I'm baaaack! Didja miss me??? What a dynamite four days! I was actually having second thoughts about signing up for Convention this year. I haven't been quite as active in my business lately and I was even thinking about quitting. I've been with Stampin' Up! for six years now and it's natural to be a little less gung-ho at this point than I was in the beginning. But that's what Conventions like this are all about. It's a chance to get re-energized and hopped up a bit and also to get some new ideas. So, I am very pleased that I went. It was a terrific Convention, as usual. I don't think anyone cares about their people and provides more support and excitement than Stampin' Up! So now I'm ready to get back in the saddle and keep it going for a while longer.



My favorite part of Convention is hanging out with my peeps. We have a great group of ladies (and one Diva dude!) in my Utah Divas group and they come in from all around the country. We set up dinners, swap projects, and just generally goof and giggle our way around the whole place. Max is normally our fearless leader, but since she's on staff with Stampin' Up! she had to work the whole time. However, our fabulous Diva Dude Michael and his wife Kellie stepped up admirably! Kellie came up with a darling bee theme in honor of Utah (the Beehive State). We had cute little bee pins and bee-themed name tags that were hilarious - such as Bee-youtiful, Blond-bee, and even a Zom-bee (that was me!). And of course, we had to have our little bee antennas. Here's me and my friend Karen at one of the main stage presentations.

Michael even made this fabulous light-up sign for us so we could find each other every morning. They were there at 7:00 every morning to stake out a spot for all of us. How's that for dedication? Oh and he made CD's for all of us of all the project boards. How cool is that? I think all of us wished our husbands were that excited about our stamping business!


Then there's the projects. The thing I'm most excited about is our new digital product - My Digital Studio. I am not kidding when I say I have been waiting for this product for years. I love the idea of scrapbooking, but I always end up getting frustrated with it. I end up not having the right sized picture, the right color cardstock, or the right number of embellishments. With a product like this, I have a huge list of coordinated digital "stamp" sets, dozens of patterned papers, unlimited embellishments and effects and best of all, everything coordinates with our 48 fabulous colors plus our whole line of special In Colors. How cool is that?

If you guys know me at all, you know how much I love my computer, so this is the perfect product for me. They showed us how you can create photo books, scrapbook pages, cards, and wonderful photo gifts. I think the photo gifts are actually going to be my favorite. That's my favorite gift in the world, and there are all sorts of fun effects you can do to jazz up a photo to make a great personalized gift for a parent, grandparent, or a kid.

So now, I'm back to the real world and it's time to start using some of this great stuff I learned. Oh and here are some of the projects I created.

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