By the third day of the Stampin' Up! Convention, it sounds like everyone is starting to get itchy fingers that need to pick up a stamp and start creating based on all the fabulous ideas we've seen! Every time we look up at a screen or sit down in a class, there's another project that we "need" to make for ourselves.
The new It's A Wrap
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Convention 2011: Day 2, stamping, stamping and more stamping ideas!
Want to guess how many pictures I took at Convention this year? 300? 500? 1000? Keep going: I took about 1200. And I know demonstrators who took TWICE as many! There were so many ideas shared, and Day 2 of the Stampin' Up! Convention started out with classes and ideas.
Here's a great idea using the Milk Carton Die for the Big Shot to
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Convention 2011: Can this really be Day 1?
For sure, how is it possible that this day was packed with so much, and it was only the first day! Okay, here goes my fast photo tour of the Stampin' Up! Convention, Day 1... (which was yesterday, if you're losing track of the days like me!)
Here's the Main Stage display--Stampin Up does a fabulous job of putting their stamp on
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Convention 2011: Registration and Shopping!
We're here! It's here! Convention officially opened today, and if you remember my posts from Conventions past, you might recall that my demonstrator group usually wears some kind of fun green hat, so that we can find each other easily among the 3000+ demonstrators at Convention. Well this year is no different, so here we are, getting
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Convention 2011: why wait for SLC?
When I talk about the card swaps I've been working on for Convention, the idea is to take them to the Convention with me and trade them with other demonstrators.
But if I meet demonstrators in the middle of o'Hare airport in Chicago, doesn't it make sense to start swapping now??! Okay, it confuses our fellow passengers, but you never
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Convention 2011: early start
My Convention travel day started out early when our phone rang not once but four times at 4:45. No, my flight's not til much later, but a demonstrator friend (who shall remain unnamed ;) was up and her phone accidentally dialed us.
Hmmmm, or maybe she just wanted to share her excitement with me over being up early to head to Salt Lake
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Convention is coming: sneak peek
Here's a quick post, since I already mentioned that I'm behind for getting ready!
Each year I've made Bag Tags for the demonstrators in our group, since Stampin' Up! gives us a fabulous bag each year, but then we all have exactly the same bag.
Solution? Bag tags! Here's a sneak peek, since I'm handing them out tomorrow as we arrive for
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Convention is coming… can I get an extra 24 hours?
One of my favorite events of the year -- Stampin' Up! Convention -- is just around the corner! Actually, it's just around the weekend, since I head out to Salt Lake City early next week for 5 days of stamping adventures with my fellow Demonstrators.
So here's my question: Can I get an extra 24 hours between now and then? There are
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