Finally I have been able to get some of my pictures posted and in proper order! Can you tell that Blogging is not my strongest area? I would much rather be Stampin' and Having fun with my Ladies!!!

Don't you just Love this gorgeous Floral arrangement? Look at those gorgeous flowers that are made using the ornament punch? Arrangement was done by Loretta Fitzgerald, N.C

And just look at that Awesome Sign!!!! Made by Tamra Davis, N.C!

And Shelli, Sara & Shalae finally arrive!

Before Dinner we presented Shelli, the girls and all of the Helpers for the event with Embroidered Aprons. Cutest things you ever did see, I had mentioned that I wanted to make Aprons for the Helpers so that guests would be able to recognize them easily, and Beth Fesperman, GA. came up with these Great Aprons! We made the cutest flowers using the Big Shot Dies, and then to top it off, Tamra Davis, NC. offered to do the embroidery! Can you say OMG, those are AWESOME!!!! Thank you Tamra & Beth, ya'll Rock!

Everyone truly enjoyed them, if you look real close they say
"Opportunity of a LifeTime with Shelli" and the Shelli is in Bling!!!!

Sara, Shelli & Shalae, with precious Barbie Delaney, Adorable!

Shelli & I smiling Big for the Camera!!!

Shelli, Marna Carlozzi (one of my new recruits), & Angela Livesay

We had a wonderful dinner brought in by Elisha Argentinis, from Bella's Italian Cafe! We must eat to keep us happy during our Opportunity Night Event!

Shelli & I were going over the signals for the Mic's, O.K now you're on!!

Everyone was getting ready for the Opportunity Night to begin! Lots of Swapping, Pictures and Chatting going on! O' What fun we all had!

Shelli started the Opportunity Night by sharing her Stampin' Up! Story, what a treat for all the guests that have not had the opportunity to hear it before!! I hope that many ladies have signed up since hearing it!!! I mean really if they are ever going to sign up, I think it may be because they were able to hear and meet Shelli! Don't you?

Ok, one of the most embarrassing moments during the event! The lapel mic did not work, and how was i going to demonstrate holding the hand held mic? Well, our Awesome Guest of Honor Shelli, came up and held my mic for me for about 20 minutes during my demonstration!!! How Awesome was that? I must admit, I was soooooooooo nervous.......but Shelli just makes you feel at ease! We did great!!!

Well I wanted this event to run similar to a Regional event, to give the newbies in the room a little taste of what it is like to go to a Stampin' Up! Event!!! But as you know, I didn't exactly have Tom the camera man standing over my shoulder soooooo, I took pictures of every step of my demo, put it on a powerpoint and then as I was demonstrating everyone could see each step! I really loved the Scallop Die~Cut purse, so I showed everyone how they could cut 8 pieces of fabric at one time along with the items needed and the dimensions! If you look really close the pattern on the fabric matches the Circle Circus Stamp Set!!! So I gave 3 purses away as door prizes!!! I think everyone liked them!
Everyone sitting at the Head Table had a Blast!!! The helpers were there in full force in case anyone in the room needed anything at all!

Beth Fesperman, GA. gave a really neat demonstration on the My Digital Studio, O' How I wish it could have been like 2 hours long!!!! She did a Great Job!

Pennie, Tamra, Loretta, & Robin some of our helpers in waiting!

A crowded room, listening intently to Shelli's every word!! Shelli is just soooooo Inspirational, I think we could all sit and listen to her all day long!

We had a Great Q & A time where everyone had the awesome opportunity to ask Shelli anything and everything they wanted to know about Stampin' Up!

All in all we had a GREAT Night, I will post more pictures as soon as I can!

WorkShop of a LifeTime with Stampin' UP!'s Shelli Gardner!

O' My Goodness, once again, I have gone Ages without posting anything!! And How did I do that?

Especially considering that I just had the most Amazing Event Ever!!!! In fact it was so Amazing that I am still on Cloud 9! Maybe that is why I did not realize that time had just gotten away from me Once Again!

Well let me tell you about my amazing time with Shelli! For me this was just sooooo Exciting!

I was sooooooooo Very Nervous, and when I heard the knock on the door, I thought I was going to pass out! I opened the door, and there she was, Shelli was really at my house! And the first thing she did was hold out her arms to give me a Great Big Hug!!! O' my, now ya'll know I really almost died then!

Shelli and two of her wonderful daughters, Sara and Shalae just came right in and acted like we had just known each other forever. And here I am still Star Struck!!! But we had an amazing WorkShop!

Shalae, Shelli ,LaMuir & Sara!

Shelli and the girls just came right in and started setting up and just chatting away! It was amazing to see them in action. They were just at such ease, it really set the pace for the rest of the afternoon!

As the guests arrived, Sara & Shalae greeted them and had them make their first make-n-take of the day, the cutest name tag to go on their pens. O' it was sooooo cute! (and I was still a little Star Struck that I forgot to make my own and get a Picture)I was sooooooooo surprised to hear Shelli say that she was a little nervous! You mean Shelli the Stampin' Queen can still get a little nervous?!?!?!? Well let me tell you she Was Awesome! And with over half of my guests being brand new to Stampin' Up! This was a Real Treat for them!

I was soooooo surprised when Shelli gave me a Thank You Gift! for hosting the WorkShop! I thought O' My, it just keeps getting Better and Better!

Shelli Demonstrated 2 of the sweetest cards ever! She showed us how she likes to give depth and texture to her projects. I think Everyone of my guests were just blown away with how easy it was to make their card!
Have you ever heard Less is More? Well this is the sample board that Shelli brought! Aren't these the most Awesome Samples you have ever seen? O' My, I just fell in love with this idea. I don't know about other Demo's but I practically take my whole house, because I do not want to forget anything! But you can rest assure that I am going to stream-line my samples from now on and Do the above Board!

Shelli had the cutest Door Prize box, decorated with Designer Series Paper, it was just Adorable, what a great idea, I think I will do that as well!

Shelli took the time to answer questions from those who asked! She was just soooo Amazing! Shelli made sure that every question was answered!

Sara and Shalae helped with the Make-n-Take area, here are Christy & Linda making their cards, they had such a great time!

Here is Shelli chatting with Evelyn, Evelyn was a new guest, and came with a friend! O' don't we all just love that!!!!!!!!!! Ya know, true friends don't let friends stamp alone!!! And if you are a Really Good Friend, You always introduce them to your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator!!!! And in this case, the Stampin' Queen!!!!

Here are some of the ladies as they finished their Make-n-Takes, they were all soooooo impressed with how easy it was to make such a GREAT Card!

At the end of the afternoon, I think Shelli & the Girls Truly enjoyed themselves! I know I sure did!

Appreciation Gifts for a Friend!

Here is a little project I have been working on for a dear friend,

Last year, I made a couple of Notebook covers for my friend Kelly, she was putting together a couple of goodie bags for her Military Units Family Readiness Group Leaders (FRG) that were coming to Savannah, Well she liked them sooooo Much that she ordered 100 more as Thank You Gifts for her Units Volunteer Appreciation Event. She also wanted a few boxes to give away for their FRG Leaders, only 16, so I made these cute boxes, with the Scallop Envelope Die cut, and then embossed the top using the cute Texture Plates, O' my I am loving my Big Shot!!!

I just love the way that looks! Just such a Great finishig touch, I also stamped the side flaps of the scallope envelopes using one of my older stamp sets from 2001, Liberty for All.

and you know we have to have a little bling right?! So I added some Dazzling Diamonds to he stars!! They look soooooooo cute!

March Stamp~a~Stack

March Stamp~a~Stack

This month I was kind of given a Challange by one of my New Recruits, Maureen.

We were talking about her future Stamp~a~Stacks and she said that she really wanted to just use "One" stamp set for all of her projects for that night. Well I have been thinking about this a little and thought I would give it a whirl....using the New Happy Moments set from the Sale-a-bration catalog!!! and the best part was it was FREE!!!! I love it when it is Sale-a-bration time.

And here we have it, now please forgive me for the St. Patricks Day Flower Pin, but I just had to do something with the new Go Green Stamp in the Occasional Mini!

This idea came from the New Stampin' Success that I just received in the mail yesterday! I changed it up just a tad to accomodate my challange, and You can not see it, but the cake is yellow, with orange flowers, and then to jazz it up, I added "chunky glitter" O' My it looks good enough to eat! I really liked the color combo!

Awwwwwe, such a simple card, very basic, but Lovely!!! I have really fallen in love with the New Scallop Trim Border Punch. I think the reason I love it soooo much is....it was FREE!
This was another idea I had gotten out of the New Stampin' Success, hmmmm see all of these cuties??? You too could receive the Issues of Stampin' Success!!!! What is that you say, how? Join my team, and become a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, sign up by March 31st, and get 15% off the Starter Kit, a FREE stamp set up to a $47.95 value, and FREE Shipping!!!
So what are you waiting for?

and last but not least, this cute little St. Patty's day pin, I wanted to do something different for the ladies, we normally do some type of a treat bag with candy, (O' don't worry, I will still have plenty of chocolate for them to eat) So here it is, my contribution to St. Pattys day.

Did you know that Savannah, Ga. has the 2nd largest St. Patricks Day Celebration in the U. S.?

New York City, NY has the biggest. The children are even out of school that day, who ever heard of that? O' My what is this city coming to? ;-)

Here is a side view, you can barely see the pin, it is one that has the self adhesive strip on the back, normally used for jewelry. So what I did was add Tombo glue to the already sticky back and it is holding on like a champ!

Where is Shelli? O' That's Right, She Is On Her Way To My House!

Where is Shelli? O' That Is Right, She Is On Her Way To My House!

I am so totally EXCITED about my up coming WorkShop of a Life Time with Stampin' UP! CEO & Cofounder Shelli Gardner!!! I can hardly wait.

Stay tuned for pictures, because you know I am going to be posting them!!!

Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

Great Gift Bag Idea!

This is a cute gift idea, I saw this on Becky Roberts Blog yesterday and thought O' that would be a Great idea for my Door Prize for the Hunter Spouses Club Luncheon I attended today.

I just love the distresssed look! Also one of the tricks we learned while at the Leadership Convention! O' soooo Many Ideas! and sooo little time!

All packaged up! I hope the Winner Likes It!

Our Special Guest Speaker, Tanya Biank! The Author of "Army Wives"!

Loved hearing her, and was thrilled to have her sign my copy!