Thursday, May 10, 2012

Today I am going to share with you something really AWESOME about my TOTALLY AMAZING kids!

I have 3 daugthers, they are Sandrina 9, Sadira 11, and Savannah 13. The 2 younger girls are in Camp Fire. I am the leader for the my youngest daughters club. I will more than likely be taking on the the leader position again for my middle daughter's club for 6th grade.

My 11 year old, Sadira is a TOTAL goal setter and is VERY motivated by REALLY COOL incentives. Last year for our Camp Fire candy selling season, her goal was to sell over 1000 individual packs of Camp Fire candy. Her movitvating factor was the simple fact that she wanted her name added to the plaque for achieving over 1000 packs. She wanted her name on the plaque for life! Well with lots of hard work she was able to achieve that goal. Well, this year she made a plan to even beat that! So what was her goal this year? She wanted to sell 1500 packs of candy. Well, by doing this she would again earn her name on the over 1000 plaque but by selling 1500 packs she would EARN a FREE laptop. Well, knowing that we worked very hard last year, but also that there were plenty of days that we did not sell candy, she made a plan to achieve her goal. Well guess what?

SHE DID IT!!!! We brought home her new laptop yesterday. Unfortunately, we were unable to attend the awards ceremony. So after school we went and picked up her laptop. Here is a picture of her and all her awards.

Here is the laptop that she earned and I am pleasantly surprised that Office 2010 was also included!

Here is Sadira holding the plaque for the TOP SELLER for the Year of all age brackets! We are SOOOO PROUD of her!

Here she is with her younger sister, Sandrina. They also do an award for all families with their sales combined. All families collectively selling over 1000 gets a plaque with their achievement on it. Together they sold 1620 packs of Campfire candy!

We all worked very hard this year and they also earned over $1500 in camp credit. So Sadira will be going to Camp Sweyo for 11 nights, also a 7 night and then Sandrina who is not used to being away from home that long, will go for 4 nights.

Candy Selling is 3 weeks of a lot of hard work. However, my girls KNOW that if they set their mind to a specific goal that they can achieve their DREAMS! To me, this is PRICELESS!!!

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Starting today, I am going to start showcasing some of my photography on this blog as well. When I started this blog, my intention was to show more than one side of myself to you. Thus how I came up with All Thing Shannon Smoldt for my blog address. I am sure that there are many things about me that you do not know.

I remember even as a child I really enjoyed taking pictures. I remember when my grandmother bought me my first camera so that I could take pictures at Camp Illahee which was where we went to camp every summer for Camp Fire. I earned my way to camp every year back then by selling campfire candy. That was back when kids could actually go door to door by themselves and feel safe. Summer camp was always a huge highlight of my youth.

I have a few of those photos that I took back then, but unfortunately the subject in my photo is so small. I am disappointed in the fact that the photo does not show what I remember in my mind. Well, fortunately today with today's technology that is not a problem.

I remember when I bought my own camara when I was in high school. I wanted to get some REALLY nice pictures of my friends who were graduating. I was a sophomore. I remember it was a really awesome Kodak and I am sure I spent a couple hundred dollars of my own money. That camera was so nice, that it lasted through college, which I have some fun pictures capturing some really great memories there. Also, it made it through for my honeymoon and on to our next vacation where my husband somehow let our bag fall into the swimming pool at the Moon Palace in Cancun. Now that stinks! Because here we are on an AMAZING vacation and now I have no camera! Thankfully we went with some friends and I was able to get a copy of their photos, but its not quite the same.

Anyway, I love taking GREAT photos and I LOVE to scrapbook so they really do go hand in hand. So obviously those are 2 of my Favorite things!

Now today, you have learned a little bit about me. Maybe even more than you wanted to know. In a few days, I will give you a glimpse into something else that is important in my life. But for now I am on to showcase some AWESOME photos!

This is my favorite Engagement photo that I took of Roy and Jessicas Engagement Shoot.

These are some favorites of Tommy's Senior Pictures!

We also used this day as an opportunity to do some family photos.

I have plenty more photos to showcase. Check back soon to see more photos!

Can't wait? I do have another blog you can look at as well. I will be uploading more photos there.

www.shannonsmoldtphotography.blogspot.com

Also, I do have a website where I will post your photo shoot so you can pick your favorites. I do have an AWESOME 2 Full days of shooting Senior Photos for my best friends daughter who flew over from the coast. I took her to several different locations and by checking out her photos you can see all the cool different types of backgrounds we were able to capture in different areas in Spokane. When you go to this website to view her photos her name is Sydney Ward.

Here is that link:

www.shannonsmoldtphotography.printroom.com

Contact me for more info!

I specialize in:

*Fun with Kids!

*Senior Portraits

*Engagement Photos

*Family Photos

*6th/8th Grade Promotion Photos

I am also wanting to start taking on Birthday Parties!

Moms are so rarely in the photos and they are managing the party and so often many memories have been missed! Let me do it for you!

Contact me today at 509-710-1879 or shannonsmoldt@gmail.com

to book your party or photo shoot today!

Monday, April 30, 2012

Classes, Coffee and Conversations a Plenty

· Shannon Smoldt, Independent Consultant, Senior Director

· www.ctmh.com/shannonsmoldt

· www.AllThingsShannonSmoldt.blogspot.com

· contact me: Facebook , shannonsmoldt@gmail.com or 509-710-1879

Don’t you just LOVE stamping, scrapbooking and papercrafting? Well if you do, I have a Class for you!

*You can attend any class of your choice anytime you like! But I will SWEETEN the deal for you if you would LOVE to become a Close To My Heart Club member!

Just commit to ordering a minimum of $25 worth of products of your choice each month and 1 month out of 6 months you will receive a minimum $25 in FREE products! *Choose the Best Bang for your Buck class and no additional purchase is required to be a club member.

$5 Fun Fridays-

May 11th 7pm - 3 LAYOUTS just $5 each. (They will be pre-cut so reserve your seat today!)

· May 25th 7pm- 5 CARDS just $5 (They will be pre-cut so reserve your seat today!)

Mystery Hostess Party!

* Wednesday, May 30th 6:30pm

Love to Party? Need some new friends that like to party also? Come and party the Close To My Heart way.

You will get to make a couple of items FREE of charge and just by doing a few simple things you will be entered in a drawing to be THE MYSTERY HOSTESS FOR THE NIGHT! Hint: The hostess of the night gets to choose ALL THE FREE & DISCOUNTED products earned for the night!

How to earn tickets into the drawing:

· 5 tickets- for setting a date to host your very own Party!

· 4 tickets- for becoming a Close To My Heart club member!

· 1 ticket -for RSVPing

· 2 tickets- for EVERY $25 in products ordered that night!

· 2 tickets- for Bringing a GUEST that also earns tickets (except for RSVPs)

· 1 ticket- Bring a Snack to Share!

Best Bang For Your Buck!

* 1 paper kit, 4 layouts! We will be using the Super Cute Superhero Kit!

· Monday, May 21st 10am-2pm

· Sunday, May 27th 12pm-4pm

This is a pretty advanced class as you will be doing all the cutting for 8 pages of scrapbook pages. However, I have had several ladies that have never scrapbooked a day in their life ,successfully complete this class!

I feature one paper kit per month. You will get a paper packet and tons of embellishments to make some pretty AMAZING layouts completely loaded! You will need to order our Base Color cardstock separately along with page protectors.*You will need White Daisy 12 x 12 cardstock to build your pages on for this kit.

$35 (Must order in advance)

Wonderful Workshops-

· May 6^th- Mother’s Day Workshop 9 x 9 Accordion style mini book using Magnifique papers, stickease and embellishments. $20

Pick Your Own Party Nights Available:

Host a Qualifying show of $150 or higher and receive FREE and discounted products for having a FUN party with your girlfriends and family members.!

* Wednesday, May 9th (Host a Qualifying show on this night and RECEIVE DOUBLE HOSTESS REWARDS!!! GRAB IT NOW!)

· Wednesday, May 16th – Host a Qualifying show on this night and receive an EXTRA $20 in FREE product!

· Wednesday, May 23rd or Thursday, May 24th - Host a Qualifying show on this night and receive 2 goodies out of my basket!

· Tuesday, May 29th – Host a Qualifying show and receive 1 goody out of my basket!

Party options:

Free project- 2 cards, Free project- 3d item using our new Cricut Art Philosophy, or $5 to make a 2pg layout!

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Stella Paper kit

8pg Class, $35

I have a class time on Saturday, April 28th 6:30pm.
Must order this kit by the end of them this week in order to get your materials in time for this class.
However, you can still order and make it during another class time or at the May retreat!

By ordering this kit plus $5 of another product item you will qualify for the
Dotty For You special shown below! And don't forget that by adding just a few more things, you can also add the April Stamp of the month for just $5.