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Riverside Here We Come! (Jesse too!)

Yep, that's right.  Jesse will be gracing us with his presence during the Rubber Stamp and Scrapbook Expo in Riverside this weekend.  Both Jamie and Jesse will be attending both days, all day!  Maybe that doesn't surprise you, but as their mom I'm excited and surprised!  They don't usually _{(like never!!)} spend their weekends at stamping and scrapbooking events.  lol

Do you like the little drawers? We'll be selling these little slider boxes at the Expo and Sam and Tina will be doing a make-and-take with them.  These boxes remind me of all the little drawers everyone made with matchboxes a few years back.  These boxes are a little larger than match boxes so they hold....you guessed it!  Hershey Nuggets!  Two per drawer.  The boxes are quite sturdy too and they couldn't be easier to decorate.  Just stick together the number of boxes you want, cover them with designer paper, add brads for your drawer pulls, and decorate as desired.  They're so cute...they remind me of when I was young and made furniture for my Barbie dolls out of found objects like empty wooden spools from thread _{(yeah, it still came on wooden spools then!)} stacked and glued together to make stools or table legs, and shoe boxes covered with quilt batting, fabric and lace to make beds.  Remember doing that??

I used Stampin' Up! Designer papers and Simply Scrappin' kits to cover the boxes.  I also used brads from SU! Pretties kit, and the colored brads are from Target.  Gotta love Target for their inexpensive brads in great colors.

Hoping you're having a wonderful evening!  Thanks for visiting!

Come Visit Jamie!

A Chemistry With Paper's own {elusive} Jamie will be at ACWP's booth at the Rubber Stamp and Scrapbook Expo in Riverside, CA, July 26 and 27.  Make his day  - stop by and say hi!

 

Riverside, CA Expo
July 26 & 27
Riverside Convention Center
Just Added to the Riverside, CA Exhibitor Line-Up:
Chemistry With Paper
Stampin' Up!
Creative Memories
Riverside Scrapbook Crop and Expo Tickets
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How do you like it?

First, I'd like to wish everyone a Very Happy Independence Day!  Next, I'd like to say thank-you to all of you who have purchased the new clear stamp storage cases.  There are some more posted in the link on the left sidebar, so go order some!  You will LOVE them!  I'd also like to thank everyone who e-mailed me requesting the card folder PDf.  I had no idea so many people would want it!  I guess I should get busy and write up some more instructions for some of the projects I have packed away so that I can share them with you.

Well, how do you like the new banner?  I drew a banner for Samantha and one for Tina earlier this week, so go check them out!  It was really a lot of fun for me to create these banners.  I've created a new banner for A Chemistry With paper as well, but that one you'll have to wait to see.  The store is being redesigned and will have a totally new look and feel by the end of summer.  Don't let that stop you from visiting  and picking up some awesome stamp sets!  Well, after creating those banners I thought, "Hey, I should make one for my blog!"   So, what do you think? 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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