Stampin’ Up! Profile and Interview (2)

Stampin’ Up! is a direct sales company offering card making, crafting and scrapbooking supplies through home sales, parties and catalog orders. We have been talking to Kimberlee Patton, Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, about the companies products and more. Here is more of the interview. Nicole: I’ve followed Stampin’ Up! for years. I absolutely love their images and their scrapbook stuff is cool too. The last time I noticed, I saw that Stampin’ Up! has grown a lot in the past couple of years and made many amazing changes. I know that new products have been offered and incentives have been made … Continue reading →

Stampin’ Up! Profile and Interview (1)

Long ago I discovered Stampin’ Up! when I was invited to a consultants house for a party. Like anyone invited to something like that, I was sceptical, all the way until I saw the products. I was sold. The original designs of Stampin’ Up! made me feel creative and they were so beautiful. Stampin’ Up! is known for its exclusive line of decorative stamp sets and accessories for greeting cards, scrapbooking, craft projects and home decor! Founded in 1988, they have brought a wide assortment of stamp images, techniques, and designs to the crafting world, and later the scrapbooking world. … Continue reading →

Checking Out Picaboo

Picaboo is a scrapbooker’s new friend. Or I guess that depends on how much time you enjoy spending on each layout. Picaboo offers solutions to those that don’t have all that time. The concept is cool and the outcome is even better. Picaboo is an online service where you upload your favorite digital photos. You can upload them by theme, or you can upload just random favorite shots. After you have uploaded and selected all of the photos you care to use for your project, it’s now time to drag and drop them easily into the template of your choice. … Continue reading →

Close To My Heart Profile and Interview (3)

We have been learning about Close To My Heart, and how it could be the home-based scrapbooking business for you. We’ve already learned a little bit about their products and the cost of the kit, etc. Now it’s time to learn what’s in the kit, and what the companies requirements are. The final part of the interview: Nicole: What does the CTMH start up kit include? Theresa: Oh wow! Lots! It has lots of training and marketing stuff, several hostess packets and brochures, and the products it includes would make this kit retail at over $500! You get several My … Continue reading →

Close To My Heart Profile and Interview (2)

Nicole: Hi Theresa, I know that Close To My Heart has always been known for their stamps, but what other types of products does Close To My Heart offer to customers? Theresa: Our My Acrylix™ System is definitely our most popular product, you’re right about that. It’s how Jeanette got started in all this. I think our catalog is really unique and cool, because it serves as a huge idea book in addition to showcasing our products. Another cool thing we offer is that we have these really beautiful papers and we have ink and markers that completely match them. … Continue reading →

Close To My Heart Profile and Interview (1)

Close to My Heart has always been one of my favorite scrapbook related companies. I don’t know if it’s because it is one of the first experiences I ever had with rubber stamps and I bought dozens, or if it’s because I love everything they offer and I’m still buying dozens! The story of Close to My Heart and it’s beginnings is an interesting one, actually. The founder, Jeanette Lynton, started her first direct-sales decorative stamp business in 1984. This business venture eventually turned into the former company D.O.T.S. (Dozens of Terrific Stamps). This was when I was introduced to … Continue reading →

The Angel Company Profile and Interview (2)

We are learning about The Angel Company, and how it could be the home-based scrapbooking/crafting business for you. Yesterday we discussed the cost of the kit, a little background on the company as well as many of the products they carry. Here is the rest of the interview: Nicole: What does the start up kit include? Kathy: It includes tons of great stuff. Amongst tons of demonstration stuff for your parties and demo’s it includes order forms, brochures and a lot of business building items like manuals, a training DVD and even a few sampler sets of stamps. But what … Continue reading →

The Angel Company Profile and Interview (1)

The Angel Company™ was started in 1998 mostly for rubber stampers, but they got caught up in the whole scrapbook craze rather quickly. In 1999, they introduced their first unmounted stamping system, that eventually added an improved Creative Cling™ stamping system. I had an opportunity to chat with an Angel Company consultant, who shared information about their many new products, like designercollections™, soarwithitcollections™, wingitcollections™ and flywithitcollections™ which would put any paper collection to shame and is really rather impressive. The Angel Company offers a very rewarding business opportunity that allows each individual consultant to design their own business and future … Continue reading →

Creative Memories Company Profile and Interview pt. 2

Creative Memories is the original scrapbooking direct sales company. I had the pleasure of interviewing a CM consultant and here is the rest of the fabulous details she had to share about the company she is proud to work for! Nicole: What does the start up kit include? Lori: Business tools such as catalogs, order forms, announcement postcards, party postcards, delivery bags, hostess gifts. But they also give you great products such as a personal trimmer, the cutting system mat, blades and pattern, album, album pages, stickers, adhesive, straight trimmer, tools tote bag, mini power sort, and pens so you … Continue reading →

Creative Memories Company Profile and Interview pt. 1

It’s amazing what one simply phone call can do. Rhonda Anderson, a Montana homemaker was teaching a mother’s group about how she preserved her families stories in keepsake albums. She was shocked when she learned that all the mother’s just kept their photos stuffed in drawers and boxes and some even under the bed! She became obsessed with helping them capture and tell their stories. Rhonda called a Minnesota based album manufacturer and placed an order for 40 albums. Since it was after hours when Rhonda placed her call to the company, the company executive, Cheryl Lightle picked up the … Continue reading →