We hung up the phone last night with "See ya tomorrow!" and giggles just echoing over the phone. We sounded like we were teenagers again and it was pretty funny. The whole family was waiting for this moment, when Trixie and the Sassy Stamper would be together for a little "stamp-fest".
You see, a couple of months ago, my sister came up with the brilliant idea of "virtual stamping". This came up after her and the kids were messing around with her Mac camera at Thanksgiving. It was going to take me a wee bit more time to get my act together up here, as I don't have the "Mac-daddy" of computers as she does - pun intended.....
We had worked the last couple of evenings trying to get the camera running on my computer. I actually needed to walk away from her for a little bit because she couldn't do the over the phone support desk help thing effectively enough and Hot Rocks had never installed a camera before on the computer, so this was new to him too. I needed to work with it alone, in the quietness of my home. HA!
I followed what FEW and I mean FEW instructions were given on the package and in the instruction pamphlet.
So tonight was the BIG night, the Red Carpet Stamp Event, if you might say. Yes, it was going to be a night of complete stampin' MOJO madness....
That was until we couldn't get the computers to let us talk to each other without our ears to the phone or on (in?) a headset.
Have no fear, Hot Rocks is near! He jumps in the chair and takes over. All the kids are waving to Auntie - she is there - she is really there - and they are giggling as much as we did the night before.
20 minutes later, we are up and running - voices being heard loud and clear over the computer and sisters grinning and giggling like little kids because Karrie's idea really worked and we'll never be the same again!
I would love to report that our stamping MOJO was unbelievable. That we were showing each other one great creative card after another but after the immediate technical/audio difficulties, we had pretty much lost our stamping creativeness.
That was just fine though, as we had watched our favorite movie together....The Fellowship of the Rings. We had just sat there with each other for over 3 hours ... just chatting like we were in each other's homes and knew that we would have many more days of stamping fun to come!
Virtual Stamping - the next best thing to the REAL thing!
How fun!! :) I can't wait to meet your sister on your computer!! :)
Posted by: Karla | January 22, 2009 at 08:48 AM
Hello Jumbo-tron!!! LOL I have FUN last night, we need to do it again SOON! xoxoxoxo, Kare
Posted by: karrie baker | January 22, 2009 at 11:45 AM
Even though no stamp fest...sounds like a fun sisterly time!
Posted by: Sonya Gala | January 22, 2009 at 04:07 PM
Earth to Karrie.....come in. She looks like she's talking to you from the command center. Hahaha! How fun. I bet your kids will be on the web cam as much as you are talking to Karrie.
Posted by: Dana | January 22, 2009 at 07:51 PM
I'm so glad you enjoyed talking with that floating neck and head. wonder if its too late for me to get a sister...I'll ask my 86 yr old mother.
Posted by: sharon in NE | January 22, 2009 at 08:10 PM