Dawn K Homeschool

Living in a small house with a lot of stuff presents its challenges.  Here is a before photo of our kitchen wall (when I had even less stamping stuff): This is what it looks like now.  Note: we still have to hang up the bulletin board/white board you'll see on the floor.  For more specifics, you can stop the slideshow to read the comments.

These are only $1.00 each, peeps!  I LOVE these stamps, and yes, I already have enough Christmas stamps to last me the rest of my life.  I told the boys we are going to make our own gift tags this year.  FUN!

Aren't these wooden ones are wonderful?  Such large sentiments -- perfect for cards.  I thought the "be happy," "my life," "lucky me," and "love you, love you, love you" would be perfect for scrapbook layouts as well. I only bought three of the new acrylic stamps.  Oh, and Christmas dollar items were sitting in a cart near the dollar section waiting to be put into bins, so I helped myself to the little Christmas trees.  They will make perfect triangles for banners!  I have way too many Christmas stamps that none of the others were tempting. Oh, and I just realized I never posted my Studio G dollar stamp finds from earlier this summer.  These were all bought at Michaels.                          

And, they were only 49 cents (plus I used my M's birthday coupon for an extra 20% off all).  So, they were only 40 cents.

The pink one with lines is an older stamp, but the rest are new.

These are the newest ones at my Michaels.  I bought them on February 12 and they only cost 49 cents!  Stamps must have been on sale that day. :)

Look what A C Moore has stocked for Valentine's Day!  To celebrate these great deals, I will give the "Owl Always Love You" stamp to a randomly-chosen person who comments on this post. :) The winner will be announced Tuesday, January 26 at 8:00 PM EST.

Here is a photo of new Studio G dollar stamps I found at Michael's today. Aren't they fabulous? In honor of this excitement, I am giving away the "Thank You" stamp found in the second photo to a winner chosen at random. Just leave a comment here by Thursday, Feb. 21 at midnight EST, and I will announce the winner.

I just LOVE Hero Arts stamps. What a great company!

http://cherryhilldesign.blogspot.com/ I just love her style! Check it out. :)

I have a Studio G (Rubber, Wood-Mounted) Owl Stamp from the Michael's dollar spot to give away. Just leave a comment here by midnight EST on Friday, April 10 to enter for your chance to win it!

These are only some of the new stamps:

I made these candle sets last year for Christmas gifts, but I wanted to share the photos now because of the approaching holidays. Here is a great tutorial to help you. http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/stamping_on_candles/ I bought my candles at the Dollar Tree and at Walmart.

Here are some of the new $1.00 and $2.00 stamps from A.C. Moore. They are all Studio G. Some of the stamps were bought at the request of my seven-year old. I really like the stamp with the trees and the one with the bracket! I thought the ornaments were cute and funky too.

Okay, so I bought my first Stampin Up! wheel (last weekend -- used), and I really didn't want to buy ink cartridges in so many different colors. I remembered reading somwhere that you can unmount them from the wheel. Here's a tutorial on it: http://inkydinkydoo.blogspot.com/2006/11/unmounting-your-wheels-tutorial.html It was so easy! It takes up so much less room now as well. Now, I can just temporarily mount to my acrylic block and go. I'm also considering unmounting my Stampin Up! stamps because I have very little storage space but too many stamps. Here is a great video tutorial to help with this: http://www.truveo.com/Ep190-Unmounting-Stampin-Up-Stamps/id/708508043