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  • It’s the Stampin’ Up Convention Arrival Day! (RECAP)

    It’s the Stampin’ Up Convention Arrival Day! (RECAP)

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    Oh my everyone!  Yesterday was the big arrival day for myself, almost all of the Fun n’ Crafty stampers group, and a few friends who would be hanging out with us. 

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    Mom and I got up way too early for my liking to head to the airport Smile  But we were happy to be on our way!

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    As expected, I didn’t have my swaps anywhere near ready to go, so I through amazing luck, I had the only open middle seat on the plane next to me!  Which meant it was time to set up a swap making factory!

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    Most of our group arrived in the morning, so we hung out in our hotel room (or at least the one hotel room we could check into early) and worked on finishing swaps. 

    And can I say, I LOVE my stamping team and friends and they TOTALLY saved my bacon!  Everyone was so nice and offered to help assemble my swaps that I was silly in thinking I could pull together in a reasonable amount of time. Smile  <3 Them!

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    After a yummy lunch, we boarded the bus for the pilgramige to the Stampin’ Up home office for a tour and to say thank you to the awesome staff hanging out there, working hard to keep everything running smoothly!

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    Of course Mom and I had to get our picture taken in the atrium….

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    We explored the Idea room and their fun conference room that is wall of whiteboard.  I had to leave my graffiti while I was there

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    Then checking out the distribution center where they were packaging and shipping orders while we watched!

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    And of course we had to say hello and an extra big thank you to the demonstrator support team… who were answering calls while we walked.

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    And they had cute card samples on display too!  (PS – I have more samples posted over on my Facebook page here)

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    These two were designed by my fab friend Michelle Suit!  Isn’t she talented?

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    There were even new projects in the Legacy Museum too!

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    Finally, in between bouts of crazy rain, we ran out to the rock for our obligatory rock picture!

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    (L-R:  Monica Van Tassell, Kathy Thisted, Carla Branton, me – Jennifer Blomquist, Nicole Flournoy, and Beatie Bucy)

    Afterwards, I scrambled to finish getting goodie bags ready for the crew before we headed out to dinner.

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    Inside each bag we had

    • A team t-shirt (saying on the front and our team name on the back!) made by my friend Tamra Davis for us.
    • A name bag tag
    • Treats that were supposed to have a cute poem with them but I wasn’t that on top of things… but it went something like this:
      ”When convention feels like a circus (animal crackers)
      and you just need to chill (wintergreen life savers)
      get smart (smarties)
      Stay smooth and have fun (fun size milky way candy bar)” Smile      IMAG9285

    We walked to dinner at Red Rock Brewery and though we didn’t have all one table, we still had fun and swapped for some cute cards!

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    So, now it is time to get ready for Day 1 – lots more swapping, bags, prize patrol, and lots and lots of fun!  Make sure you are watching my Facebook page for updates throughout the day!

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  • Stampin’ Up Convention 2013–Day 1

    Whew!  Turns out when you are sharing a convention hall with 6,000 of your friends, the lines get really long! I knew it was going to be a busy day, but I wasn’t prepared for how much longer everything takes when you have so many people there. 

    But we had a lot of fun, saw some great inspiration, traded a ton of cute swaps, got freebies, and wore ourselves out. Smile 

    I thought I would share the highlights of the day so even if you weren’t able to be there in person, you could get a feel for what it’s like.  Then if you want to see lots of details, I’ll be posting all my pictures to my Facebook page over the next few days. 

    Wandering Salt Lake City

    This year I have a number of members of my Fun n’ Crafty stampers group join me at convention, and so I created a packing list checklist and shared it with everyone before we left.  I thought it would be really handy to use while packing for convention, and it was…. but who was the smarty pants who forgot her notebook and water bottle.  YUP! That was me.  So as we wandered downtown while I picked up those items, it was really cool to see Stampin’ Up! logos everywhere!

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    Visiting the Home Office

    I always like to visit the home office in Riverton each year.  They bus us out there and we get to see what the offices are like and chat with staffers and demonstrator support.  It looks like a FUN place to work!

    This is the entryway:

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    And if you can see the people behind the banners, that is the line to get in to the Legacy Museum – a really cool room where some of the setups that are used as the photographed settings for the catalogs as well as tons of samples, history (the first catalog is on display!), and inspiration!  For example:

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    (PS – If you have your holiday catalog, this table and place settings should look familiar! Winking smile)

    Opening Session

    Finally by 4:30 everyone was lined up around the block and starting to pile in to the general session stage to get ready for opening session.  It was a fun look back over the last 25 years of SU history and then a talk about the theme this year “Be the Difference”. 

    Here is my group waiting for session to start

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    We all got cute bags with lots of goodies inside!

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    And of course there was lots of demonstrations and inspiration on stage!

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    Opening Night Social

    Then the night ended with lots of partying and more demonstrations, kareoke, a service project, and lots of swapping!  The lights were low and the room was packed so I didn’t get as many pictures last night.  But lots more coming today (and I have more pictures from day 1 I’ll be posting on Facebook later today)!

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    Whew!

    Alright, now off to day 2!  Share more soon!

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  • A Few More Convention 2011 Highlights

    So as I was sorting through my photos from convention, I ran across a few more pictures that I took of fun projects and inspiration to me that weren’t even officially part of convention.  :)  So, this post will be a bit photo heavy, but I wanted to share with you some of the amazing inspiration I found.  If you have any questions about how some of the projects were made, let me know and I’ll be happy to help share what I know so you can make them too!

    The Home Office – Legacy Museum:

    So, I’ve had the opportunity twice now to visit the Stampin’ Up! home office and one of my favorite stops while I’m there is the Legacy Museum.  It goes through the history of the company as well as has amazing displays using the products in a “home” setting.  It’s changed both times I’ve been there and this is some of what was there this year:

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    Demonstrator Support – Desk Displays

    Another cool thing about visiting the home office is you get to see demonstrator support in action.  Now, those of you who are not demos and so haven’t had the opportunity to interact with demo support , let me say that SU has amazing customer service provided by the most wonderful people called demo support.  If I ever have a problem or a questions, a 5 minute phone call has it resolved and everyone still smiling and having a great day.  A fun fact is that many of the folks on the other end of the phone are demos too.  So, as we walk by their desks we see projects they’ve made as well as received from other employees and demos from around the world.

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    Memento Mall Displays

    Ok, and finally, many of us wait in line for hours to get into Memento Mall (basically the gift shop of convention) and not only are we greeted by awesome products but super cute displays too!  Here are just a couple of the pretty elements scattered around the room:

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    Whew!  I know that was a lot but that was only a fraction of what I took pictures of! :)  I hope you found something fun and different to inspire you in those photos. 

    For those of you on my mailing list, be on the lookout for my newsletter coming out at the end of the week.  I’ll have some new project ideas and information about upcoming promotions and new products I learned about at convention.  If you aren’t on my mailing list, you can sign up here and I’ll make sure you get a copy!

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