New RAK Winner

Apologies for being a few days late. Sara is the winner.  Sara, I just sent a private message to your Studio Calico account. Congratulations!

RAK Winner

Thanks to all the ladies that entered the RAK. Apologies that I didn't get this posted on Saturday or Sunday.  Let's just say that both my husband and I had fun on his birthday.  I even pulled an all nighter and did not sleep on Saturday night.  I have not done one of those for about ten years. I am definitely paying the price. James found me last night in our bedroom with my laptop in hand and completely passed out.

Enough about me....the winner is

Anonymous said...

What a great giveaway!!!
cgummerson@hotmail.com

I'll be sending you an e-mail tomorrow with the details!

RAK

Thought I would share some new goodies with folks. Freckled Fawn released their newest wood chips last night and with Valentine's Day coming soon, the heart wood chips would be the perfect addition to a layout, project life page or even for packaging on gifts.

 
Shipping was really expensive this time around for Canadians, I figure that has to do with the fact that I bought 12x12 paper.  I wanted to give my fellow Canadian girls the opportunity to get some of this fun stuff without having to pay a single penny (I guess that expression is no longer valid now that we did away with the pennies, isn't it?).  As always, this giveaway is open to anyone and everyone.  Since I am already going to pay shipping costs, I might as well add some more product into that envelope.  Here is a picture of what will be included in the RAK.  Apologies for the tiny picture.  Just a quick iPhone shot. I'll replace it with a better image tonight.

There is so much stuff, I couldn't get a picture with all the contents.  99% of this RAK will be brand new in its original packaging. As soon as I receive the heart wood chips from Freckled Fawn, I'll send out the package.  Just leave me a comment, and I'll draw a winner on Saturday, February 9th.  My hubby's birthday ;)  Good luck!

Studio Calico Stamps for Sale

I posted this information on the Two Peas message board, and wanted to add it here as well.  Also - I am also willing to entertain offers that are less than the listed price.

SOLD - NEW Chevron Background stamp from September's RoadShow Add-on kit - 20 
SOLD - USED ONCE - Pie Chart Stamp from August's Four Square Add-on kit - 20 
SOLD - NEW - October's Crack the Whip Add-on stamp - 15 
SOLD - NEW - Triangles Stamp from the August Drive-In Add-on kit -20 
NEW - Alphabet stamp set from the August Six String Add-on - 25 
NEW - Just a Note Stamp set from the Summer of 69 main kit - 10 
NEW - Triangle Border Stamp from September's Style Guide - 15 
NEW -Days of the Week Stamp set from September's Central High Main Kit -20 
NEW - Tab Stamp set from October's Rainbow Knee socks Add-on kit - 20 
NEW - Leaf stamp set from September's The Register add-on kit - 20 
SOLD - NEW - Elenore Roosevelt Border Stamp from August's Mama's Porch Add-on -15 
NEW - Graph texture mini stamp from Elmwood Park Main kit - 7 
SOLD - NEW - Alphabet set from Monkey Bars Add-on -25 
SOLD - NEW - Hexagon stamp from 35MM - 5 
NEW - Story Time Stamp set from the Jack and Jill main kit - 15

Shipping is not included in the prices listed above. Once payment of the stamp has been made via paypal, I will go to the post office to calculate the exact shipping cost and will e-mail a paypal invoice for the shipping cost. Tracking numbers are extra, but I am willing to share that expense with you (I will pay half the cost of a tracking number). Please contact me at the following e-mail address: michelle_springer@hotmail.com. Please do not send requests to my peamail, blog and/or the message board. It is easier for me to organize and respond to e-mails if they are coming to one spot. Thanks so much! 

More Stamps for Sale

EDITED TO ADD - I am getting a large response and I am going through e-mail as fast as I can.  I have to go to a birthday party with my son, and will not be back until the late afternoon.  Please keep sending your e-mails, and I will answer them in order by when they came in.  Also - I am willing to entertain price reductions for the first two sale posts, but not this one.  See you soon!

Please send me a message at michelle_springer@hotmail.com if you are interested in purchasing the stamps. Shipping is not included in the price. Shipping is $2.47 if you live in the United States. I will go to the post office to get the exact shipping rates for all other countries once payment for the stamp has been received.

USED - Ampersand from the Garment District Main kit - 8 SOLD
 "The Sky is the Limit" Cloud set from the Knick Knacks add-on - Granny's Cupboard - 8 SOLD
USED - Sentiments stamp set from the Skycoaster Add-on kit - Joyland - 8 SOLD
NEW - Cherries stamp set from the Quilting Bee main kit - 2SOLD
NEW - Ledger Circle Stamp from the Marketplace main kit - 4 SOLD
USED - Clouds from the Candy Shoppe main kit - 8 SOLD
USED - Transportation Stamp set from the Mass Transit add-on - Metropolitan - 15 SOLD
USED - Love/hearts stamp set from the Mary Jane add-on - Who's Who - 15 SOLD
USED - Love phrase circle stamp from the Dear Abby add-on - Who's Who - 10 SOLD
NEW - Just a note mini stamp from the Clear Skies add-on - Lawn Party - 7 SOLD
NEW - Graph Texture mini stamp from the Elmwood Park main kit - 10
NEW - Words stamp from the Twisty Slide add-on  - Elmwood Park - 30 SOLD
USED - Ali Edwards Hello Routine stamp set by Technique Tuesday (only one of the seven stamps has been used) -12 SOLD
NEW Jenni Bowlin Whimsy Silhouette Stamp - 2SOLD

A few old Studio Calico Stamps that I cannot find the kit information to include. I took some bad iPhone pictures so you could get a feel for the stamp. Apologies for the photo quality.

Ampersand - Dated 2009 - $5 SOLD

 Photo Frame - Dated 2008 - $5 SOLD

 Bike Stamp - Dated 2008 - $5 SOLD

I Must Be Crazy

I have decided to really clean house as far as stamps go and I think that is going to make some folks very happy campers.  Looking for your best offer.  Please e-mail me at michelle_springer@hotmail.com  I would like to keep communication to that one e-mail address rather than posting comments on my blog, on Two Peas, Studio Calico etc...
 
If you have any questions, please let me know.  Good luck!

Updated to add - I will entertain offers until midnight tonight and then will close bidding. I am already getting flooded with e-mails, so I will wait until after midnight to address them. These are some of my favourite stamps EVER, I would have put a pretty high price tag on most of these stamps, but I want to be reasonable and allow most people an opportunity to be able to purchase them. That is why I am leaving the bidding to you guys. Highest bidders at midnight will receive the stamps. If there are more than one person with the same highest bid, I'll go by time it was received. Earliest time will get the stamp.
 
USED 4x3 medallion stamps from the Santa Monica add-on kit - So Cal  SOLD
USED Be Fabulous stamp from the Newport add-on kit - So Cal   SOLD
USED Bubbles stamp set from the Venice Beach add-on kit - So Cal  SOLD
NEW Triangle grid background stamp from the Sorbonne add-on kit - City of Lights  SOLD
NEW Enjoy the Ride stamp from the City of Lights main kit SOLD
USED 4x3 stamp from the Louvre add-on kit - City of Lights SOLD
USED Love You More stamp from Montmartre add-on kit - City of Lights  SOLD
USED Ferris Bueller border stamp from the Illustrated add-on kit - Story Hour  SOLD
NEW Alphabet set from the Narrative add-on kit - Story hour SOLD
USED Days of the week stamp (only Tuesday has been used) SOLD
NEW Chevron Stamp from the Boogie Board add-on kit - Boardwalk

Wowza

I am getting a ton of emails regarding the stamps. Just want to let everyone know that I will be away from my computer until 8:30 pm tonight. I promise to return all e-mails tonight, so that you are not kept waiting. Please do not send payment until I have sent you an email confirming that the stamps are yours. Thanks so much! Michelle

Studio Calico Stamps for Sale

Cleaning out my stamp stash today. Here is what is available. Please contact me at michelle_springer@hotmail.com if you wish to purchase a stamp. All prices do not include shipping. I will send a paypal request for the shipping amount once I go to the post office. Stamps will not be be marked as sold until the stamp has been paid for. Please Note: Paypal payment should be sent to the following email address. mspringe@ca.ibm.com

Any questions, please let me know.  Happy Shopping!

USED 4x3 Target Stamp from the County Fair Shooting Gallery Add-on - 15 SOLD
USED Birds on a wire stamp from Field Guide's Meadow Lark Add-on - 15 SOLD
USED Birch Tree and Heart Stamp Set from Glee Club's Debate Team Add-on -15 SOLD
NEW 4x6 Map background stamp from Boardwalk Sea Glass Add-on- 15
NEW 4x6 Confetti background Stamp from Glee Club's Pep Squad - 6 SOLD
NEW 4x6 Linen Stamp from Brooklyn Flee's Add-on Salvaged - 15SOLD
Chevron Stamp from the On the Easel En Plein Air Add on - 6 SOLD
USED Ruler from Back 40 Main Kit - 4
NEW Butterfly Stamps from the Back 40 Fresh Cut Add-on - 15SOLD
USED Smile Stamp from Back 40 Free Range Add-on - 3 SOLD
NEW Oblong Journal block Stamp from the Summer Camp Main kit - 3
NEW Addy mini alpha stamp set from the Summer Camp Sugar Woods add-on - 6 SOLD
NEW Clock Stamp from Continental LaSalle add-on - 4 SOLD
USED Numbers Border Stamp from the Lawn Party Main kit - 6SOLD
USED Globe Stamp from Metropolitan Main kit - 2
4x6 Woodgrain Background Stamp from the Metropolitan Park Bench add-on - 15 SOLD
USED Small Alpha stamp set from the Napa Valley Main kit - 8 SOLD
NEW 4x6 Graph background stamp from Napa Valley Santa Cruz add-on - 15
NEW Film Strip Stamp from Paper Moon's Countdown add-on - 15  SOLD
USED Small Open Circles Border Stamp from the Mind the Gap Main Kit - 5SOLD
NEW Circle Frame Stamp from Boardwalk Main kit - 2
NEW 4x3 School Stamp Set from Boardwalk's Sandcastle Add-on - 4 SOLD
USED "oh Snap" Stamp set from the Glee Club Main Kit - 5 SOLD
USED Title Banner Stamp from the Glee Club Thespian add-on - 4 SOLD
NEW 4x6 Touching Circles Background Stamp from Field Guide Perennial Add-on - 12 SOLD
NEW Numbers Stamp from the Field Guide Greenhouse Add-on - 6  SOLD
NEW Journaling Stamp from the Field Guide Almanac Add-on - 4
USED 2x2 Stump Stamp from the Brooklyn Flea main kit - 4SOLD
NEW Vertical Numbers Border Stamp from the County Fair main kit - 4 SOLD
NEW Photo Booth Border (Keep calm and snap on) from the County Fair Photo Booth Add-on - 6 SOLD
USED 4x6 Punchinella Background stamp from the Daydream Believer Clarksville Add-on - 15 SOLD
NEW Vespa Stamp from the Daydream Believer LadyLane Add-on- 5 SOLD
USED Basic Grey/Hero Arts Oxford Collection Formula Fun Stamp - 12
USED Coffee Stamp - 15 SOLD

USED Dress From Stamp from the Granny's Cupboard Linens & Lace add-on- 4  SOLD

NEW cuckoo clock stamp from the Orchestra Main kit - 4 SOLD
NEW Spirograph mini stamp - 3 SOLD

USED Polaroid Stamp - 6 SOLD
NEW Cherries - 2 SOLD
USED Good Stuff Stamp Set - 30 SOLD
USED Epic Stamp Set - 30 SOLD

 

USED Awesome Stamp set - 30 SOLD

RAK Winner

And the winner is....

Nitasha said...

These are some fun goodies and I would love to give them a new home! Thank you for sharing! 

Nitasha please send your mailing address to my e-mail account michelle_springer@hotmail.com and I will get those goodies to you in the mail!

Project Life Update

Amazingly, I have been keeping up-to-date with Project Life.  Some weeks I enjoy putting it together, and some weeks are tedious.  I am one of those people who needs to finish a project once I have started or I will obsess about it.  So, I will finish it.  You can be sure I'll be taking a PL hiatus next year. I do love looking through the album and so does my family.  That is definitely why I keep pushing forward. I don't plan to blog every week's spread, but I thought I would put up a few just for fun.

Week 15 - I was in California this week visiting my friend Amy who was getting hitched. I have been using the Smash journaling cards a ton. Elle's Studio and Bananafish Studio usually make an appearance every week as well.  I had a big order from Two Peas shipped to Amy's house in California, so that I could take advantage of free shipping and no duty. I bought the majority of the Amy Tangerine Sketchbook collection. I absolutely love the bright colours, so that line is used in the next several pages. Let's take a moment to talk about fashion shall we?  Do you see those Jimmy Choos?!  They were Amy's wedding shoes, and they were fierce. I also got my fix of Mexican food.  I haven't been able to find a good Mexican restaurant in Toronto, and Gino (Amy's husband) is Mexican, so he hooked me up.

Week 16 - I talked about my return flight from California to Toronto. The most turbulent flight I have ever been on, and that says a lot.  I traveled every week for eight years while at IBM USA.  It was bad.  Pills were popped at the end of that flight.  James and I went out with some friends to a great restaurant called the Playpen.  Horrible name for a restaurant. Sounds like a strip club, or a children's activity centre ;) Despite the name, the food was amazing and it had a very kitchy vibe.
I broke out the Studio Calico wood veneers, Amy Tangerine Sketchbook diecut bits, more Smash journaling cards, and some flair from an etsy shop called a flairforbuttons. Flair would be a slight obsession of mine lately.  I am stoked to get my order from Marcy Penner.  Have you seen these flair?! I die. 

Week 17/18 - I incorporated the Heidi Swapp file folders that were in the Studio Calico May kit called 35mm.  Most of the products used during this week are from that kit.  I wasn't sold on the Cosmo Cricket 2wenty-Thr3e paper when I saw it online, but I love it in person. 

 Week 19 - Just a one page spread for last week.  I love the Instagram stamp that is part of the Studio Calico Adventure stamp set.

Hope you enjoyed taking a peak!

RAK

I had a little ordering mishap a few months back and ended up getting duplicates of many of the Dear Lizzy Neapolitan line products.  I thought I would share the love today.  This is the little RAK I have put together.  The products have never been used, and need to find a good home.  Just leave a message on my blog to enter, and I will choose a winner on Monday, May 28th. Internationals are welcome to enter. Good luck!

Daydream Believer

The colours of Studio Calico's Daydreamer Believer kit were just the medicine that the doctor ordered this month.  I am dreaming of far away beaches, hazy days, and summer cottages.  The watercolours in the Dear Lizzy Neapolitan collection are soothing and looked amazing with some of the girls photoshoot pictures I have had in recent years.

Those butterflies are from The Guilded Bee and they are perfection.  I have a vintage muffin tin filled with an assortment on my desk right now.  I couldn't put the Dear Lizzy collection down, au contraire, I just placed a big order with Bluemoonscrapbooking.com to have some more shipped.  I have been dying to get my hands on these euphemia flowers pictured below!

Project Life 2012

I wanted to post the first few weeks of Project Life for my friend Robyn to get a visual of what lies ahead of her.  She just had a baby boy, and although she is not a scrapbooker, she came across PL on my blog and is contemplating starting the project to document her little guy James first year of existence.

This project is time consuming, but I am getting so much positive feedback from my family, I keep forging on. For whatever reason, this project intrigues my family more than my scrapbook pages.  Admittedly, it has been fun for me to flip through it too.  I am amazed at the amount of information that I have already forgotten over a period of a few weeks.   

Title Page - Lots of Studio Calico stamps being to put to use. The "This" negative tag is by a company called Ormolu.  I have incorporated many of their tags into PL.

Week One - More Ormolu tags.  Lots of Amy Tangerine embellishments, and journaling cards by Marcy Penner.  I am also reaching for Elle's Studio tags quite a bit. 

Week Two - I have struck a really good balance between memorabilia, photos and journaling with PL.  I am also trying to resist the urge to buy more of anything for this project and use my stash. But there are loads of journaling tags out there right now that are making me a little weak in the knees. Especially the goodies from Bananafish Studio.  I have not been quick enough on the draw though.  Her stuff has sold out in minutes the past few times she has restocked her store.

Week Three

Week Four

 Week Five

 Week Six

 Week Seven

I have also completed week eight, but it has a good deal of journaling that I would like to keep private.  So Robyn, are you convinced? :)

Ripping off the band-aid

Jeebus.  Has it been almost two months?!  I hate when this happens because I always feel overwhelmed when I finally get back to blogging...so many stories to tell, so many pictures to show.  Where to start?  I kept up with my December Daily and have been doing Project Life (along with everybody else in the universe).  I am enjoying it.  It is a lot of work though.  And honestly, I feel like that is why the blog has remained dusty for the last few months.  I have been recording every iota of my existence since December 1st, 2011.  Between Instagram, Facebook, Twitter....I just felt slightly nauseated talking about myself and my family that much, and I needed a break.  I also work for IBM, so I get my daily computer quota by noon everyday.

Let's start slow.  A few things that have been on my radar lately.

I scored Sarah Mclachlan tickets. She is in Toronto in June playing with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.  I have wanted to see her perform in concert since high school.  And the stars have finally aligned.

Listening to this song on repeat, and wondering how I can snag tickets to their secret show in Toronto that 102.1 the Edge is sponsoring.


Wanting to order these two skirts from James Perse.

Loving this website.

 Planning my California trip for a good friend's wedding in April.

Slightly depressed that Rowan got his hair cut at the barbershop this weekend and he is starting to look like a big boy.