I recently had the great fortune to receive some scrapbooking material from a company called “Close To My Heart”, a maker of high-quality, innovative scrapbooking and stamping products. The products I received were both beautiful and overwhelming. As a novice scrapbooker I was not aware so much time and devotion could go into gluing a picture to a piece of paper. LOL. But as my wonderful consultant, Michele, informed me- scrapbooking and cardmaking are the new “knitting”, though I’m sure it’s a lot harder to do on the subway train. Along with the really creative materials they make “Close to me Heart” also provides you with exceptional resources like their website, and their knowledgeable consultants. For beginning scrapbookers like me you can get a wealth of ideas by checking out their website which includes a section called “My Art” where you can “scraplift” ideas for your own pages, they also have workshops and events you can attend and how to videos to watch. Something I found extremely helpful were sample pages that my consultant made for me and now all I have to do is glue in a picture and take all the credit for a beautiful presentation!
For those really interested in sparking their creativity you can contact a consultant for a 1 on 1 meeting. My consultant Michele is full of great tips and ideas and is so in love with these products that she has no problem dropping by to show you the product line and how to use everything. Something interesting she shared with me that I never imagined going into a scrapbook was a voice recorder that they just added to their line. It adds such a cool personalized touch to a photo and will no doubt offer a special surprise to a friend going through your album. The recorder itself can even be decorated so it fits right into the theme of your page. You can record a message to your album visitors, a story about the picture, or capture a beautiful moment you will always want to remember like the sound of your baby’s laughter to go along with a picture of them giggling.
As a working mother struggling to make the most of my time everyday I always thought of scrapbooking as an overindulgent hobby only afforded to the desperate housewives of Wisteria Lane. But with a resource like “Close to my Heart” and their easy to use products, it makes it possible to grab a cup of tea and my scrapbooking kit and sit on the floor for an hour during naptime and finally finish my honeymoon album 6 years later!!
To view their products you can check out their website at www.nycscraps.myctmh.com
or contact:
Michele Luxenberg
Independent Consultant
Close To My Heart – Scrapbook & Stamping Products
917.509.4611
mluxenberg@hotmail.com
