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Join us ~ Saturday, November
1, 2008! The 8th Annual GreaterThe 8th Annual Greater New York Art Stamp Show will take place Saturday, November 1, 2008 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Smithtown Sheraton, Smithtown, Long Island New York Art Stamp and Scrapbook Show will take place at the beautiful Smithtown Sheraton. Our vendors and stampers and scrappers attending last year loved this location! The Sheraton is at 110 Vanderbilt Motor Parkway in Hauppauge, Long Island, right off major highways and offering many amenities. The stamp and scrapbook show will feature vendors from all over the country and will be held in the ground floor ballroom of the newly renovated Sheraton. We have a special room rate of $109 per room for 2 double beds. Call (631) 231-1100 to reserve and mention that you're attending The Greater New York Art Stamp and Scrapbook Show. The hotel has a heated pool, restaurants, Starbucks, complimentary shuttle to/from Islip MacArthur Airport and area LIRR train stations and a Bennigan's across the street. For directions, scroll down. Coming from NYC? The Ink Pad has a chartered bus. Call (212) 463-9876. The 2008 LIST OF CLASSES will be posted when ready, closer to show time. As always, there will be a $500 grand prize basket stuffed with stamping goodies given out as a door prize. The $6 show admission is payable at the door or can be purchased in advance by check, money order, Visa, MasterCard, Discover or American Express. Contact Estelle at The Stampsmith by email: estelle@stampsmith.net or call (631) 547-5922 during business hours. Mailing address is The Stampsmith, 36 E. Carver St., Huntington, NY 11743. These were the 2007 vendors. The 2008 vendors will be posted when ready. Your hosts: The Stampsmith The Stamping Ground Another Stamp Company Close to My Heart Decopatchusa.com The Ink Pad Innovative Stamp Creations Lost Coast Designs Renaissance Art Stamps Repeat Impressions Seaside Stampin' Ink Stamp Camp Stamp Land Stampin' Up Starving Artistamps Tessler Stamps & Stencils Your Happy Place Directions to The Smithtown Sheraton: Use Mapquest for personalized directions. Put in the address you're leaving from and the Sheraton address: 110 Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, (also known as Motor Parkway), Smithtown, NY 11788. Via
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State Parkway (*NO TRUCKS allowed on the Northern State) Eastbound: Take the LIE/Route 495 to Exit 53/Wicks Road. Continue parallel with the Expressway 1/2 mile and follow the Wicks Road sign off the ramp down to the traffic light. Turn left onto Wicks Road under the Expressway and turn right at the next light onto Vanderbilt Motor Parkway (sometimes just called Motor Parkway on signs.) The Sheraton is 150 yards ahead on your left. Westbound: Take the LIE/Route 495 to Exit 53/Wicks Road. Exit first right off the service road to the light at Vanderbilt Motor Parkway (sometimes just called Motor Parkway on signs.) The Sheraton is just ahead on your left. From Manhattan: Mid Town Tunnel to Long Island Expressway (I-495 East). Follow directions above for Long Island Expressway Eastbound. From Westchester and Connecticut Whitestone or Throgs Neck Bridge to Cross Island Parkway South. Follow signs to Long Island/Long Island Expressway (I-495). Take Long Island Expressway Eastbound, directions above. From Southern New Jersey / Pennsylvania Cross the Verrazanno Bridge (stay far left) to the Belt Parkway East, which turns into the Southern State Parkway (via a left lane exit) to Exit 41A - left lane (Sagtikos Parkway North) to Exit S1E to Long Island Expressway (I-495 East). Follow directions above for Long Island Expressway Eastbound. From Northern New Jersey Cross the George Washington Bridge and continue East to the Throgs Neck Bridge. Get off the Throgs Neck Bridge and take the Cross Island Parkway South to Grand Central Parkway East, which becomes the Northern State Parkway. Follow directions for Northern State above. From Port Jefferson Ferry If you're coming from Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachussets or points north, consider taking the ferry from Bridgeport, Conn. to Port Jefferson, Long Island and then driving to the Sheraton. Click here for the ferry schedule. From Long
Island MacArthur Airport By Long Island Rail Road The nearest train station is the Brentwood station. Click here for LIRR timetables. Call the hotel for shuttle service: (631) 231-1100. Your show hosts: Contact Estelle Smith via email: estelle@stampsmith.net or call (631) 547-5922. Or contact Michael Bader of The Stamping Ground: email: mike@stampingground.com or call (631) 643-3100. You may send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to The Stampsmith, 36 E. Carver St., Huntington, NY 11743-3434, and you'll get info. as soon as it's ready. Photos from our 2004 show, below:  Marianne Papayannakos receives the grand prize gift basket on behalf of her friend. Presenting the basket are show organizers Mike Bader of The Stamping Ground and Estelle Lander Smith of The Stampsmith.  The Stampsmith Booth, with owner Estelle, sons Gabriel on the left, Nathan on the right and Mr. Teddy between them. Mom Suzanne is at far left, prepping bags. Thanks Mom! To see some of the
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