| The Close To My Heart (CTMH) company offers | | | | managers who send emails, newsletters, and offer |
| home-based business opportunities to those interested | | | | support through phone or online conferences for new |
| in combining their love of crafts with earning money. In | | | | consultants. Consultants at Close To My Heart earn |
| 1996, founder Jeanette Lynton began Close To My | | | | commission with the potential of earning incentives, but |
| Heart, which is headquartered in Pleasant Grove, Utah. | | | | are not required to maintain any quotas or set number |
| After 12 years, the company began including | | | | of hours. |
| scrapbook supplies, and then became international with | | | | Close To My Heart hostesses are directed by |
| consultants in Canada as well as the US. | | | | consultants at parties referred to as Home Gatherings. |
| The CTMH scrapbook and stamping company mainly | | | | Here, the latest products will be showcased, along with |
| gears itself toward women who are looking to | | | | demonstrations and shared scrapbooking techniques. |
| supplement their income, or to those who are working | | | | The gatherings are designed to promote products and |
| full-time, or who are stay-at-home mothers. Some of | | | | increase sales while socializing and sharing new ideas. |
| the benefits the company say they offer their | | | | Hostesses at Close To My Heart gatherings may earn |
| consultants include access to exclusive products, travel | | | | rewards including stamping or scrapbooking products |
| opportunities if desired, and discounts. Flexible hours | | | | along with free shipping of hostess gifts with orders |
| and having the ability to set their own schedules, as | | | | totaling over $150. Other rewards such as free |
| well as the opportunity to work from home, are among | | | | products will depend on the amount of subsequent |
| the top reasons consultants say they enjoy being with | | | | parties booked, and the amount of sales amassed at |
| the company. | | | | the party. |
| New consultants of Close To My Heart must | | | | Products such as a full line of rubber stamps, inks, and |
| purchase a kit that includes a variety of scrapbooking | | | | 9" x 9" scrapbook albums are some of the items sold |
| products ranging from albums to cardstock, to | | | | in catalogs that are shared with friends, neighbors, |
| embellishments and accessories. The fee for this kit is | | | | family, and coworkers. The emphasis of being a |
| $150 in the United States or $187.50 in Canada, and | | | | consultant with Close To My Heart is focused on |
| contains business supplies and forms, as well as | | | | having interesting Home Gatherings, as the amount of |
| training materials such DVD's and catalogs. | | | | income will of course depend on the amount of sales |
| The company provides additional training through team | | | | one earns. |