I'm gradually coming to the end of my Convention photos. This one was on our last day in Bad Homburg. Although Convention finished on the Saturday afternoon, we didn't have our flight till the Sunday evening so a group of us went sight seeing. From our hotel room Jen and I could see what we thought was a castle, it wasn't too far from the hotel and it was good to get be out in the fresh air dispite the fact it was raining. The 'castle' was a Schloss and you'll have to forgive me ignorance on this, on translation is means 'closed' so I've no idea what it actually was. The turret was in a courtyard of this beautiful house, I suppose you could say it was a bit like Repunzels tower.

It was fairly miserable weather, although you can't tell from the photos but after a lovely milky coffee and the best waffle I've ever tasted in my life - it melted in the mouth - I didn't really care what it was doing outside. lol Lastly here's a group photo of some of the lovely demos I was with. Unfortunately not everyone was in the photo.

From left to right is Jackie, Carolyn, Nikki, Jen, Me, Elaine, Annie & Jane.

It seems so long ago now, but if you're tempted by all the fun of Convention and the chance to turn a hobby into something bigger and experience everything and more that I have, then becoming a demonstrator could be for you. You can email me at jodumbleton@aol.co.uk and I'm more than happy to go through everything with no hard sales talk just an honest opinion. And for anyone that joins my team over the next 3 months, I have a little extra to offer. You can email me at jodumbleton@aol.co.uk and if you're local we can even arrange a get together. I love every minute of being a demonstrator and as well as all the benefits Stampin' Up! offer, the friendships and fun I've had is the best! After all there's nothing to lose and literally everything to gain!

Hope to be back with some of my own creations real soon.

Tfl,

Jo :)

More Convention Swaps

Ok after a lot of fiddlin' around with blogger I've managed to get the slideshow working. I'm really sorry if I did swap with you and you don't see it in the slideshow (they took quite a time to photograph and upload) but I can assure you I loved every single one I received and they'll ALL be pride of place on my display boards.

Here's a few that stood out for me....

Maria Angie Dimenna

Unfortunately there was no name on this bag

ETA - Joanne pointed out to me that the name was inside the bag. Doh! I never thought to look. lol

Made by Anette Grunke

Andrea Meister

Ilona Kozok

Moira Mcilroy

A big thank you to everyone for such wonderful creations. Can't wait for next year now!

Tfl,

Jo :)

Convention Cardy Candy Swaps

I spent an hour today taking photos of the swaps I received from last weekend. I did the majority but there's loads and they're ALL fabulous!

For now though I'll show the Card Candy - this was an organised swap on ILWS. I joined two groups and we had to make 10 packs consisting of 6 pieces of card candy for each group. We all chose a different set and as I mentioned before in a previous post, it wasn't easy. Needless to say I haven't a clue why we all worried, they're absolutely amazing!

We exchanged Candy swaps on the Saturday lunch time and there was a huge interest in what everyone had created. Monica came over to have a look and asked if the French Demos could take some pics. From then on our table was swamped with Demos! lol I'm really glad that happened because we spoke to so many UK, French and German demos, exchanged emails and swapped more cards. Lunch passed way to quickly and I know I keep harping on, but it was fantastic to speak to so many lovely people.

So, here we go. Card Candy for the European Convention 2009....

Elaine's Baroque Motifs

Maria's Simply Said

Emma's Forest Friends

Maria's Darling Dots

Jenny's Trendy Trees Jane's Circle of Friendship

Joanne's Nursery Necessities

Su's Pocket Silhouettes

Karin's Hello Again

Jenny's Season of Joy Shaz's Scandinavian Season

Kirsteen's Punch Art

Tricia's One of a Kind Joanne's Flower Art

Bekka's Pocket Silhouettes My Darling Dots

My Mr & Mrs

Tfl and see you soon with some of the General Swaps.

Jo :)

I'm back from Convention!

I'm back and what a fantastic time I've had! Honestly I don't know where to start but as it's late (only been back a few hours) here's a few photo's I took.

This first one is Jenny, Maria and myself at the bar on Thursday night.

Jenny with Chris from Demo Support.

A fantastic one of Maria and Chris together.

And this one I absolutely love of my very special friend Jules and I. Now this lady has worked amazingly hard over the last year and has so many awards I can't remember them all, but the most important one I would guess, is that she is the 2nd Top Demonstrator in the UK!!! Well done my fabulous friend up North, you so deserve it!

And of course Jenny also won numerous awards, the biggest being for Top Sales! Both these ladies are off to Monaco next June as their reward for such hard work and I'm green with envy!! lol

I've had such a blast over the last few days meeting so many fabulous Demo's, laughing and forming true friendships, I can't express enough how brilliant it's been. I will be posting more pictures over the week not just of people but of the amazing swaps I've received, so please pop back again soon.

Need some sleep now but tfl and see you tomorrow.

Jo :)

Convention 2009!

Today I'm off to Frankfurt, Germany for the very first European Stampin' Up! Convention. I'm a little anxious as I haven't flown in seven years or been out the country without hubs in that time either, but once I get there I know I'm going to have a fab time and I can't wait to meet so many talented and lovely Demo's that I've got to know over t'internet. It's going to be fun, fun, FUN! So while I'm away I've scheduled some posts (I hope) of swaps that I've made. I didn't get chance to do as many as I'd liked but I'm pleased with what I have done. I don't want to give too much away today and spoil the surprise for anyone that is going later, so here's a sneaky peak of something I've made that's coming with me - just to wet your appetite.Right, must get some sleep now. See ya soon! Tfl, Jo :)