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More Disney Event photos

They surprised us for our final Disney event last Thursday night by taking us to see the Indiana Jones show at Hollywood Studios. 

After we saw half of the show Shelli got up to say a few words (I got a big, happy surprise I will tell you all about later - when I can tell!) and the Indiana Jones stage was pulled off to the side to reveal this! 

They had tons of tables, chairs and food buffets there for us.  We actually enjoyed dinner on the stage!  So unique and absolutely fun!

They had 'green screens' so we could have our photos taken as part of some of the movie scenes.  So cool!  We were able to pick ours up within the hour to take home with us.  I haven't scanned ours in yet and may not - we're pretty funny looking! 

While we were eating and visiting they had a DJ and quite a few belly dancers entertained us. 

It was such a fun last night.  Stampin' Up! always does it up right!

Disney Photos

Well we are back from our trip and now I have my usualy computer to work with.  I am definitely in need of a new laptop when I am away on trips!

Here are the rest of the pillow gifts we received from Stampin' Up! on the last few nights:

We got a neat Stampin' Up! backpack one night. 

And on the last night we had this waiting in our room.  That flower is about 10" wide!  Inside this box was a Thomas Kincade Sleeping Beauty canvas print!  Yes; we are very lucky people to work for Stampin' Up!

One night we received a new stamp set and other product from the new catalog coming out in less than a month!  I cannot show those items 'yet'. 

Next are some of the photos we took of the amazing and beautiful Disney World. 

These flowers were growing in huge floating containers in the water that would move slightly with the wind.

These beautiful fountains would dance to the music nearby the famous Epcot icon.

Of course I had to take a close up photo of my favorite Winnie the Pooh character - Tigger!  (That's why I named my cat 'Tigger').

We spent one fun day at the Typhoon Lagoon.  This lazy river ride took 20 minutes to complete. It went around this entire park. So relaxing!

And this was one of our very favorite things at Typhoon Lagoon. The huge wave pool! 

Every few minutes a huge wave comes at you so powerful it knocks you over and sends you quite a few feet. It must start out about 8' tall - just like a good surfing wave would.  If you were in shallow water you could jump up when the wave hit and stay upright.  But in the deeper water you were basically mowed over. 

I will share the final event photos in a day or so.  It was amazing!   

Occasions Mini Carryover & other news

Stampin Up! announced that they are carrying over some of the products in this catalog ending today.  Click here to see which ones we get to keep for sure.   Download CarryOver_Occassions_0412_US 

Also see what's left on the Retiring Accessories list here. Download Retired accessories 2012

And now I thought I'd share a bit of our trip here in Disney World.  Below are some photos of our balcony view and other photos of our first pillow gifts.

We got the cutest Disney canvas bag.  Inside it were these fun snacks:
And today we received a set of Stampin' Up! sippin cups and a sun visor.

Unfortunately I am having issues with my laptop so photos and comments during this fun incentive trip will be at a minimum.

Stampin' Up! Makes a Difference

This is just one more reason I am so proud to be a part of this company.........

At Stampin' Up!, we believe in making a difference in the lives of others--whether they're our demonstrators, our employees, the people who use our products, or children in need of a way to express their creativity.

Since 2005, Stampin' Up! has been honored to participate in the TODAY Show's Holiday Toy Drive. This year, Stampin' Up! will be donating over $500,000 worth of stamping and paper crafting products to the following organizations:

• Action for Boston Community Development Inc.
• Alliance for Children's Rights
• Boys & Girls Clubs Harford County
• Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York
• Community Partners of Dallas - Rainbow Room
• Diocese of Saint Augustine
• Friendship Project
• Help USA
• Interfaith Nutrition Network (INN)
• Kids In Need Foundation
• National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland Section - The Dignity Project
• Operation Homefront
• Puerto Rican Family Institute
• St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital
• Stephen Siller Foundation/Katrina Fund
• Welcome House
• Youthbuild USA

In conjunction with the donation, Stampin' Up!'s Shelli Gardner will make an appearance on NBC's TODAY Show on Tuesday, December 6. We are honored and excited to once again participate in this annual holiday tradition of giving back and making a difference!

Founder's Circle Day 4

A few of us spent a good part of Saturday working (playing) with our Christmas Lane Simply Scrappin' kit.  This kit is gorgeous so the cards are beautiful too.  I will be working up a plan that I will share with you soon.

The treats of the day were fruit tarts!  Yum!

You can tell I almost forgot to take a photo before eating them.  Oops! 

At 4 pm we left on the bus for destination unknown.  SU always keeps the final event a big secret.  All we knew was that it would be held outside the entire time - 4 pm - 8 pm. 

This was a frequent occurance for us ......

A bus full of chattering, happy women heading off together.

Here is where we ended up:

Yes, we went to a beautiful Golf course.  Sorry, but I cannot remember the name of it.  Were we really golfing?  Well, kind of but not really.

They organized 9 holes of stamping and golfing games.  This is Jennifer 'blind stamping' at the 8th hole.  She had to make a Simply Sent card blindfolded with only our verbal instructions helping her.  They timed it and recorded our time.

Here are a few of the games we played:

• Marshmallow golfing
• Stamping Trivia
• How fast can you stamp?
• Hole in one!
• Marshmallow relay
• How many stamps in a jar?

The games were fun but the best time was driving around in the golf carts on the beautiful grounds.

Susan turned out to be a fabulous driver and even looks the part too.  It took us a little bit to figure out how to drive the cart though!  Hilarious!  None of our team had ever golfed before.  Our take on it was this.  'We are way too busy to have time for golf!'

This is our team "The Tea Pots" at the 9th hole with Shelly. 

From left to right - Mary, Catherine, Kim, Connie, Shelly, Susan, myself and Jennifer.  Love the shadows of another team taking our photo with lots of cameras!

Afterwards we sat down at a fabulous outdoor dinner buffet.  This was the centerpiece at our table. 

We each got an award for playing.

When we returned this was the final gift laying on our pillows.  It's the new Blossom Box.  Inside was:

A purse charm made from our Simply Adorned Baubles and Trinket Crowns.  It also had a tea pot charm on the end.

This is engraved on the bottom of that little Tea Pot!  Founder's Circle 2011.

Thank you Stampin' Up! for a fantastic week and a huge thank you to my customers for supporting me and making this dream trip happen.  A big 'thank you' hug to all of you!   

Part two of Day 3 of Founder's Circle

First here's a picture of my friend Ann in front of a poster of The Little Mermaid at the Tuacahn. 

The shows the Tuacahn amplitheatre puts on are absolutely amazing. The beauty and setting is unbelievable.  If you ever get down to St. George, Utah be sure to see one.  They have the most amazing special effects using water.  They actually have water flowing across the stage and also a water curtain falling from high above covering the entire stage front.  Scenes and effects were shown through the water curtain - just like you were underwater!!  Just incredible to see.  No photos were allowed or I'd show you.

And here is what was on my pillow when we got back.

It was another Big Shot die box.  Inside it was this:

And when unwrapped ........

An adorable apron made from our Beau Chateau fabric. 

I forgot to take a photo of the treats for Friday.  It was more of those gorgeous cakes from the Tea Party & Share from the night before plus lemon bars and frosted brownies. The special tea was Blueberry and Mint.  My favorite of the week. 

 

 

 

Sneak Peaks & Founder's Day 3

Here are a few quick pics of our Make & Takes plus what I did on Friday.

A Doily Banner

We are getting a huge new Doily Sizzlet!  See it in Poppy Parade here.

And a tea party stamp set! Also part of the banner above.

Here is the cute card we made.

And this Tea Party pocket invite.  The pocket is made from our note cards.  Great idea!

The weather has been gorgeous.  Not too hot - just right to sit by the pool and read a book or visit.

This is the gathering place where we also hang out.  And where we get our treats, do make & takes, play Plinko (more on that later) and talk.

One of the candy carts.

Candy & flowers - what more could we want?

Pillows made from our SU fabric are all over the room.

Another of the floral displays that are seen everywhere in the gathering place.  So beautiful!

 

More photos at Founder's

This was my pillow gift Thursday night after our pajama swap:

We were hoping to get this!

The popcorn bucket was filled with candy and this cute card and inside the card was.........

an invite to the 2011 Tuacahn amphitheatre showing of Disney's The Little Mermaid.

The Tuacahn is the most amazing place to see an outdoor play.  You're surrounded by amazing scenery and atmosphere.  We get to go Friday night.

These are out in the gathering place for us to enjoy anytime all day. 

These yummy little chocolate candies have been a bit hit with any of us.  They are like sixlets if you remember those.

 

Day 2 of Founder's Circle

I am treasuring every single second of my time here.  I have made many more wonderful friends too.  We just love to visit and share with each other.  What is so neat is that we all run our businesses so differently and it all works!  These gals are all warm, generous, enthusiastic and very, very kind.

I have a lot of photos to share with you.  I know many of you like to see what we do and I hope the rest of you don't mind!

We have a different tea and fruit water available to us all day every day.

Our treats for Thursday were eclair's or fruit and yogurt parfaits.

We spent many hours working on our make & takes today.  I'll share those later.

Judy had the neatest pajamas!  Many of us filled in the crosswords with our names.

My friend Karen & in our jammies.

And here we are in line ready to swap our 124 cards.  Ann and Susie are a few of those I spent my day with today.  It is so fun to swap and see the amazing cards everyone made.  It took about 1/2 hour or more to finish. 

This is what they served us at the 'Tea Time Talk & Swap'.

Yum!  Red Velvet Cake!!!

Strawberry water - it was so refreshing with that hint of strawberries in it. 

 

St. George, Utah

We're here!  In Beautiful Utah!

A bunch of us flew on the same flight on the last leg from Salt Lake City to St. George.  That was so fun as many of us were together in the back of the plane.  We arrived at our Marriott hotel to a scrumptious lunch buffet.

Here is a picture of my room - that I get all to myself!

And here is a picture of our 'daily treat'.  Cupcakes and fruit.  Boston Cream Pie and Raspberry Lemon.

After that many of us were helping others make their swaps.  To squeeze in making 125 swaps is a daunting task. 

At 7 pm was our welcome dinner.  It is always fun to see how they decorate the room for this event.  The theme for Founder's Circle this year???   Tea Party!

We all received our own vintage style tea cup filled with fragrant roses.

The name of my group is 'The Teapots'.  There were lots of cute names like Sugar Cubes, The Crumpets, The Devonshire's, Doilies and Tea Cosies.  SU doesn't do anything halfway!

After dinner we spent some time visiting by the fireplace until we couldn't keep our eyes open any longer.  When I returned to my room, this was on my pillow later that night.

I cannot show you exctly what we received in it because a few items were sneak peaks from the Occasions mini catalog.  But here is some of it.

We will be using most of this to complete our Make & Takes today.  Cannot wait!

I'll post more later - check back today to see my Founder's Swap!