I thought it was time for something a little different on my Tuesday video.  Don't get me wrong, I love showing you guys different fun folds.  BUT!  There is more to this craft than just cards.  I don't branch out much from cards because I love them, but occasionally I'll show something different like the boxes and such.
Did I ever tell you how I got started in stamping?  I got invited to a workshop at my friend Chris' house.  I just went to see what it was all about and was instantly hooked!!  Instantly Jill??  Yep!  I did dabble in some over the counter products until I understood that buying coordinating products was easier than trying to match ink with paper.  Plus, you get a whole stamp set of images and not just one here and there that you need to try and make something out of..
So back to me being hooked!  It was making that sample card Melony had prepped for Chris' guests.  My whole life I had been a letter writer to my Grandma, and my Dad when he lived away. Then I walked into a Hallmark store!  I could feel the store light up and I think I heard the music proclaiming that I had found my happy place!  I'd spend hours in the card stores, any store as their popularity grew.  Funny cards (and some naughty ones too) found their way to my card stash.  I just knew that I was going to own a Hallmark store!!  Everyone needed to love cards like I do!
Well, years passed and I ended up in Kalamazoo where "Don" had the monopoly on the Hallmark stores.  I also realized I wasn't quite the business owner I would need to be.  Who knew there was such thing as taking inventory!!!  Oh ya, and I needed money, DUH!  
So fast forward to about 16 years ago when I went to that workshop at Chris'.  That's when I was hooked.  I just knew that this would be the closest thing to owning my Hallmark store!!!  I didn't have to take inventory, (that's a problem still, and another post!) and I could make whatever kind of card I needed.  Fast forward again to 2019 when I decided to retire and give Stampin' UP! as a business a try!  It's hard for me, I'm not going to lie!!  I just know I have to keep on pushing forward and  hope that I stay consistent enough to get my name out there and get some customers/followers.  I am still trying to balance the cardmaking and business because I don't want to lose the love of what got me started.   So friends, I added a treat box this week to show you there's more to this than just cards!

Creativity is like a seed,
when nurtured,
it will bloom

Let's Be Creative!
Jill