PRIMA SHARE TIME!

Hi everyone!

Can you say LINGERIE PARTY??? Here are the details:

LINGERIE PRIMA SHARE

• 10 "sets" of bras and panties (10 bras and 10 panties)
• 10 different sets (some will be dots and some will be lace, colors may be repeated if they are in lace and dots-see pics above)
• I cannot guarantee the colors due to possible back orders, but possible colors are: black, purple, pink, turquoise, brown, orange in dots and/or lace
• $75 including shipping
• HALF SHARES AVAILABLE: $45 including shipping. For half shares, bras will be cut in half and flowers from "panties" will be removed, split and packaged in a baggie per color.

SPRITES PRIMA SHARE

• 10 packages of Sprites Prima flowers. They have a cool dry embossed edge!
• some will be dots and some will be plaids. Colors may be repeated if they are available in both dots and plaids-see pics above
• I cannot guarantee colors due to possible back orders, but may include: green, yellow, cream, turquoise, orange, brown and pink
• $50 including shipping
• HALF SHARES AVAILABLE: $30 including shipping. Containers will be opened, split and packaged in a baggie per color.

ESSENTIALS 2 PRIMA SHARE

• All 4 varieties! You will receive 4 full boxes.
• $32.25 including shipping
• HALF SHARE AVAILABLE: You will receive half of each box and 2 empty boxes. They will be bagged separately for type. $20.00 including shipping

GOTTA HAVE HALF OF IT ALL SHARE:

• A half share of each of the three shares.
• $85 including shipping

PRIMA LOVERS SHARE:

• A full share of each of the three shares
• $135 including shipping (save $25)
  
  

Ready to jump in? Send total amount and DETAILED note about exactly what you are ordering to my paypal address:

texasjodylynn@yahoo.com

If you do not know how to use paypal, let me know and I will send you an invoice. :) It makes sending payment VERY easy.

Deadline will be May 15th for sign ups. Payment must be received by May 15th also (paypal or check).

If you would like to pay by check or money order please contact me at texasjodylynn@yahoo.com with the details. I will hold your spot for the share and send you my mailing address.

As always, I will keep you updated throughout the process on my blog. Shipping time may vary based on shipment from manufacturer, but I will move quickly once I have received the products to lessen your wait time. Please be advised that Prima has SLOW shipping time, so if you join, please be patient. It normally takes about a month for me to receive merchandise. Thanks in advance to anyone joining! If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me at the address listed above. Thank you and happy FLOWERS!

Prima Essentials 2 update

ETA on Sunday 4/29/07: ALL ESSENTIALS 2 HAVE BEEN SHIPPED! :)

The Prima Essentials 2 finally came in last night. I ordered them on the 5th! I will be packing today and they will be shipped no later than tomorrow. I do not have any extras at this time, but will be offering them with the next Prima share.

Speaking of the next Prima share.... I got the NEW Primas in. OMG I was squealing! My husband thought I was crazy (as usual. He watching a show and kept rewinding it so he could hear the show. Finally, I was banished from the room so he could hear the TV over my squealing. LOL OOPS! I guess I got a little excited. :) I'll be posting details today or tomorrow. Stay tuned. :)

Thinking Pink

Yes, pink is my favorite color, but it is also a color that represents breast cancer awareness. This is a disease that plagues many men and women around the world. It has recently plagued my very own family this year. My mother in law, Cindy was diagnosed this year and has been undergoing treatment during the past few months.

When my SCS friend, Joanne Basile e-mailed asking for some help for a friend with an upcoming Avon Walk for Breast Cancer I knew I had to be a part of it.

Joanne over at http://stampedbyhand.blogspot.com/2007/04/fundraiser-blog-candy.html is helping her friend raise money for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer on May 19th & 20th in Boston. She is accumulating some fabulous donations to give away as blog candy and all you have to do to be entered is make a donation. For more information, please check out this post http://stampedbyhand.blogspot.com/2007/04/fundraiser-blog-candy.html . Thanks for supporting a great cause!

I will be donating an entire roll of pink square stitched ribbon from May Arts. The roll has 50 yards on it! WOOHOO! I hope you all donate for your chance to win one of the fabulous prizes and help out a good cause all in one! :)

Celebrating With Some Blog Candy

May Arts 3/8 inch ribbon
Making Memories ribbon
Prima Essential Flowers
Bright and cheery Prima fowers

WOW, I just checked my blog stats and I have reached 100,000 hits. I think I need to celebrate! What better way to do that, than to give away some BLOG CANDY!

I thought long and hard about what I should give for my blog candy (just kidding) and then it came to me... RIBBON AND PRIMA FLOWERS of course! Duh! What else would it be? LOL

Here is what you need to do to be entered to win:

post a comment on this blog post that answers one or more of these questions:

• why you love ribbon


• why you love Prima flowers


• what you do with your ribbon and flowers


• how you store your ribbon and flowers


• how much ribbon and/or flowers you have

I think it will be hilarious to read your responses and I look forward to delving into your deepest, darkest ribbon and flower habits. :)

Winners will be chosen based on their responses to the questions above. :) To be eligible to win, please post by the last day of April. Winners will be chosen on the 1st day of May. Multiple winners will be chosen to win either ribbon, Prima flowers or a combination of the two.

Thanks to everyone who reads my blog! :)

Prizes are pictured above

updates

I am sure you are ready for some updates. :)

When I got home on Monday I was dead tired, but I woke up on Tuesday and started cutting and boxing. :) I will be mailing a large shipment of April May Arts shares today! I am expecting one more shipment of ribbon that was ordered yesterday afternoon. That will probably be my last order for this share.

I am awaiting payment from:

Christina Dungca-Lico
Karen P.
Denise Porter
Leslie Springer
Wendi Kaput
Valerie Luley
Julie Dinn
Jennifer Meyer
Teri McClelland
Lorraine Sules
Janna Jennings pd
Charmain Harris

If you have sent payment, please contact me. I realize some of you joined yesterday and could not have gotten payment to me yet. :)

I have all ribbon types available EXCEPT for skinny square stitched. Feel free to e-mail me at texasjodylynn@yahoo.com if you would like a spot.

Have a great day!

I'm baaaaaaaack!

Me, Karen, Tracy and Cyndi (front)
me and Tami (shannacourt)
Jimmi (jpmayo) and me
Sherri (sherristampsalot) and me

I am back from my fun, long weekend in VA! I went to attend the Stampin' Up regionals in Virginia Beach and to stay with my wonderful friend, Cyndi. :) We had an awesome time. We shopped, stuffed, slept (a little) and stamped. The girls that stayed together were me, Cyndi (cpw3431), Karen (gamblemom) and Tracy (kid305).

I arrived on Thursday and we went straight to Cyndi's house to meet her family. After some gift swapping and chatting we went out to dinner to Carrabas! It was DIVINE! I had never eaten there and SO want to return ASAP! :) I had some chicken that was stuffed with cheese and OH MAN! *salivating* Near the end of dinner the girls wanted a picture at the table so they wanted to call over the waiter. I nonchallantly told them him name was Chris (it wasn't LMBO). So, they are saying "excuse me, Chris can you do something for us?" He walks over and says yes I will, but my name isn't Chris, it's TJ! LMBO! I don't know if I'll ever live that one down. LOL It was a funny moment and kept us giggling for some time. :)

On Friday, we woke up early and went to SU regionals. The presentation was nice. We stamped most of the projects and had a good time hanging out. That night was the SCS dinner. I was able to meet some awesome ladies there! Tami Morkan (shannacourt) was SO SO sweet! She is a ribbon junkie like myself. :) As a matter the fact, I delivered her sheer polka dot ribbon to her at the dinner. LOL She is very sweet with a bubbling personality! Sherristampsalot was also very sweet! We had been PMing prior to the event and I was looking forward to meeting her IRL. jpmayo was also present and was super fun and sweet! There were so many more! I wish I had gotten the opportunity to sit by each person to get to know them more, but there was just not enough time. I am looking forward to getting together with them again. :)

On Saturday, we had our power shopping shoes on. We went to AC Moore. I loved it there, but the stamps were VERY expensive. YIKES! We also went to a local scrap store in Chesapeake. Then, we went to Williamsburg to a stamp store that was very nice, but the owners were SO RUDE. I bought 3 pots of glitter. I would have purchased more, but they turned off the lights while we were there because they wanted to close. We had called and they said we could stay a little longer. I guess they are rich enough that they didn't need our business. Given the chance, I would have spent WAY more money in there. Their loss! 4 ladies who are obsessed would have been some nice end of the day sales. Then, we went to colonial Williamsburg. It was very beautiful there. After that we went to Michaels. Did you know Michaels is now carrying Bare Elements items? I was SO excited. 40% coupons here I come! :) We went to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory and took some cake to go. YUM YUM! Cyndi, Mary wants to let you know she says hi. :)

On Sunday, I woke up and ate my Cheesecake Factory cake for breakfast! Then, we stamped all day long! We made some awesome cards and had some time to just sit together.

Monday was departure day. After getting ready it was time to go. Cyndi drove us to the airport where we exchanged hugs and tears. It was a wonderful weekend that I hope can be repeated at some point. :)

Thanks Cyndi for all you did for us while we were there. We had a blast!

On the road!

Well, not actually on the road, but I will be in the sky! I am going to visit my wonderful friend Cyndi in Virginia! Also coming are Karen (gamblemom) and Tracy (kid305). I am SO looking forward to laughing and seeing my great friends again. There are a few things I can expect when us four get together:

Loudness
Laughing
Giggling
Shopping
FUN FUN FUN

If you have e-mailed me, I have returned your e-mail. Anything received after this message is posted will be responded to after I get back. I will be gone from Thursday-Monday night. Feel free to continue signing up for the April May Arts share. It is still open and if needed, I will order more ribbon.

I shipped quite a few packages on Monday, so watch your mail box for May Arts shares. I still have some ribbon on order that has already been shipped out to me. When I get home I will be back to work cutting ribbon and sending out packages. :)

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. :) I'll be living it up in VA! :)

updates

I have a couple updates. :)

March May Arts share: All has been shipped except for the 3 participants I am awaiting payment from. YAY I do have the following ribbon available still: velvet, velvet ric rac, polka dot, ans skinny stitched. I only have a couple of each. If you'd like a spot, please e-mail me at texasjodylynn@yahoo.com .

March Prima share: ALL remaining shares shipped out today! I have 1 Daisy Crazy and 1 Got Flowers share available if anyone missed out. You can e-mail me at texasjodylynn@yahoo.com if you are interested in taking the spot. FLOWERS HAVE BEEN SOLD. Thank you!

Essentials 2 Prima share: Some shares have been shipped, but should have been received already. I am waiting on the remainder of the Primas. They should be shipping out to me next week. I'll keep you posted.

April May Arts share: I shipped out a BUNCH of ribbon today. More will be shipping out on Monday. I am still waiting on some ribbon to be delievered but a good portion of the shares have been shipped already. WOOHOO Sign ups are still open. For more info please view this link: http://confessionsofaribbonaddict.blogspot.com/2007/04/april-new-may-arts-share.html

Just a couple updates...

March May Arts share: ALL shares will be shipped out as of tomorrow except for the 3 that I have not received payment from (have been contacted via e-mail today). If I have not e-mailed you today your share is either already mailed or will be mailed tomorrow. I packaged up the last of them today. :)

March Prima share: I got some of the daisies in late last week. I just packaged up several boxes. There will be some Daisy Crazy and some Prima Lovers shipped out tomorrow. I *think* the rest have been shipped out to me, but will update again when I get the next shipment.

April May Arts share: Have shipped the first round (with ribbon I had on hand) and am waiting for shipments to arrive next week. I will be cutting and shipping next week as ribbon arrives.

April Prima share: I have not released the details of this fun share yet, but I think they have been shipped out to me so I should have them soon. Watch for details in the next 1-2 weeks.

Happy Easter to all of you!

Share updates

Here are some updates for everyone:

MARCH May Arts share: "ALL 5" shares have all been shipped out. YAY For anyone who ordered one or more shares, your ribbon has also been shipped out. There are several who I waiting for payment from. If your name is on the list, your payment has not been received and your ribbon has not been shipped. If you have already contacted me, disregard. :) If you are NOT on this list, your ribbon in on the way! :) YAY

Kirsten Gonzalez PAID
Darla Rowan PAID
Kelly Lane
Carol Hager
Alison Copes
Sandra Lew-Moll (friend) mailed PAID

I DO have a few spots left in the MARCH May Arts share. You can mix and match these with your APRIL May Arts share if you would like. If you want anything I have it on hand and it will ship very quickly. Once this is gone, the share will be closed. Here is what I have available:

7 spots velvet
4 spots velvet ric rac
5 spots skinny stitched
5 spots polka dots

For more info here is the blog post:

http://confessionsofaribbonaddict.blogspot.com/2007/03/new-ribbon-shares.html

and here are pictures of the ribbon:

http://confessionsofaribbonaddict.blogspot.com/2007/03/may-arts-ribbon-share.html

ESSENTIALS 2 Prima share is NOW CLOSED. I have already ordered the flowers. They have not shipped out to me yet, but I was told shipping times are quicker than last month. *crossing fingers* LOL As soon as they come in, I will sort and ship out. All flowers from the the 1st batch have been shipped out. I will offer these again with the next share, so watch my blog for sign ups to open later this month.

APRIL May Arts Share: I am still taking sign ups for this share. As always, when it comes in I will cut, sort and ship. :) I have already shipped out 1 batch of ribbon (that I had on hand).

For details, visit this post:

http://confessionsofaribbonaddict.blogspot.com/2007/04/april-new-may-arts-share.html

MARCH Prima Share: I have been in contact with customer service about the back ordered Daisies. I missed her call yesterday (I was at the post office shipping ribbon and flowers LOL). I will return her call today. I expect her to let me know she has them in *crossing fingers* . I DID get in SOME of the back ordered daisies. Those will complete some of the Prima Lovers shares and some of the Daisy Crazy shares. They will be shipped on Monday. YAY

NEW PRIMA SHARE COMING SOON!: Oh my goodness! Wait until you see the new Primas I ordered for the next share! *giggles* I figured I would order first and wait for them to come in BEFORE I post all the details. I like being able to ship QUICK and Prima has been shipping sloooooooow. LOL When they come in and I post the details, there will be a limited number of spots to ship immediately (with what I have on hand). If more sign up, I will place another order. Want a couple hints: Polka dots, Lace.... can someone say Lingerie Party? :) ALSO cute checks and dots in the newest Sprites! Full and half shares will be available. I can't wait to get my hands on these! *drool*

Posts enabled!

I have had several questions asking how to leave comments on my blog posts. The truth was that I had no idea how to fix the fact that comments couldn't be left by everyone. Well... problem solved... I *think* LOL! It just took a little bit of fishing around in the "options" area and I think I enabled comments from everyone. LOL Let me know if you have any problem posting by e-mailing me at texasjodylynn@yahoo.com .

APRIL NEW May Arts Share!

WOOHOO! The new ribbon share is HERE! I have FIVE wonderful new ribbon shares to choose from. :) They are all MAY ARTS ribbon! High quality, beautiful, drool worthy ribbon! Here are the details:

DOUBLE STITCHED GROSGRAIN SHARE:

• 1/2 inch double stitched grosgrain ribbon
• 10 great colors
• 3 yards of each color
• 3o yards total
• $15 plus shipping
  

POLKA DOT ORGANDY RIBBON SHARE:

• 3/8 inch polka dot organdy
• 10 great colors!
• 5 yards of each color
• 50 yards total
• $19 plus shipping
  

SOLID SQUARE STITCH RIBBON SHARE:

• 1/8 inch skinny square stitch ribbon
• 10 great colors!
• 10 yards of each color
• 100 yards total
• $22 plus shipping
  

GINGHAM RIBBON SHARE:

• 3/8 inch gingham ribbon
• 10 great colors!
• 5 yards of each color
• 50 yards total
• $25 plus shipping
  

DOUBLE RIC RAC RIBBON SHARE:

• 1/8 inch AND 1/4 inch ric rac ribbon
• 10 great colors for each width!
• 3 yards of each size and color
• 60 yards total (30 yards 1/8 inch and 30 yards 1/4 inch)
• $19 plus shipping
  

ALL 5 RIBBON SHARE:

• a full spot in each of the 5 shares
• $100
• FREE shipping!

Shipping will be a flat $5! If you order 1 single share or more (except the All 5 package, for that you get FREE shipping), shipping is still $5. Canada ships with no additional shipping costs. Other international: contact me for shipping rates.

No fee for paypal!

Ready to jump in? PLEASE make sure you add all share fees correctly. Send total amount and DETAILED note about exactly what you are ordering to my paypal address: texasjodylynn@yahoo.com If you do not know how to use paypal or are having a difficult time, e-mail me at that address and I will send you an invoice that will make it easier to send payment. :)

If you would like to pay by check or money order please contact me at texasjodylynn@yahoo.com with the details of which share(s) you would like to join. I will hold your spot for the share and send you my mailing address.

Sign ups will be open for at least 2 weeks. I will order ribbon as necessary throughout the month to lessen wait time. :)

As always, I will keep you updated throughout the process on my blog. Shipping time may vary based on shipment from manufacturer, but I will move quickly once I have received the products to lessen your wait time. Thanks in advance to anyone joining! If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me at the address listed above. Thank you and happy ribbon day! :)

Shipment updates

HI all! Just a few quick updates for you!

March Prima Share:

All shares that had ONLY Essentials and/or Got Flowers in them have been SHIPPED! They went out yesterday morning via priority mail. YAY! The Prima lovers and Daisy Crazy shares are waiting on 1/2 the daisies. I have been working to get all the flowers sorted that I have, so that when they daisies come in, they will be ready to go. I am expecting them to ship out to me no later than Friday, so they should be here by next week sometime. *fingers crossed*

March May Arts share:

The majority of this share has been shipped (another batch went out yesterday morning). I am waiting for one more shipment in the next couple of days to complete the paid spots I have now. There are a few participants I am waiting on payment from. If your name is on this list and you HAVE paid, please contact me with your payment info. If you have joined in the last couple days I realize it has not been enough time to receive payment. You can disregard. :) Thanks. :)

Kirsten Gonzalez
Darla Rowan
Kelly Lane
Carol Hager
Alison Copes
Shannon Black
Sandra Lew-Moll (friend) check mailed
Jill Jones

NEW April May Arts share will posted TODAY! I am finalizing the details and working on the pictures. :) Stay tuned :)

Essentials 2 Prima share

This share is CLOSED. It will be offered again later this month.

Have you seen the beautiful NEW Prima Essentials 2? I LOVE them. :) These boxes are packed with all different shapes, sizes and colors of flowers. I have some of these on hand to do a quick turnaround share. I have 10 spots open (with flowers IN hand), but can take additional sign ups and then place an order for more if necessary. If you join quickly enough to grab one of the first 10 spots, your flowers will ship out within 24 hours. If an additional order needs to be placed, shipping time will depend on the manufacturer's ship time to me. :)

NOTE: The 10 spots that I had on hand are now gone. If you would like to sign up, the Primas will be ordered as necessary and shipped out to participants as I get them. :) Thanks!

Details:

OPTION 1 (half share)

• All 4 varieties! You will receive half of each box. This is like having 2 full boxes of Prima Flowers! They will be bagged separately for each box. You will get 4 bags of different colored Prima Flowers!
• Cost: $15 plus $4.25 shipping ($19.25)
• If you would like me to add 2 empty boxes, please specify (no additional charge)

OPTION 2 (full share)

• All 4 varieties! You will receive 4 full boxes.
• Cost: $28 plus $4.25 shipping ($32.25)

Ready to jump in? Send total amount and DETAILED note about exactly what you are ordering to my paypal address:texasjodylynn@yahoo.com If you do not know how to use paypal, let me know and I will send you an invoice. :)

Deadline will be April 15th for sign ups. Payment must be received by April 15th also (paypal or check). If you would like to pay by check or money order please contact me at texasjodylynn@yahoo.com with the details. I will hold your spot for the share and send you my mailing address.

As always, I will keep you updated throughout the process on my blog. Shipping time may vary based on shipment from manufacturer, but I will move quickly once I have received the products to lessen your wait time. Thanks in advance to anyone joining! If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me at the address listed above. Thank you and happy FLOWERS!

I will be doing another Prima share late in April with more new types of flowers! Watch for the upcoming May Arts share details that are soon to be released! YAY

Got Penny Black?

When I read on SCS that there were new Penny Black stamps coming out, I was SO excited! I am a HUGE Penny Black fan! If you haven't ever noticed, I LOVE flower stamps and sentiments. I would have to say those are my 2 favorite things... well except for ribbon... and metal... and... well, I love Penny Black! LOL

I called the owner of the LSS Stamp & Scrap Trap (link to the right) and asked her to order them asap! I HAD to have them! :) They came in last week! YAY! I dedicated an entire drawer to put them in for now. I may introduce them into the general population of Penny Black, but for now they are in solitary confinement awaiting their inky fate.

Now that my stamp room is clean I plan to break them in SOON.

Organization makes me happy!

Organization in my life makes me very happy. That transcends to my stamp room also. Yes, creating in chaos IS possible, but I much prefer a "cleanish" stamp table. It's an added bonus when I can actually WALK on the floor instead of leaping from one open spot to another. LOL My stamp room had gotten so out of control that I could no longer find things I needed. I had more stuff than places to put it in, so I needed storage stuff.

My journey to a cleaner stamp room started the day that my husband purchased a Playstation 3. We were already at Walmart and since he was dropping some dough on that game system, I grabbed as many drawers as would fit in 2 carts. LOL When we got home I went to my stamp room and started the long task. I removed everything from the tops of my current drawers and threw everything in my bedroom. I worked in my stamp room for hours and hours and had made some progress, but then I ran out of drawers. So, the next day I went to Target to get some more drawers. I came home and got right to work putting even more things away, but again I ran out of drawers. LOL SO.... I went to Walmart the next day and bought even more drawers and put more stuff away! The floor was clean, everything was looking better than ever and then I realized I had lots of scrap card stock without a home. I had them in craft keepers, but that system wasn't working for me. I wasn't able to access them easily, so I decided I needed just two more drawer sets. LOL I purchased the 12 X 12, 3 drawer sets and assigned each one a color family. I sorted scraps for half a day! UGH! But, finally I was done. :) Now, everything is organized, more accessible and even better... I can walk in the entire room without having to perform acrobatics. YAY! It is not the beatifully done room, but it is functional. LOL I am ready to stamp now in a newly clean and organized space!

Oh and YES, I AM a ribbon addict. ;)