There are so many amazing bloggers and so little time to read all their blogs. Therefore, I’ve created the TJ Community just for YOU! It’s a place for you to learn from other women, be inspired by crafty projects, barter with each other, and all around network with the most fabulous women on the net.
New TJ Community Features:
Each week, the TJ Community will feature a TJ Expert and Mom-prenuer of the week. It will also have some cool new additions like Sellit, where you can upload your Etsy/Yahoo/ shop with your link & e-mail. It takes seconds and loads your entire store for everyone to see. So shopping is quick and easy. {{completely fabulous}}
Next week Oct 5 – 10th is paper crafting week on the TJ Community!
I hope you’ll give a proper welcome to Ellie’s Stamp Garden and Kelleigh Ratzlaff who will be giving of their time and talents.
Mondays: Project of the Week
Every Monday the TJ Community Expert will post the project of the week tutorial as a blog post in the TJ Community. It’s an opportunity for all of us to learn something new each week as well as get to know the TJ Expert.
Paper Crafting Expert: Ellie is an independent stamping & scrapbooking consultant with The Angel Company.
Blog: Ellie’s Stamp Garden
Shop: My Little Chickadee Creations
Paper Crafting Mom-preneur: Kelleigh enjoys creating cutting and folding templates for little paper bags and boxes and purses, and all kinds of adorable things that you can put little gifts in.
Blog: Kelleighs Blog
Shop: Kelleigh Ratzlaff Designs
Twitter: Kelleigh
Tuesdays: Giveaway
Every Tuesday, the Mom-preneur of the Week will host a giveaway on the TJ Community! {{squeal with delight}} It will coordinate with the weekly theme and be absolutely fabulous. You’ll simply leave a comment to enter. The winner will be chosen via random number generator Friday at Noon CST.
Thursdays: Q&A with Mom-prenuer & Expert
Thursdays will be an interactive day where you can learn from the TJ Expert & Mom-prenuer featured that week. The purpose of this session is to learn from these talented women, pick their brain and learn what they know, network with them by introducing yourself, and learn from their experience.
Join us in the TJ Community October 5 – 10th for Paper Crafting Week! Ellie will hook us up with the Project of the Week on Monday and Kelleigh will give away $75 in products on Tuesday. On Thursday you’ll be able to interact with both of them and learn all that you can from their expertise.
Paper Crafting Mom-preneur:
My name is Kelleigh Ratzlaff and I live in Dallas, Oregon (affectionately called little-D), which is just west of Salem, the state capitol. My gorgeous husband (11.5 years), Mitch, and I have 2 seriously amazing little boys. I mean, they are AWESOME. Grant just started first grade and Cole just started preschool. I like to call them my joy and my delight respectively. The funny thing is, they look NOTHING like me! My two little blondies take after their father in every way, and that is just fine by me! They are the reason I scrap, and they, along with their daddy, rock my world. I get to be a stay-at-home mom, and I absolutely love it.
I enjoy creating cutting and folding templates for little paper bags and boxes and purses, and all kinds of adorable things that you can put little gifts in. It started out as a hobby and a way to support my digiscrapping addiction, but now it’s a legitimate business that helps pay the bills!
Blog: Kelleigh’s Blog
Shop: Kelleigh Ratzlaff Designs
Twitter: Kelleigh
Tuesday’s TJ Community Giveaway:
Kelleigh will give away her ENTIRE store, plus all future releases from now until December, a $75+ value! I’ll post a link on Tuesday on where to enter by simply leaving a comment.
Paper Crafting Expert:
My story began in the late 90s when I originally signed up to a stamping demonstrator with The Angel Company. At that time, the company was VERY new and the reason why I joined was I had a craft business, called On the Lake Creations, that I ran from my home in the Brainerd Lakes area in Minnesota. I sold my handmade creations and I found TAC because they allowed crafters/artists to use their images in the creations they made and sold (not all companies do that or have many stipulations). I also discovered unmounted stamps which I LOVED because they were much cheaper than their counterparts, wood mounted stamps, and took up less space. So I sold my handmade cards and taught rubber stamping workshops. In 2004 I found myself going through a very difficult time personally (my business was thriving but my marriage was falling apart) and found myself having to move to a new city and start my life over. I brought my business with me but found my passion was not there. My biggest regret is I let my business go and everything I had built up to that point.
Fast forward now to 2009. I have remarried and have 2 wonderful little boys, Sean and Alex. I work full time at home as a medical transcriptionist but the memory of stamping and scrapbooking was still there so I resigned up with TAC.
This time around my crafting business is not my full time business but it is still my passion. I truly love working with The Angel Company because of their support and their great products. You can follow along with me on my paper crafting adventures:
Blog: Ellie’s Stamp Garden
Facebook: Stamp Garden
Twitter: StampGarden
Thursdays: Q&A with Mom-prenuer & Expert:
Thursday we’ll have a question & answer segment with both Ellie & Kelleigh where you can pick their brain and learn all you can from them. They’ll answer all your questions.
Meet-a-Member: Tina
Howdy! My name is Christina “Tina” Winkle but I often go by the name twinklescrapbooks on forums. When I was in Kindergarten I liked to spend my time painting, cutting and pasting. Hey, wait, I still do! I am passionate about crafts and scrapbooking. I am lucky that my husband and son support and encourage it. We live in Oklahoma City, OK in a tiny cottage home with too many pets!! I currently work for a national nanny referral service. On the side I do blog design, tutoring and advertising representation. I have been on several scrapbook design teams and published in scrapbook and art magazines and ezines. I love to work in the garden, spend family time together, go swimming and bake. I love making new friends!!! Feel free to email me anytime! 🙂
*Tina*
Blog: Yes, that’s my Child Screaming
I hope you’ll stop by the TJ Community and be apart of this fabulous bunch of creative women and learn all you can from them. Trade products and project ideas, share your tips, and make friends. We are going to have a great time next week!
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