My bag Runneth over!!!!

So besides all the great classes and reconnecting with my peeps(which is a true highlight), we come home with SO many NEW goodies!!!!!  AHHH I love my Fun Job!!!

Sneak Peak at the NEW Fall/Winter Catalog- LOVE IT!!!

This Catalog will go live to all my fabulous customers September 1, 2010!  Be sure to reserve your copy today!  Email me at craftingdivas@cox.net or better yet you know you are going to love it all- let's get your Party on the calendar today!!!!  :-)

Plus we received a ton of NEW product from the new catty!  Look at all these goodies!!!

Then we get to take fabulous art classes and they supply all the cut pieces to create those- I will be sharing my finished products soon!  Promise!  Truth be told I got a little overwhelmed and decided to finish up some of the projects at home.

Then they announced they were updating some of our Summer Palette colors and we received all 8 NEW colors.  THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

The Summer Carnival Palette is now Gypsy, Holiday Red, Pacifica, Sunny Yellow, Sunset, Topiary.  The Summer Celebration Palette is now Cotton Candy, Dutch Blue, Lagoon, Pear, Sky, Smoothie.

This means the colors being retired are: Hydrangea, Ocean, Orange, Star Spangled Blue, Clover Meadow, Watermelon, Bubblegum, Citrus Leaf.  Stock up on supplies now for any of these items you want to keep for your own personal stash.  I recommend having a reinker for any of these colors that you now own- that way you will always have it!

PLUS there are random drawings for even more FUN prizes and my name was one of the lucky ones drawn.  I received all the product to create artwork out of one of the pages in the new Idea Book.








Then I was SPOILED by my crafty friends with some very creative gifts- THANK YOU!!!!

Thank you- Kelly Shea, Dee Dee Griffin, Cherie Lynn Hagan, Tina Sutton, Tonya Sheridan, Beth Naumann, Elizabeth Chu, Marie Butler, Hanna Ahn, Christine Healy and Sherri Owens.  WOWSA!



So My house is getting back in order BUT my Creation Station is a disaster and now I need to find homes for all these fabuous new goodies!!!!  Cannot stop saying it BUT Life is GOOD!!!!!!!

~Jennifer :-)

Magical Moments!

 So many of my team members pour their hearts into their creations and business and I take great pride in watching them soar.  This year my friend and fellow Downline, Kara Hileman, had amazing successes with her start but the one thing that stands out to me and so many is Kara's electric personality that easily draws people in.  They want to be apart of the fun and love hanging out with Kara as she makes each person feel special- she is such a treasure!  I was so touched and moved that Close To My Heart chose to honor Kara with one of the 3 Rising Star Awards.  The look of surprise and amazement on her face and sharing that momemt with her is something I will never forget!

  I am so happy CTMH put the announcement on Youtube as it was hard to concentrate on everything in the moment!  Click here if you would like to see!

   Speaking of moving mountains- she moved and conquered them to come back to DC for Convention.  Kara talked with me about how important this was for her and how she did not want to miss out on all the fun and the FREE goodies we would be getting!  I am still blown away at how she has made it all work.  Most of us would have easily given up when you take in the fact that she would need to travel back to the states by herself with her 2 boys( think of the struggle of that emotionally and financially); then she would need to find someone willing to stay with her and take care of the boys so she could attend the convention.  Plus convince her husband that this event was worth it and what she needed!  Kara did it all and worked it all out so she could come share with all of us and learn and grow plus fill her spirit.  I am moved beyond words by the love and devotion of Kara's mother that was willing to fly from Kansas to DC to stay and watch the boys so she could do this plus to her husband for realizing this makes her happy and gives her a purpose and sense of joy that as military wives we sometimes struggle with from time to time.  I am honored to call Kara my friend and touched by her presence in my life.  A huge thanks to Close to My Heart for honoring her with this award- Kara is truly deserving and I know she has been touched beyond words!

What a whirlwind Convention was for us all!  I am so energized to read many messages from friends and team members that are jazzed and renewed just like me!  We are going to set our goals and hit them- and we support each other all the way!  I love you all and miss my crafty friends already BUT you know I am one email away, call away or facebook post away- just reach out and I am there for you.

For my friends and customers that have been thinking about joining- I can think of no better time than now.  We are such a fabulous community and sisterhood and my life is so full because of it! Would you like to chat more about it- give me a call or let's set a date to chat in person.  I am always here no matter what you need!

Sadly I am back in Planet Reality which means I am working the Domestic Diva duty today- how is it that your house can explode in just a few days without Momma?!?  But don't you worry I will be creating and planning lots of fun events VERY soon!!!!

Here are some fun pics of me with the gals!  It was so FUN!

~Jennifer :-)

2 Much FUN!!!!!

oHhhhhh  My what a whirlwind the past 4 1/2 days have been for me!  I just LOVE having the best job on earth- being a Mom and sharing Close To My Heart with all my crafty friends- LIFE IS GOOD!  Warning you are going to get a big post from me today!  :-)

Pictured to the left are 6 of the 7 Crafting Divas that attended Convention(Hannah missed our team meeting that night but enjoyed the Convention with us).  It was so great to meet some of them for the 1st time in person, although I felt like I already knew them for our frequent emails and training phone calls, and share this incredible time together.  I hope their spirits are as renewed and energized as mine is after such an incredible event filled with announcements of new product(yes I said NEW), new business tools to make my life even easier, and amazing artwork and technique training.  To say my head is spinning and full is a MAJOR understatement!!!

      I had so much fun giving gifts to my hardworking team members( see previous blog for more details) and I love the tradition of showering your roomies with gifts.  I have been on a level one kick for a little bit lately and I had fun taking 3 different level one kits to make my Roomie Gifts!  I made two My Creations Display Albums and One My Creations Binder- they are really so simple to create.  A few cuts and voila you have a fun altered item!  The great thing about Level One kits are the fun MyStickease that are included in the package- makes embellishing quick!  (remember you can always click on a picture to see it bigger...

   Seeing all my Close to My Heart Friends over the past 4 days has truly been uplifting and motivating.  I love these special gals dearly and wish we could see each other more but there is no doubt we more than make up for it when we all get together!!!!

     I also wanted to thank my special friends who gave me little "happy's" from out of the blue!  Your generosity and gifts mean the world to me- it truly touched my heart!  Here are a few of the special happy's I received!

As you can tell I am just bubbling with excitement and lots to share!!!!  I better close before I just ramble on forever!

     It was truly a blast and I hope more will join me next year in Annaheim, CA for more CTMH Magic and FUN!!!!!!!


~Jennifer :-)

from Spain...

I got happy Mail the other day and it blew me away!!!! I had no idea that my friend and downline Kara had popped something in the mail for me- so sweet!!!!! When I opened the box to discover what was inside I was just blown away that she took the time to send a belated Christmas and Birthday gift- seriously her life is so crazy, busy over in Spain and I just was overwhelmed with her thoughtfulness! We met through another friend a few months after I moved here and we instantly hit it off- she is like a long lost sister!! We share a love for all things crafty, family oriented and of course we bleed Air Force Blue together! It was so hard to learn that her husband was given orders to Rota, Spain; but she was the type of friend I knew that would keep in touch and our connection would continue! Gotta LOVE technology- magic jack and skype!!!!


THANK YOU>>>THANK YOU>>>THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!

I love the the Spanish pottery tiles that spell our name- cannot wait to have a forever house to hang it in! And the bracelet and scarf are SUPER cute! LOVE THEM!!!! And my stylish Ireland had so much fun trying them on last night and telling me, "Mom, you know scarves are in right now- they are very stylish!"
Um okay when did I become unstylish??? Help! I am being reminded by my 9 1/2 year old daughter! YIKES!!!!

I am so thankful for my fabulous team and dear friends that I have with my business- puts a happy face on me everyday!!! I cannot wait to see so many of them in July at Convention!!! And I am just so tickled that Kara is flying back to the States to attend Convention- she is going to LOVE IT!!!!!! Look out the Divas are going to ROCK DC for SURE!

~Jennifer :)

it is a happy dance kind of day!!!

If you know me then you know I love having a Happy Dance and I just love having a Day full of Happy Dances- makes me perk up in this awful cold weather! :)

Okay so first Happy Dance- I am registered for Close To My Heart's Convention that will be held this July 2010 right here in DC!!! I am so stinkin excited! I am so excited to see my CTMH sisters, my team, and meet new friends- life is good!!! Plus I love learning all the latest fun exciting new products CTMH has up their sleeves- they spoil us rotten!!! I would love to have you join me at Convention!!!! I cannot express it enough how much my life has been enriched with CTMH- beyond words!

Which leads to my 2nd Happy Dance- I had a great lunch date today with a fellow CTMH Consultant, Melissa Laverty. Melissa lives about an hour away from me and we met in the middle to chat and share our passion! SO FUN! I cannot wait to chat again! This is one of the things that has brought me so much joy- meeting other fun ladies that are just as wacky and crazy as I am about paper, stamps, CTMH and all that we get to do! I am so thankful for my CTMH friends- where would I be without them???

I am in the midst of homework craziness and everything else but I just had to post about my fun Happy Dances Today! I hope you had one too!!!

~Jennifer :)