I am totally excited to share with you all the excitement for stamping, crafting and scrapbooking that I've been working hard to create ALL week. This is all for you and YOU will LOVE it! You just need to TRY it.
Let's start from the beginning.
When StampThings was created, my intent was to share a hobby with people, specifically caregivers of medically fragile loved ones who needed something for themselves. As a caregiver to a previously fragile baby girl who is still very medically complicated (but doesn't need to live in a bubble), I know how difficult it is to get out of the house to simply buy groceries (never mind crafting supplies to support my mental health)! Thankfully Stampin' Up! products are available on-line, Click here to get to my Stampin' Up! website and then select the
button on the top left corner of the screen.
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to reach the caregivers that I had intended to. However, www.StampThings.com has reached thousands of stampers, scrapbookers and paper crafters. Now I want to offer all of you even more!
Under the tutelage of awesome coach, my goal has grown beyond simply blogging to share my ideas & make products easily available, but to create a community. Stampthings is now on Facebook, Twitter and (coming soon!) to YouTube. What does this mean to you. EVERYTHING! Let's spend a little time on each.
Facebook- This is a FREE social media site. You can create and keep your profile private or you can make it public so that your old friends (with whom you have inadvertently lost touch with as life takes it twists and turns ups and downs, flips and FLOPS!) can now find you or you can find them. When people find you, they must request to become a "Friend". This helps to keep your information private or amoung your friends.
Once you join facebook or perhaps you are already a member, you can become a fan or Stampthings. Stampthings is a community of like minded paper crafters like yourself who enjoy stamping, scrapbooking, card making, etc. Becoming a fan also provide updates, blog posts and a little more personal interaction among the members. Currently we have over 44 members on Facebook!
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Twitter - Did you see Oprah on Friday? She featured Twitter! Now that Oprah is tweeting (It is a post on Twitter), you can bet good money that Twitter is going to be the next BEST thing on the Internet. Again? What the heck is Twitter??
Twitter is another way to stay connected with your fellow crafters (stampers, scrapbookers, quilters, you name it!) and get concise updates. Correct that, it is more than updates, its where peopole share what they are thinking using very short tweets (less than 140 characters). It's hard to explain until you use it.
Now Twitter is also mobile friendly, by that I mean if you have a cell phone or any other device that accepts text messages, you can receive tweets (text messages) via you cell phone, PDA, whatever you want to call your device that you carry in your pocket to stay connected with the world 24 hours a day. WAIT!!! Don't go! This is where I tell you that, I DON'T have one of those really cool things. I still use twitter. I just check my tweets by going to my twitter home page, when I want.
Again, What the HECK has this got to do with ME? Stampthings has created a StampThings twitter page and even better a TWIBE! OMG, what the heck is a TWIBE. UGH? I'm so confused. Please stay with me.
Let's keep it simple. You will first want to become a follower on the StampThings twitter page. This will get you started. To become a follow, click the follow button under the StampThings logo.
A Twibe - It is like a tribe, a group of people if you will, no a community of people who like similar things and want to share. The stampthings TWIBE, is a crafting twibe. ALL crafters are welcome in this tribe, I mean TWIBE. It is a great way to get to know other crafters. The Twibe is still very new as upgrades are made available, the twibe protion of Twitter will be more useful to you.
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You tube - I'm just going to give you a little tease about You Tube. I'm working on video tutorials. Eventually Stampthings will have a Stampthings Channel on You tube. The videos will be embedded into posts here on Stampthings. You will be able to go to the Stampthings You Tube channel to view other videos as well. I'll provide these links as they area available.
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In summary, you can be a part of the Stampthings community in several ways!
FaceBook: Make sure to click the "Become a Fan" button on the top right corner
Twitter Follower: Make sure to click the "Follow" button under the StampThings logo.
Twitter Twibe: Become a member of the TRIBE of crafters.
You have nothing to loose and everything to gain by becoming a member! I look forward to seeing you on Twitter & Facebook!
If you have any questions, you can email me or leave a comment.