Hi Crickets! I guess you do live around here - yah! Glad you all liked the
Mole! Playgrounds are very key! It really ups the interest level and
(almost) reduces the whining when we hunt for boxes! I'm so happy to hear
that people are able to figure out the mole stamp! We are very new at
carving...

My question is how to do the more delicate lines? I tend to gouge a little
too much. But, if you just cut a line with an exacto knife does it show up?
I have the habit of going back and back to "smooth off" the edges (you
know, much like making the cut on the cake's edge straight so you are forced
to eat just a little sliver more...). My stamps are getting smaller and the
shapes a little odder.... I don't know how people do the cool ones they do!
Maybe I should try to reverse the technique (carve out the pattern rather
than carve out everything but the pattern).

Anyway -- glad you had fun and thanks for letting us know!! BeMa

P.S. Meadowlark gardens ("Oh Deer")doesn't have a playground, but, they
have a nature center and stepping stones and other fun kid stuff.

Wolf trap ("Curtain up") has a big hill to roll down and a stage to ham it
up on.





>From: gbecket@aol.com
>Reply-To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
>To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [LbNA] VA - the Mole
>Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 12:31:56 EST
>
>Today the Cricket Bros hopped over to visit the Mole. We really liked the
>Mole stamp and the park was great. Little Red Cricket really liked the
>playground and throwing abandoned tennis balls into the stream.


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