I hate waiting. Sometimes it seems like that's all I do since I got into CTMH. I won't be having my first Jumpstart party until Nov. 5th which is till two weeks away. I've had one order already that I asked to wait until the party to put the order in (luckily she was moving and is in no rush for the items), and I would encourage people to order from me but I want to wait until the party. GRRRRR. To bring me back to earth slightly I have not really done anything to prepare for my party at this point. I want to make Christmas Cards but I don't have any definite ideas yet. Lots of maybes, just no certainly's.
I did promise to post my first completed layout, so I'll do that tonight.
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Things are going my way
At first it didn't seem like it. Last Thursday, I got a voicemail when I got home from work from Close To My Heart customer service wanting me to call them back. I had waited all day for something from them. I called Friday morning only to find out that the email 'whitneysctmh' was not acceptable. Delayed! I was going crazy on Monday when my kit didn't arrive on Saturday. I had made Jack promise to call me if it came while he was at home. No call! I came home in quite the mood. I was reluctantly making spagetti when the doorbell rang. The UPS finally shows up at 7pm at night. What the? My beautiful box was finally here, which I immediately proceed to tear open and pull out all the contents of. I've never felt so excited in my life besides right before I got married, the morning we were having my daughter and one of the last Christmas's before I decided that there was so such person as Santa and that the present didn't just magically appear under the Christmas tree.
That night I had my plan of action for the next day, Tuesday or yesterday. I had printed out Stamp of the Month flyers, put my name, phone number and email address on everything, and had an Idea Book ready for my husband to take to work with him. Then, Tuesday, flyers went up, a notice on the company message boards went up, the Idea Book I had with me was set very conscpicously on the corner of my desk, and I was ready. Talk about anti-climatic. There was the little irrational part of me that hoped that flocks of ladies would fly to my desk, all a-flutter to check out the tons of cute items I had for sale. No one really noticed that I had become a new person. I was Whitney, Indepedant Consultant for Close To My Heart scrapbooking and stamping supplies.
When I got home yesterday, I spoke with my upline for about an hour and a half inundating her with questions, and planning my very first party (Nov. 5). I decided to check my email, just because, and low and behold there is an email in there!! Some gal at my works wants to do a party after Thanksgiving. I immediately broke out into a happy dance. My husband has always known I was crazy but I think that just proved his point for him. I called my upline back, I called my sister, and I tried to call my mom but her phone was off.
Oh, and by the way, my baby has her second tooth. But mom didn't get to know that until today.
That night I had my plan of action for the next day, Tuesday or yesterday. I had printed out Stamp of the Month flyers, put my name, phone number and email address on everything, and had an Idea Book ready for my husband to take to work with him. Then, Tuesday, flyers went up, a notice on the company message boards went up, the Idea Book I had with me was set very conscpicously on the corner of my desk, and I was ready. Talk about anti-climatic. There was the little irrational part of me that hoped that flocks of ladies would fly to my desk, all a-flutter to check out the tons of cute items I had for sale. No one really noticed that I had become a new person. I was Whitney, Indepedant Consultant for Close To My Heart scrapbooking and stamping supplies.
When I got home yesterday, I spoke with my upline for about an hour and a half inundating her with questions, and planning my very first party (Nov. 5). I decided to check my email, just because, and low and behold there is an email in there!! Some gal at my works wants to do a party after Thanksgiving. I immediately broke out into a happy dance. My husband has always known I was crazy but I think that just proved his point for him. I called my upline back, I called my sister, and I tried to call my mom but her phone was off.
Oh, and by the way, my baby has her second tooth. But mom didn't get to know that until today.
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
Finally!
I got the call today. My husband called me today and stated that we finally have enough money left over after this payday to start my Close To My Heart business!!!!! I am so excited. I've been tellling people for months I'm going to do it, but we never seemed to have the money. Now I'm so excited that we do.
The call to my future supervisor was almost anti-climatic in a way. I called my sister-in-law who has the phone number the consultant I'm going through and told her and to get Suzeanne's phone number. She got excited for me. I hung up and dialed the number - only to get a voicemail. Grrrr! I want to start right now, or at least know I'm getting things started, not leaving a message on a voicemail to call me back. Scrapbooking supplies at practically cost. It boggles my mind.
On a completely separate, barely related note, I lost my eBay bid today. Whoever it was outbid me by 50 freaking cents! $10.50. I was so bugged until I found someone else selling the exact samething on a "Buy It Now" for only $7. Take that punk!!
The call to my future supervisor was almost anti-climatic in a way. I called my sister-in-law who has the phone number the consultant I'm going through and told her and to get Suzeanne's phone number. She got excited for me. I hung up and dialed the number - only to get a voicemail. Grrrr! I want to start right now, or at least know I'm getting things started, not leaving a message on a voicemail to call me back. Scrapbooking supplies at practically cost. It boggles my mind.
On a completely separate, barely related note, I lost my eBay bid today. Whoever it was outbid me by 50 freaking cents! $10.50. I was so bugged until I found someone else selling the exact samething on a "Buy It Now" for only $7. Take that punk!!
Monday, October 03, 2005
Up All Night
This weekend I made my first attempt at creating a totally original layout. When it's done I'll scan it and post it here but it was an idea I got from scanning a bunch of other people's layout idea webpages. It's titled Our Garden and it includes lily of the vally like flowers with pictures of all my and my husband's immediate family members, the centerpiece being us with daisy like flowers of our faces. Since I'm just beginning and being one that makes things a bit harder than they have to be, I've basically created everything so far by Paintshop Pro, clipart I found off the internet, and my own imagination. I'm sure I could spend hundreds of dollars on similar items making my scrapbooking a lot easier but my thoughts are why spend all that money to get something that is not exactly what I want? The drawback of course is that I spend at least 4 hours last night cleaning up the clipart of the flowers and stems to the way I wanted them to look, sizing them to the right size (reams and reams of paper printed on both sides) and then cutting and pasting everyone's faces to fit on the flower bells and sizing those. What a mess! The end result, however, is that the page is looking exactly how I want it. I'm still not done. I have yet to figure out how to make the flowers that my little family will occupy. I think I need to buy some flower templates and a compass.
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