In my BC (before children) life, I worked as a licensed Veterinary Technician. While I love that work, I wanted to stay home to raise my kids. When my first born was about year, I began to search home based business opportunities, but nothing seemed to be the right fit for me. A few months later I was invited to a MOPS (Mother's Of Preschoolers) group by a mom I met at a mother's day out program. Being new to the community, I was searching for ways to meet and connect with others. I loved it! I soon learned that my new friend Jennifer was a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator as she was on the MOPS steering team as the craft leader. I've always been into arts and crafts, even once toying with the idea of attending an arts college but ended up in the agriculture field instead.
I had seen rubber stamps before, but I was one of those people who thought it was just stamp in black and make the card, then what? I started attending her classes and had that lightbulb moment! I learned about CASEing (copy and share everything), and seeing how I could tweak a layout or color combo and make it a whole new project. I was hooked and started bringing my sisters to classes. Then I had my second lightbulb moment - if i could invite my family and friends to her classes, why not have my own?! I called her up and told her I wanted to sign up! I didn't even understand the business model that involves uplines and ownlines, that I would be signed up as part of her downline and have an automatic family. I just knew she was my friend and could help me. Jennifer has since retired as a Stampin' Up! demo due to some health changes in her life. She was a wonderful upline and I really appreciate all she did for me.
Getting my starter kit box in the mail was like Christmas in May! It was so fun to start using my products to share the love of stamping. Stampin' Up!'s Statement of the Heart says: "To love what we do and share what we love, as we help others enjoy creativity and worthwhile accomplishments...in this we make a difference." I am very proud to be a part of Stampin' Up!. They are an amazing company that takes care of their demonstrators, they support many charities and are very socially responsible.
I invite you to think about this for your life. If this is something that you think you'd like to try, there is plenty of room in the Stampin' Up! community and on my team. The Starter Kit is currently 15% off as part of the Sale-A-Bration promotion. Regularly $199, you can get your kit for $169, plus you also get a extra free stamp set of your choice. It's an amazing value - over $375 worth of products, plus business materials. You can view the Starter Kit contents on page 9 of the Idea Book & Catalog. I'm always here to answer any questions you might have. Ready to join Stampin' Up!? - simply go to My Website, click Start Your Own Business, then click Join Now. The password is kwilliams.
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