Hi!
Well, I was trying to decide what to include in today's blog post and I thought why don't I start with what I love the MOST about being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator! Sure, I joined almost 15 years ago because I was fairly new to stamping and I loved the craft, loved that SU! made it easy by selling most of their stamps in sets which takes out the hard part of figuring out what images coordinate. And of course, I joined because I wanted to save on every single purchase (still love that!) and I no longer needed to run all over town trying to find the ink that coordinated with paper I bought on sale somewhere else ... one stop shopping delivered to my door (important when toting a 3.5 & 0.5 yr old through those stores!).
I still enjoy ALL of this but what really is above and beyond merchandise is that because of being a part of this company I have met so many great friends, some I've known since I joined and I'm always meeting new people along the way.
After having attended a corporate sponsored event, you come home and realize that this company brought this goodness into my life. All the people, the hugs, the laughs until your belly hurts, the tears and true regret when you leave that you know you won't see some of these friends again until the next event. So today I am celebrating by sharing pictures of some of the highlights of my week!
First off, these gals are demonstrators in my INKin' All Night! team. I was happy to have downline to share this event with and for Jill, it was her very first leadership event! And who crazier to room with than one of my dearest downline friends, Diana. Here they are at lunch one day!
And friends that I have met over the years and enjoy seeing each and every (ah-hem Sylvia) time I run into them at events! I love her smile and hug ... EVERY single time we cross paths!
And we met up with Becky Roberts & Kim Sinclair, we enjoyed sitting with them during our general sessions. Kim even visited us in Arizona last month ... lucky for us she has some relatives in AZ!
And each year you get the chance to meet new people too! Sometimes it people who are with other people you know, sometimes it's people you've chatted with online, or maybe stalked their blog for creative inspiration. But there's always new people and you just come home with more & more stamping friends! Here is Kim & I getting our picture taken with Angie Juda ... it was fun meeting her and getting to know her better.
And this is Natasha ... one of my new BFF's! We just met and got along very well. Fun & playful, we pretended we'd been friends for years (years in dog minutes maybe! ha).
And one night we happened to be in the right place at the right time, and got included to join my upline, Tina Rosenkrans for an impromptu dinner gathering! It was SO DELICIOUS I am not even kidding! It was nice to get to see some of my sidelines (teammates of the same group) since they are based on the East Coast. It's always fun to gather as a group.
And there are many more but I am trying to locate those pics... might be on my cell phone instead of my camera or perhaps another memory card.
But at any rate, I think it's a long enough post and I'm going to be back tomorrow with a couple of my favorite swaps or ideas that were shared! So see you then!
Hugs, thanks for stopping by!
Rhonda
Glad you had a great time...wish I could have joined you!!!!
Posted by: Melissa Miller | January 29, 2012 at 08:30 PM