bella's petit gateaux is moving

ciao all! i've got some exciting news! my blog is moving! we're going over to typepad!
i wanted to let you all know and ask you all to post on this message if you'd like an invitation to the new site. it will be username and password protected. i plan on sharing things there, not for the general public and it will be mostly su!(though, as i mentioned before, not exclusively). so please let me know in a comment how you feel about the move and if you'd like to go with me to the new site! it will be bellas-petit-gateaux.typepad.com . thank you all for the great time i've had here on blogger. don't worry, i will finish posting the last of the atc's here as i complete them! and if you have a ctmh blog/site you'd like to be included as a link over there, please let me know(sanela, you're automatically going~hee hee, you have no choice(my other faves too :0)! thank you for your support!
abrazos grandes,
bella

just for you tiffany

as i stated in my "ciao for now" post, i do not have anything negative to say against ctmh. i've left with positive thoughts and feelings toward ctmh. it's for me, target. when for my family's needs i need a super target! i read and re-read the consultant manual but for some reason some parts just kept escaping me.
let me take you back to the time i realized my options with ctmh were not as plentiful as i thought. i was on the consultant website perusing the bulletin boards and i came across a post in the artwork bb regarding ctmh consultant blogs and i'm like "hmm...that's a good idea. i just started one. i'll check that post out..." i read the posts and picked up links to a lot of ctmh sisters' blogs and/or websites and i was pretty stoked about that. then i read a couple of posts that highlighted the rules of ctmh (like i said that i obviously didn't read correctly) and my mouth fell open and my heart fell out! i didn't know all of the restrictions on blogs and websites and the angel policy and selling your handmade cards, etc. my hubby had just mentioned to me that he wanted me to stop giving my cards away for free and sell them. i felt stuck~i'm not going to do craft fairs until the fall/winter. i have things i'd like to make and sell now and i'd like to be able to post them on my blog. i'd like to be able to link to my website. there are a lot of things that you can get at super target that you can't get at target. see my point? the rules that su! has about online auction sites are valid and i wouldn't want to break those. with su! i'm able to create kits and sell them anywhere! i'm able to have a blog and talk about my workshops/classes and costs and everything else. i can link to my website too!
i hated to leave ctmh but i just needed the extra freedom that su! allows its demonstrators to have. so, like i said, they're both great companies with fabulous products~one is just a better fit for my family's needs. i'm still in a hostess club, so i won't miss much~just the discount lol! i'll have to pay full price now! lol!
soooo there's your loooong story tiffany!
abrazos,
bella

ciao for now

ciao ctmh sisters (and brothers too) i just wanted to let you all know that i have given my resignation to the corporate office. i will no longer be an independent consultant for close to my heart. though i won't be an official ctmh sister any longer, i will still continue to support all of your blogs! once family, always family~right?!
i didn't resign because of anything being wrong with close to my heart. it's a great company! well, you all know that! it's just for personal family circumstances i've just decided to be an independent demonstrator for stampin up!. the only difference, to me, between close to my heart and stampin up! is the difference between walmart and a walmart supercenter. they're both great stores it's just that you can just get a little bit more at one than the other. i wish you all continued success with ctmh! keep your eye out for my comments on your blogs! have a lovely rest of the week! ciao for now!
abrazos,
bella

soooo....what do you think so far?

ciao all, maybe you've noticed bella's petit gateaux had a facelift(i think it makes me look younger~hee hee)! what do you think? let me know. oh, and, please vote in my poll regarding the tip of the day. i'd really like to know if they're helpful or not! grazie mille!
abrazos,
bella