A HUGE Thank you to EACH of you! :)

I don't even know how to begin, but I just wanted to say THANK YOU to each of you as you have continued to support me on this Close To My Heart journey! ;)  I have been blessed to have just EARNED my 7th trip as a CTMH Consultant - and am quite amazed, shocked & oh so thankful all at the same time. :) 

 This trip to Mexico, will take place at the end of Feb 2017 and it is an all-expense paid trip for myself - and a guest (that'd be my hubby). :)  Wow - a vacation just the two of us provided by CTMH, and ultimately EACH of you!  I am so thankful to CTMH, that they as a company choose to offer this incentive for each of us!!  Wow!!  To have this opportunity is AMAZING, and I know Eric & I would have NEVER traveled to these places on our own - but only because it was an incentive that CTMH offered us as consultants. 

Of course- I couldn't have done this without EACH of you!  THANK YOU!!  

Thank you for your continued love of papercrafting, as we share together, create together & talk about our everyday lives together!  

Thank you for choosing me as your CTMH consultant, and for coming to my classes, shows, hosting parties & purchasing our beautiful products!  I LOVE to share papercrafting with you & look forward to many more creating times together - it truly IS our therapy! :) 

Blessings to each of you, and a huge THANK YOU once again for helping me to achieve this goal!  

THANK YOU & happy weekend!! 

Krista :) 

A special offer for YOU when I am on my CTMH Cruise!!

We are SO EXCITED, and can hardly BELIEVE that in just 2 days we will be seeing my FAVORITE trees – Palm Trees!!

I just wanted to take a moment & again thank Close To My Heart, and a HUGE thank YOU to EACH of you for blessing me with this incredible opportunity!! It's YOU - my loyal customers- that have helped me to earn this amazing trip...so thank YOU!!!  

Eric & I are really looking forward to our EXPENSE paid trip on our cruise to St. Thomas, Tortola- British Virgin Islands AND Nassau, Bahamas!!! CTMH treats us like royalty when we are there…AND before we arrive too!! 

A few weeks ago, I received an entire BOXFUL of goodies from CTMH!!  Of course – I had to take a picture of these items…check it out!!

 Also, included in this kit is the yearly EXCLUSIVE incentive trip stamp set, created just for the incentive trip earners of that year.  It has city names, places, and images that will be used throughout our entire album!!  I just ADORE the dolphin & cruise boat!!!!

 So, our “royal treatment” has already begun, and I can’t WAIT to see what creativity CTMH has in store for our DAILY room gifts!!!  Yes – DAILY – this is another item I look forward to each trip!  Each day, we receive a gift in our room & it has an ADORABLE poem attached that helps us figure out what's inside!!!  Often the items have the CTMH logo on them, and some of my favorite gifts in the past were - an Eddie Bauer backpack, sunglasses, a zip up beach mat & a waterproof pouch to hold my phone....just to name a few!! 

This year, for the 2016 Incentive Trip, we will be cruising on the BRAND NEW boat from Norwegian - called the Escape.  It was just released in November 2015 & it is an AMAZING boat from the videos I've seen!!!  

If you want to check all this boat has to offer (high ropes course, water park, 12 pools, mini golf, etc)  - feel free to CLICK HERE for a video showcasing this amazing vessel.  

We will sail out of Miami...and actually, Eric & I are headed there a couple days earlier to visit with friends!!!  We are looking forward to that too! 

I can feel the sun’s warmth & see the palm trees already!

Enjoy the pictures below of what our ship will look like…and if you’d like to stay up-to-date with what’s going on our trip J…make sure to “like” my CTMH Business Facebook page!!  I plan on posting there a couple of times during my time away, as long as I have Wi-Fi access...that is to be determined.  J

I can't WAIT to see this in person - the movie screen area on the deck of the boat.

The WATER slides that are on the boat!!!

AND they have a high ropes course!!  and these pictures are ONLY pictures of the cruise boat...not any pictures of the actual ports we'll be stopping at!! J

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As part of my THANK YOU for helping me earn this trip,

I wanted to bless you with a "thank you" goodie too!!  I know - it's not quite like a vacation, but I'm excited to give you a fun treat because you are the reason I earned this trip! J

***Place a  $35 or more order on my website during my time away...
Feb 25 - March 5, 2016…

and I will SEND you a FREE pack of BEAUTIFUL, new Playful Puffies!!  
(retail of $3.95)

These new embellies have been a favorite of mine.  It's hard to see the glitter & sparkle that they have in this picture, but they are beautiful & can be used with just about anything!! 

So here's what you do...
1. Place your $35 or more order on my website www.kristah.ctmh.com
2. When your order is placed, please contact me to let me know that you just placed the qualifying order.  
3. When I return, I’ll get those puffies mailed to you right away!  Wahoo!! J

Thanks so much for all of your well wishes & congrats and thank YOU once again for helping me to achieve this amazing goal!! 

Blessings to EACH of you and I look forward to sharing with you again soon!  

Krista J

Hawaii Bound & THANK YOU gift for YOU!

We are SO EXCITED, and can hardly BELIEVE that in just 3 days we will be seeing my FAVORITE trees – Palm Trees!!

I just wanted to take a moment & again thank Close To My Heart, and a HUGE thank YOU to EACH of you for blessing me with this incredible opportunity!!  

Eric & I are really looking forward to our EXPENSE paid trip to one of the Hawaiian Islands – Oahu.  CTMH treats us like royalty when we are there…AND before we arrive too!! 

A few weeks ago, I received an entire BOXFUL of goodies from CTMH!!  Of course – I had to take a picture of these items…check it out!!

 Also, included in this kit is the yearly EXCLUSIVE stamp set, created just for the incentive trip earners of that year.  It has city names, places, and images that will be used throughout our entire album!!  Aren't the pineapples & flowers just perfect?!?!

 So, the “royal treatment” has started already, and I can’t WAIT to see what creativity CTMH has in store for our DAILY room gifts!!!  Yes – DAILY – this is another item I look forward to each trip!

This year, we will be staying at a Disney resort called Aulani. We are on the "Big Island"...and will be flying into Honolulu.  

This resort is only 3 or 4 years old, and while it has a Disney theme…it is very Hawaiian too!  I did a search to see what we will be encountering while there…and I wanted to share some of these AMAZING photos with you!! 

I can feel the sun’s warmth & see the palm trees already!

Enjoy the pictures…and if you’d like to stay up-to-date with what’s going on in Hawaii J…make sure to “like” my CTMH Facebook page!!  I plan on posting there a couple of times during my time away.  J

This is the Aulani resort…the front view.

There is a LAZY river at the resort!!  We plan to take advantage of this!!!

There is a waterslide for the tubes too – sounds like so much fun!!

This is the manmade lagoon on Aulani’s property (or so I’m told). 

Eric is planning on taking his fishing gear along…he said “Don’t you see all of the BIG fish out at those breakers?”

Oh my!  So – he will be relaxing by fishing! J

As part of my THANK YOU for helping me earn this trip,

I wanted to bless you with a goodie too!!

For EVERY $35 order placed on my website during the month of February 2015…

I will SEND you a FREE pack of our 4x6 FABULOUS flip flaps!!  

When your order is placed, please contact me to tell me you just placed the qualifying order & I’ll get those flip flaps mailed to you right away!  Wahoo!! J

Are Flip Flaps something NEW to you???  You don’t know WHAT you are missing!!  WE have a VARIETY of sizes & they are the PERFECT solution to create beautiful, uncrowded pages - but still get a LARGE amount of pictures on the page!!! 

Here are the many sizes we carry...

Want to learn more??? J 

Take a peek at my fellow consultant, Noreen Petty’s, FABULOUS video showing us how AMAZING these flip flaps are!!  I even knew how GREAT these flip-flaps were…but Noreen was SO CREATIVE in her MANY used of these fabulous embellishments!! 

Thanks so much for all of your well wishes & congrats and thank YOU once again for helping me to achieve this amazing goal!! 

Blessings to EACH of you and  Aloha!!! J

Krista J

 

Costa Rica with Close To My Heart

What an AMAZING trip!  A relaxing, rejuvenating time for my husband & I.  We are so thankful this opportunity that CTMH allows us to earn and a HUGE thank you that support me through CTMH!!! 

I am so grateful & so blessed by your continued support!! Thank you!!!

Come join me as I share a peek into our Costa Rica Trip of 2014!J

One of the highlights of the trip…we receive gifts each day!  Talk about being pampered! LOL!!!  What FUN!!! 

The packages were tied with ribbons & they all included a poem that gave you a hint of what was inside.  I looked forward to reading these poems each night! 

The Westin Playa Conchal resort was beautiful!  There were so many flowers, animals, birds, landscaping that allowed us to just relax and enjoy.

Our room was fabulous…we could have stayed in there the whole time!  With our sitting area, dining area, bedroom & bath - we really felt extra special with the royal treatment!! 

 

We HAD TO use our dining room table, so we called room service quite often.  We loved that we could receive a plate of fresh fruit anytime of the day or night!

Of course there were many restaurants to choose from too!!  We didn't get to all the restaurants…but the Bamboo, Asian restaurant, was our favorite! 

We had access to the public beach, right from the resort! 

There were vendors to “greet” us J as we walked onto the beach, massages on the beach for ONLY $20 (we opted to pass this time)…but if we ventured a bit farther away, we were in our own little world.

Most of the resort attendees, liked to be by the beautiful pool…

however, we ended up being at the beach instead of the pool the entire week! 

Whether we were at the beach during the afternoon, evening or early morning- we always enjoyed hearing the crashing of waves, the gurgling of water, the shells rubbing together in the tide - we enjoyed being surrounded by God’s creation and realizing once again what an AWESOME, MIGHTY, CREATIVE God we serve!

We choose to go on a few excursions, outside of the resort, throughout our week in Costa Rica.J

Our 1st trip was the Palo Verde tour - a boat ride to see the famous crocodiles, birds, iguanas, etc. 

I was THRILLED we also got to see macaw’s in the wild!!!  Beautiful!

On another day, we went on the Mega Combo tour…this was my favorite excursion out of the 2 we did.

The day ran from 8:30-5:30 and it included: Zip lining, horseback riding, 400 m. waterslide (4 football fields long!) lunch, volcanic mud bath & natural hot springs.  

WOW!!J

Here is a group picture of all 68 Incentive Trip Earners & 

the CTMH executive team!!

THANK YOU Close To My Heart for having this incentive trip available for us as consultants to earn!!  I have been to so many places in this world, that I never imagined I would go!  

I am so thankful & blessed and give Jesus the praise for allowing me to earn these trips!  My daily prayer is that I would continue to use the gifts he has given me to serve Him in all that I do!  J

Blessings to EACH of you!

Krista J