Today is the day I get ready for Convention.  I'm so excited!!  Convention is the most exciting part of my job!  We have so much fun, it doesn"t seem like a Job, it's too much fun.  I hope more of you will join my team this year and experience what I've come to love so much.  See you when I get back with alllllll the details and lots of pictures, samples and GREAT ideas to share with you.

Today is my 31st Wedding Anniversary...Happy Anniversary Kev, I miss you!

annnnnd today is the day we get to check in!  We were up at the crack of dawn (could it be because we are two hours behind what we are when we are  in Albany?  or just can't sleep because we are so stinken excited!)

We got our  Convention bag filled with all kinds of stamps and wheels and lots of free goodies!!!  I love free stamps!  :0)

I also found out that I made Founders Circle for another year!  I cried happy tears.  It means you are one of the top 100 US Demonstrators.  i won't find out until tomorrow at the awards ceremony exactly which spot I got!   i got another  VERY special bag and all the goodies that go along with that becasue I got into the top 100.  It means so much to me especially this year with all that I have gone through with Breast Cancer!  Thank you all for your help this year!  

Then it was on to Riverton to take a tour of the Stampin' Up! Headquarters.  I rented a LIMO for the girls that attended and we rode their in style.  We first stopped off at Cafe Rio for some lunch and on the way back, we stopped at Cold Stone.  We were riding in style.  

After that, we came back and participted in a WOW swap.  We had 25 of my best stamper friends get together and we ate, chatted and swapped some awesome cards and 3D items!  Amazing. 

Well today is day two of Convention.  Classes and Demonstrations and prize give aways.  The display boards are FILLED with cards and ideas that I've been taking pictures of!  OHHHHH so much my head is spinning with ideas.  I can see classes and workshops and ... well I need to figure out what I'm going to do first!  YEAH...and we got a BUILD A BEAR today.  She has a designer bow in her hair, a Stampin' Up apron on and a Beary Special Stamp on her arm.  SOOOOO cute!  It was because one of our main classes was the Build a Bear class using the Big Shot machine.  LOOK FOR YOUR MINI CATALOG coming in the mail and you'll see what I'm talking about or come to my OPEN HOUSE and see it first hand.  I'd love to do a Build a Bear Workshop with you and maybe do a Mommy and Me class or even a fundraiser at your school...  It's so much fun, I'm sooooooo stinken excited.. 

Travel day!  I will be busy on the plane.  When everyone is sleeping, I will be busy planning out and charting all the events I want to start with.  The problem this year is that there are so many of them, I've got to figure out where to begin!  :0)  See you all soon, clubs start tomorrow bright and early...Woah...I hope my plane gets in on time tonight 11:00 p.m. with a 10:00 a.m. club tomorrow.  Oh who needs sleep!  See everyone soon.

Mary D. is the hostess (she has flown in all the way from WASHINGTON STATE)!  WOOO HOO!  Glad to have you on board.

This is the evening class.  Remember to bring your books...if you have not attended one of these before, jump in now!  They are fun!

Gina is the hostess.

Evening Session - we have too many to fit into one class so I hold a morning session and an evening session.

Punch cards are always a big hit...this is the morning class.

Trish is the hostess.

This is a club that is renewing and I have a few spots open.  If you are interested in joining this club, please let me know asap!  It's lots of fun and you get your stamps and accessories while learning how to use them!  FUN FUN FUN!  Contact me at 518-884-9488 or email me at stampladee@aol.com

Here is another session of my 10/10/10...this is the morning class...hurry so you don't miss it...there is only 10 seats available.