My orders are coming in and I am getting more excited by the hour. I can't wait for our BIG REVEAL on July 29th. I hope everyone who will be here is as excited as I am!! I only have one more order to receive (this Tuesday - WOO HOO) and I will be ready.

ARE YOU ALL READY FOR THE BIG REVEAL?????

Last night I went to "paint night" at Rio Pinar CC. Anne and Michele went with me and we had a great time. I couldn't believe that I actually painted on canvas and it didn't turn out half bad. Now I need to find a place to hang it and show it off...  Michele and I had a few glasses of wine, so it was even more fun.  Who would like to join us next month?  We are going to do a wine glass with wine pouring in and making a wave.  That will have to go in my kitchen.  If you want details, give me a call.

Tomorrow, Anne, Maggie and I will be going to the Salvation Army crop and garage sale. I've been gathering products that I'd like to sell, including some new/unused Close To My Heart Stamp Sets.  I will also have a few kits, embellishments and other fun things. The Salvation Army crop is fun and there is lots of space for each cropper.  I really need to get a few projects completed.

Don't forget - come on over for the BIG REVEAL, Saturday, July 29th. Crop starts at 11:00 am and the BIG REVEAL will start around 4:00 pm. Come see our new card stock, ink colors, embellishments, Thin Cuts, Embossing Folders and organizational items.

Our new Workshop Group starts in August. If you are interested in being a part of our Workshops, let me know. Workshops are fun and a great opportunity to get cards or scrapbook pages done and ready to send or put photos on. We have good food also...it's always yummy here.

Be on the lookout for my OPEN CROPS twice a month. I post the dates and information on Facebook (Shelly's CTMH), Nextdoor and here in the blog.

See you at the BIG REVEAL!!!

Happy Crafting,
Shelly

407-247-9574
slott523@gmail.com
shellysheartfeltart.ctmh.com
shellysheartfeltart.blogspot.com

Hi Crafting Friends, I am having an OPEN CROP and BIG REVEAL party on July 29th. The CROP starts at 11:00 am. A crop is an event for crafters of any kind. "crop" means trimming photos to be placed on scrapbook pages of all different sizes. I could call this a CRAFT EVENT and I may change it in the future.  That way, new people who do crafts of any kind will feel as if this is an event they can attend.
THE BIG REVEAL will feature the new Close To My Heart Annual Inspiration Idea Book. This will start at 4:00 pm. We may play a game, but we will have prizes and great food for sure.  We will also do a craft with all new products - WOO HOO!! We will have tons of fun!
Call me to rsvp, please. 407-247-9574 ( I need to know how many for the food and prizes). Thanks, in advance!
If you'd like to know more about what we do, please visit my website and blog (listed below).
Happy Crafting,
Shelly Ott
CTMH, Consultant
2554 Treymore Drive
Orlando FL 32825
407-247-9574
slott523@gmail.com
shellysheartfeltart.ctmh.com
shellysheartfeltart.blogspot.com

#closetomyheart #crafting #papercrafts #homedecordiy #cardmaking #scrapbooking #cropping

TRYING to find my photos from Convention - Eureka!!

Well, I am having a really hard time finding the photos on my pc. I insert the SD card and it doesn't show it. I made sure that I took my camera so that I could download the photos and I've been looking for them for days!

Oh, I just reinserted the SD card and it finally came up. YEAH!
I hope you enjoy these photos from our 2017 CTMH Convention in Salt Lake City UT.

Salt Palace

beautiful landscaping

the bikes for anyone's use

they're clean and green

The LDS temple

Sunday downtown. everything is closed

the temple at night

the temple

my roommate, Marie before the banquet

Awards banquet

the LDS grounds

Assembly hall

I hope you've enjoyed this little tour around Salt Lake City

Thanks for reading!  See you soon...
Happy Crafting,
Shelly

407-247-9574
slott523@gmail.com
shellysheartfeltart.ctmh.com
shellysheartfeltart.blogspot.com

CTMH Convention 2017 - Salt Lake City Utah

WHEW! What a busy few months I have had. I got back from our CTMH Convention 2017 last Monday afternoon and I was exhausted.  I really had to catch up on my sleep. Utah was beautiful, but the altitude did get to me, even though it isn't very high. I walked everywhere - except to the airport and back. It was hot, but not humid.
Convention was a blast! I had the best roommate - Marie Goetz! It was fun getting to know her and some of her fellow Ohio Consultants.
I am so very excited this year and rarin' to go!  Our new Idea Book goes live on August 1st and I love it. Then we also got a new Seasonal Expressions for September 1 through December 31st and I LOVE everything in it. I am NOT kidding. There are some gorgeous, exciting and fun new things that I can't wait to share with you all.  Keep reading because I will be posting photos of Convention and give you some sneak peaks of great things to come.
We had some truly inspirational speakers at Convention. And some great business classes. One in particular was about Social Media by Karen Pederson. I have so much to learn about systems I don't currently use now. So, I will be busy getting up to speed on some of that. Is there a book entitled "Instagram for Dummies"?  I need it!  Oh, I bet I can google it and learn all about it.  That is the first thing I am going to learn...now that I've caught up on my sleep!
So, I made some interesting observations about Salt Lake City. The Salt Palace was beautiful and easy to get to, plus so close to hotels and restaurants. It really was nice. I loved walking around the part of downtown that we were in. Here are my favorite things I observed:

• Restaurants served real butter
• The streets were so clean, it was impressive
• There are huge rocks, boulders and landscaping around the streets (made for very calming and beautiful walks)
• The UTA cable cars were pretty cool
• Art also lined the streets and it was very interesting
• From certain spots, I could peak at some mountains (no pun intended)
• It's a dry heat
• The weather was beautiful and so many of the streets had wonderful shade
• They had bikes there, parked along the curbs that you could rent - if I though I could have ridden, I would have tried one...but it has been way too many years since I've been on a bike
• The whole place seemed so conscious of the environment and keeping it beautiful

The idea of butter being served was so pleasant - there is nothing I dislike more than opening up a hot roll and spreading oleo (yes, I'm showing my age) and not having it spread and melt as gloriously as butter.  Hey, I'm just a country girl at heart.

Workshop is this Thursday - starting at 2 pm. We will be working with our Prickly Pear Kits. I love the cacti stamps and Thin Cuts.

July OPEN CROP days are July 15th and 29th - yes 2 Saturdays. The 29th will include the BIG REVEAL to present our 2017-2018 Idea Book, play a game or two and win prizes. Crops start at 11 am and go until you are too tired to crop another photo!  Bring your drink and a snack to share and a project or two...

I hope to see as many of you as possible! 

Happy Crafting,

Shelly

CTMH Consultant

407-247-9574

slott523@gmail.com

www.shellysheartfeltart.ctmh.com

www.shellysheartfeltart.blogspot.com