I had the best time at Convention this year! I wanted to give you all an update each day, but networking didn’t work well each day and I didn’t fiddle with it too much because I was so busy having the time of my life!! Now that I am home I will still give you a day by day journal of my Convention experience.

July 30th was Check In Day. This is the most anticipated of all Convention days because we get to see what new stamp sets are in our convention bag, we had our FREE sneak peek catalog, and were able to shop at Momento Mall. What is Momento Mall? It is a shopping experience for demonstrators only. Usually all items in Momento Mall are only available for purchase during Convention.

The big dilemma on check-in day was which line to get in first…Momento Mall or Bag pickup to see the new catalog. We got in line for Momento Mall at 7:30 AM (doors open at 9AM) there were already hundreds of demos in line! Usually Momento Mall sells out fast and we didn’t want to miss purchasing something. Here are pics of what lines for Momento Mall looked like when we showed up:

Check out this crowd! I am in the bottom right of this pic talking to a few friends.

Here is Gwynne. She turned around at the perfect time when I was taking a shot of the lines!

I didn’t have all my swaps done yet, so I continued to make them while I was in line. I thought it was a pretty good use of time! I came home with so many awesome swaps and I will have them all on display at my customer and hostess open houses. If you are in the Brimfield, MA area and interested in stopping by, contact me and I will give you all the details.

Check out this T-shirt! I thought it was the cutest, and might have to make one for myself!

Doors opened around 8:45 AM. Several demonstrators picked up their catalog first and came back in line. There was a demo in front of me with the new catalog and she was so nice to let a few of us look at it with her. Wait until you get to see the new catalog!

It is full of new stuff from : DSP, Ribbon, Simply Scrappin’ Kits, punches, stamp sets, and more. Sorry I can’t really share to many specifics with you until the 11th. If you attend my open house you will get a FREE copy of the Idea Book and Catalog! If you would like to pre-order it. Contact me I can send one to you for $5 plus shipping (FREE with a $50 order).

Momento Mall was so great! I almost purchased one of everything! A photo frame to hold my picture with Shelli, chap-stick and stuffed animals for my kids, a beautiful hooded sweater, the art from the heart CD, a poster to frame and hang in my craft room (bedroom, LOL), and a few other items! The most popular were the matching project totes and camera cases. I picked up a camera case for myself. The pattern one of the new Designer series papers in the new catalog! I can’t wait to order it! Here is a picture in the Project tote. I picked one up for my friend Charlotte.

After momento mall we went right to bag pickup. This year the convention bag was a beautiful messenger bag. I will show pics of that another day.

I will try to post again late night tomorrow, after the kids go to sleep. After being away for a week I need to spend some extra time with them! I hope you have enjoyed my Convention highlights so far…

Happy Stamping!

I haven’t been writing for a few days because I was frantically getting ready for Stampin’ Up! Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah! Well, here I am. We arrived yesterday in the early afternoon. It is so nice here, very hot but not humid!

Before I left home I didn’t have time to finish creating my swaps for Convention (I will post pics of them soon), so I stamped on the plane! The flight attendants got a real kick out of all us demos stamping on the plane.

I am staying in the Marriot across the street from the Convention Center. How convenient is that!! AND Shellie Gardner the co-founder and CEO of Stampin’ Up! is staying in our hotel too! I met her last year and she is SO nice. I have seen her and various members of her family throughout the day today. It is so exciting to be here and see them. Hopefully I will get another pic with her again this year.

Last night after we arrived Gwynne, Laura, and I went swimming and then did some sight seeing in the area. We are across the street from historic Temple Square. If you would like to learn a little about the Temple Square click here. This is a picture of the Mormon Temple in Temple Square during the day:

The Temple at night looked so striking, I couldn’t resist another picture. Check this out!!:

There were banners all over the city welcoming us to Salt Lake:

That was pretty much my first day in Salt Lake. Today was check in day for convention. I was able to shop at Momento Mall and best of all received my advanced copy of the NEW SU! CATALOG!!! it is beautiful and there is definitely something in this catalog for everybody. Some of my favorites like Tart n Tangy are going to be in the catalog!!! I was so excited about that. I will post some pics of Check-In day tomorrow.Right now it is midnight and I am cross eyed. So, I am going to bed. Talk to you tomorrow!!

Happy Stamping!