Blogoversary & Blog Candy!

TODAY marks my 4 year anniversary as a Consultant with Close To My Heart AND my 1 year Blogoversary! I have had so much fun as a Consultant and I've learned so much as I've preserved our family memories - I just added to that fun when I started blogging. For those of you that are in my area, you can come celebrate with me on Friday, May 1st for an Open House - there are lots of reasons to celebrate - my Anniversary, Blogoversary, the New Summer Idea Book from CTMH, plus, May is National Scrapbooking Month - what a fun time of year!

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So I'm about due for a Blog Candy give-away! I have free stamp set (Summertime) to give away - but, the more entries I receive, the more goodies I will add to the stash! There are a couple of ways you can get entered for a chance to win - the more you do, the more entries you get - I will draw a winner on Sunday, May 10th. Here is how you can enter:

• Join me tomorrow for a fun Blog Hop - we (myself and over 40 other CTMH Consultants) will be featuring some of the new products from the NEW Summer Idea Book. Take a look at all the fabulous new creations and tell me what your favorite new product is! Post your comment/entry on the Blog Hop post.


• Post a link on your blog telling others about my Blog Candy and the Blog Hop.


• Leave a comment on this post and tell me what your favorite craft is, why you enjoy it, how you got started, and how long you've been doing it. If you're a CTMH Consultant, tell me how long you've been with CTMH and how you got started.

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Here's my story: My favorite craft is scrapbooking. I have always enjoyed various crafts - my mom is very crafty and we were always trying new things, like bead making and other clay fun, knitting or crochetting (sp?), paper making, oragami, etc. Surprisingly, it wasn't her that got me into scrapbooking, though, it was actually my Aunt Debi.

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So I started scrapbooking in High School and tried to keep with it even after I got married and started having kids. Our first few years we were renting and moving a lot, so I only did maybe one page a year. Well, in 2004 we finally bought our first house and I finally had my own craft room (which was also our guest room) and a huge basement. So I started hosting Mommy Craft Days where Moms would get together to craft or visit and the kids would play.

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After I had been doing that for a few months, my friend Randi told me there was something I would be perfect for - her friend in Casper was a CTMH Consultant and was trying to get someone here to do it. I had never heard about CTMH so she sent me a little bit of information that I looked over but didn't put a lot of thought into...until April 2005 when she contacted me again and let me know that there was a really great special going on and I could sign up for 1/2 the price. I thought about it a lot, and finally, at the end of the month, decided to sign up just for the consultant discount. Well a few days later I received my Consultant kit, which was the first time I had ever seen any of the CTMH products in person, and I was hooked! The products were such a great quality and more affordable than I thought they would be, and I instantly fell in love. I didn't think I would get into the stamps as much since I already had quite a collection of wooden stamps, but the Acrylix Stamps were irresistable!

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I had my Jump Start party and introduced CTMH to this area and the rest is history! When I started, I was the only Consultant in this area, and I now am an Executive Manager of the Scrap Happens Team with 12 wonderful ladies as my downline. CTMH continues to amaze me with all the fabulous new products with each new Idea Book - its been fun! Besides scrapbooking, I have also started getting more into the cardmaking side of stamping. Close To My Heart definitely makes it faster, simpler, easier!

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Now let's hear your story!