WOW!! I was so surprised yesterday when I opened the door to take Sofie to therapy! I actually took a double look! There were 2 beautiful boxes sitting outside my door with Close to my Heart all over them!!! What an awesome catalog and OH MY GOSH!! The 4 Stamps of the Month are incredible!! I am already having so much fun! As soon as I get a chance I will post the Mother’s Day project I am working on. Tonight I am teaching the mini purse class with the 3×3 cards. So CUTE!! Have I said lately how much I LOVE CTMH!!!!???? LOL!

Off to teach!
Sarita

So, I ended up with 8 people attending my Easter Card Mania Workshop ( Class) and it was SO fun! I love creating, but when I share it with other people and see their reaction and satisfaction it is almost like my art comes alive! It may sound weird, but I just LOVE the joy of sharing this AWESOME hobby! If all I did was sit behind a computer and recruit people I would go crazy! I love the balance that my CTMH business provides me! I have 4 parties booked for April and then the new catty comes out! It is SO exciting!!

I will get my new catties Tuesday and my 4 Stamp of the Months! I am SO excited and can’t wait! The new product is up on my site so you can peek at it! www.blessedscrapper.myctmh.com

YAY! I have been working long and hard on my weekend mornings to get this done! I am very happy with the new look and feel of my site! Be sure to sign my guestbook when you visit www.blessedscrapper.com

Let me know what you think! There will be more to come!!

That title says it all. I am in my business 110%. I was holding back and was so scared of failure, but when I met with my accountant a few weeks ago, she reminded me of one thing. MY BUSINESS IS ME! I always knew that, but having her say it and believe in my abiality to ressurect myself and my business was like a pass to move on! So, I am in it 110% or more and it shows. I am losing sleep because I can’t stop thinking about all the awesome things I want to do with CTMH!!

Last Saturday spoke volumes as well. I had my first official party for a hostess and she had a $800 party! It was unreal the way people LOVE CTMH as much as I do! That was so eye opening to me and exciting! So, I have more parties to book and members to add to my LBH club ( Laid Back Hostess Club). They come to my Cottage with their friends and I take care of the rest! She earned $140 in rewards! She was able to shop from the catty and get exactly what she wanted! That made me so happy. Oh and I had fun spoiling her with lots of goodies and gifts! Since CTMH pays for all the hostess rewards and nothing comes out of my pocket I am able to do more for my hostesses without breaking the bank! I LOVE THAT!!!

I had a lot of fun making these Easter cards with different techniques. My Egg card is my favorite.

Life is busy and I don’t think will be letting up for awhile! We started the week with MORE SNOW! Oh YAY!! So, I spent more time out in my cottage Monday morn prepping for my tags album class. It went off without a hitch! Everyone came on Tuesday ( when it finally stopped snowing for 3 minutes) and all 10 had a GREAT time!! We got a 10 page mini album done in 2 1/2 hours! I was quite impressed. They loved it and were so proud of their work! It really helped to have it all laid out on the table page by page. I will continue to do that for large workshops.

Wednesday- Went to therapy with Sofie. I am getting kicked out of OT. Apparently, Sofie is attached to me and so it’s time for me to get my own gig for that 45 minutes. That is okay with me 🙂 I am just thrilled that she is making progress!! Speech followed and she did great! After that we went and saw Aunty Brenda. She has been working so hard prepping for her CTMH classes and parties and I was so excited to see all the neat things she made. She was so hyped up and I was totally exhausted by her energy! LOL!! We worked on the April Workshop. It is so darn adorable!! The fact that it holds 12 little 3×3 gift cards is tooooooooo fun!!!! It’s hard to believe corp comes up with all these amazing ideas and makes up the flyers for us. Let’s see…. all that they don’t do is find the customers and actually teach the workshop for you!! We got a sneak peek at May’s workshop! Wait till you see that!!! It should be up on my site soon!! SO exciting!

Back to more snow today! I want so badly to go out to my cottage and work, but Sofie wants nothing to do with it! She is enjoying the peace and quiet while Daddy is at Guard and Sissy is at grandma and grandpas. I saw the sun for a second. That was nice. I am looking forward to some nice spring weather! Until Next time!

I think i did it! Just by creating some pretty spring cards I willed spring to come!! It was almost 40 degrees today and it felt like a heat wave! I even got to the gym. That was really nice getting back to that “oh so needed” routine!

After church on Sunday I had some fun putting together some future classes and workshops. I really am enjoying myself! I feel so free with CTMH! I love the creative possibilites that are endless! The women on the message boards are so talented and so generous. I am always inspired to try new things and step out of my box. I love stamping with My Acrylix! Here I used the Finding Beauty set. We are going to be using this set for my card workshop tomorrow night.

Okay, on to scrapbooking, card making and paper crafting!! I had so much fun making these cards and I am excited to play more with my new products!! I know once I get going I will start to feel better.

I got the nicest emails from my customers!