7 Habits & New Envelopes
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Yesterday at work we had a presentation of Stephen Covey's book, "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by one of our Buffalo employees, Carrie, who did an outstanding job. She's our event co-ordinator and a former teacher so this is her forte. She gave each of us a bag with little doodads to illustrate and remind us of the things we talked about. This photo shows us all wearing goofy glasses, representing the lenses or paradigms with which we view the world. That would be me in the red shirt, lower right, with the Groucho glasses. They made my nose sweat. It was a lot of fun - there were some funny people in the room.
I love self-help books. Sixteen people signed up for this one - I hope we can do more. Carrie is working on a new one now - I think it's one of these Fish books.
This morning I read my email newsletter from Judikins, which led me to Craft TV Weekly, a cool site I've visited before that hosts crafty webisodes. Judi demonstrated their envelope templates, which got me hook, line & sinker. I love making envelopes out of old calendar pages & wrapping paper, using plastic templates I've made myself from paper envelopes. But these templates she demonstrated are inexpensive and easier to use than mine so I bought a couple.
I also bought some adhesive I'd not heard of before, Trio. It's tape with a paper liner you can leave on until you use the envelope. I also like to give handcrafted envelopes away but have never found a satisfactory solution to the adhesive part. Heck, if all this works out, maybe I'll sell packs of handmade envelopes.
I just like to use them too. I don't mail that much stuff anymore but when I have time, I like to stamp all over an envelope - even, or especially, to places of business - like the credit union or a doctor's office. And I really like to fancy it up when I mail a craft show application - but I rarely have time to do that anymore. Oh! I just remembered a perfect application - I have a roll of wallpaper I bought on clearance years ago, for this very purpose. And I have been saving old calendars for a while.
Should be fun!
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Yesterday at work we had a presentation of Stephen Covey's book, "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by one of our Buffalo employees, Carrie, who did an outstanding job. She's our event co-ordinator and a former teacher so this is her forte. She gave each of us a bag with little doodads to illustrate and remind us of the things we talked about. This photo shows us all wearing goofy glasses, representing the lenses or paradigms with which we view the world. That would be me in the red shirt, lower right, with the Groucho glasses. They made my nose sweat. It was a lot of fun - there were some funny people in the room.I love self-help books. Sixteen people signed up for this one - I hope we can do more. Carrie is working on a new one now - I think it's one of these Fish books.
This morning I read my email newsletter from Judikins, which led me to Craft TV Weekly, a cool site I've visited before that hosts crafty webisodes. Judi demonstrated their envelope templates, which got me hook, line & sinker. I love making envelopes out of old calendar pages & wrapping paper, using plastic templates I've made myself from paper envelopes. But these templates she demonstrated are inexpensive and easier to use than mine so I bought a couple.
I also bought some adhesive I'd not heard of before, Trio. It's tape with a paper liner you can leave on until you use the envelope. I also like to give handcrafted envelopes away but have never found a satisfactory solution to the adhesive part. Heck, if all this works out, maybe I'll sell packs of handmade envelopes.I just like to use them too. I don't mail that much stuff anymore but when I have time, I like to stamp all over an envelope - even, or especially, to places of business - like the credit union or a doctor's office. And I really like to fancy it up when I mail a craft show application - but I rarely have time to do that anymore. Oh! I just remembered a perfect application - I have a roll of wallpaper I bought on clearance years ago, for this very purpose. And I have been saving old calendars for a while.
Should be fun!
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Grandma Hattie's Spring Open House & Gift Sale
At the Historic Osborne House
146 Maple Avenue, Victor, NY
Friday, May 11, 12:00-6:00
Saturday, May 12, 10:00-4:00
At the Historic Osborne House
146 Maple Avenue, Victor, NY
Friday, May 11, 12:00-6:00
Saturday, May 12, 10:00-4:00
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Labels: Life Update
posted by Stefani at 5:49 AM
1 Comments:
Ha ha! I used to take pictures of people wearing those funny glasses, and have quite a collection. Love it!
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