Convention Highlights!

Ladies, I am so excited about the new catalog and new products Stampin' Up! is offering this fall!We will have phase two of the new decor elements line which adds more colors and designs, a catalog for which my wish list is huge, and starting in September, the BigShot diecut machine by Sizzix! SU! will have several exclusive dies as well as providing a variety of Sizzix dies for purchase through SU!

Here is just a sampling of the fun things they had for us in Salt Lake City:

The views were lovely and so different....mountains all around, and Salt Lake City had delicious restaurants. My friend Brooke from church in Edmond now lives there and took us to a great local restaurant called Ruth's out in Emigration Canyon and then on a great tour of the city. This picture looks toward the Great Salt Lake:

Jessika (my upline) and I toured the Stampin' Up! headquarters in Riverton, UT with all the other demonstrators. This is in the entry/eating/break area of Stampin' Up!.

Here's a quick picture of the distribution area within the building:

We also saw lovely staging areas where products are showcased called the Legacy Rooms. The things shown here are not in the catalog, but are likely in the holiday mini catalog:

The presentations and classes were helpful and great fun. Here is a bookmark and also a picture of the new colors of decor elements:

There are also limitless displays of items and cards made by fellow demonstrators. I think this cookie sheet calendar would make a great Advent calendar.

Here's a picture of the Artisan Award winning submission by Mary Jo Albright. I was amazed by her fabulous creations, and her scrapbook page has already been featured on Shelli Gardner's blog here: http://www.soshelli.com/ (Shelli is the owner and co-founder of Stampin' Up!):

Here are some online friends I was finally able to meet in real life....They are challenge chasers....we like to do the Splitcoaststampers challenges as often as we can. I also had a great time at the SCS (splitcoaststampers) dinner and enjoyed meeting the girls posting to the Swapppers Anonymous threads. I'll have great swaps to show you all at the New Catalog Open House on the 28th!