Rubber Stamp Angel Policy for Stamp On It

Angel Policywww.stamponit.net/angel-policy

Angel Policy. STAMP ON IT (and it’s brand lines) is an angel company! This means the purchaser of our stamps/products can use them to make items for personal and private resale. Mechanical, electronic, digital, or any form of reproduction other than hand-made is not allowed.

Hearing alot of problems in the stamping world and junk journals with certain unnamed companies and their stamps...so here is our angel policy for all of our stamps.  Come check it out at stamponit.net .   We carry Artful Stamps, Biblical Impressions, Eureka Stamps, QKR and Alluring Stamps. And a lot more! 

Have fun paper crafting and stamping!

It has really been awhile....and so much has changed.

Well, the last time I posted was in 2015...4 years gone and in the record books. Well, no records were set. My husband and brother-in-law started their maple syrup business but lost it all in a barn fire in February of 2018.  So now they are in the business of just rebuilding the barn.  I don't think that any maple syrup will be in the foreseeable future.  They both are getting ready to retire and fixing up old cars is looking better and better.  
My sister and I had some of our stamp business in the barn too, but due to very persistent and courageous firemen our little corner of the barn was saved.  So we are still going strong in the stamp and paper crafting world.  My sister more than I...she and her family do all the shows and I just make sure that they have the stamps. Thankfully when I retired from pottery I had sold or gave away all of my supplies and equipment before the fire. Now I have discovered the world of "junk journaling" and enjoy creating things with paper, glue, stamps and a sewing machine.  All my years of hoarding every kind of paper imaginable, file folders, old books, magazines and a ton of stuff (my husband would call junk)...now is paying off. And the plus side to junk journaling is that it is a lot lighter to lift than stoneware pottery.
So with all of that said...turning a corner and starting a new and different chapter....I hope to post now and then about the stamping and journaling goodies that we (my sister, I and StampOnIt)are working on and this summer is going to be special with some of the grandkids working on journals of their own. It is fun taking scraps and found stuff from thrift stores and garage sales and making a beautiful creative card for someone or a special journal for all those wonderful memories. 
And hopefully I can figure out how to change the name of my blog...because there is no more pottery!

 ...taking my own photographs and making paper...

my very messy and cluttered workspace...

...my photographs of flowers, pottery letters that survived the fire and a very special picture of my mom.

Starting Something New!!

Since closing down my pottery business and going into business with my sister at QKR Rubber Stampede.......I have also been busy helping my husband and brother-in-law get their little hobby business on it's feet.  They call themselves "two old sap's" and they are making PMS 100% Pure Maple Syrup. 

Their label which says it all!

Just a few of the sizes...Quart, Pint and Jelly Jar.

The mandatory label.

This is a 12 oz Jug for $8.00 and we have a 16 oz Jug for $10.00.  As I am closing down this site soon....I will be opening a new site "Old Sap's PMS Pure Maple Syrup".  You can also find us on Facebook under the same name.  
100 % Pure Maple Syrup from our neck of the woods to your kitchen!!

Windsong

The big kiln, rolling table, clay, and most of my equipment is sold.  All I have left to sell is some glazes and two smaller kilns....which I will get around to this coming spring.  My facebook page is closing down and I am veering off on a new page Windsong Inc.  I will be making stamps and keeping up with the whereabouts of Stamp On It, Inc., lot's of journaling ideas, kid's crafts, quilting and many more creative things.  Eventually I am also closing down my blog....just because pottery is on the pages of past history for me.  Looking forward to a great new year....blessings!

Bailey Kiln Model LT-3K-H with kiln sitter

Model LT-3K-H Bailey high fire kiln, with kiln sitter.   Max temp 2350 F.  The kiln is 20 1/2" with a 19" extension.  I bought the kiln brand new and my husband (electrician) has maintained it the whole time.  It is plugged in and still working.  It has 7  27" half moon shelves and all the posts included. A couple of the shelves are warped and should be replaced.   The fire brick are all in good condition.  The lid shows some cracks but nothing is loose.  Asking $650.00.  Message me if interested.  Judy

Selling my pottery tools....Slab Roller, Extruder, and Kiln.

After over 30 years of doing pottery I am calling it quits.  I have for sale my Brent SR 36 slab roller with a Bailey extruder attached to the table.  The rolling table is a double pass and is in very good condition.   The extruder has all the dies and they are stainless.  And I am happy to report that I have sold the slab roller and extruder.  They will be moving on to a new artist soon.

Old Window Photo Display....Moments.

Old window photo display...Moments.... upper right and left pane are missing and wire goes across both rows of windows.  Can be hung securely from the wire or the hinges.  This would make for a great display of black and white photos too.  It will be for sale at Not So Shabby in Holland as of 4/15/14. Sold the black window, but have an identical window in Not So Shabby now and it's white...same price... $45.00.

Handmade tiles can be found on Etsy. 

Going Green for spring!!

This was my first out-door spring project this year.  Keith and I have lived here for over 20 years and the doors have been burgundy and blue....pretty mellow.  Well, I took a big leap and tried "New Advocado" from the Lowe's new spring colors.  No one quite believes me, but I used a free sample jar and did the door and the side lights.  Also updated the door handles with some $1.00 cans of black spray paint that were only missing their caps.  For that price if it is still too wild for Keith in the fall I can change it up again. :-)

Reclaimed, recycled, reused......

A unique bench/hutch using a old table, screen door and a bread box...makes for a very useful piece of furniture for the house, deck, porch or patio.

Bread box opens for even more storage and a wire with clothes pins for display.

Add a little glitz to the porch/patio during the day and a little ambiance at night.  Solar lights charge during the day, shine at night.

Bookcase made from all reclaimed lumber...shabby chic white.   The bench and chandelier are sold and the white bookcase can be seen and purchased at Not So Shabby in Holland MI>

Hutch with a new coat!!

My husband found this hutch at a garage sale a couple of years ago and we used it to display all of his copper pieces.  It was just an ordinary dark brown stained hutch that someone had actually hand made

for his wife many years earlier.  I refuse to pay the big $$$ for the specialty paints, glazes and wax, so I found some customer rejects for $3 a qt at Lowe's, made my own glaze and used Minwax to wax it.  Now we like it so much better that we don't want to sell it right now...so it will live in our basement for a few more years and the copper really shines with the blue and gray color.

It's beginning to look a lot like.......SPRING!

Can't wait for the real flowers and green grass!

Simplify...cheese box storage.

...the perfect door to display all your treasured artwork.

"nailed" Fruits of the Spirit.

 Check it out today, tomorrow or maybe this weekend!!  Not So SHabby in Holland MI.

Windsong Pottery has all the Country Home Creations Dips on sale......Salsa Ranch is my of favorite dip mixes.

The snow will melt when pigs fly!

Spring is starting to show up at Not So Shabby in Holland.  We have new vendors, vendors moving to different spots and tons of new spring things and creations showing up everyday.

Hand made stoneware letter tiles

Each tile is hand-made and no 2 are exactly alike.  They are high fired with a iron oxide wash and a high-fired clear glaze.  Great for use on old windows, picture frames, boxes, labels, stamped cards, mosaic projects.  They are weather resistant depending on how you mount them.  Letters A - Z all upper case and numbers 1 - 0.  Also have ? and !.  $1.50 each and 1 - 40 tiles will ship to anywhere in US for $6.00.

Bowling alley bar top....without the bowling balls please...

Our old bar was a 2 tier bar. It worked for quite a few years, but the more grandchildren we got, the less useful it was.  It was hard to eat on one level and have the food on another.  We found a piece of  bowling alley on Craig's List.  It sat for many years in the garage waiting for us to get the nerve up to actually do something with it. Once we decided that now was the time, it still  took quite a few saw blades to cut the piece to the right length and to angle the ends.  When it came time to get it in the house it was very heavy and quite flimsy, with the brace boards off.

We still have some finishing to do, but we are very happy that we finally did it.  Another project almost off the list and just in time for Christmas and all the grandkids.

And the really nice thing is that my old bar stools are wood and all we have to do is cut a couple inches off each leg and they are reusable.

Finished with 9 coats of tung oil for a gorgeous water resistant finish.

Christmas Open House at Not So Shabby in Holland, MI.   November 8...4pm til 8pm and then on Saturday November 9...10am til 5pm.  The store will be closed Nov. 8 until 4pm and then we will open the doors at 4pm.  The store will be packed to the brim with Christmas decor and gifts, yummy things to eat, door prizes and a grand prize drawing.  And if that isn't the best...lots of vendors will also have sales.  Plan now for a great day of shopping and browsing.

Mirror Mosaic Sunburst

Added at Not So Shabby....a mirror mosaic sunburst....

...and a very retro wood and brass cattails.

Mirror and tiles....

Hudsonville Septemberfest is in the books...and as tired as my trailer is and I am....retirement??

It's been a long time since I have had the trailer completely empty....and set up on time for the early shoppers 8:15am.....and on top of that not sleeping since 3 am....I am ready to sleep now.  It was another good show...thank you to all my loyal customers.  I will let you know what I think?? the future holds.