Sunday, August 31, 2008

HSM and Hannah Montana

Who hasn't heard of the Disney Channel and:
High School Musical and Hannah Montana!
PLAID has come out with clear stamps featuring HSM characters and Hannah Montana housed in a CD case. I was so excited when I saw these clear stamps at the CHA convention. My daughters enjoy watching these Disney shows. What's so fabulous is that we can make our own crafts now using these stamps.
All the characters from High School Musical are featured: Troy Bolton, Gabriella, Sharpay, Wildcats, and the catch phrases they used.
Hannah Montana stamps show Miley Cyrus in various poses along with catch phrases and guitars.
Both sets are great for all ages. My little ones just giggle making their own scenes and putting the phrases onto their back backs. My older girl (she's 14) is too cool for HSM and Hannah Montana (although she does watch the shows), she got into the guitars and other phrases. We used fabric paints and permanent ink to stamp her school bag. She just started high school and she wanted to wait until school started to see what everyone else is wearing before she'd buy anything new. Personally, that concerned me and disappointed me. I know that it's important to fit in, but it's a shame that she feels that she needs to "blend in". After a few days of high school, she said that most people are quite boring. The only people that stand out, really stand out: multi-colored spiked hair, piercings, etc. This weekend we bought several t-shirts and some new jeans. We are decorating them using the Disney stamps pads. She's really into guitars so we are using silver, gold and bronze fabric paints and we are stamping the shirts and jeans. I am so happy that she is getting more creative and trying to show her personality. We will not go over board, she is a teenager and still trying to find her identity, but she does like to get compliments.
What's also great is that these clear stamps come in a CD case. Besides being easy to carry and organize, you can use the CD case as the stamping block. Just pull out some markers, pull off the clear stamp you'd like to use and place it onto the CD case and stamp on anything! What can be easier? Wipe it clean with a wet paper towel. These stamps do not take up much space. Use them anywhere. I've added a few of the Disney Clear stamp CD cases to my Tote-Ally Cool Shoulder Bag. I've talked about this shoulder bag before. It's fabulous with the removable mesh pockets. I keep it filled with various supplies. Having two little girls, I need to keep them entertained. So now I keep the following items inside: snacks (lately it's Yogos), kleenex, lipgloss, crayons and markers, blank paper and coloring books, books, and 4 clear stamp CD cases, and clay or Play Doh. Wherever I go, I take this tote-ally cool shoulder bag. It zippers close, it's trendy and I am always ready. Maybe some of you have small children that sit still for a long time; I don't.

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