Well, I am 8 days late in saying Happy New Year to you! I took a few days off the grid to ring in the New Year and it is CHA season soooooo I have been working, focusing and preparing for the creative industry "Rose Parade." This is the time of the year when the industry gets together in one big arena and rolls out all of the new stuff. I totally get it and I do participate in it, but only a certain amount of it.
Then I am out.
I hope that I do not get busted for saying this, but here goes....
It is just a necessary evil.
CRAP, that sounds terrible but it is for me.
I am in no way speaking for anyone else. Just me.
Truth be told (as if you could not figure it out already) I am not a fan of CHA but PLEASE don't get me wrong. I LOVE to go in and teach, meet with store owners and participate in fun, crazy antics with my Sizzix family but that is it. I don't walk the show and I don't spend anymore time there than I am committed to. Personally, I get very overwhelmed, over stimulated and I shut down. Luckily, that darned convention center is only 25 short minutes away from home (whew!) so I am able to go in, do what I do and then go home. I have no idea if other artists in the "arena" feel this way because I don't talk about my issues.
I do not want to seem ungrateful. I am so very thankful for the teams of people at Sizzix and ADORNit and the Retail store owners for believing, trusting and investing in me and my brand.
Okay, done with that!
So Happy New Year and Happy Documented Faith 2016!
Binders and January kits are continuing to ship out (thankful to my crew that gets it done while I am back and forth the the show) and I have been blown away with the growth that has occurred in just the past few weeks. I should not be blown away because that is how awesome God is. I said a few months ago that I was going to focus on the depth and let Him handle the width...
and dang, it is happening.
I am grateful to all of YOU who are taking steps in faith with me. YOU who are committing to documented your walk...NOT YOUR RELIGION. I will continue saying that because it is the TRUTH. Just because Documented Faith has the word FAITH in it does not mean it is all about religion. It is about your relationships...With Jesus and with others. I made a little Documented Faith Binder Video yesterday because mine is headed into that "arena" today to be shared.
INSERT FLASHING LIGHTS: light bulb moment as I am typing right here, right now.....I am walking into the arena today with my amour that holds truth....documented in a binder to share with others.
BOOM.
Here is the video, check it out and do me a favor, pray that as I drive down the 5 Freeway today towards Disneyland, that I actually park and not keep driving!!! Kidding...not kidding.
Here is the link to Documented Faith 2016
Here is the link to purchase a Documented Faith Binder
Here is the link to the January Kit
Here is the link to Documented Faith 2015