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*Find time to forge new friendships!
*Find time to be creative!
*Find time to do something for yourself!
*In home Parties.
*TIPS - Techniques <> Inspiration <> Projects <> Shortcuts
*Ladies Who Lunch - get together over lunch! Great for those gals with super busy schedules.
*Classes on specific products or projects, usually seasonal.
*Scrapscapes - come escape with us and scrapbook for an afternoon or evening.
*Handcrafted items - available for purchase.
*Kids events - all types
*24/7 online ordering.
*Stamp-A-Stack of cards (SAS).
*Monthly Scrap Heap Newsletter
*Gals Get Out - I bring the project, you bring dessert! We are done in an hour!
*Clubs - tech club is by far the most popular club. Meets every other month.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Lament of the Stamper's Husband
Lament of the Stamper's Husband
A Poem for the Stamper's Spouse
She learned to stamp on Monday.
Her embossing was quite fine,
She forgot to thaw out dinner,
So we all went out to dine.
She brayed background Tuesday,
She says they are a MUST,
They really were quite lovely,
But she forgot to dust.
Wednesday it was birthday cards,
She says they are such fun,
Shading, blending, watercolors,
But the laundry wasn't done.
Her card swap was on Thursday,
Using green and blue and red,
I guess she was engrossed,
For she never made the bed.
It was shaker cards on Friday,
Using techniques she adores,
But she never seems to notice,
The crumbs on all the floors.
I found a maid on Saturday,
My life is now complete.
My wife can stamp the days away,
The house will STILL be neat.
Well, now it's come to Sunday,
And my forehead's feeling damp,
I screamed! I raved! I ranted!
THE MAID HAS LEARNED TO STAMP!!!
--Author Unknown-
A Poem for the Stamper's Spouse
She learned to stamp on Monday.
Her embossing was quite fine,
She forgot to thaw out dinner,
So we all went out to dine.
She brayed background Tuesday,
She says they are a MUST,
They really were quite lovely,
But she forgot to dust.
Wednesday it was birthday cards,
She says they are such fun,
Shading, blending, watercolors,
But the laundry wasn't done.
Her card swap was on Thursday,
Using green and blue and red,
I guess she was engrossed,
For she never made the bed.
It was shaker cards on Friday,
Using techniques she adores,
But she never seems to notice,
The crumbs on all the floors.
I found a maid on Saturday,
My life is now complete.
My wife can stamp the days away,
The house will STILL be neat.
Well, now it's come to Sunday,
And my forehead's feeling damp,
I screamed! I raved! I ranted!
THE MAID HAS LEARNED TO STAMP!!!
--Author Unknown-
SOHOTT Defined
Many have wondered over the years how the name SOHOTT was chosen as my biz name.
It started as Small Office/Home Office Technology Team back when the .com boom was beginning (mid-1990's). My hubbie and I started, as the name somewhat implies, a small computer consulting business outside of our careers. As the saying goes - Life is What Happens! Many things in our personal lives changed (kids, moves, careers, health) and the desire to continue said business became less important, and the need for such services fell away with the .com bust.
But during the time from then to now, I continued crafting, mostly sewn items - princess wands, heart shaped foot stools, halos, and pretty much all things girly. My wish was to sell such wares at local craft fairs. Some health problems really slowed down the idea of starting a home-based business from scratch. I still needed a name for the business and still had a sweet spot for the SOHOTT acronym. My husband is the one who helped carry it from the old couple-based consulting model to arty-crafty direction I was headed. He mulled it over in his head for only a few days and came up with the acronym I still use today. It fits the paper arts that I do so love!
SOHOTT :
Sandy's Original Handmade Ornamental Trinkets and Treasures.
It started as Small Office/Home Office Technology Team back when the .com boom was beginning (mid-1990's). My hubbie and I started, as the name somewhat implies, a small computer consulting business outside of our careers. As the saying goes - Life is What Happens! Many things in our personal lives changed (kids, moves, careers, health) and the desire to continue said business became less important, and the need for such services fell away with the .com bust.
But during the time from then to now, I continued crafting, mostly sewn items - princess wands, heart shaped foot stools, halos, and pretty much all things girly. My wish was to sell such wares at local craft fairs. Some health problems really slowed down the idea of starting a home-based business from scratch. I still needed a name for the business and still had a sweet spot for the SOHOTT acronym. My husband is the one who helped carry it from the old couple-based consulting model to arty-crafty direction I was headed. He mulled it over in his head for only a few days and came up with the acronym I still use today. It fits the paper arts that I do so love!
SOHOTT :
Sandy's Original Handmade Ornamental Trinkets and Treasures.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Make 5 Card Class
$5, 5 cards in one hour!
Tuesday, August 11, 11-12 or 12-1 or 1-2
Thursday, August 13, 5-6 or 6-7 or 7-8
Choose one, two or all sessions!
Class does not include envelopes or adhesives.
Please RSVP by August 10 for Tuesday's class or August 12 for Thursday's class.
Friday, July 10, 2009
New Catalog A Smash!
Reviews just in - the new Stampin' Up! catalog is a resounding smash hit! Larger selection of affordable stamp sets! Great new InColors! Fabulous Accessories! New - party kits for kids! Blazing Stars for all the Big Shot Accessories! Ooh there is just so much more to share. If you have not gotten your hands on the catalog yet, I urge you to do so soon.
Did you know that you can download a .PDF of the catalog from my website www.sohott.stampinup.net ? I refer to mine frequently. Another tip: I print out my most referred to pages and make a custom mini catalog all just for me. I print out the stamp list from the back, the punch pages, the inks and paper pages, and the DSP pages, and tote it with me. Much more portable and I can write on it and fold it and so on and don't care if it gets lost.
Get your download today and call me tomorrow for the real deal!
Crazies Calming Down
Now that "the stupid" is over, some of the camps are done, and some of the other busyness that has kept me away from the business of blogging are behind me. I am hoping that I can finally catch up so many things that I have been wanting to post. Keeping fingers crossed.
Monday, June 1, 2009
MN Women's Small Business Expo & Sale
Saturday, June 6th, 10-3 pm
Hopkins Pavillian,
1100 Excelsior Blvd, Hopkins, MN
100 Women owned businesses!
Goodie bags for the first 150 visitors!
Bring a donation for the local food shelf for a chance to win a door prize!
visit www.weneverstandalone.com for more information.
Girls Night Out
Friday, June 5, 6-10 pm
Majestic Oaks Golf Course
Ham Lake, MN
Enjoy a night with the girls!
FREE admission! FREE appetizers! FREE door prizes from many vendors! Cash bar.
Sorry - could not upload flyer.
Stop by my booth for a FREE goodie from me, my customers.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Take 3 Class for June
Take 3 JuneA Scrapbook, a card, a gift
June 9, 11-1 or June 12, 6-8
All for the low, low price of $5.
Prepaid registration by June 7.
Registration is non-refundable. If you need to cancel, you will receive your class materials.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Breathe In, Breathe Out
So, for those of you who have followed the sordid and sad tale of Sandy's fancy camera. I hate to tell you but I am writing to close this tale, write the last chapter, as it were.
After many, many months (9 to be exact) I gave birth to a new camera tonight. Well, HA, my previously sick Canon Rebel XT has been rehabed!!! Yes, it has been fixed, cleaned, shined, and whatnot.
Four weeks ago I spent several days (this was probably my fourth time doing this) purusing Canon's cludgy website. I could find no help whatsoever for my issue (no flash). I finally used their web help form and submitted my problem. I heard back right away to send my camera in.
Being cautious and nervous to do so, I called them the next day, wanting to make sure that this was for real. The rep emailed me some forms and information, and definitely said this was not a repair I could make. I sat on this for a week. Here is why - The camera, brand new today is about $325, originally $1000 when it first came on the market. If the repair is around $250 (my guess) hardly seems worth the postage. My hubbie strongly encouraged me to send the darn thing in, quit fussing about it, and get it over with. Yeah, I have whined a little about it.
So a week later, I get my baby all ready for shipping. In the last minute I decided to throw in the camera lens whose hood was damaged by airport security in July going to SU! Convention. I thought, if it is going to cost a fortune to send it, (I insured it both for their original value, not taking any chances...) I might as well have them look at the lens also.
I kissed my babies goodbye at Brown (UPS), crossed my fingers and waited. Once it was received by Canon I was able to tract the repair quite easily. Camera estimate came back $190 plus return shipping. Lens came back $110 plus shipping. I hemmed and hawed for a day. This was going to be a lot of money. I could get a new lens for $200, to put on what? New camera? If I was going to get a new camera, I would want an upgrade, and now we are back to talking around $1000 for what I want, at least that much. It was a lot of money in repairs. Hubbie says go for it, it made you so happy when it was working. I stalled. I gulped. I said "go ahead, repair the darn thing"! It took a day or two to get excited, not scared about $350 for repairs and shipping, not to mention the $47 I already spent to ship it to Canon to even get it looked at in the first place. When Canon does their repairs they repair everything back to factory condition. Which means cleaning internal mirrors and lens and other parts I could never do. That was probably worth it.
BTW - Ritz camera quoted me $250 to send in the camera to their repair facility. That quote was just to have the camera looked at, not even repaired. THAT is exactly what had been scaring me off all these months, the $$$.
OK, back up to 2 days ago (Monday) when I heard the Brown truck pull into the driveway. I knew what it was. I let hubbie bring the box in. He put it in a quiet corner of the living room, where it has sat for 2 days, until about an hour ago. I felt spooked, jinxed, intimidated, and excited. I carefully unwrapped the items from packing, brought out my battery and CF card and loaded them up. Cautiously I I turned it on...I aimed...I shoot...I scored! It works just perfect. It still takes darn nice photos and has so many settings I never even got a chance to play with. Now I will.
After many, many months (9 to be exact) I gave birth to a new camera tonight. Well, HA, my previously sick Canon Rebel XT has been rehabed!!! Yes, it has been fixed, cleaned, shined, and whatnot.
Four weeks ago I spent several days (this was probably my fourth time doing this) purusing Canon's cludgy website. I could find no help whatsoever for my issue (no flash). I finally used their web help form and submitted my problem. I heard back right away to send my camera in.
Being cautious and nervous to do so, I called them the next day, wanting to make sure that this was for real. The rep emailed me some forms and information, and definitely said this was not a repair I could make. I sat on this for a week. Here is why - The camera, brand new today is about $325, originally $1000 when it first came on the market. If the repair is around $250 (my guess) hardly seems worth the postage. My hubbie strongly encouraged me to send the darn thing in, quit fussing about it, and get it over with. Yeah, I have whined a little about it.
So a week later, I get my baby all ready for shipping. In the last minute I decided to throw in the camera lens whose hood was damaged by airport security in July going to SU! Convention. I thought, if it is going to cost a fortune to send it, (I insured it both for their original value, not taking any chances...) I might as well have them look at the lens also.
I kissed my babies goodbye at Brown (UPS), crossed my fingers and waited. Once it was received by Canon I was able to tract the repair quite easily. Camera estimate came back $190 plus return shipping. Lens came back $110 plus shipping. I hemmed and hawed for a day. This was going to be a lot of money. I could get a new lens for $200, to put on what? New camera? If I was going to get a new camera, I would want an upgrade, and now we are back to talking around $1000 for what I want, at least that much. It was a lot of money in repairs. Hubbie says go for it, it made you so happy when it was working. I stalled. I gulped. I said "go ahead, repair the darn thing"! It took a day or two to get excited, not scared about $350 for repairs and shipping, not to mention the $47 I already spent to ship it to Canon to even get it looked at in the first place. When Canon does their repairs they repair everything back to factory condition. Which means cleaning internal mirrors and lens and other parts I could never do. That was probably worth it.
BTW - Ritz camera quoted me $250 to send in the camera to their repair facility. That quote was just to have the camera looked at, not even repaired. THAT is exactly what had been scaring me off all these months, the $$$.
OK, back up to 2 days ago (Monday) when I heard the Brown truck pull into the driveway. I knew what it was. I let hubbie bring the box in. He put it in a quiet corner of the living room, where it has sat for 2 days, until about an hour ago. I felt spooked, jinxed, intimidated, and excited. I carefully unwrapped the items from packing, brought out my battery and CF card and loaded them up. Cautiously I I turned it on...I aimed...I shoot...I scored! It works just perfect. It still takes darn nice photos and has so many settings I never even got a chance to play with. Now I will.
Hubbie gets the first picture post since he is the one that made me do it.
Lesson learned, next time I have to go through airport security I will not wear my industrial strength bra with underwires that kept setting off the detectors so that they have to haul me into a private booth for a half hour while they wrangle with my stuff (and drop it). And I am strapping the camera to my ankle to be extra safe. Just try and get it off me, just try!
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