Stamp Camp snacks...

I always have great intentions to enhance my cooking skills by providing tasty treats at stamp camps and eventually I may reach the point I can do that, however, as is typical everything gets rushed at the last minute and I wind up serving whatever is handy. Sadly, those themed treats and tidbits must stay in the realm of my imagination for now *sigh*.

A solution presented itself when my good friend and regular stamp camper, April, signed up to sell Tastefully Simple. If you haven't tried thier products they make some great tasting easy to throw together dips, breads, sauces, and more. These quick snacks take the guess work out of what to serve. I asked if she would be interested in providing snacks for the stamp camps in exchange for being able to have catalogs available in case anyone would like to order and she thought that was a great idea! She will feature some seasonal items as well as some great standby's. Their website has the full line of products as well as recipes and ideas for what you can do with them. Tastefully Simple I am sure that if there is anything you are interested in trying, April will be glad to feature that if she is able to, just put a note in your evite response!

Evite glitch

If you are supposed to be on my evite list and did not recieve an invitation to stamp camp this month, I was experiencing some technical difficulties due to a glitch with my evite address book. If you can take a minute to send me an email Make sure I'm on the list! and I will fix that. I think I was able to get everyone on the current evites and update my address book so next month there should not be any problems. Sorry!!!

Done for the year....

Finally, school is over, I have a 3 week break from work and don't plan to take on as many classes next session, I finished my stamp camps, I was able to get out my December birthday cards and my Holiday cards for stampers, and finish my teacher and boss gifts! I'm done for the year!

You may have noticed I'm already dreaming about next year. I have a line-up of camp themes for next year already and in my head I am already coming up with ideas. My goal for this year is to focus even more on the Stamp Camp business and keep improving how it works. If you have any suggestions for ways I could improve Stamp Camp I would love to hear it, and if you leave me feedback you will get to choose a gift from my gift bucket at the next Stamp Camp. I am working on improving the lighting which I know is a problem and I'll do my best to have that kink worked out by January's camp.

For the 2008 year I would like to make Thursday nights "family friendly" nights, meaning that kids who are 12 & up could attend with their parent. I am also going to try to update my blog every Monday, so keep an eye out for new posts.

Another thing I would love to start for 2008 is doing kids stamp birthday parties at their location. I'm trying to figure a good cost and the details for that, so again, any suggestions would be welcome and can earn you treats!

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday and I look forward to stamping with you in the new year!

Last minute photos...

I profusely apologize for not getting these up sooner. Life's been crazy and my computer is trying to commit computercide I think, but here they are, the Stamp-A-Stack cards. I'm going to take $5 off the original price for the camp because I am feeling so terrible about the wait.

Upcoming Events

Boy, trying to balance work, school, stamping, and life has been a huge challenge, but I hope that I'm living up to it! Sometimes it feels like I go 2 steps forward and then 1 back and that every aspect of my life takes a turn being in the lead, but overall it's been really rewarding. I'm a little nervous with the Holidays approaching that I will wind up dropping one of the balls I am juggling, but with the support of my friends and family I'm sure that I can make it though.

I am constantly searching for the best way to approach business, so I hope that you bear with me as I try different things. So far the Evites have been working the best, but ultimately it may wind up that I do a quarterly newsletter with a preregistration form, or something similar. Any feedback that you have would be greatly appreciated it. I love to hear your opinions and get some new ideas. Knowing how you like and dislike aspects of the camps allows me to alter to suit my guests, if possible. Also, remember that anytime you have a card that you need, such as a special birthday card, or baby card, etc just let me know and I will have one for the next stamp camp.

I am going to try so hard to get my November cards done early. The stamp camps are planned for the last week of November and I hope to hold a Holiday Stamp-A-Stack the week or two after that. I don't want to wait too long or no one will be able to get their cards out before Christmas!

I will be having a table at the Firgrove Elementary Bazaar on Saturday November 17th, I hope that some of you come to see me there. I am planning to have a free make and take card for people to create while they are there and to just get the word out about what I do. I am grateful to all of you who bring your friends with you and make it a fun monthly girls night out!

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and I hope I will see you at Stamp Camp this month. Please RSVP early so I can be sure I have enough materials for everyone to stamp!

New goodies!!!

Due to the wonderful turnout for Septembers camp, I was able to purchase a ton of fun new materials. We have new punches, new stamp sets, and new accessories for you to use on your cards.

I purchased tons of new paper and was able to restock almost everything I was low on. I was also able to purchase 5 new punches which have already been put to good use!

I was also able to get 10 brand new stamp sets, including a bonus set from Kim.

I hope you enjoy using these new items at camps. I always have a Stampin' Up! Catalog on hand so anytime you want to take a look and see something in there you love and think I should use let me know, I always try to accomodate what you want!

Thank you!!