New Goodies

So while I was in Washington last month playing with Tam, I got to go to Treasury of Memories, her LSS. It is the coolest LSS I've been in yet, and I wish I lived closer to it! But I don't, so I'll settle for bringing pieces of it home to MT. ;D Here's what came home with me...

There was Hambly 50% off. Who could resist?

There was Theresa Collins galore!

There was a die cut machine and colored chipboard...

And scads of cute paper that will soon become a couple mini albums!!

Now I haven't really gotten to play with any of the new goodies yet, but there's a crop on Friday night I'll be attending, so maybe I'll have something to show over the weekend!!

See what I got in the mail today?!

Yes, goodies from Paper Trey Ink! I know, I know, I'm not buying more craft stuff until I use what I have, but I have plans for these!! I have plans for my halloween party and plans for a baby shower, and I NEEEEED these stamps to complete my plans!! Really, I do. =D

I'm so excited to play with the new stamps! I'm hoping to have time to do that.... oh, maybe this weekend? I hope so!

Happy Birthday to ME!

My birthday was a week ago, but this year I'm having the birthday that keeps on giving, I think! I've been celebrating for weeks now and today I got another birthday gift, this one from my inlaws. I got... A ScorPal!!


I am really very excited about it. In fact, after thanking my mother in law for reading my wishlist, I realized I hadn't even updated my wish list since I had been wanting a scor pal, so I had to then thank her for reading my mind, LOL! Craft night is Monday here at our house, so I'm looking forward to using it then! I'm going to work on stuff for... *gasp* ME! My own crafting!! (I hope)

New Stuff!!

This week is one of anticipation and fun as I look forward to and play with a few new toys!! First off, my printer ran out of ink a while back and I have been dragging my feet buying new cartridges because it costs me $100 to do so. And I just hate to spend that on ink. But Leif just saw this:

on Woot, so we ordered it! For about $50 more than I was going to spend on just ink I get a much better machine, with much higher quality printing, and the cartridges cost much less ($25-$30)! Plus I can replace the individual colors instead of getting a whole 3-color cartridge when one color goes dead. Hooray!!

And speaking of new tools for my craft room, I finally decided to get this beauty:


with the money I got for blogging at the store. I'm using it to make some new items for my etsy store, and I still hold to my earlier opinion... I love it! It even has a home on my shelf already, which is a plus! Now... any suggestions on where to get the binding coils for cheap in a variety of sizes and colors?

The item I may be anticipating most is something that I have wanted ever since I saw Dana first mention it. It is the cutest apron in the world:


Unfortunately, my guidelines for sewing sort of keep me from making one for myself. Oh, I could maybe do it, but I just don't have the patience for it. Amazingly, though, I won Dana's apron giveaway, so I'll be getting this in the mail!!

It's not quite finished yet, but you get the idea. I am SO looking forward to it and SO excited about it! The colors are perfect and come Thanksgiving I am going to be the CUTEST cook ever. =D

So there you have it. Things I'm looking forward to and enjoying playing with.

New Items!!

I've got some new items up in my etsy store! It's been a while, so I'm getting some Valentine's day stuff listed. There will be card sets soon, but these are up now and a new item altogether for me:

I made them for the craft fair in October and then never got around to listing them on etsy until now. I thought the pink ones were good for Valentine's Day and the blue and green one is just, well, fun! I'm hoping to get the cards and other notebooks listed soon. In the meantime, these are the newbies!!

Whew!

Isn't this the most glorious stamp set ever??? (umm... I just realized it's sort of a clear image and doesn't show up very well on my blog, so click the picture and you'll get to see it clearer...) It's from PaperTrey Ink and soon it will be MINE! They released it last month and I fell in love with it thanks to Thinking Inking and this card:


Debbie Olson does the most beautiful work I have seen and I couldn't wait to get my hands on this set. I checked out PaperTrey Ink that night, but didn't have my credit card on me, so I decided to wait until the morning to order it. Imagine the sad, sinking feeling in my heart when I logged on first thing in the morning, credit card in hand, and the set was SOLD OUT! It has been a month now and I have been checking every couple days to see if it was available. Well, as they promised, it became available again yesterday. And you can bet your sweet bippy I bought that thing at like 11:00 last night!! It's on it's way to my house soon and I am SO excited. Pretty sure this beautiful set will come in handy when I do next year's Christmas cards.

(By the way, I just checked and the set is still available if you want to get one of your own. Click on the stamp set picture and it will take you to the right page.)

Okay... back to doing useful things and not drooling over my soon-to-be new stamp set. I need to clean up the house and get my little girl cleaned up. Cottage cheese all over. Fun. Well, have a good day and do something creative!!

It's like Christmas!!!

Today I feel like a kid sitting under the Christmas tree, having just opened his gifts, not knowing which to play with first. I love Christmas!!! And today feels just like it (minus the glitzy tree, of course...).

First off, my mother in law came to visit today and she brought my Sizzix order. Yippeee! We played with it a bit this afternoon to find that the dies and the embossing folders work in my Cuttlebug, as I suspected they would. Always good to be right after ordering something in hopes that it will work!!

And when I checked the mail today? Jackpot!! The motherlode of Purple Onion Stamps has arrived!!! One of my favorite things about Purple Onion, too, is that Michele always throws in a few extra stamps for free with your order. So even though I knew some of what I was getting, opening that envelope is always a surprise! Yeah... I just got done applying the pressure sensitive adhesive, so they'll be ready to play with in the morning! Woohoo!

But that's not all!! Also in the mail came... a circle journal!!! That layout I did months ago for Andrea's Music journal finally has a home!!! And I have to say that her journal is AWESOME and now I'm even more excited to get my own back!!!

Oh yeah... and yesterday my Sweet Pea Scraps kit arrived! I pulled everything out and caressed it lovingly before I put it away until I have a little more time to play with it. It's beautiful!!

*sigh* I love days like this. Anyone up for some eggnog?

*SO* excited!!

I am *so* excited!! For several months I have been thinking about subscribing to a kit club, just to try it out. It's been on my to do list for a long time (like participating in a CJ and submitting for publication) and I finally did it. I knew that if I went for a kit club I'd subscribe to Sweet Pea Scraps, since that's what Julie's been doing since she closed down her LSS here. I miss the Thursday morning crops at her store!! So... a couple days ago I signed up for a 3 month subscription, since I *LOVE* the August kit and the September sneak peek looks awesome! And it looks like I get my kit TOMORROW!!! I am *so* excited.

I also ordered stuff from Purple Onion Designs recently, including a stamp that is the signature Hambly flourished circle. I can't wait for that baby to arrive!!

I also put in an order from Sizzix for some dies to use with my Cuttlebug, so those should be on their way via my mother-in-law at some point in the future, too.

All in all I am really excited for new stuff to play with! I know I already have a whole craft room FULL of stuff to play with, but I can't help overflowing with anticipation for more, LOL! What can I say? It's an addiction...