called Daiso, which sells everything (unless marked!) for $1.50!! They have lots of craft items, so I got some cute paper punches, coin purse supplies, and a book of how to make some cute stuff----yes, its all in Japanese, but Japanese craft books are great, because they use lots of illustrations. Japantown is always a stop on our SF itinerary, but I know I will totally go back to Daiso!
In sad news, one of the rubber stamp stores I had visited in Fairfield had closed--I hate when a place is still advertised in a magazine, but its already closed its doors. We have a store like that here in Reno---its changed ownership twice, and changed its name but its still listed as the old store in a magazine. I also stopped at The Stamp Art Shoppe, a cool rubber stamping store in Roseville; its small, but full of great stuff.
So now I have some great stuff to work with, and work on! Although I wanted to do just ATC's, I really would like to go back to making my coin purses. That trip to Daiso has really inspired me, and I hope to have some cute ones online soon! I'm also in love with little pincushions, so I have been entertaining that idea as well.
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