Day 2 – Just Before Awards
Great day so far.
Awake at 5:00 AM.
First in line
First in the door
More to come when I come back from awards night with all the good news that Caroline is anxious about…Photos for sure…
SLC Day 1 Daily Digest…
Catalog Highlights
Sock Monkey has accessories
Cheers to You is IN the catalog
Tart & Tangy & DSP is in the catty
Cute camping sets
Many masculine new sets
Technique pages throughout the catalog
Silver Designer brads to match the Silver hodgepodge hardware set
4 NEW punches – Larger circle, Curly label punch, larger oval and scallop square
Trio flower from the last [...]
Riverton Tour
After my ATC swap organized by “SanDiegoGirl” – I went on a tour of Stampin’ Up’s Home Office.
The entrance to the Distribution Centre
The Legacy Room entrance with the “Statement of the Heart”
This was cool room to visit because it contained the photos which were in the brochures..
Canadian Demo Support:
Another photo of a brochure:
The entrance to [...]
Celebrate 08 – Checkin Day
Looks like my www.dinaloves2stamp.com website went “kersplush” and so until I figure out what happened, here goes…
Check In Day – Bag, Catalog and Memento Mall
Look what an apple a day can give you….
A real sock monkey
Momento Mall lineup
Rose Ellen and I in line. We both won the cruise last year and both enjoyed the cruise [...]
Celebrate ‘08 Updates
For the sake of my anker.ca website being mainly family focused, I’m putting all updates to the Stampin’ Up Convention in Salt Lake City on the following site:
Me, Myself & My Stamps Site
Photos today, I promise…catty ones for sure!
Rain
So far we’re breaking records for the amount of rain in July. The oddest thing is that a day in Toronto can span from this torrential downpour in one hour and hot and humid two hours later! Everything is nice and green. The plants are nicely watered. We’ve had to put on the air conditioner [...]
Summer Construction
Or shall I say “Empty Bank Account” project.
Our front landscaping is filling in beautifully. I planted one tree a little lopsided and it is – growing in a little lopsided. One of our locally purchased grown shrub is a morph of about 3 plants. I’ll see what it produces next year [...]
Fun Busy Summer So Far
I know we haven’t been much online. Days seem so full and most of us are not usually inside – and when we are we’re either eating or sleeping.
Elina spent the last 3 weeks at Balmy Beaches Daycare – a wonderful full-time daycare for kids who are in that school district. We missed the boat [...]
Family Time
Yesterday I got home at about 7:15 or so (very quickly through arrivals and I snuck home, pulled up a blanket and got about 1.5 hours of sleep. We hugged, ate and then rushed off to Bennett’s Pirate Birthday Party on Centreville island park. I got home, had a nap made supper and then rushed [...]
Chill(in) in Hot Las Vegas
Its been quite a few days here. Its very hot, near 40c each day but a dry heat, (not hot and humid like Toronto where you feel just wet and sticky), here you are just hot…less sticky!
The Bb World conference is wonderful, finding so many cool fun strategies and ideas to implement when I return [...]