January is National "Thank You" Month

Merci, grazie, danke, gracias, thank you! No matter how you say thank you...January is the Nationally recognized thank you month.

I grew up being taught the basic courtesies of saying please and thank you and am so pleased to find out that there is a designated month set aside to remind us the importance of being thankful. 

January is also the month of new beginnings. So...what if each of us started a new tradition that kept us being mindful of being  thankful this month and all year long? As one of my new beginnings I am going to send at least one thank you card to a family member/friend, etc, every month to let them know that I appreciate them for something they have done for me.

Here are some additional ideas to help you remember the things that you are thankful for:

• Do something nice for someone to let them know how much you appreciate them.
• Remember to thank those you may have just met. 
• Write someone a thank you note, or send an email telling them you are thankful for something they did for you
• Do something nice for someone else - kind of like a "pay-it-forward" project
• Make a thankful journal and write one thing, or more per day that you are thankful for

Here is a copy of my thank you card that I will be sending to someone for the month of January.

This finished card measures 4X4. I used Blue Lagoon and Butter Cream card stock, Morning Mist and Black Licorice Ink, Script background stamp, # 112 Thank You Artist Trading Stamp (ATS) and Spellbinders Petite Labels One and Sprigs Die and Journey Twine
If you would like to order any of these projects, please contact me at:
stampinlynn at yahoo.com

Thank You for taking the time to stop by today and take a look at my project. I appreciate you!

Blessings,

Lynn

Fun Stampers Journey - Quarterly Meeting

January 4, 2014
I love our Fun Stampers Journey Quarterly Meetings. It's my time to get together with some amazing Journey Coaches, whom are all dear friends. Now that I have moved to Phoenix, AZ I don't get to see them as much, so I really cherish these gathering times.

The day started with all of us gathering together at Mimi's Cafe for breakfast with the President of Fun Stampers Journey, Richard Garay and his beautiful wife, Gabby Garay

 After breakfast we went to our meeting location just a few blocks away and got started on our projects. We created these 4 beautiful cards using the New Hostess Stamp Set which can be earned (FREE) with a qualifying FSJ show. This Prim Holiday set is just perfect for my liking and if it's to your liking...asking me how you can receive it FREE! You will notice that each of the card layouts are the same. The only thing changed on each card is the background stamp, greeting and the Prim Holiday stamp used.

I love this stamp set
You can earn it FREE - Just contact me to find out how!
(picture via Rose Curtis)

We had 4 AMAZING organized trades - Spring Card, Gift Bag, 6X6 recipe card layout, 2014 Calendar layout. I will share pictures of these projects in another post.

During the business part of our meeting, Richard shared exciting news with all of us.

Fun Stampers Journey has just partnered with Spellbinders and I can't be more excited!!! Stacey Caron (President) and Greg Tipsord (CEO)  from Spellbinders attended our meeting and shared their inspirational stories with us.

Greg Tipsord is now the CEO and Stacey Caron is the Vice President of Fun Stampers Journey.

Richard and Greg shared their vision for the future of FSJ and boy our Journey is going to get even more exciting!

Fun Stampers Journey Crew
Gabby Hernandez (manager financial services), Lynn Leusch (Journey Coach training manager), Gabby Garay (director of programs, Richard Garay (president), Stacey Caron (vice president), Greg Tipsord (CEO), Rose Curtis (manager of product development)

 The day is coming to a close, so I will close this post by saying that I am excited, thrilled and honored to be a part of Fun Stampers Journey. Our future is bright! If you would like to travel the journey with me, please contact me.

Blessings,
Lynn

Happy New Year!

Welcome 2014

Happy New Year!

Blessings,

Lynn