celebrate '08!

i was able to attend the Stampin' Up! convention in salt lake city a few weeks ago. SU! was celebrating their 20th birthday. what fun it was. i was able to meet a bunch of my utah diva friends, as well as, stay in a house they rented. meeting them face to face was great and now makes posting on the udi site so much better.

our first "official" day started out with general session. this is my favorite part of convention. all of the attending demos are together in a huge venue while shelli gardner (ceo and founder) and her associates bring us up to date on upcoming events and new products. if you've never seen 5,000+ women in one room together this is the place to be. seriously, all those women and no pms. it's great!














after general session we break for lunch and then continue on to classes in the afternoon. this picture is from our first day of lunch. each table had cupcakes on it with a chocolate coin to celebrate the 20th birthday. the cupcakes and the chocolate were very good.














the fun just kept getting better with demonstrations of new product, awards pm and entertainment and FREE stamps!





our last day we were given this year's ronald mcdonald house charity stamp set. our favorite men and women in brown paid stampin' up! for us each to take one of these adorable sets home. how neat is that!

when the announcement was made you should have heard the roar of the crowd. tissue paper confetti reigned down from the ceiling like snow and the crowd went wild.














isn't sara and max cute holding our new set up? :)