Wow! What a whirlwind it’s been since last Wednesday! There’s nothing that fills my cup more than hanging out with fun, positive, caring people and those are just the kind of people I have met through stamping. I feel so blessed to have been able to catch up and have an amazing time with them. Are ya ready to be inundated with a barrage of pictures? 😉
I’ve never been to Houston before either, so it was fun seeing a new area.
We made some new Stampin’ Up! friends that we didn’t previously know while waiting for our flight at Midway.
And while in Chicago…. I never leave the airport without one of these bags 😉
We flew into Hobby Airport in Houston.
We rain into the Pampered Stamper at Baggage claim then ended up Ubering with her to the hotel, LOL!
We were welcomed to the Convention Center with this marquee.
My amazing upline, Linda Bauwin. I always treasure the time we get to spend together since we don’t live close to one another. And, I finally got to meet Catherine Carroll! She is the talent behind my new blog. She is incredibly knowledgeable on all this techy stuff and so much more! I’m grateful Linda referred me to her. We’ve met and chatted via Zoom several times but never in person. <3
My friend, Helen Tietz. She only lives 2 hours away from me, but there never seems to be enough time for me to make it up there to stamp with her. She made me an awesome T-shirt that I can’t wait to wear. 😀
And speaking of shirts, here is Lisa Wight’s shirt 🙂
And the back of Helen’s jacket. Super cute, right?
And then we got this….2024-2025 Stampin up annual catalog!
Now, I’m not allowed to show you inside the catalog- yet 😉 But, I can show you some pictures I took of products that were made during our event. Are ya ready?
Technique cards.
Take to the Sky Suite
Hearts & Hugs-just l👀k at that hamster! LOL! It’s soooo cute <3
The Leaf Collection stamp set.
We received the leaf collection free during the event. LOL!
Loveliest Tree
Layers of Beauty Bundle
Attention Shoppers Bundle. This was streamed into the convention so we just have pictures of the cards that were made.
Here are the new In-Colors! They are so bright and vibrant! Love them!
This is at our “Product Playground” we all picked a square of our favorite In-Color and placed it on the appropriate numbered square like a paint-by-number deal 😉 I’d love to hear which is your favorite. Please leave me a comment below 🙂
We also received the new Hooray for Honeycomb kit during the event. I can’t wait to play!
Here are all the items we received. The backpack is by far the best bag I have ever received in my time of Stampin’ Up! conventions!!! They really thought this one through. It’s AH-MAZ-ING!!!
And here are some of the items other demos gifted me
I think I’ve covered a tiny bit of everything. I hope you enjoyed seeing them. There are pics on my Facebook page as well facebook.com/horsinaroundstamping
Sue Floyd says
Wow Kim! You photos were great and I can see why everyone goes and enjoys themselves. loved the shirt your friend made and I may have my sister make me something similar. She has a cricut.
I’m pretty excited about the new catty and think everything is fresh and new so hopefully that keeps our customers excited too.
Thanks for sharing your photos.
Sue
Kim says
Thank you Sue! I’m glad you enjoyed. Wish you could’ve been there with us!