My 15 year journey with Stampin’ Up! – How I met Mimi
January 25, 2017|Posted in: Get Involved, Stuff
I’ve owned stamps for a very long time. Of all the various crafts I’ve done, I just like paper and stamps. Several years ago I talked my sister into going to a stamp convention with me (anyone remember the Rubber Stamp Harvest events?) Among the vendors was a Stampin’ Up! booth with a charming young lady named Mimi Henwood. We chatted briefly and I politely declined to add my name to her mailing list because I didn’t want someone pestering me. But I loved that she had all kinds of stamped things, not just cards. One of the things I like about stamping is that you can stamp on just about anything. So I did take her handouts. And several months later I called her.
She invited me to her next team meeting, where I met some wonderful women and used Stampin’ Up! products for the first time. I was impressed with the quality of the stamps. I loved that everything coordinated, especially the colors. I had always been frustrated that I had five blue ink pads and three purples and none matched each other or the card stock. Argh! But not only did the Stampin’ Up! ink colors match the card stock colors, but the other colors played well together. Yes!
Mimi and I at the 2005 Stampin’ Up! Convention
The other important thing that happened that day is… I had fun! So the next day I signed up as a demonstrator. I thought it would be a fun way to learn more about stamping. I could do it for a couple of years, have one or two events a month, get stamps at a discount and make a little extra money. What a sweet part-time gig! And it has been. For more than a few years. What never occurred to me is that I was getting in the direct sales game and would be holding home parties.
Me, Mimi and two of my group at the 2017 OnStage event.
Next month – my first workshops.
Read about my monthly anniversary drawing here.
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