Convention 2011 Report Part 3

Today's report is all about bags in all sorts of sizes & colours. The above tag was decorating one of my favourite bags - the one that is full of stamps & other goodies I earned or all attendees at convention received.

I was pleased that the stamp sets are now unmounted & come in DVD cases for less space & weight & talking of DVD cases - look at this very cool gift I received from SU! & is signed by none other than Shelli Gardener.

This rather colourful one was our convention bag & it sure is bold & bright & happy :)

I'd be hard pushed to say which one of these is my favourite both bought at Memento Mall one pretty but useful & one such a good idea for a rubbish tote & it folds down to a frisbee looking piece of black plastic, wire  & elastic band.

I'm sure you'd all agree with me that is a good collection of bags in all sizes, shapes, colours & uses - just what every girl wants. So pencil in this date for the next SU! Convention 31 May- 2 June 2012 in Canberra. So if you'd like to join a small friendly team & come to Convention next year with me to collect a few bags don't hesitate to drop me a line.

Happy stampin' in the interim.

Convention 2011 Report Part 2

We'd better do some cards today that I received as swaps - us demonstrators love swapping amongst ourselves when we get together - it's a great way to get new ideas & form friendships - the POWER OF A CARD!

So let's start with my own team swaps I received.From my roomie and best friend Donna Blackmore:

 Then a real cutie from my fabulous upline Jacque Pedersen:

Racheal Knight created with the big shot fabulous wee gift pads - WOW :)

Patrice Halliday-Larsen also decorated the front cover of notepads to make us a wee gift - a pink version would also be very cool for our gal pals that are a bit wild at heart.

Paula Dobson - formerly known as NZ's Queen of Sponge; has discovered brayering - I love the colour combo Paula!

Did I mention shopping yesterday - I went across with my old trusty blue suitcase which I've owned forever & came home with a new super king size duffel bag on wheels. I am very thankful I did Works Deluxe returning back - this gave me 2 suitcases allowance (always a good thing when you go to SU! conventions) & access to the airline's lounge - this also came in very handy as we were 3 hours late in take off as a problem with one of the computers on board.

I'll be back tomorrow with more photos - catch you then I hope.

Convention 2011 Report Part 1

Hi all I stayed on after convention & caught up with one of my oldest girlfriends Jo,  that lives in Melbourne permanently now. I love Melbourne but it can be really cold (we landed on the coldest day in either 70 years or 5 years!) but the food & the shopping are always great. Just some quick pictures to share of the event to start the ball rolling - I plan to blog daily for the next week so do check back to see more.

The Convention Centre is right on the Yarra River (which was a rather interesting shade of brown - Soft Suede would be a good description of it's colour).

First order of business swapping with other demonstrators ~ 500 attendees.

Donna, my best girlfriend, roomie for the meeting & fellow demonstrator.

Donna & myself - yes the theme of the meeting was Share What You Love.

I meet the Aussie Karen Rodgers (except she has a D in her surname) - both of us holding up our swaps from the other.

The fabulous Shelli Gardener kicking off the meeting; as always an inspiration to us all as demonstrators and as humans.

Check back tomorrow for some more piccies & cards.