HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

As the countdown to Christmas continues the Stamptini Girls wanted to wish everyone a very safe & happy holiday season! A big thanks once again to all of our family & friends for supporting our new business over the past few months. We look forward to 2009 & all that it will bring us!

HOLIDAY CARD CLASS - FRIDAY, DEC 5TH

Our final workshop for 2008 is the holiday card making class this Friday, December 5th at Delightful Hands in Celina at 7:00pm. The cost of this class is $20.00 & you will make 4 cards of each design for a total of 12 beautiful holiday cards with matching envelopes. Sherry at Delightful Hands will have additional supplies on hand for those of you who may want to purchase any paper, ribbon, etc. to go home with & make more.

PLEASE CONTACT SHERRY AT DELIGHTFUL HANDS IF YOU'D LIKE TO SIGN UP FOR THIS CLASS: 972-382-8414 OR VIA EMAIL, SHERRY@DELIGHTFULHANDS.COM

The Holiday's are here!

Now that Thanksgiving is over we're getting ready for Christmas! We can't believe how quickly this year is flying by. We are looking forward to Christmas and spending this time with our family and friends.
Dunree and Jenny will both be staying here in town and spending Christmas with their families. I'll be heading to Cincinnati with Tommy on December 19Th and staying until about the 30Th. Eric will join us for Christmas.
If you are looking for some unique Christmas gift ideas please contact us through this blog or email us at stamptinigirls@yahoo.com. We have many great gifts to choose from!
Enjoy this holiday season! I know we will!

Can you believe Thanksgiving is next week?

It's amazing to me that Thanksgiving is next week. It's one of my favorite holiday's. I love spending the day with family and good friends! We are all doing various things this year for Thanksgiving.
Dunree will be spending the day with her large family at her mom's. Jenny will be with her family as well. I'm hosting Thanksgiving here at our house with Eric's parents and our dear friends the Keohans. This will be our last holiday in this house. We are moving the first week of December! We're staying in the neighborhood, just getting a bigger house.
We are thankful for all of you our dear crafty friends! Without each one of you this business would not be! You are all so amazing and unique and we appreciate each one of you!
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Reminder: Candle AND Coaster Class - Saturday, Nov 15th!!!

The Stamptini Girls will be back at Delightful Hands in Celina this Saturday, November 15th! We are hosting our candle class but will also have coasters on hand for anyone that may have missed the November 1st class. Both of these items make great holiday gifts for friends, teachers, neighbors & co-workers.

Saturday, November 15th @10:30am - Delightful Hands in Celina

Candles - The class fee is $15.00. All supplies are included. You will go home with one completed hand stamped candle.

Coasters - The class fee is $20.00. All supplies are included. You will go home with 1 set (4 total) of hand stamped tumbled tile coasters.

PLEASE CONTACT SHERRY AT DELIGHTFUL HANDS TO SIGN UP FOR THESE CLASSES! HER NUMBER IS 972-382-8414.

VENDOR FAIR

We're going to have our items at The First United Methodist Church of Frisco on Tuesday, November 11 from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM. This is a small vendor fair, but there are a lot of people that come through plus all the moms of the kiddos at the "kids day out" program.
Stop by to see us!

WHAT A HUGE SUCCESS!!!

We are so excited!! Our first ever craft fair was a huge success!! We were overjoyed and excited with how well we did! We weren't sure what to expect or how we'd do, but we are very happy! All the hard work and sleepless nights making crafts were worth it!!

Thanks so much to all our dear friends who came to see us! Suzanne, Heather, Jill, Cheryl, Alisa, Donna, Mary M., Eric M., Amanda, Dawn & Kasey, Mary H., Nina & family, Kimberly, Chrissy, Ron and Kathy L, Tim, Ella and Mia, Meredith & Family, Karla and all the others.

We appreciate your support and friendship! We are so blessed to have you all in our lives.

Thanks everyone!

Here we are at our booth. Super special thanks to Jenny and Dunree for setting up the booth!

My dining room has been transformed into a small factory. This is what it's looked like for over a week. All three of us have been working so hard for this craft fair.

It's here!! It's here!! Our craft fair is finally here. It's this weekend, Friday, Nov. 7th & Saturdy, Nov. 8th. It's being held at All Saints Catholic Church in Dallas. The church is located at 5231 Meadowcreek Drive in Dallas and the fair is open from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM each day. The cross street is Arapaho.

We hope to see some friendly smiling faces there!! Come out and support us!

Holiday Card Class - New Date & Location

We are moving the upcoming holiday card making class to Friday, December 5th at Delightful Hands in Celina at 7:00pm. This will take place of the original November 17th class. The cost of this class is $20.00 & you will make 4 cards of each design for a total of 12 beautiful holiday cards with matching envelopes. Sherry at Delightful Hands will have additional supplies on hand for those of you who may want to purchase any paper, ribbon, etc. to go home with & make more. Please contact us at stamptinigirls@yahoo.com if you're interested in signing up for this class. More details to come.

The Fort Worth Stockyards

My friend Patty and I took 4 boys to the Stockyards today to take the Stamptini Girls merchandise to the store there. I LOVE the Stockyards. This weekend they are having a cowboy convention! I could have stayed all weekend just people watching! My hubby knows I love him more then anything, but I kinda' like cowboys and firemen too! :)

There was lots of action there today.....lots of horses, steer, cowboys and there was a chuck wagon parade. If you are wanting something fun to do some weekend head over to the Stockyards!

Here is a picture of the store where we have a couple items for sale. The name of the store is DePa Designs. They have handmade jewelry and woodworking items. It's a neat little shop!! Stop in if you are ever at the Stockyards!!

Here is a closeup shot of our items in the store.

Classes being offered at Delightful Hands in Celina!

The Stamptini girls are pleased to announce they we are holding two classes at Delightful Hands http://www.delightfulhands.com/ in Celina, TX! We will be holding a Coaster making class and a candle making class.

Come learn how to make our coasters and candles! These make excellent teacher gifts, housewarming gifts, neighbor gifts and so many more!

Saturday, November 1 @ 10:30 AM we will have our Coaster Class. The class fee is $20.00. All supplies are included. You will go home with one set of hand stamped tumbled tile coasters.

Saturday, November 15 @ 10:30 AM we will have our Candle Class. The class fee is $15.00. All supplies are included. You will learn to make a hand stamped candle. You will go home with one completed hand stamped candle.

Call Sherry at Delightful Hands to sign up for the class! 972-382-8414.

The Girls

We finally got a picture of the three of us together. From left to right: Clare Nixon, Dunree Filesi & Jenny Leitschuh.

Our friend Cheryl took this picture when we went to dinner for another friends's birthday.

Thanks for the picture Cheryl!!

FUN UPDATES!!!

Just a quick update to let everyone know we have more great pics on the way. We will include some of our "BLING" products & additional holiday items.

We also have some spots left for our November 12th holiday tag, gift card holder & purse class so sign up quickly! You can reach us at StamptiniGirls@Yahoo.com

Our holiday/craft bazaar is just around the corner so we're busy like elves making all of our beautiful candles, coasters & cards! If you'd like to place an order with us just email us at StamptiniGirls@Yahoo.com

We truly appreciate all of your support! THANK YOU!!!

Where do we get our ideas??

We get our ideas, like most other paper crafters, from various places. Magazines, catalogs, books and friends. The best place for inspiration is splitcoaststampers.com It's an amazing website with fantastic ideas!! We've also taken classes at different Stampin' UP! demonstrators houses and learned different techniques and ideas that way as well.

Check out splitcoaststampers.com Be careful though.....you may spend way more time on that site then you'd like!! :)

Just a quick shout out to our photographer...

...thanks for all the amazing photos! I know one of us loves you! :)

TAGS, GIFT CARD HOLDERS & PURSES

We're adding a class to our calendar. Wednesday, November 12 at 7:00 PM. We'll hold the class at Kroger on Preston and Rolator. They have a community area upstairs where there is plenty of room to work. We'll teach you how to make gift tags, a gift card holder and/or this beautiful gift bag. Choose to take part in just one of the demonstrations or all three. There will be three "teachers" to help you. Each one of us will pick a project and teach you how to make it. We'll have three stations set up. You can choose one project or you can do them all.

Project One

The gift tags are a great way to dress up your Christmas presents! We'll make five designs. These were designed by Dunree Filesi with StamptiniGirls! We'll make three of five designs for a total of 15 gift tags! The cost for this class will be $15.00.

Project Two

The gift card holder is a great way to dress up any gift card. These can be used for Holiday gift cards, teacher appreciation gift cards, kids gift cards or any design you'd like. We'll make a holiday gift card holder in this class, which you'll get to take with you. The cost for this class will be $5.00. Make two gift card holders for $10.00 or three for $15.00. This gift card holder was designed by Dunree Filesi with StamptiniGirls.

Project Three

The last gift we'll make is a super cute gift bag made to look like a purse. It is designed by Jan Tink. It can be used as a small scrapbook. These make great gifts for loved ones and they make super teacher gifts. It's made with high quality, thick card stock. The flap "connects" with a magnet. There is plenty of room inside for you to journal with tons of space to add photos. It sits like a purse, but folds out to be a beautiful creation! The one below was cased at splitcoaststampers.com. Ours will be a Christmas Bag. The cost for this class will be $20.00.

This design above was made by Jan Tink.

Email us at stamptinigirls@yahoo.com or call 972-689-2540 to sign up for any of these classes. When signing up let us know which class or classes you are signing up for.

Some of my favorites:

These "Cowboy" coasters are kinda what started it all. I learned how to make the coasters from a Stampin' UP! demonstrator. Once I learned I went a bit nuts with the coasters. I LOVED making these cowboy ones. I had about seven sets of them and they became very popular very quickly. I think it's a Texas thing.......I love Texas and I love creating Texas themed products.

Dunree taught us how to "stamp" on candles and we've also had a blast doing those. We've made so many different kinds. We've made "girlie" ones, snowflake, cowboy and fall candles. We can put just about anything on a candle.

The coasters and candles make great gifts. I've given them as a housewarming gift and they are always a huge hit.

We can also make matching coasters and candles with almost any image.

The cowboy coasters and candles were Clare Nixon's idea and design. It's her favorite set from Stampin' UP!


If you want to place an order send an email to: stamptinigirls@yahoo.com

Working Hard!!

We worked last into the night, but we got 'er done! We made 12 candles and 12 sets of coasters for the shop in Ft. Worth. We'll be heading over to Ft. Worth to make a delivery in the next few days! We are so excited to have our stuff in this store! Here are some pictures of our goodies ready to head to "market."

Coasters and Candles

These coasters and candles make great gifts! There are so many designs to choose from! We've made these for several people and they have been a hit. They can be personalized as well. We can make a matching set of coasters and candles. Have an idea you want on a candle or coaster?....just let us know and I'm sure we can do it!

The cross coasters and candles were designed by Dunree Filesi. The stamp came from Hobby Lobby.

The candles are $15.00 each. They are hand stamped on vanilla scented candles. Each one is hand colored and/or hand stamped. We then add ribbon and embellishments (bling!)

The coasters are $20.00 for a set of four. The are hand stamped on Tumbled Stone Tiles, baked, treated and then backed with cork for protection.

Email us at: stamptinigirls@yahoo.com to place an order!

The card designs for our first classes

We'll be making tree card designs. The theme is fall. The colors are warm and cozy! We'll be making 4 of each card which gives you a total of 12 cards. The cost is $15.00 which includes all the materials except your adhesive. We'll have some on hand if you don't have any.

The October 6th class will be held at Clare's House.

The October 20th class will be held at Kroger on Preston where there is a community room upstairs. There is plenty of room to move around and work. This class is currently FULL

Email us quickly to get in on the last spots! stamptinigirls@yahoo.com

We'll be selling our items in a shop!

The Stamptini Girls will have their western items in a shop at The Fort Worth Stockyards! We'll have western coasters and western candles for sale. There is going to be a large "Cowboy" convention the weekend of October 24-26 at the Stockyards and the Western items should do well! Willie Nelson is going to be there that weekend!
We are very excited as this is the first store our items will be in. The Stockyard is a great place to visit to get a feel for the "old" Texas. You can read more about it here: http://www.fortworthstockyards.org/
I personally would LOVE to hangout there for the weekend of the Cowboy convention! Just sayin' :)

Classes by The Stamptini Girls

We have room for 10 people to sign up for each class. Both classes have 5 people each! If you want to sign up email us at stamptinigirls@yahoo.com

We'll be making 12 cards. Four each of three different styles. The cost for the class is $15.00.

Monday October 6, 2008 @ 7:00 PM which will be held at Clare's house.

FULL Monday October 20, 2008 @ 7:00 PM. Held at Kroger on Preston in Frisco. FULL

We'll be making Fall cards. The class fee entitles you to all the stamps, inks, paper and embelishments. All you need to bring is your favorite adhesive.

Email or call for more info! stamptinigirls@yahoo.com / 972-689-2540

The Scrap Shack Open House

Last night our friend Melissa Jefferson had an open house for her new business! She opened the Scrap Shack on Main Street in Frisco. It's a place to get away and have a weekend long retreat and scrapbook or do other crafts! It's so cute! They did such a great job remodeling and redecorating it!
It's called The Scrap Shack because that is what it is! It's not the scrap mansion! Don't get me wrong this place is so pretty and very clean, it's just not large. The whole weekend will only be $99.00 per person with you providing your own meals. I'm so excited to have this place right here in Frisco!

We did it!

We have a name and we have a business plan! We are three girls on a mission! We are the Stamptini Girls!! We think you can figure out the name! We love stamping and martini's. We have been getting together planning our first craft fair. We will be selling our items at the All Saints Holiday & Craft Fair November 7th & 8th. It's located at 5231 Meadowcreek Drive in Dallas. The cross street is Arapaho and the main number is 972-661-9282. As long as the church roof doesn't fall in on us we should do pretty well!
It truly is an amazing time working with these women who are all unique and different in so many ways, yet mesh so well and get along even better! We all have great ideas and love puting them into action!
We'll be posting some pictures of our items after this weekend. Eric, our photographer and Clare's husband, will take some shots and we'll get them posted ASAP.