First, I promised photos of my convention swaps. In the interest of time (my bedtime, that is), I’m posting them without listing the products used. If you want details on any of them, just leave a comment and I’ll get back to you.
Fit for a Queen:
Lots of texture on this one:
The return of French Foliage stamp set (hooray!):
Chocolate mummy:
Last, but not least, a s’more treat:
Take a look at those marshmallows. They are actually flat and are called “Stackers”. Perfect for the microwave if you want a s’more but would rather not set a fire in your backyard. Yum!
The morning started with main stage presentations. My personal favorite was the unveiling of the Holiday Mini Catalog, which is chock full of new products including a scoring tool (yippee!). Yes, they even made us bags to carry this new tool – which we could pick up with a return trip to Memento Mall. One of the other cool new products is a food-safe stamping tool that includes stamps for Halloween, Christmas, and Valentine’s Day. The cookies they served at lunch showed off the results:
Most of the demonstrators in my group spent the afternoon doing our make-and-take projects. Suffice it to say that even us experienced stamper-types just canNOT complete five over-the-top, complicated projects in 90 minutes. Mine are stamped but not assembled, so I’ll have to show them as I get them put together. I promise it will be worth the wait – they are awesome!
At the end of the day’s events, Alisha and her friend, Kim Warren, tried to connect with us to get a ride back to the hotel. The two of them were LOADED down with convention bags, and all of their great finds from Memento Mall. Unfortunately we missed their call, and since they didn’t have a ride, they decided to hoof it, bags and all. A bit later, Bobbie got a text message from Alisha: “. . . so we just started walking. The Lord provided a homeless mans cart along the way for us and we laughed so hard as we dug it out of the grass. :-) . . .”
Seriously folks, do you think we need any more bags? They wheeled that shopping cart right through the front doors of the hotel and up the elevator. It's in the middle of their room right now.
Can’t wait for tomorrow! Off to bed now.
Okay, Terri, I absolutely LOVE your smores treat! I'm going to have to case that for sure in August!!! Loved spending time with you and Bobbie at Convention. You are absolutely wonderful! See you at Leadership in January. :-)
Posted by: Alisha Linn | July 21, 2011 at 07:27 AM