Haul!

Here are some of my recent purchases, posted for sister to see.

This is an unmounted rubber stamp that I am trying to paint; I stamped with Archival Ink and then used Distress Inks and a water brush to "watercolor" it.  It's stamped on plain copy paper, so the quality isn't the best, but I was playing!

This is another unmounted rubber stamp.  A pretty flourish that I am sure I will use a lot!

The third unmounted stamp ... for my grungy projects!  

Look at these pretty 6x6 papers!

I love these fibers!  I wonder what I will do with them?  And those mini clothespins are adorable!

Since I am the queen of too much adhesive where it shouldn't be, I jumped at the chance to purchase this when I was waiting to pay for my other things.  Two women in line were singing its praises ... sure hope it works!

So ... gathered twigs was nowhere to be found, but I located it!  Woohoo!  The Matte Accents is supposed to be great for adhering tiny things ... we'll see.  And I just had to buy the craft scratcher!

Last, but not least, are these stamps.  A totally frivolous purchase, but the words on almost every stamp just spoke to me.  

And there you have it!  My haul!

Michael's sale today

Around 9:00 or so this morning, sister called about a sale at M's ... 70% off paper packs. But wait! There's more!  An additional 20% off today only!

My oh my, did I get my fanny there in a BIG hurry!  Threw on any ole thing including a baseball cap. Some of us (moi) even brushed our teeth.

I rushed to the paper section only to find the paper that is 40% off.  Still good, but not what I wanted. Looked some more. Couldn't find it. There was a bin with no signs.  AT ALL. looked around some more.  Finally asked a clerk where the paper would be. Even showed her the ad.  She told me to look where the SB paper is located as if I didn't have a brain in my body. (I'm sure that the baseball cap that was just about covering my entire face didn't help the cause.). Told her, nope, I already looked there.

She went with me. No paper at 70% off. She called another gal who also was unaware of said paper's location.

We three gals of Miiiichaels are.  On a quest for paper to buy.  Remember the bin with no price within? That was the paper for sure.  (Did you sing the last four sentences?)

No signs. Nope. No stickers on the pads either. But! She shoots! She scores! She buys!

Bee-yo-tee-full papers!  Three pads, regularly $19.99 each.  Final price with tax and everything?  Drumroll, please (rmrmrmrmrmrmrm - where's the dang drumroll emoticon?). $15.25!  That,  my dear friends, is a savings of $3.76 (before tax) for just ONE pack.

Guess what? I left the store at least 15 minutes post paper find. Still no signs.  Sigh.

Rushed home eager to peruse the stacks in all of their untaped-edge glory.   There's a lot I don't know yet about this new hobby/obsession.  The biggest thing I need to learn, you ask?  You did, right?  How to remove off those #%]{^~€ circles of tape from the edges of the packs.

Before I could even begin my ooohhhing and aaahhhing, sister called and said I should go to M's. I told her that I was already home.  And that I even brushed my teeth.

My stash grows by leaps and bounds.  Some are so dang purtythat I just might go right back and save even MORE money.

A clean and organized work space is a joy to behold!

I cleaned off the workspace and put down a piece of plastic per my sister's suggestion.  The BigKick is my latest purchase along with the dies.  Woo Hoo!  The basket also contains my Cuttlebug folders and the Sizzix texture plates and paraphernalia.

The other basket has trims in it.  There's a Huggies wipe container with wipes in it. The blue basket contains stamps.  The tin container holds adhesives, and the coffee cup helps to corral my gel pens, tweezers, long metal ruler, scissors, and Cricut scraper.  I will put things away!