<sandyh> boy, do i need this class!

<Lilo> hi

<AndreaFL> hi Vicki

<Judy> hi, Jam!

<joy> hey

<sandyh> hi jam

<deb> hi vicki

<AndreaFL> sndy, me too, but I can't stay long :o(

<deb> are we all ready for class

<Lilo> yes please

<sandyh> ready!

<pmstamper> yes

<Jambalaya> CINDY CADE AND I OFTEN DISCUSS THE FACT, THAT OUR MUSES RUN AWAY FROM HOME OCCASIONALLY

<Jambalaya> WE ALWAYS ASK EACH OTHER IS MY MUSE AT YOUR HOUSE PLAYING WITH YOUR MUSE??

<deb> lol

<Jambalaya> BUT THE FACT IS, WE HAVE BOTH FOUND THAT DEADLINES WAKE UP OUR MUSES

<sandyh> oh yes!

<Jambalaya> NOTHING LIKE COMMITTING TO DO A CLASS TO GET THOSE JUICES FLOWING

<Jambalaya> MANY PEOPLE JOIN SWAPS FOR THE SAME REASON

<Judy> can just see it now - Jam saying "no class tonight - my muse is gone!"

<Jambalaya> LOL

<Jambalaya> ENTERING CONTESTS IS ANOTHER GOOD WAY TO FIND THE.......

<Jambalaya> DISCIPLINE!

<Jambalaya> YES DISCIPLINE

<sandyh> oooh...that word!

<Lilo> I am museless

<sandyh> lol

<Jambalaya> WE MISS IT FROM OUR SCHOOL DAYS WHETHER WE CAN ADMIT THAT OR NOT

<Jambalaya> THIS IS WHY WE FIND WAYS TO TRICK OURSELVES INTO DOING STUFF

<joy> 0,2my muse must be really lost

<Jambalaya> JOIN A SWAP JOY

<Lilo> which grade in school?

<Lilo> I must have an evil muse

<Jambalaya> LOL, LILO

<joy> 0,2I need one to get stuff done around the house- no trouble playing

<deb> joy please set your colors back to normal

<deb> thanks

<AndreaFL> I agree, Vicki, I can't seem to get myself motivated until I am facing one of those dead lions....

<Jambalaya> ROFL, AndreaFL

<Jambalaya> OK, SO MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO USE THESE THESE TACTICS

<pmstamper> yes, lets have no anmials harmed for the porpoise of stamping.

<deb> lol

<Lilo> lol

<Jambalaya> IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE JUST HAD ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD TO JUST PLAY

<sandyh> heaven

<Lilo> all the money in the world to play

<cherub78> i vote for that option!

<AndreaFL> oops...no muse calling..just my inlaws...sorry I have to fly

<Judy> lol, pm

<BC-away> ic

<Jambalaya> BUT LIFE GETS IN THE WAY SOMETIMES DOESN'T IT?

<BC-away> oops

<Jambalaya> TRULY, WE MUST MAKE TIME FOR OURSELVES

<Lilo> it's no fun when you have to schedule time with yourself to play

<Jambalaya> THE MUSE IN YOU IS STIFLED UNLESS YOU GIVE HER TIME

<sandyh> oh, poor lilo!

<Lilo> don't cry for me California

<sandyh> lol

<Lilo> Please don't make me leave, I will be good

<Jambalaya> GO INTO YOUR CRAFT ROOM, AND LOCK THE DOOR!

<sandyh> oh no! banished!

<Jambalaya> NOT RIGHT NOW

<Lilo> The room is so full I can't close the door

<Jambalaya> AFTER THE CONVENTION<G>

<joy> what door?

<Judy> lol

<Jambalaya> IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SEPARATE CRAFT ROOM, THEN GO INTO ANY ROOM YOU CAN LOCK

<joy> I can see me in the bathroom

<Lilo> dun dun da dun

<Jambalaya> TELL YOUR FAMILY TO CLEAN OUT THE FRIDGE FOR DINNER, YOU HAVE TO PLAY

<cherub78> boy, i can just see dh coming home, the kids running amuck, and me locked in a room!

<Jambalaya> ROFL

<Jambalaya> AND ONCE YOU HAVE A STAMP IN ONE HAND, AN INK PAD IN THE OTHER YOU'LL FIND THAT MUSE

<Jambalaya> DO YOU SMILE WHEN YOU LIFT THAT STAMP AND THE IMPRESSION CAME OUT GOOD?

<sandyh> why yes i do!

<cherub78> how did you know that?

<Jambalaya> BECAUSE DEAR HEART, THAT SMILE IS YOUR MUSE!

<sandyh> aha!

<joy> then my muse isn't lost afterall

<Jambalaya> NOPE

<Lilo> oh then I'm not museless

<Jambalaya> SHE'S WITH YOU ALL THE TIME

<cherub78> ohhhh! i just thought i was overly pleased with the fact i didn't smear it for once

<Jambalaya> YOU JUST HAVE TO LET HER OUT

<EvieNC> I wish she weren't so bashful.

<Jambalaya> HEH, CINDY'S EARS MUSTA BEEN BURNING

<Judy> lol

<joy> thanks-gotta run

<sandyh> yeah, mine needs to be a little more assertive.

<CindyC> i just got done with my notes

<CindyC> been working all day, sigh

<CindyC> and no nap either

<CindyC> so expect typos! lol

<Lilo> hi cindy

<Jambalaya> CINDY, I WAS JUST TELLING THE CLASS THAT OUR MUSES OFTEN RUN AWAY TOGETHER

<CindyC> hi lilo

<CindyC> they are so bad!

<Jambalaya> ISIS!!

<Tarotmama> hi

<CindyC> hi ya tarot

<Jambalaya> AND, DO YOU STILL SMILE EVERY TIME YOU WATCH THE EP MELT?

<Jambalaya> THERE SHE IS AGAIN!

<Lilo> I got the Muse in me, I got the Muse in me, I got the Muuuuse in me

<sandyh> lol

<Jambalaya> THATS RIGHT LILO!

<Tarotmama> i got a letter from a friend yesterday that talked about how we often starve our muses by not working at our art enuf

<Jambalaya> YES ISIS!

<sandyh> man, mine must be anorexic

<Jambalaya> THAT'S WHAT I WAS EXPLAINING

<Lilo> lol

<Tarotmama> tthat we actually give them energy when we play at art daily

<sandyh> daily? ohh, if only.....

<Jambalaya> YOUR MUSE IS ALWAYS WITH YOU, BUT BY NOT LETTING HER PLAY, YOU ARE STIFLING HER

<Tarotmama> even if just for a moment

<Tarotmama> but sandy, we can all do something daily

<Tarotmama> i think our problem often is that we think we have to have a LOT of time

<Tarotmama> and then don't do anything

<Tarotmama> now I'll shut up

<Tarotmama> lolo

<Tarotmama> :-X

<sandyh> it takes me so long just to find what i want...then time's up!

<Judy> find it one day

<Judy> stamp the next

* Tarotmama waves her hand to speak

<Judy> color the next

<sandyh> but i'm working on my organization!

<Jambalaya> SPEAK ISIS

<Lilo> oh sandy, you must let your muse breath

<Tarotmama> ok

<Tarotmama> sandy, get 7 small boxes

<Tarotmama> very small ones

<sandyh> ok?

<Tarotmama> use 20 minutes to fill each one with a couple of things

<Tarotmama> and everyday, play with ONLYT what's in that box

<Tarotmama> one box each day

<sandyh> good concept.....i can try that

<Tarotmama> try it and then you'll figure out what YOU want to do

<Jambalaya> THATS A WONDERFUL CONCEPT ISIS, TY

* Tarotmama now shuts up again

<Jambalaya> SILLY

<Tarotmama> and looks at her thrusday box

<Jambalaya> HIYA CAK!

<cak> (sorry to be so late---very confused computer)

<Jambalaya> OK, ORGANIZATION IS NOT A WASTE OF TIME THOUGH

<Lilo> what is in your thursday box?

<Jambalaya> DON'T BEGRUDGE YOURSELF THIS TOOL

<Tarotmama> i have a box for everyday to play with

<Tarotmama> i haven't played with my thursday box yet

<Tarotmama> i fill them every sunday

<Tarotmama> and dump them again on sunday and refill

<sandyh> that's a really good idea!

<Jambalaya> IN BETWEEN MY MAJOR PROJECTS, I ALWAYS SET ASIDE SOME TIME TO CLEAN UP, PUT AWAY, REORGANIZE A BIT

<Tarotmama> yep jam

<EvieNC> Do you have to move a cat from your desk space first?

<Tarotmama> we used to have a daily cleanup and organize chat group here

<sandyh> oh no! clean up???

<Jambalaya> THIS GIVES ME A FEELING OF A FRESH START

<Tarotmama> we could do that again

<pmstamper> I will start the meeting, Hi, my name is Pat, and I am a recovering messaholic.

<CindyC> i am going to take a break and get the kids ready for bed. back in a bit! †

<Tarotmama> it helped me to do clean up.. alot

<Jambalaya> EVIE, I WISH I KNEW WHAT I DID RIGHT WHEN MY CAT WAS A BABY, BUT SHE NEVER JUMPS ON TABLES, DESKS OR COUNTERS

<Tarotmama> Hi Pat, WELCOME

<Tarotmama> lol

<EvieNC> I wish I knew too, Jam. Even if I am there first, she comes and lies down right in the middle of my work.

<Jambalaya> LOL

<pmstamper> I can vouch for organizing = more productiveness.

<Jambalaya> CLEANING UP A BIT ALSO CALMS THE CONTROL FREAK IN ME

<Tarotmama> and more money

<Judy> yeah - being able to find things helps a lot

<Jambalaya> IT'S GOOD TO KNOW WHERE STUFF IS!

<Tarotmama> cause I tend to not remember what I have

<sandyh> that's my problem right now.

<Tarotmama> and buy it again

<Jambalaya> YEP

<Judy-away> will be back in a few

<Jambalaya> HI Regina

<Regina> HI

<Tarotmama> anyone esle buy something while out, get really excited you got it and get home and find you have 3 others just like it?

<Jambalaya> I ALSO FIND IT HELPFUL TO MAKE LISTS

<pmstamper> lol, Tarotmama, been there, done that.

<sandyh> that's how lilo is getting a bunch of craft stuff! i have her box right here!!!

<Jambalaya> UHHHHH, WELL EXTRAS ARE GOOD SOMETIMES<G>

<Jambalaya> SOMETHINGS WE TEND TO HOARD UNLESS WE HAVE A BUNCH

<EvieNC> I have duplicated rubber stamps sometimes.

<cherub78> not when dh gets the credit card bill!

<Regina> Have to go buy another of something 'cos I can't find the one I already have!

* Jambalaya LOOKS AROUND AT ALL THE HOARDERS

<sandyh> hee hee

<Lilo> Ya know Sandy there is this little man who will come to your house and you give him the box, and he delivers it to me!

* pmstamper tries to hide behind Regina.

<Jambalaya> GET THAT HANDMADE PAPER OUT AND USE IT!

<cherub78> but it looks so pretty on the shelf!

<Jambalaya> GET THOSE CHARMS OUT, YOUR MUSE WANTS TO PLAY WITH THEM

<cherub78> mmy problem is, i am afraid if i use something, then i will think of something even cooler i could have used it for

<Jambalaya> HERE'S AN INCENTIVE, IF YOU USE SOMETHING UP, YOU HAVE AN EXCUSE TO BUY MORE

<sandyh> i can't actually CUT my beautiful paper up!

<Lilo> I have to go for now, but I will be back........

<Regina> me,too, cherub

<sandyh> later, babe

<Lilo> check your email

<Jambalaya> SANDY, REDSTICK OF ENCHANTED INK HAD THE BEST SUGGESTION FOR TEARING INTO GOOD PAPER

<sandyh> ok

<Jambalaya> TEAR IT IN HALF

<Jambalaya> HOARD HALF,

<Jambalaya> USE HALF

<sandyh> i could maybe do that!

<Jambalaya> TO GET TO HAVE IT, AND USE IT TOO!!!

<EvieNC> I should do that with my Club Scrap paper. It's so hard to cut!

<Patty_g> Hi everyone

<sandyh> hi patty

* Jambalaya GETS THE HOT GLUE GUN WARMED UP FOR PATTY

<sandyh> lol

<Patty_g> LOL(y)

<Regina> I give things away and then wish I hadn't.

<Patty> Hi everyone -- oh! Another Patty! :):)

<Patty_g> the tired another patty

<Jambalaya> OK, SO WHAT ELSE ARE YOU HOARDING?

<pmstamper> didn't Isis have a class on making an idea book--or did I dream that?

<Patty> I'll try to help keep you awake!

<sandyh> embossing powder.

<Jambalaya> YES PAT

<sandyh> not so much hoarding but buying too much

<pmstamper> shucks, and I already missed it?

<cherub78> cd's, dominos, playing cards, paint chips

<EvieNC> I'm hoarding some scrabble tiles.

<Regina> pretty ribbon

<Jambalaya> WE TALKED ABOUT CREATING A JOURNAL OF SAMPLES

<Jambalaya> THIS IS ALSO GOOD EXCERSISE FOR THE MUSE

<pmstamper> reason I brought it up was that swashes of those favorite papers would make some great pages to inspire.

<sandyh> missed it, but sounds like a good idea

<Phyl> Hi Barb

<Jambalaya> EVIE, USE THEM , HASBRO HASN'T GONE OUTTA BUSINESS, THEY'LL MAKE MORE

<EvieNC> I know you are right, Jam. But...

* Jambalaya Bops EvieNC

<EvieNC> ouch!

<Phyl> I hoard everything

<Phyl> and I am addicted to buying

<sandyh> yeah, me too

<Phyl> it is a disease

<Jambalaya> YA BUT IT'S A FUN DISEASE

<EvieNC> I have so much stuff I have not used. I'm embarrassed.

<Jambalaya> HI andre

<cherub78> i thought i would just wait until the muse voice tells me what to do with the stuff. been waiting a l-o-n-g time now

<cak> I'm not sure if this has been discussed, but I often hoard 'cause I don't want to use up something beautiful and make something horrible

<Phyl> not when ih starts to yell about you taking over the house

<Phyl> my must has laringitis

<Jambalaya> CAK, YES, THAT'S A NATURAL FEAR

<cak> yeah, cherub78, muses need to be encouraged I guess (I'm not social enough?)

<Jambalaya> BUT I SWEAR, IF YOU MESS IT UP, THERE'S MORE TO BUY<G>

<Phyl> or like i think Evie said use it up and then can't find it again

<Phyl> i have done that a lot of times

<Phyl> then i went web surfing until I almost drown

<Jambalaya> WELL, AGAIN, IT DOESN'T MATTER, THERE'S ALWAYS NEW STUFF TO BUY!

<Phyl> isn't that just the truth

<EvieNC> I need to remember that, Jam

<Jambalaya> I BET ALL OF US HAVE MORE STUFF THAN WE'LL EVER GET TO

<Phyl> always new stuff and believe me it has gotten a lot better than when I first started to stamp

<sandyh> oh yes!

<deb> roflol

<deb> ya think jam?

<Phyl> in ten life times

<cherub78> my muse is probably on vacation on a tropical isle and will send me one of those Greeting From Aruba postcards

<Tarotmama> or, you start a new hobby, and make whatever you used up

<Tarotmama> I've done that

<Jambalaya> AND WON'T IT BE A SHAME WHEN YOUR STUFF GETS SOLD AT A GARAGE SALE FOR 10 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR?

<cak> (try to remember that the Scarsity Myth is a myth--things are nearly as scarse as we think)

<EvieNC> ewwwwwwwwww

<Patty> I'm so glad to hear that someone else has more stuff than they'll ever use!

<Phyl> i have been collecting things for many many many years

<BC-away> welcome, jacqui

<Jacqui> Hello there!

<Tarotmama> i needed a certain kind of paper, and now own dekles, moulds and a huge paper press

<Patty> I don't want to be the Only one!

<Jambalaya> ENJOY YOUR STUFF!

<Jacqui> thanks for the help. This is my first time being here.

<Jambalaya> YOU PAID GOOD MONEY FOR IT

<Jambalaya> IT'S YOURS

<Phyl> lol i enjoy running my fingers through it

<Phyl> lol I am hopeless

<pmstamper> hey, cherub, you gave me an idea--get started by making yourself the kind of postcard your muse would send from vacation spot. lol

<Jambalaya> AND IT SHOULD BRING YOU HAPPINESS

<cak> it's a discussion Jacqui--good first experience! Just jump right in

<cak> fabulous idea pm!

<sandyh> good idea, pm

<Shannon> is she here? did y'all find my muse?

<Patty> I agree! I paid for it, so I have a right to enjoy owning it, right?

<Jambalaya> WE DID SHANNON

<deb> she's at jams'

<cherub78> can I send it from Aruba too?

<EvieNC> My muse took one look at my desk and ran out.

<Jambalaya> WE ALL KNOW EXACTLY WHERE YOUR MUSE IS

<Shannon> i knew someone was holding her hostage

<pmstamper> lol

<cak> (and they refuse to send a ransom note)

<Jambalaya> WELL, IF YOU'D BEEN HERE YOU'D KNOW TOO<G>

<Jambalaya> NEENER NEENER

<Patty> Whoever told me to go to #craftclass -- thank you; never been here before

<Tarotmama> um, here is a question...

<cherub78> your welcome

<Jambalaya> WELCOME PATTY!

<Phyl> fun times in class Patty

<Tarotmama> have any of you spent time actually making a muse?

<Patty> Thank you. Never knew this was here

<Jambalaya> TELL US ISIS

<cherub78> making a muse?

<Phyl> i make a mess

<Phyl> does that count

<Tarotmama> seriously

<Phyl> ok tell us isis

<Tarotmama> when I feel my muse is gone, I make a new one

<Tarotmama> a small doll

<Tarotmama> that I listen to

<BC-away> oooh

<BC-away> let me break in for a sec

<Tarotmama> I make one and ut her on my craft table

<Tarotmama> k

<BC-away> jam, are we going to have a replay of my tiara fairy class?

* Tarotmama hands BC the talking stick

<Jambalaya> WE ARE!

<BC-away> for the euro's

<Phyl> ah a bendi muse

<MomCatAFK> MOnica

<Jambalaya> SATURDAY AT....UM.....6

<BC-away> tarotmama helped me with my bendi muse

<cherub78> and if our little muse doesn't tell us ideas, we poke it with our xacto???

<Phyl> or pins?

* Jambalaya Bops cherub78

* Jambalaya Bops Phyl

<BC-away> oooh, don't hurt your muse

<Phyl> ouchie

<MomCatAFK> want to do it tomorrow at 2?

<BC-away> she'll abandon you

<BC-away> I need tomorrow afternoon off, mc

<Jambalaya> HI harrymom

<MomCatAFK> k

<Jambalaya> SATURDAY AT....UM.....6

<BC-away> Saturday at 6 pm EDT

<Jacqui> Welcome harrymom! :-)

<Jambalaya> BE HERE TO SEE BLACKCATS DOLLS

<Phyl> that you Harry?

<cherub78> i think i shall make a lil muse doll after class. i need a playmate in my locked room.

<harrymom> hello

<Jambalaya> WE'RE LOCATING OUR MUSES

<Jambalaya> ISIS, PLEASE GO ON

<Regina> So glad you're doing BC's fairy doll again on Sat so I can attend.

<Tarotmama> if she doesn't talk to you, then make another muse

<Patty> Blackcats dolls? huh? Pardon my ignorance; I'm new here

<Tarotmama> here is the thing

<Patty> The word cat always gets my attention

<Tarotmama> the actual ACT of making a muse is the muse herself speaking to you

<Tarotmama> moswt of our problems come from listneing to our inner critic

<BC-away> don't tell them toooo very much, tarotmama

<BC-away> wanna build the suspense <G>

<Tarotmama> we start doing something and thins voice starts haroing at us

<Tarotmama> oo

<Tarotmama> k

<cherub78> i have a very big inner critic

<cak> Patty, BlackCats will be teaching a class on making dolls (thus the BC dolls)

<Tarotmama> :-X

<Tarotmama> lol

<cherub78> what time on Sat is that?

<Jacqui> Is this the class where Cindy teaches how to use the Wizard die cut? I may have goofed since this is my first time here.

<BC-away> it will be in the other room in a few minutes, jacqui

<cak> close Jacqui, this is the end of the class before Cindy's

<Patty> Oh! Thanks for the explanation.

<cak> something else that might help, is to keep a journal or file of images you love (from magazines, etc). Look through that and it helps define what appeals to you

<Jacqui> Thank you for your help :-)

<BC-away> your welcome

<BC-away> just ask if you have a question or problem

<Jacqui> Thanks a bunch

<EvieNC> Time for me to go. Survivor will be starting in a few minutes :)

<Jambalaya> y'all check the schedule every day, it does change a bit sometimes

<EvieNC> Nite all, and thanks Jam!

<Jacqui> Good night Evie

<Jambalaya> NEXT EVENT IS IN #rubberclassroom

<cherub78> i'm gonna start on making my muse during Survivor. can my muse have a buff?

<Jambalaya> lol

<sandyh> some good tips from everybody....i need all the help i can get. thanks

<pmstamper> thanks jam. lots of inspiration in this one.

<Jambalaya> i'm glad

<Jambalaya> thanks for coming y'all

<Jambalaya> NEXT EVENT IS IN #rubberclassroom

<Judy> Thanks, Jam! Interesting!

<cherub78> i seriously feel more like stamping right now than watching Survivor

<sandyh> thanks, jam

<cak> Thanks everyone

<cherub78> thanks! great class!

<Jambalaya> TO GET TO NEXT CLASS, JUST CLICK HERE>>> #rubberclassroom

<cak> this sounded like a wonderful discussion--some oldies but goodies and some new ideas. A very good mix

<Jambalaya> ty