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Until I received my order in the mail, I assumed Stamp Francisco was actually in San Francisco. Apparently not! Not that it matters, much. Except that I had planned on visiting since I live in the Bay Area. It comes to find out that they are located in Washington and don't have a brick and mortar shop, anyhow. None of this matters, though because I was plenty pleased with what I discovered from their online shop. I am always on the lookout for good rubber stamps. I like to find new and original ones, as do most people, I am sure. This shop has just that. I spend ages browsing their stamp selection and ended up buying 4. And I will definitely be going back for more. They offer such a selection of great stamps, which most were new to me. You can buy mounted or unmounted in most of their stamps. The savings is considerable if you opt for the unmounted. It was tough deciding which to buy, but here is what I ended up with:










my favorite is the last one, the warning label. If your are into stamps, especially original ones, give Stamp Francisco a try, you'll like it.

The mailman is one of my favorite people on the days he brings me a package I've been eagerly waiting for. With my online shopping habit, that mailman is well liked by me. But once a month he's my best friend when he brings me the latest issue of
REAL SIMPLE. Today was one of those days. I'm even lucky enough to have it every month for free, because my mom loves it as much as I do. She always renews my subscription when she does hers, with their 2 for1 offer for loyal readers. Thanks mom. If you don't already read this perfect-in-every-way magazine, let me just share a little bit of what you are missing. One of their sections, "solutions", is jammed packed with a-ha ideas for everyday problems. Here are a few of the August finds:

The bottle tripod:



This handy little doodad fits right on top of a soda bottle or water bottle to create a tripod. Very handy for group shots to include yourself in, or for stable picture taking. These can be found at Compact Impact, which is an awesome source in itself for more little "solutions".

Next, the Maze Brownie Pan from Fred Flare.


For those fans of the edge pieces of a pan of brownies (that's me). This pan creates at least 2 edges with every piece of brownie. Talk about genius. I gotta get me one of these. Besides that, another great find, is Fred Flare, which is also packed full of fun things to buy. Thanks Real Simple.

The tripod and the brownie pan were my favs, but every solution mentioned this month were must see's including some shaving gel tablets, and some great uses for lettuce leaves and shower curtain liners. I'm pretty sure you can read about all this on their website, if you don't subscribe. But trust me, pick up an issue, and you'll soon be hooked like me. Enjoy.

I had been looking forward to my MOO cards arriving, and they are finally here. For the most part, I'm happy with them. For some reason they look a little better on the computer screen, then they do in person. When does that ever happen? If I were to order them all over again, I probably would have taken my time a bit more, and chose my photos a bit more carefully. I like the pictures I had printed, but something about them, just seems a bit off. Anyhow, they are cool enough to still give out. Have a look...

I only ordered these 3 different photos, which were my favorites from the sets I've sold. As I look at them here, they still look better on the screen, then in person. Strange. Maybe I'm delusional, and they look exactly the same. The great thing about these MOO cards, is that you can order a set of 100 for 19.99. But if you want, you can get 100 different photos printed up, or any combination of, that add up to 100. You'd think that would cost extra, but it's all the same price. I think most people who order them, who don't order them as business cards, do it that way, 100 different photos. I just can't think of a reason other than wanting to share business info, for ordering these things. Do people do it for sharing their phone numbers? Anyhow, these guys came up with a cool little product, that really seemed to take off. Good on them. Go check it out, and maybe get your own MOO cards made up. It's great fun.