Hi, my name's Jeanne Ciolli and I'm a stampascrappaholic! I have been a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator since August, 2003 and absolutely LOVE what I do. When I joined Stampin' Up! my goal was to get a discount on my own stamp purchases with no idea that my whole life would change once I became a demonstrator. I was very shy and the thought of standing up in front of anyone scared the begeebies out of me.  A friend encouraged me to host a workshop with her and I was completely hooked the moment I saw the sparkle in the guest's eyes when they saw what they could create on their own with rubber stamps!  I love teaching the arts of stamping and scrapbooking. I went from being afraid to speak in front of anyone to speaking in front of thousands of demonstrators at Convention in 2006. I was named as a Rising Star in my first year as a demonstrator, earned 5 cruises/incentive trips, was #1 in sales for California, #11 in sales in the whole company, earned Founder's Circle, and have been a guest speaker and designer at Regionals and addition to Convention. All of these honors have been wonderful, but the best part of being a demonstrator is the friends I have made along the way. My mission is to show people who think they don't have a creative bone in their body what THEY can do with a stamp, ink and paper! Truly, for me it's about FUN and FRIENDSHIP! I hope that someday, I have a chance to get to know you too.

In addition to Stampin' Up! I have a full-time job in the field of Marketing for a company that builds, owns, and manages shopping centers through-out California, Arizona, Nevada, and Oregon.  I've been married to a fantastic, loving, supportive, and PATIENT man named Dennis for almost 32 years.  We have two terrific sons, David and Douglas.  If you read my blog, you may have noticed that we have a new Bichon puppy named Lexi (we adore this little ball of fluff) and a 16-year-old cat named Spices.  Spices wasn't too thrilled when Lexi came through the door, but he's been great, basically ignoring the puppy as much as he can.  

I do work my Stampin' Up! business full-time.  My motto is "Have Stamps - Will Travel" and have conducted workshops as far away as Arizona and Texas.  I love workshops and hold Stamp Camps in my home every month.  I also hold a Sparkles Team Meeting every month where we share ideas, trade cards and basically offer support to anyone who needs it. The meetings are so much fun that I have "professional collector" demonstrators who keep up their own minimums just so they can attend the Sparkles get-togethers.  A majority of my business is Clubs with the Card of the Month and Page of the Month being the most popular. 

I hope you're enjoying your visit to my blog and check back often.  I LOVE feedback and would appreciate any comments you care to share.  It's nice to know that there are people out there reading what I spend so much effort in creating. Actually, when you're reading someone's blog, leave them a nice comment...you'll make their day!

I'm always available for questions, so if you need me, I'm only an email or phone call away 24/7.

Take care and Happy Stampin'!