Cute Coaster Calendars

Last night was the last meeting for my hostess club group. The past six months sure flew by! I have really enjoyed meeting with them each month...what a nice group of women! Having this club each month has challenged me to continuously come up with new ideas to show them. Luckily there is the Internet loaded with so many great stamping blogs and websites...so many excellent ideas and so little time!

For one of our projects last night we did these cute coaster calendars. I had first seen them on a great blog I love to visit called Stampin' Mama Designs. On her post here Erika gave directions and a source for ordering these little calendars. I'm so glad I saw this because in the past I had printed/cut them myself...this was so much easier! I gave the group a choice of making theirs magnetic or with an easel back like the post it note coasters shown here.

I had an assortment of patterned papers to choose from so it was fun to see how different everyone made theirs. We stuck to using two stamps...either the medallion from Carte Postale or one of the flowers from the new Hostess set Time Well Spent. My sample done with Carte Postale is an easel back and the Time Well Spent sample is a magnet. I think I like the layout better on the Time Well Spent version because it shows more of the patterned paper.

I'm also going to put up a photo of the easel back one from the side view so you can get a better idea on how that looks.

I also had the group make a little pouch and then fill it with some really cute handmade gift tags.

They loved them! When they were done they had an assortment of 14 gift tags that they could use or give as a cute little gift. That project ended up turning into a real challenge for me because 3 of the 6 members ended up not being able to attend last night, and I always stamp their projects if they can't make it. So...that means I stamped 42 tags and made 3 coaster calendars last night with the rest of the group. You should have seen me...I was a stampin' fool! Actually I can't believe I got them all done (there is assembly required;-) C & J you owe me big time! hehehe

I'll post the tag pouch and tags tomorrow after I take some pictures.

Today we are finally putting up our Christmas tree! Yeah! Have a great day!