Sus Stamps Meetup Group

After years of complaining about evites and months of debating whether the cost was worth it to create a meetup group, I wound up deciding to just try it for a month and see if it was as good as I hoped it would be. Turns out, becuase I already organize another meetup group, I can have up to 3 included in the price, so my Stamp Camp meetup is free! It's not quite everything I want, but it's so much better than what I was using before.

Meetup offers me the ability to post my upcoming stamp camps as far in advance as I'd like, with an automatic cap on the rsvp's that I can set. I can also set it up to have stampers pay their fee in order to RSVP, if I choose. That would cut down on no shows, not that there are many, but it does happen occasionally.
The meetup site also offers message boards so that stampers can chat and even those who stamp at home could trade/sell stamps and supplies if they wanted. The only downside is that it does require members to sign up to join, however I think that this gives the committed stampers the edge.

Feel free to share the meetup with you friends, the link should be on the right!

Teacher Gifts

Every year I forget until the last minute about putting together some gifts for the teachers, especially for Quest which ends earlier than regular school. Here are the gifts we put together for Guy's teachers this year. It's a box of chocolate covered Altoids with a Starbucks gift card on top in a cute wrapper. We personalized by stamping the first letter of their last name on it.

Stamp Camp Summer Schedule

Summer should be relaxing and easy without too much hassle, so I've simplified stamp camps for July and August. Instead of 10 cards for $20, we will create 5 cards for $10. It will only be on Friday nights with 2 different times most likely 6 - 8 pm and 8 - 10 pm, possibly with an earlier time during the day.

You are more than welcome to create 2 of each card for a total of 10 cards for $20, just let me know in your RSVP so that I have enough materials.


I will also be introducing some Mom & Me stamp camps for the summer. They will be held on Thursday nights, one per month, with cards or projects that will be easy enough for your children to create! I haven't worked out the details yet, but keep watching the blog I will post them soon!


There is also the possibility of some project stamp camps, but I have not worked them into my calendar yet. I hope to know by this week's classes.

I look forward to seeing you this summer! Happy Stamping!

Muffins with Mom

We had a Muffins with Mom event at the school recently and I wanted to make a thank you card that reflected it and here's what I came up with:

The blur...

I blinked and here it is May already. Last month I was sick during stamp camp and had to cancel my friday camps - that just added to my misery! I am hoping to line up a sub just in case this ever happens again. It was one of my worst fears realized!

May is so busy with kids, PTA, and finally a long overdue trip to Arizona, that I wasn't able to squeeze in Stamp Camp while trying to wrap up the school year. June's dates are set and I have tentative dates for camps through June of 2009!!

I am still working on a line-up for camps this summer, including some Mom & Me stamp camps which have been requested. This will be fairly new as I've only done 1 before, so any ideas or feedback on what works and what doesn't would be very welcome!

That's it for this month I think. My goal with life in general is to plan ahead as much as possible so I can enjoy this summer with my kids to the fullest.

Thanks for keeping tuned in and being patient while I catch up with my life! :)

March of Dimes

I've been a member of the MOMS Club of South Hill for almost 3 years now and this will be the third year our chapter has participated in the March of Dimes walk at Pt. Defiance. I am unable to walk the walk this year, but I am going to donate $50 of my stamp camp proceeds to the chapters efforts!

If you would like to check our chapters progress or donate some money yourself, please check out this link March for Babies. The walk is coming up on April 19th so pledge soon!