Sometimes in life, we just need a nudge to get us going. I was hovering on the brink of needing something artistic to do. I was observing others around me, but just hadn’t taken the latest plunge. Crafting Ida stepped in and took charge of me.
Ida showed up at my back door one day. She had ‘stuff’ with her... crafting ‘stuff’. She had a couple of boxes of crafting supplies. As she unpacked the supplies in what is now the space I use for card making, she announced that she had brought me a few things to play with. Ohhhhh....fun.
Sometimes we need to have things put into our hands and gently nudged into action. That’s what Ida did. She sat down and started showing me how to pull ink off the ink pads, and adding a little water in a jar lid, she loaded a brush to paint with a water color technique. She brought some stamps for me to try. Before long, I had stamped a flower and was busy painting it. I liked it.
Ida stayed awhile, making sure I was well into this stamping fun. She left the supplies ‘in my keeping’ for awhile to make sure I’d have the opportunity to play. Yes, I was well on the way to being hooked.
Ida had recently become a Stampin Up consultant. However, I’ll attest that she wasn’t trying to practice a sales technique on me. Her reasons for signing up to be a consultant were mostly to take advantage of some of the perks. It had been obvious to me for some time that Ida took great pleasure in making and sending hand crafted cards. She so enjoyed visiting with me about it and just sharing the joy.
I’d had the influence of I-Needa and Crafting Ida. That should have been enough. I was well on the road. Then while visiting I-Needa, Stamping Brenda finished pushing me over the edge.
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