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A Muse Class Schedule

• May your Holidays Shimmer and Sparkle!, Sat, Nov. 14th, 2009 10am-12pm, Memory Depot, Austin, TX (512) 326-8045
• Winter Wonderland, Sat, Nov.14th, 2009 1pm-3pm, Memory Depot, Austin, TX (512) 326-8045

• May your Holidays Shimmer and Sparkle!,  Sat, Nov 28th, 2009 10a-12p, Stamp Antonio Arts, San Antonio, TX (210) 342-6217
• Marvelous Monograms, Sat, Nov 28th, 2009 12:30pm-2:30pm, Stamp Antonio Arts, San Antonio, TX (210) 342-6217
• Santa's Toybox, Sat., Nov 28th, 2009 3pm-5pm, Stamp Antonio Arts, San Antonio, TX (210) 342-6217

• Santa's Toybox, Sat,  Dec 5th, 2009 1pm-3pm, Memory Depot, Austin, TX (512) 326-8045
• Marvelous Monograms, Sat, Dec 5th, 2009 1pm-3pm, Memory Depot, Austin, TX (512) 326-8045
  

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Learned something cool...

Well, cool to me. Probably not so cool to the rest of the world.

As you may remember I got an accucut die cut machine earlier this Spring. Turns out, I ended up upgrading it (for my bday! this summer) to the bigger style. And I am so in love. I *almost* use it everyday. Seriously. It was the machine I should have bought many years ago (instead of the sizzix, zipemate, cricut, cricut expression, probably the slice (although I'm keeping that one)... and my cuttlebug - that one stays too!). Anyway, my die collection is a bit out-of-control already but I seem to find lots of deals here and there or I'm just crazy.

Anyway, so I have this die I wanted to use for some baby shower thank yous that I needed to make. Then I really wanted to use my CB swiss dots embossing folder but that wasn't going to be big enough. Hmm. So last night I'm digging around in my embossing folder drawer (gah, did I say that aloud?), and I find these really old fiskars texture plates from years past. One of those is dots! and it's huge. Hmm, how's this going to work - not in my cuttlebug. And I'm certainly NOT using that stupid hand-tool to emboss that. Hey I wonder if it can work in my accucut? A google later... YES. Let's try it. And I have the embossing setup for accucut so I just had to figure out the shim to work for the fiskars (since they are thinner than the accucut ones). OH WAIT. The CB ones will fit. Moments later... I got it to work! Did you hear me scream with glee? LOL.

A whole new world....

This card is 5.75 x 5.75. See my dots? I love that I found something to use in my own stash. That never happens! ;)

Well, I hope all is well with you. 10 days until New Moon. And some days after that is Thanksgiving and Christmas. LOL.

Happy Halloween - Preschool Treats!

Happy Halloween! Let the eating season begin... Halloween to Easter! ;)

Just to catch up... I went to Seattle last weekend for A Muse instructor training. It was a blast! Got to see lots of the A Muse gals... always fun, inspiring and generally an all-around great time! I flew up a day earlier because of the way the flights worked out, etc. My dear friend, Edye flew up with me and we shopped all day Friday. All day. We hit a lot of stamp stores and paper stores and even made it down to Pikes Market for lunch. It was so much fun. On Sunday after training, I got to visit my niece Sara, who lives near Seattle and attends then University there. That was fun to catch up with her. More about the Instructor Training later... but I learned some cool tricks and I can't wait to try them in some classes!

Okay, back to Halloween... since I got back Monday evening, it's been a whirlwind of school activities, meetings, and getting geared up for Halloween. Yesterday my preschooler had a small party in his class sans mommies... he said it was fun! We made some treats for him to share with his classmates:

It's a little die cut box (made from my Accucut machine). Inside contains a little playdoh and a halloween shaped cookie cutter ($2.99 for 20 (I think) from Hobby Lobby). The pumpkin cutout is a Martha Stewart big punch (which punches well on A Muse cardstock but nothing else! - the Orange Polka Dot cardstock is from A Muse's Kitchen line)

I'll post teacher gifts soon.

Hope you have a SAFE and fun Halloween! Don't forget to set your clocks (YAY!). More time to stamp ;)