It is Lauren and Kristin's fault!!!

[Sharon Kay]

I am a hands on crafter...used to be a Craft Editor years ago for a children's website...so I have it under my fingernails (glue, paint, glitter)...as it were. I started out paper scrapping about 15 years ago. I used to rubber stamp my own cards.

...then the digi bug hit...and all my paper supplies are gathering dust...I could sit downstairs in my room for an entire day and piddle...but not like anything I was doing any more...but come upstairs and immediately like my digital layouts.

I was NOT going to get into hybrid...wasn't going to get into those projects. My justification was that I am so far behind in my 3 sons' books I don't have time. I don't need all those little projects sitting around.

Well...I bought the Beep Boop kit from Kristin and Lauren. My 14 year old ds saw the GEAR ALBUM that came with the kit as a new release. He decided it might be fun to do his own robotics album with the gear quick pages. So... I bought the Maya Gear album from the SSD shoppe...and then Hmmm how to adhere the pages? I am familiar with Xyron because of paper scrapping but my widest Xyron is only 5".

I went last night to Archiver's with my 30% off coupon and bought the new (pink) Bind-it-All thinking I would use it to do the calendars I make each Christmas. Still not hybrid as I see it...just printing my layouts & personalized calendar pages and binding at home rather than at Office Depot.

Well today...I go into Hobby Lobby with my 40% off coupon and there is the Bind-it-All instruction book! I check it out...oh I love the license plate frame book (I have personalized plates and oh how fun would that be?)... I love the desk calendar... I love the coupon book...uh oh...what happens next? ...

I walk out of Hobby lobby with the 9" wide Xyron machine (it happens to be on sale for 50% off) and with the Bind-it-All book!

Guess Lauren and Kristin hooked themselves a new hybrid girl! Never thought it would happen to me.

[lizzyfizzy]

la and kristin rock!!!!!!

[my4boys]

Could I ask how much the Bind-It-All is at Archivers? I am thinking of getting one.....

[Sarah8914]

woohoo!! sounds fun! how much was the xyron?

[Sharon Kay]

Originally Posted by my4boys

Could I ask how much the Bind-It-All is at Archivers? I am thinking of getting one.....

It was $75...but I had a 30% off coupon which helped. It was the newest bind-it-all (pink).

Hobby Lobby had the blue (older) bind-it-all for $60 and they had a 40% off coupon...but I had read about the enhancements on the pink one and decided to buy that instead.

I did go in yesterday with 40% off coupon and bought some of the binding rings. ...and the cashier told me that the Bind-It-All corner rounder ($25 retail) was 50% off...so I got it for $12.50!!! Hobby Lobby also had the bind-it-all project book...so I got it for 40% off on a separate trip to a different location.

[crecia27]

Its addictive I tell ya! I can't find a bind it all around here - but I'm buying the first one I find!!

[Sharon Kay]

Originally Posted by Sarah8914

woohoo!! sounds fun! how much was the xyron?

It was...gasp...$120...but I got it for $60...but if you figure it had 60 feet of adhesive...and the separate refills are 40' long for $35...it was a good deal to get the machine with it. I was originally going to borrow a machine from a friend...but this way I have one at my house.

Plus...if I get the double-sided laminate refill (which I forgot to look for last night! drats!) I can use it for homeschool projects.

I love the Xyron! I have a 1/2" size (mini one that was sold as a TOY but worked!), a 1.5", a 2.5", a 5", and now a 9"! I have been using Xyrons for YEARS now.