Discover Ink – Ann Gerlach Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator

So Friday was the last day at work for me as our Programme finished. It was an outreach programme at a University, which I was fortunate enough to be one of the first students to be involved with it in its inception, 21 years later we closed the doors on it. The reasons are many and varied and it was done with a lot of sadness as we truly loved what we did and the students and educators that we got to work with all around this massive state were inspiring, but everything has its season and as this one closes, I am looking forward to the next.

Every year for Christmas my work colleague and I would bake or make treats for our co-workers and students – this time we made going away biscuits, a lot of biscuits………the list of people that we loved working with was over 150 long…….so I made up the bag toppers in MDS with one of our favourite quotes (yes we’re both science geeks) and my colleague baked most of the biscuits, whilst I did a token few.

The recipients loved them (I can vouch for the fact they tasted really good), but also that we took the time to go and thank people individually, too often these days people are taken for granted which is sad.

I also went against the wishes of my work colleague who had been at the University for 14 years in the programme and did a leaving morning tea – yep I got in trouble for that one! However it gave me the opportunity to make an awesome card, also with MDS as the sentiment I wanted to use was retired and I no longer owned although I knew I could borrow it from a friend it was the wrong size, using MDS that’s not a problem. I also cheated and used some retired designer series paper that I loved and whilst I was at it used retired punches – in for a penny, in for a pound, although you could use the new star framelits that look fantastic to achieve the same result.

I put several sheets of paper as a mini booklet inside the card to allow enough space for everyone who wanted to, to sign the card and held them in place with Bakers Twine. You can get a free 30 day download of the My Digital Studio Programme here and the full version is just $24.95.

So now I am updating my resume and applying for new jobs, but it is an interesting and exciting time that will no doubt have ups and downs as we all adjust to the changes. In the mean time I have a list a zillion miles long of things to do that have been neglected over the last few years with the crazy hours we’ve been working.