More from Convention

Ok so as promised, I thought I'd share some photos of a few goodies I got from Convention. There were a lot of other things I received, but I can't share these with you as the are from the new IB&C that will be released in September and I am sworn to secrecy! However, there are a couple of things I can share with you.

Firstly, this is the convention bag that all attendee's received on arrival. This was filled with some of our goodies. It is very bright...it made it very easy to spot SU demo's out and about it Melbourne!

These are Stampin' Up! Shopping bags that I purchased at Momento Mall. I did buy several of these as I just loved them and not only will they come in very handy, they are also good for promoting Stampin' Up!

Last but not least, my absolute favourite item...my new Stampin' Up! Tote Bag. I purchased this at Momento Mall and they were in very high demand. It looks great, but is also so practical. It has lots of pockets and dividers to hold lots of things. I can't wait to use it at my next workshop!



The only other thing I haven't shareed as yet is the swaps I received. I just need to find some time to photograph them all, so I hope to do that in the next day or two and share them with you. There are some fabulous ones!

Well thats about it from me today. Have a good week and I'll be back in the next day or two.

Covention Part 1

As promised, I am going to share some convention highlights with you. Today is a few photos.

The convention was held at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre. I stayed at the Crown Plaza which was only a 5 minute walk from the Convention Centre (it was also not far from all the shops!). This is a photo of the Convention Centre taken from my hotel room (its the lower building in the centre of photo).

It was a great venue! The main stage was where we had all the main sessions. The stage setup blew me away. It was all so professional and inspiring.

As you can see there were giant wooden stamps and a giant tag...I loved it and was a little in awe of it all!

I also loved that they filmed everything so you could see things up close on the big screen (obviously vital for the stamping demos).

One of the many highlights for me was thtat I got to meet and chat with Shelli who is the founder of Stampin' Up! She is one amazing woman. She is a very genuine, caring, delightful, and not to mention talented, woman. I was completely inspired by her and honoured to have my photo taken with her.

The Convention experience was amazing. The entire Stampin' Up! staff were lovely and very welcoming. All the other demonstrators were so friendly and when any of them realised that I was on my own, they took me under their wing! I made some new friends and hope to catch up with them again at future Stampin' Up! Events.

I loved getting all the sneak peaks of the new catalogue (released in September). I'd love to share them with you, but I am sworn to secrecy! So you will have to wait. But I can tell you that I'm sure you will be as "wowed" as I was at the fabulous new products on their way! The make and takes were awesome, but again I can't show these to you as they use some new products. I will share them when I can.

I thoroughly enjoyed my 5 days in Melbourne (3 days of Convention). I spent time shopping and discovering Melbourne and more shopping! It was nice to do something for "me" and have time to myself.

Next year's Convention is in Canberra and I wouldn't miss it, I really did have a wonderful time.

Tomorrow I will take some photos of my purchases from Momento Mall as well as all the wonderful swaps I received.

Thanks for stopping by.

Off I Go

In a few short hours I leave for Melbourne and my first Stampin' Up! Convention. I am very excited. Can't wait to learn lots of Stampin' Up! stuff as well as shop in Melbourne and relax. I'm packed and ready to go. My swaps are done...I only managed about 60 in the end (some demo's make hundreds!). But I'm happy with how they turned out.

This is my swaps, all ready to go!

This is a sneak peak of the inside of a finished one. Obviously I haven't added photos of my own kids to the swaps, just have the square there ready for people to add their own photo.

I made little matchbook albums and if you stop by on Monday when I get back from Convention, I will be posting the template and instructions so you can make your own.

Have a great week everyone and I will be back next week with lots to share, I'm sure.