Taunia Please thank Barbieboop and thank you for posting it.Ithink you can save it to your files and then add a column. This is sure going to help me in my craft room The only thing I added was the freezer paper. There are a couple of things I'm not familiar with but will ask about them later on. ABCs and rubber stampingon Sat, Jan 18, 03 at 23:46 I thought this was cute; the list was made by barbieboop: (edited by Minnie-Tx) ABCs & rubber stamping Lets have some fun! ABC's and rubberstamping: how many stamping products are there? can we make a list of them from a-z? A adhesive, adventerous (I mean you've got to try some new things!), acetate, artistic wire, aluminum foil, amazing glaze, appliques, art markers, acrylic blocks, Anti-Static bag, Angel Dust- a stamping powder, B brayer, buying, blending, blender, book making, books, beedz, beads, baby wipes bleach, buttons background papers bone folder boxes C chalk collozzle creating crafting cutting circle cutters crystal laquer chocolate charms corrugator compressed sponges cardstock color wheel confetti cold laminate collage cutting board Carving tools and erasers COOL FINGERS Corner Pro Corner rounder Corner punches D die cuts dream weaver stencils dry embossing/de bossing diamond glaze, Dr. Martin's of course dried flowers in paper double-sided adhesive tape Duplo CS daubers (finger and mini) decorator papers decorative scisors dimension deckle scissors DOTS--the stamps and the POP kind E embossing powders embossing pens Envelopes, EVOS templates exacto knife erasers, F fun foam fairy dust fabric ink FINGERS french fry box (makes a wonderful pattern) fibers foam board Fit-It Custom Template Printing cd-rom foils flock fabric Faerie Dust Faerie Myst Paints Faerie Glass Fiskars paper edgers freeform emboss Freezer Paper Flesh color pencils by Lyra Fuschia ink & pads funtustic??? funky film??? G glue glitter glitter glue gel pens gold leaf glossy paper glue stick garanimals tags( makes a neat image on a card) gem stones glimmer glow spray glycerin, H heat gun hand made paper HALOS hole punches heart templates, I ink ink pads interference IRON, J juicy ink pads and pens junk- for embellishing jewelry (good for collage) jump rings jelly rollers (pens) Jute Joss Paper (you can find it at oriental markets) Judikins K kat trax tool-(A kat trax tool is something the radiant pearls people put out to stipple the radiant pearls with. Kind of like a wiry brush- holly.) Knives KAI's scissors kid fingers kaleidacolors Kreate a lopes, L liquid Applique loop lace liquid crystal light box, M marvey markers metallic rub ons metallic markers Memories ink pads mulberry paper Mica milwaukee heat gun marbled stone marbles mulberry paper MaGill Punches magic Melt Embossable Pearls N new techniques new stamps nail polish (for background tech.) needlenoise nylon ribbon Nesting Templates Neopaque paints??? O oval templates oval cutters orginal works of art organizers O- rings for dangly things ORGANZA RIBBON Orgami papers Oil pastels! P puff paint pearl ex pigment ink perm. Ink powdered pearls pens pencils paint brushes paper paint(tulip paint for fabric, embellishments) PolyShrink Positioner paper punches PATTERNS-COOL SHAPPED CARD postage stamps cancelled paper towels polymer clay PAPERMAKING KITS PAPERCASTING KITS PAPERPUNCHES FOR PUNCH ART penscore paper clay Q q tips for blending and chalks QUOTES FOR INSPIRATION Quick drying glue Quilt cards Quilling toolsuestions R rubber stamps rubber radiant pearls ranger ink pads rice in a balloon for a background stamp ruler rubber bands ribbon raffi re-inkers Rollagraphs, S stenciling stippling sponges sayings stamps salad spinner shelf liner sticker paper Stickles- (acid-free glitter glue by Ranger) scoring tools scissors salt!-(for watercolor resist technique) spackle Scotch tape shrink art SWAPS scraps STAPLES shaker cards and supplies scrubber-used to scrub the ink off your stamps stylus seed beeds and sugar beeds String self healing mat T tidy tray tea bag folding tranparancybeing toilet paper- (faux paper casting with tp, starch, water and bold stamps) tria tags Tape templates TOMBOW markers tack it over and over U UTEE umounteds Ultimate Embossing Powder unry paper(like mulberry) UHU glue sticks, V vivid ink pads velvet paper vellum paper velvet to stamp on Velcro vacuum (from the mess of the embossing powder) Versa Mark vinyl- for attaching ums to acrylic blocks VIDEOS FOR TEACHING, W wax seals water colors (crayons, paint, or pencils) wire water wonder under wonder tape weaving wire cutters Window card washi paper X xyron machine Xtreme Gel Pens (The BEST gel pens! They color beautifully on laminate! X-acto Knife xerox paper Xray film for templates, Y YES glue yarn yards of ribbon yard stick Y&G gel pens Z zebra pens Zenas stamps Zip lock baggies... Can YOU add to the list?

Thanks everyone. It really feels good to get the positive feedback. I just wasn't excited, even driving down there. But then I got there and saw the slabs laid out... I felt like I uncovered treasure, buried under the top slab in the stack. I feel so lucky to have liked the top slab enough to want to choose it; and I ended up not taking it! There's a small piece of my cabinet finish and a cup and dish towel in one of the original pictures, but here's a close up. The cabinets will be a natural beech with water borne finish in a shaker style. I am a blue person, so I needed a granite that would look good with blue dishes, towels, tea kettle, etc. This fits the bill. jstehl - it was labeled as Vyhara, so I don't know if it's the same as Vyara Juparana. The VJ I've seen is alot darker, but then there is so much variation stone to stone. I ALMOST went with Vyara Gold - I think it's gorgeous, every slab I've seen. It's very beautiful and flowy. My concern (and the feedback I got from stoneyard staff) was that it was too close to my cabinet color and the two would blend too much, not enough contrast. If you can, go back and get pics; I've already questioned myself once, then looking at the pics I know I made the right choice! And yes, I will decide on template placement. But, unfortunately, I don't think my layout allows for a butterfly. But I will be sure to place the beautiful, big swirls prominently. One will look gorgeous on my island! And take cabinet sample, accents and put into the pictures....

Shaker cabinets can take a lot of knob and handle styles. Some give a more traditional feel and others a more modern feel. We wanted something simple and unfussy with out design details that might pick up dirt and make them hard to clean. But we also didn't want to go too modern and we wanted the handles to be very comfortable to use - no finger pinching (some handles are too tight toward the ends and can grab onto a finger) and no thin edges (some cup pulls look good but are stamped out of a relatively thin metal so they don't have a comfortable feel). We went with Schaub traditional handles in oil rubbed bronze. The drawers are cup pulls and both drawer and door handles are about 4". Schaub has these cup pulls in two sizes and says both are 3" because the holes are on 3" centers but the holes on the bigger one are higher on the arch of the cup so the opening of the cup is a bit more than 4" on the bigger one. The Schaub has several dark finishes. The one they call ORB is a uniform matte brown and that's the one we got. They have two others that are brown with some brassy bits showing through like some other ORB finishes. We liked the more understated matte brown of their ORB for our kitchen.

Of course. I love sharing pics of my kitchen. :) The first is before the faucet was installed and before we moved in but it shows a large piece. Ignore the dust and dirt. There were crews working most days. The slabs I picked were really large so the L shaped piece has no seams. Huge plus!!