Cottage Lane Stamper

For the last 15 years I have been making these Mini CD Jewel case calendars.  These are the designs for this year.   For me coming up with designs are the most difficult part.  Sometimes ideas come to me in the middle of the night and everything goes smoothly, then sometimes it takes me forever to come up with a design.  This year I had the December design in my head before I even started January.                         For the first time I kept track of the amount of time and the supply costs. I always knew that if I charged my customers the labor involved no on would want to purchase my calendars, even if I used minimum wage as the labor cost.  Just the coloring along for October took me 8 hours.  Uffda!!! I'd love to hear which are your favorites.  I also have m...

Do you get frustrated when stamping multiple things like Christmas cards?  There have been years, when making my mini cd calendars for craft fairs, that I thought I would never finish.  I would keep messing up, sometimes over and over!  So much wasted paper, time and energy.  This year, I'm blessed to say, that I'm already up to August and haven't had to reprint anything!  All due to the Stamparatus!  I've done videos on this before but today I thought I would show you how easy it is to use, when making my calendars.  The stamp set I'm using, Painted Harvest, is not an easy one to line up, but today it was, dare I say, a breeze!  Hope you enjoy this video. You can purchase the Stamparatus here for a list of the products and to   shop for your Stamparatus here! The template for the calendar is available in my Etsy store:  Cottage Lane Stamper