Stampin' UP! LOVES their demonstrators

     The Stampin' UP! convention is now over, and I wish I could say I went, but I did not (hopefully next summer).  The work staff at Stampin' UP! put together this wonderful video just for all the demonstrators.  The song was this year's convention theme song, that Stampin' UP! so graciously gave to all the demonstrators as a FREE download, (usually you have to buy the CD).  This company is just the BEST!

Check out the video:



     If you'd like to learn more about working for this fabulous company, let me know.  I'd be happy to answer all of your questions.

Happy Thursday!

I took the plunge!

     I DID IT! I signed up to be a Stampin' UP! Demonstrator. I spent many days seriously thinking about this. Looking at both sides of the situation. I spent some time talking to my now upline (Thank you Sally for all your help!), and spent time talking to my husband. After spending all day pacing (literally and figuratively), I decided to call Sally and sign up! It's a no-brainer for me. This is my dream. I want to be successful. I want to share my passion. I want to teach others what makes me happy (aside from my husband and boys). As a demonstrator, I can share my passion (plus good products). As a paper craft teacher (now I'm two teachers--middle school special education and paper craft--yeah me!), I can teach other how to make all kinds of wonderful and special things, from cards, to scrapbook pages/books, to gifts.

     It is so true, no dream is ever too small. Keep dreaming and your dreams will come true. It's when you stop dreaming that your dreams never come true.

     I look forward to sharing my passion with all of you. If you wish to see a catalog (the new holiday mini or the large one), place an order, or host a party (tons of wonderful hostess gifts if you do), please contact me. My door is always open.




Keep dreaming!

Do I or Don't I?

    That is the question?  What is the question, you ask?  Well, do I take the jump and become a Stampin' UP! Demonstrator?  The starter kit is $85 until tomorrow (I know, I waited until the 11th hour to decide).  Who can resist that?  But here's the other part of it, a friend of mine, who owns her own scrapbook store asked me to teach some classes at her store.  A dream I've had for a long time now.  I instantly jumped on that one and said yes (I will need to work around my DH's schedule, but I've been doing that for 16 years now).  Then I thought about the $85 starter kit and thought, since I need to provide my own materials when I teach a class, why not use Stampin' UP! products and make a little money too (to help defray the cost of the supplies I need to have in order to teach)?  So then I began to get excited, as I've been also dreaming of becoming a Demonstrator of this wonderful company.  I just spoke to my demonstrator about it, and I'm excited, and scared at the same time.  My DH says go for it (something I thought he'd NEVER agree to right now).  To stay active, I need to have $300 in sales a quarter (every 3 months).  This is where my fear enters.  If I do this, I want to stay active.  I'm worried that my customer base is too small to support this.  But then I thought, I'll be teaching.  If I provide some hard-to-resist offers, I could get orders from my classes and that will hopefully be enough to keep me active.  Like the wonderful demonstrators I've been working with over the last 2 years, I'm not one to push people  to buy anything, nor sign up for anything.  I just want to share my love of this crafts and the wonderful friendships it builds.
     Please share your thoughts with me.  I need to make a decision very soon.