Denver Day 2

Day 2 in Denver was Check-In Day for Convention. We showed up at the Convention Center at 8:15am because everything was scheduled to open at 9:00am. This is what the line for Momento Mall looked like soon after we showed up...

There were hundreds of people in front of us too! Momento Mall is SU!'s elite Convention shopping experience! There are items in Momento Mall that you can only get if you attend Convention. Many things sell out very quickly, which is why everyone was there early! I purchased pajamas (for the Pajama Stamp-A-Rama), a shirt, matching SU! hats for the girls and I, bracelet charms, and ribbon samplers. Kaitlin and Emma love their hats!!!

While we were in line everyone started swapping!! Here are some swaps that I received:

After Momento Mall we checked into Convention and Received our Dream Big Convention Bags, full of stuff:

• 3 Stamp sets!
• The Build a Flower Tin!
• Make-n-Take materials for the Pajama Stamp-A-Rama
• Name Tags
• Water bottle
• A "Dream Big Convention" Pin
• A "My First Convention" Pin
• A Convention Pen to take all those notes!
• A schedule of events

It felt like my birthday! After that we went to lunch, cut our stamps, and Laura and I went to our first class. It was all about the new demonstrator websites we are going to have! Look for that soon... my website will look a lot different and will give you more information about what is going on with SU! and my classes and events!

The class was great and then we went to a Stamp Camp that was run by a Demonstrator named Joanne Tofte. We completed 7 projects! One project was a cute coaster calendar that I will plan a Stamp Camp around soon. Ask me about it during the afternoon crop this month or the Post Convention Card Class....

After the Stamp Camp went to eat at a place called Sam's and then dressed in our PJ's for the Pajama Stamp-A Rama. It was a blast! We used our new stamp sets to make 7 different projects! Laura and I went to go take our picture at the photo booth and when we turned around we saw Shelli Gardner, the founder of Stampin' Up! I RAN to get my camera and we were one of the first to get a picture with her!

She is such a sweet person. Laura introduced herself and Shelli said "I know you!" I thought we were all going to pass out. She said " I have quoted you at Regionals and I am using your dream story tomorrow during general session..." SU! asked us to share our dreams with them and Laura's was one that was picked. Now what other CEO do you know , would remember the name of a person who they have never met before, and has only been with the company for a year? I can understand that she might remember Laura's name from what she was scheduled to talk about at Convention the next day, but I was amazed that she remembered using another quote from Laura last November during Regionals in Providence, RI!!! We were literally on Cloud 9! After that we went out to a bar on 16th street and stayed out WAY TOO LATE!!!