Ha - what I forgot from the last post

So I've got a lot of things to work on when blogging. If you read the last post you are all excited and want to sign up for the February Cricut Class except you don't know when it is. Well,


The February Cricut Class will be Saturday, February 18th from 10a-noon at my studio in Amelia, VA.


Simply contact me via email (jaime_llewellyn@yahoo.com) to sign up.

NEW Year, NEW Start, NEW Class

Ok, it's a new year, which means a new start. I'm going to do this blog thing (if it kills me). I'm going to get better at posting more often on my blog - I promise. And if I don't you have every right to hold it against me. Now let's not go overboard - my goal is once a week. That would be a huge accomplishment from what I've been doing. So with that, here we go......

Since we are on the theme of NEW...I've designed a new monthly class that revolves around the Cricut and our Art Philosophy cartridge. Basically, each month I will design a few projects all cut from the same page of the cartridge booklet. So here's a picture of February's class projects.

If you own a Cricut (doesn't matter what size) and the Art Philosophy cartridge this class is just $10. I will supply all of the paper and embellishments. You simply bring your Cricut and your Art Philosophy bundle (stamps and all dimensional elements). I will teach you how to cut all of the paper using your Cricut. It's that simple!

If you don't own a Cricut or the Art Philosophy cartridge don't worry you can come to. Your cost for the class would be $20 and you only need to bring your basic paper crafting supplies. Plus you can show up 30 minutes late for class. That's right - I just gave you permission to be late for something.

Last, if you own a Cricut, but not the Art Philosophy cartridge - what are you waiting for. It has 700 images on it. A full alphabet with numbers and a decorative layer, numerous cards, tags, 3-d items like flowers and boxes, and more. It's amazing! Visit my website www.JaimeL.myctmh.com and order your Art Philosophy bundle today.

Handmade Gifts

Don't you just love giving people handmade gifts at Christmas.

Well, I have 2 great ones to choose from: 12 Birthday Cards with envelopes and a 12-month Event Calendar. Both would make excellent gifts and allow you some time to be creative during the holiday season.

I used the November Stamp of the Month (Cherish The Day) to stamp the months on each card or calendar page. Be sure to get yours, available only during this month. By simply placing a $50 order you can get yours for just $5. That's a savings of $12.95.

Cost of each project is just $17 or you can create both for only $30.

You can join me on Tuesday, December 6 from 6:30-8:30 for this workshop. You must register by Monday, November 21st to attend this workshop.

Can't attend? Simply purchase the kit and I'll include cutting instructions and a picture so you can make them on your own time.

Support Breast Cancer and honor Becky Smith

Please help support these efforts. I have pasted this post from another consultants blog. Let's reach out and support each other.

Becky Smith is a Close To My Heart Consultant in
Brownfield, Texas. She was recruited by
Paige Lindsey and is in the All Keyed Up Consultants Team. Becky and Paige have been dear friends for
years and they team teach workshops and
classes together. Becky has been
struggling with cancer for several months.

On Saturday, the All Keyed Up Consultants Team met and
made these beautiful Pink Ribbon card sets to auction off . The proceeds of this auction will be donated
to the Susan Komen Foundation in Becky’s
honor.
We will be taking bids from now through Friday, October
28 at Midnight. To place a bid, simply
leave a bid and your email address (for notification purposes) in the comment
box of THIS POST (on the below website). Please make your
bid at least $1.00 more that the last bid in the comments section.
There
are 4 sets of cards that are being auctioned off and you can bid on both blog
sites: http://aaronsbooth32.blogspot.com/
and http://stampingaudrey.blogspot.com/. A PayPal invoice will be sent to the winning
bidders on Saturday, October 29 (we will ship them to the winners). Happy Bidding!

ALOHA!!!

Well, it is official. I have earned the Close To My Heart 2012 Incentive Cruise. Where will we be cruisin' you might ask - the Hawaiian Islands. I can't believe it. The points to earn the cruise were so much higher than last year, but hard work and dedication came through.

You see I wasn't striving for it until May when CTMH sent out an email that had my name in a list of people that could earn the cruise if they worked a little bit harder. I actually said to myself, "what, you have to be kidding." So I went to the website to see how close I was, did some math, and figured out that I COULD actually do it.

Well, 4 months, 3 recruits, and thousands of $ in sales later - it is earned. I can't wait. This is my first ever CTMH cruise and I am so excited.

Next year we will be cruisin' in the Caribbean and you could join us. See the page about the Monthly Special to take advantage of this incredible special and become a CTMH consultant today.

This is Why!

This is why I haven't posted anything in over 2 months. This is our detached 4 car garage that we have been building since last fall.

The upstairs is where I will now host all of my workshops, classes, crops, retreats, and music lessons. We have been working like crazy to finish it. There is still a lot of painting and fine touches that need to be finished.

Our goal was to have it functional for my 3rd Semi-Annual Slumber Party Retreat August 20-21 and functional it was.

The ladies showed up Saturday morning to a beautifully painted room complete with their own 5' hard wood table and rolling task chair to scrap the weekend away on. I promise I'll post more photos of the weekend soon.

In the meantime, we are up and running and I'm having my next event this Saturday, September 3 from 9a-9p. Come to an All-Day Crop for only $35; lunch and dinner included as well as a project and prizes. Email me before Thursday if you are interested.

Great American Scrapbook Convention in Chantilly, VA

I attended the Great American Scrapbook Convention in Chantilly, VA this past weekend, June 24 & 25, 2010. I was able to attend as a customer on Friday and a vendor on Saturday. This was my first time attending and I was quite impressed. There were vendors from all over with tons of scrapbooking products, ideas, make & takes, and great samples on display. Unfortunately, I don't have any photos to share with you right now. I had to go out of town suddenly due to a death in the family and I left the camera at home.

The one thing I was on the hunt for was a t-shirt and I found 2. One says "friends don't let friends crop alone" (purchased from Scrap Happy - www.scraphappyohio.com) and the other "Scrapbook Girl" (purchased from www.ticklemepinkdesigns.com). I purchased 2 of each of them for myself and my sister. She and I try to get together once a month for a scrapbook weekend. Since she lives in NC and I live in VA we alternate houses. We spend most of the weekend in our pj's, take very few showers, and watch "chick-flicks" while we scrap all weekend long. It's great! We know we won't be able to do this forever, so we are making it a priority now.

The 2nd day I was there I was helping my upline, Kathy Aardema-Zunk, at her Close To My Heart booth. She has been a vendor at this show for (I believe) 7 or 8 years now. We had a great time and I really enjoyed sharing CTMH and demo-ing some of our best products. I also learned alot by watching her interact with others (she has been a consultant for 14 years now). I also got to see some of my current customers and workshop attendees. I even made some new friends and can't wait to see them at a workshop of mine soon.

That's just another reason I love being a consultant. You get to meet great people and make lasting friendships too. You should join my team - I only wish I had joined CTMH sooner.