2010 Weekly Planner - $3.95

These are 2010 Weekly Planners. They measure 5" x 7.5". They have a protective plastic cover to keep them safe in your purse or on your desk.

** Remember to click on any picture for a larger view!

In this picture:
Chalkboard Best Teacher (2 available)
Blue and Green Striped - quote has the definition of the word "Original"
Pink and Brown Seriously (one of my favs)
















In this picture:
Brown and blue - Quote reads "An Unhurried sense of time is in itself a form of wealth"
Black Music Time (2 available) Great for those music lesson teachers!












White Doodle Pad - fun!
Pink Coneflowers - Quote reads "Live with Passion"
Froggie Time - Best Teacher



















And here's what the inside looks like:













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Clipboards - $7.95

Another perfect gift for anyone on your list! These are clipboards measure 14.5" x 9" and are made of pressed paper. The front's have been covered with beautiful Stampin' Up! paper and the attached pencil has been covered to match! So cute! They can be personalized with name, school or quote, per request for $1 extra.

There are 10 available. I'll refer to them by number from top left to right in the first picture for ease in ordering:

Top Row:

1. pink and brown

2. green, pink and purple flowers

3. Holiday Ornament

4. Light blue and brown

5. Moss Green and Pink Squares

Bottom Row:

6. Blue, green and orange bursts

7. Brown, red and green

8. Blue, orange and white dots

9. pink polka dot

10. Moss green and brown

Remember that you can always click on any image to see a larger picture. Also, keep in mind that things really do look better in person than online!

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The Rubber Room is a Mess!!

The Rubber room has seen some action lately!

Unfortunately, the cleaning lady (that'd be me, lol) has been on break.....

I REALLY wanted to stamp today, but first I had to find a surface! So, I got down to business and by the time it took to throw 2 loads of laundry in, I found my counter and table top!
UGH.... (no need to say more)



AAAAHHHHH.... (no need to say more!)

I'll be back later with some proof that I actually did stamp to make that mess. For now, please excuse me while I go mess it up again, lol!

Stamp Storage - Combining Sets

Well, I did it! I took the plunge and took all my sentiment sets out of their original clam shell boxes and combined them to form large "sets" by category!

Before I broke them up though, I made a master list of set names and gave them a number. For example, the set named Bitty Birthday is #1. I put a "1" on the wood block of each stamp from that set. I did this so I could put them back together if need be.

I also made an excel spreadsheet that lists the box name, the sentiments contained in that box, some keywords (for unexpected uses) and the name of the cube that the box can be found in. I listed the cube name 'cause some sets like just buzzin by have sentiments in them (I didn't break things like this up) that I might not normally think to use, but if I do an electronic search of my excel data base, I'd find them! I didn't save as much room as I thought, but once I get some more of the jumbo clam shells, I can cut down on some of the 1 and 2 boxes and combine them all into one. I haven't worked with the system yet, but I think I'll like it! Hope this helps explain things. If you have ?'s let me know. Pics Above: One shows the different labels on the boxes and the other shows the contents of the box labeled Birthday 2 so you can see what's in there. Some sets that were strictly sentiment sets (like Wonderful favorites and Amazing to Zany, I left as is). What do you think?

A Video Tour of the Rubber Room

Well, I can't figure out how to get the icon of the video where you push play, so if you'd like to see a video tour of my rubber room click on the picture above or click here.

Photo Light Box

Here's my highly technical light box - LOL! It really does help to take a decent picture of my creations - especially since my macro setting broke on my camera. You can see from the picture of the box with the light shining into it how bright it is in there. All I did was find a cardboard box that was white on the outside and cut it open at the seams and basically turn it inside out and tape it back up. The bottom is open and I just slide a piece of white paper in when I'm going to take a picture. The lamp I use is an ott-like light. I got this one from Home Depot and while I don't have an Ott, I'm told that it is very similar and a MUCH more affordable option. This light cost me about $10 and it came with the bulb! It's perfect for the basement when I have to color or need to work on fine details.

This is the set up before the light is bent down to shine in the box. The other picture is the box being stored under my work surface when not in use. So there you have my highly technical photo system :) Hope this helps someone out there!

the Rubber Room is OPEN! World Cardmaking Day Celebration!

What better way to celebrate WORLD CARDMAKING DAY than by inviting all my stampin' friends to come play in their new stamping space - the RUBBER ROOM! My basement remodel is finally 99% complete and I am so excited to hold my first Open House in it!

Saturday, Oct. 4th 11 am - 2 pm (stay as little or as long as you'd like)

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  There will be lots of new Stampin' Up! products to see, touch and play with! (and of course, order)


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  Prizes and specials (like 20% select Simply Sent Kits and Card Elements).


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  Garage Sale * - Everyone is welcome to bring their gently loved stuff (if it's SU, it must be retired) and offer it to a fellow stamper!


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  Food of course!


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  Bring a friend - I have LOTS of room now!

*If you will be bringing stuff for sale, please have it pre-marked with your name and price and come a bit early to set it out on the garage sale table!

Please let me know by October 1st if you (or a friend) are coming so I can have enough supplies cut for everyone! Can't wait to see you all and show off the room I've worked so hard on all summer!

more rubber room pictures

I know you come here to look for stamping ideas and stuff, but this is sorta stamping related (and the closest I've come lately). Here are some more pictures of my almost done Rubber Room. Yep, I decided to call it that instead of my craft room or my stamping space - gotta be different ya know! Plus, most times I really NEED to be in a rubber room, so it seemed fitting. Anyhoo..... the first picture is what happens when you shake a previously opened can of white eggshell finish trim paint when the cover had not been replaced the day before with a hammer. After MANY choice words, my son and I were able to clean it all up pretty good and the second picture shows the same area 2 days (and alot of sweat) later. Sorry, didn't mean to gross you out - lol! The cabinets pictured here are yet another tale of woe in my book of the rubber room. I purchased the counter tops at a discount store about a month ago as they were the last 3 in black and at $30 each, I couldn't pass them up. So, for a month, I've been trying to decide what to put under those countertops. I knew I wanted white, so I bought the u-put-together ones (the ones with paint splattered all over them) and attemtped that. NOT GOOD! So, I will be returning those and in the meantime, went back to Lowe's and purchased the already put together ones you see pictured. On the way down into the basement, I dropped the drawer that you see sitting on top of the counter and the front busted off - ugh! The caulk is drying on it in this picture. Then, as I was putting the other drawers in after the counter tops were placed, I realized that they wouldn't close as the lip hung over too far - double ugh! After a short cry on the newly paint-free floor, I bucked up and decided to head into DH's workshop to see what I could finangle (is that a word?) I cut some "shims" and caulked them onto the cabinet bases to raise the countertop up just enough so it sat flush with the tops of the cabinets and viola - a desk!! Moral of the story.... well, I don't know the moral of this one, it just helps me to whine!! If you made it this far - wanna come play in the new rubber room? Hopefully, I be able to create some stuff in here soon!

craft room furniture!

I have furniture!!! Here is the first piece to go in my new studio. The top picture shows the view from the office wall where the cubies are and looking into the classroom area. The 2nd photo is taken from sitting on the stairs into the basement. These are bookshelves that I bought online from Target.com with a glass table top that I've had for about 10 years that I bought at the Harden Furniture factory sale for around $20!! As you can see, I have yet to fill up the shelves, but that won't be a problem... lol! I plan to do my standing stuff here, like cutting and big shot-ing as well as standing to type to all of you on my laptop:) It will also serve as overflow classroom seating when needed. Thanks for taking a peek. Can't wait to have everything down here and organized and filled with people!

addition and craft room update

Here's some basement remodel update pictures. Below are the pictures of the posts that I worked on all weekend. The red part is chalkboard paint and has 4 coats. The blue part matches the back wall and has 3 coats. Then there are the white molding trim pieces.... these suckers were a PIA (that's pain in the ass!) Once we (by we I mean I) put the pieces in the miter saw the right way, it was a piece of cake, but until then, we (by we I mean DH) wasted a bunch of wood and all of our (by our I mean our) patience. But, I think the kids will have a ball playing down here and writing on the walls. DH and I had a couple of beers and played pool last night after all our work was done and I was thinking how lucky our kids are - I wish I had a place like this when I was a kid!

To the left is an overview looking past the pool table and into the craft room portion of the basement.

To the right is a close up of one of my mitered corners - anyone need anything mitered?

This is what was happening in the backyard this morning while I was in the basement finishing up the posts. DH is in the blue shirt and somehow ended up being the excavators best friend today. He came alone and DH ended up shoveling out all the backfilled material and then tamping it with the tamper thingy. I took a quick picture, then retreated before they found something for me to do! The contractors say they will have the walls built by thursday!