Showing posts with label fun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fun. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Your turn!
Everyone like a bit of bing once in a while right? Play along and have a good giggle today!
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
January Fun Day
12 solid hours of aircon, 1 crowded slightly noisy room, a good couple dozen Sister Consultants, 1 delicious lunch, 1 so-so afternoon tea (cheesecake was not the best choice), too much laughter, 1 prize won, and a total of 12 pages completed (4 PictureMyLife pages, 8 traditional pages)!
What: January Consultant Fun Day
Where: Pacific Golf
Why: to network with Sister Consultants and to get work done on my *own* projects
When: One Monday each month, 10am-10pm
How much: $20 event fee -included full handouts of the day's projects (plus $19.50 for lunch and $7.80 for afternoon tea, both from onsite restaurant)
Here's your inside look at a Consultant Only Fun Day, as seen through my experience.
The fabulous Denise Tarlinton sharing her equally fabulous project ideas and know how with us.
My set up for the day. I had stuff to do and I was gonna get.it.done. Woman on a mission! Check out these SUPER CUTE Year>>Noted stamps. Did you get your Year>>Noted kit yet?! Check it out here. Also, Sticky Boy decided to hitch a ride and keep an eye on me. Cheeky Sticky Boy!
Two of the layouts I was attempting to do after I finished some Picture My Life pages and some traditional pages. Layouts are free sketches from Scrapbook Generation's website in the free download section. The pink basket is from Daiso and it perfectly holds my Cuttlebug plates and my embossing folders, plus my pen cup, and even a few stampsets! I so need to get another one for other smaller bits and bobs.
I got these 4 Picture My Life pages done in record time yesterday. Woohoo!
Gettin' stuff done. Picture My Life pocket scrapping, lunch (highly recommend the chicken parmy), and more pocket scrapping!
We have WAAAAAAAAAAAAY too much fun at Fun Days. I don't know how we handle it. (I demand better working conditions!) We get tickets for attending, for show and tell (oh yes, we do show and tell!), for demonstrating a new technique or idea, and other shenanigans. I won a Heartstrings Complements sticker sheet! WOOHOO! I was just about to order one of these too!
Afternoon tea. The cheesecake looked good, but it just didn't taste that nice. It needed a bit of lemon in the mix or something. :/ The cuppa was excellent and even had a <3 on it.
One of my missions for the day was to complete 8 of my 21 pages that needed completing. This one finally got finished with quite a few stamps and embellishments AND journaling.
All the pages I completed yesterday. Woohoo!
Just a few of the details I used in my Picture My Life pages. I didn't have any suitable cards so I ended up blending smaller 3x4 cards with an embossed piece of 4x6 kraft cardstock. So simple and so effective.
More details of my finished page. See the slight two tone stamping on the circles? That's made by inking up my stamp with Glacier ink then lightly tapping my stamp on Slate ink before stamping on my Glacier cardstock. So easy and so delightful! I need to add some Bitty Sparkles (which have gone AWOL here in my studio, naughty sparkles!) to some of the circles before this page is really finished.
Hopscotch is so versatile. I've used it on wedding pages, on travel pages (exploring Brissie with overseas rellies), and on New Year's pages. I even used a Hopscotch 3x4 card as a journaling box! I love this limited edition range! It's only here til March 31 so get it while you can!
I call that a successful day at the office!
What: January Consultant Fun Day
Where: Pacific Golf
Why: to network with Sister Consultants and to get work done on my *own* projects
When: One Monday each month, 10am-10pm
How much: $20 event fee -included full handouts of the day's projects (plus $19.50 for lunch and $7.80 for afternoon tea, both from onsite restaurant)
Here's your inside look at a Consultant Only Fun Day, as seen through my experience.
The fabulous Denise Tarlinton sharing her equally fabulous project ideas and know how with us.
My set up for the day. I had stuff to do and I was gonna get.it.done. Woman on a mission! Check out these SUPER CUTE Year>>Noted stamps. Did you get your Year>>Noted kit yet?! Check it out here. Also, Sticky Boy decided to hitch a ride and keep an eye on me. Cheeky Sticky Boy!
Two of the layouts I was attempting to do after I finished some Picture My Life pages and some traditional pages. Layouts are free sketches from Scrapbook Generation's website in the free download section. The pink basket is from Daiso and it perfectly holds my Cuttlebug plates and my embossing folders, plus my pen cup, and even a few stampsets! I so need to get another one for other smaller bits and bobs.
I got these 4 Picture My Life pages done in record time yesterday. Woohoo!
Gettin' stuff done. Picture My Life pocket scrapping, lunch (highly recommend the chicken parmy), and more pocket scrapping!
We have WAAAAAAAAAAAAY too much fun at Fun Days. I don't know how we handle it. (I demand better working conditions!) We get tickets for attending, for show and tell (oh yes, we do show and tell!), for demonstrating a new technique or idea, and other shenanigans. I won a Heartstrings Complements sticker sheet! WOOHOO! I was just about to order one of these too!
Afternoon tea. The cheesecake looked good, but it just didn't taste that nice. It needed a bit of lemon in the mix or something. :/ The cuppa was excellent and even had a <3 on it.
One of my missions for the day was to complete 8 of my 21 pages that needed completing. This one finally got finished with quite a few stamps and embellishments AND journaling.
All the pages I completed yesterday. Woohoo!
Just a few of the details I used in my Picture My Life pages. I didn't have any suitable cards so I ended up blending smaller 3x4 cards with an embossed piece of 4x6 kraft cardstock. So simple and so effective.
More details of my finished page. See the slight two tone stamping on the circles? That's made by inking up my stamp with Glacier ink then lightly tapping my stamp on Slate ink before stamping on my Glacier cardstock. So easy and so delightful! I need to add some Bitty Sparkles (which have gone AWOL here in my studio, naughty sparkles!) to some of the circles before this page is really finished.
Hopscotch is so versatile. I've used it on wedding pages, on travel pages (exploring Brissie with overseas rellies), and on New Year's pages. I even used a Hopscotch 3x4 card as a journaling box! I love this limited edition range! It's only here til March 31 so get it while you can!
I call that a successful day at the office!
Saturday, October 25, 2014
The Artistic Adventure: Brisbane, New Goodies, Surprises and Dubai
Oh wow, what a weekend!
My upline picked me up on Thursday and we headed to the home of another sister Consultant. We swapped cars and her husband drove us in to the city to their hotel. Once they were settled, we walked to the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Center to find the registration area and meet up with my roommate. We got our registration packs and went our separate ways with plans to meet up for dinner later that night.
My roommate and I headed to our hotel and I got settled and charged up my phone. Seriously, how do phone batteries just not last any more!?
We took a stroll down to the Mantra and met our crew. Standing outside was the fabulous Monica Wihongi and some more of the head office staff. A joy to speak with her and catch up again!
My team and I took a walk down Grey Street to find a restaurant that we'd all enjoy for dinner. I'm a picky eater so a lot of the places were "Nope, next!" or "Maaaaaaaaaaybe?". We found the Ghandi Curry House and settled on having our dinner there. Oh my, it was so yummy!
After our rather yummy tea we walked around and had dessert at Gelare. YUM!
We went back to our separate hotels and called it a night. In the morning we had a lovely cooked breakfast in the hotel lobby. The sausages weren't that good though.
A couple block walk to the convention center and we were greeted with a sea of faces all decked out in CTMH logo wear. I found the lady I was looking for and bought my new sapphire blue shirt from her. Then after a bit of a quick change, it was time to swap cards! I made two designs (12 each) and swapped for all of these!
Soon after the swaps, the convention center Great Hall doors opened and we were off and running to find seats! Shortly after we found seats, the show started off with Come Fly With Me! The US and AUNZ head office teams then announced the new products with a couple fun Amazing Race-themed skits.
Just before morning tea, we were all told we'd be getting our own brand new CTMH bag and copy of the new Seasonal Expressions. We RACED out the door and found where the bags were. Guess who got the first one? ME!
After morning tea, we filed back in to the Hall and got some hands on play time with TWO new paper ranges!
After our sessions ended for the day, we hoofed it back to our hotel to drop stuff off and get some dinner. My roommate and I had cheesy bacon breads and drinks in our hotel restaurant before walking back to the convention center for the evening. There was a consultant creativity showcase and I showed off my most recent pages, cards, and mini albums. We also got to make a new base & bling cuff.
Another yummy hotel breakfast, another walk to the convention center. A couple business presentations and training sessions, morning tea, and then it was time to play with more new products! We made mini albums featuring the Chalk It Up Picture My Life kit and a specially designed Convention only stampset.
After lunch we had a chance to view all of the Page Layout Competition entries. Mine wasn't all current product so I wasn't in the running for a prize. That's ok. I wanted to show off my work! (I also liked seeing my name up in print!)
We headed back to the Great Hall for the last session of the day and it was an extra half hour of waiting to get in. Little did we know that we were in for a HUGE surprise. The founder of CTMH herself, Jeanette Lynton, was there! She's been there all weekend, just hiding in the VIP room! She's not well, and made the huge effort to come down from Utah and surprise us. Wow! She was interviewed by Monica and told us a bit of her story and how we in Australasia were an answer to prayer. She was an answer to ours!
Finally, after a great auction to benefit Operation Smile, we collected our layout entries and headed back to our hotels to get all dolled up for the Gala Dinner & Awards Presentation. Our convention agenda said semi formal attire for the dinner. Well let's see here... what do I have in my wardrobe that's semi formal? My LBD (little black bridesmaid dress)! My roommate and I each got ready and charged our phones up before making the walk back to the Great Hall. When the doors opened, the room looked lovely. All weekend, the various presenters had been using the giant autocue/teleprompter screen hanging above the Hall's sound desk. Our table was #46 and it was set very nicely. At each place was a little wrapped gift. Another exclusive stamp, just for convention attendees! Seriously, SO SPOILED!
We were told to take our seats and drinks were brought out while the awards presentation was started. I got the "ham salad" appetizer: salad of jamon iberico, charred asparagus, pepperdews with labna, caramelized onions, salsa rossa. Who are we kidding? I had the bread and butter and put the jamon iberico on top!
For mains, I got the chicken! Breast of chicken, chicken lollipop, caramelized fig compote, celeriac puree, foraged vegetables, rosemary glaze. Again, I had the chicken and glaze. The compote was nice, the celeriac puree was not nice.
The entertainment for the night between award presentations was one of the 10 tenors, Sebastian Maclaine. Holy moly, what a voice! Any time you walk out to a room of 580 ladies (with a few gents scattered throughout) you're gonna get wolf whistles. He sang Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. 'Nuff said!
The entire night definitely felt like a tv awards show. Glamorous gowns, handsome men, fabulous food (especially dessert!), and amazing awards. I recognized a few of the ladies that won. Each time the presenters stopped mid sentence, we all got super excited and tried to guess who was about to have their name called. The buzz in the room was electric! The head of the big team I'm in won top team sales with 1001+ downline, with $5.2million in sales for the last year. THE LAST YEAR! Wow! Go Team Bonded Hearts!!!!!!!!!!
When the awards were nearly over, dessert was brought out. Mexican three milk cake, churros, dulce de leche, malted milk sorbet. Oh my wow. SO GOOD! The LeftRight Game (similar) was played and the prize was the table centerpiece. I won it! :D A live band played for the rest of the night and the dancefloor opened. I got a few photos taken with Monica and the Brians.
While dancing I decided to take my shoes off and put my things aside for a while. I turned back to see my stuff where I left it and a US head office lady standing there. I looked back again a few minutes later and she was gone. I went to pick up my things and there, in my shoe, was a giant Sticky Boy! Much yelling and whooping and hollering happened, I won't lie. Finding a Sticky Boy is a very rare and special occurance. Head Office staff hide varying sized Sticky Boy stamps around the venue at corporate-sponsored events (convention, etc). He's usually hiding but this one found me! I looked ALL weekend and couldn't find one. Imagine my surprise and delight to find him in my shoe!
A long walk back to our hotel, and my roommate and I were knackered. So much excitement and information to take in over the weekend! We crashed pretty hard. The morning came all too early and we packed our bags before heading down to breakfast. We checked out and didn't have long to wait until our rides arrived.
Now, I've only ever been to one other business convention and this one? Hands down SO MUCH MORE FUN! And the best part? Convention 2015 is in Brisbane! And the bestest part? The next incentive trip is to DUBAI!
A 7 day cruise from Dubai, including round trip flights for two (Sydney-Dubai-Sydney), and a host of other surprises I'm sure.
I *so* want to go to Dubai and to get there, I need your help.
Place an order, book a gathering, host a gathering, book and come to a workshop, become a consultant and join my team! Every lil bit helps! Want more information? Contact me!
My upline picked me up on Thursday and we headed to the home of another sister Consultant. We swapped cars and her husband drove us in to the city to their hotel. Once they were settled, we walked to the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Center to find the registration area and meet up with my roommate. We got our registration packs and went our separate ways with plans to meet up for dinner later that night.
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| All my bags are packed... |
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| Last minute replacement sunnies. |
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| Oh yeah, I've got my title back! |
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| It's 5 o'clock somewhere... |
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| Home sweet home for the next couple days. |
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| On my way to dinner! |
After our rather yummy tea we walked around and had dessert at Gelare. YUM!
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| My brand new bag! Can be worn as a shoulder bag or as a backpack. So clever! |
After lunch we had a chance to view all of the Page Layout Competition entries. Mine wasn't all current product so I wasn't in the running for a prize. That's ok. I wanted to show off my work! (I also liked seeing my name up in print!)
Finally, after a great auction to benefit Operation Smile, we collected our layout entries and headed back to our hotels to get all dolled up for the Gala Dinner & Awards Presentation. Our convention agenda said semi formal attire for the dinner. Well let's see here... what do I have in my wardrobe that's semi formal? My LBD (little black bridesmaid dress)! My roommate and I each got ready and charged our phones up before making the walk back to the Great Hall. When the doors opened, the room looked lovely. All weekend, the various presenters had been using the giant autocue/teleprompter screen hanging above the Hall's sound desk. Our table was #46 and it was set very nicely. At each place was a little wrapped gift. Another exclusive stamp, just for convention attendees! Seriously, SO SPOILED!
We were told to take our seats and drinks were brought out while the awards presentation was started. I got the "ham salad" appetizer: salad of jamon iberico, charred asparagus, pepperdews with labna, caramelized onions, salsa rossa. Who are we kidding? I had the bread and butter and put the jamon iberico on top!
For mains, I got the chicken! Breast of chicken, chicken lollipop, caramelized fig compote, celeriac puree, foraged vegetables, rosemary glaze. Again, I had the chicken and glaze. The compote was nice, the celeriac puree was not nice.
The entire night definitely felt like a tv awards show. Glamorous gowns, handsome men, fabulous food (especially dessert!), and amazing awards. I recognized a few of the ladies that won. Each time the presenters stopped mid sentence, we all got super excited and tried to guess who was about to have their name called. The buzz in the room was electric! The head of the big team I'm in won top team sales with 1001+ downline, with $5.2million in sales for the last year. THE LAST YEAR! Wow! Go Team Bonded Hearts!!!!!!!!!!
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| My very own Sticky Boy! |
Now, I've only ever been to one other business convention and this one? Hands down SO MUCH MORE FUN! And the best part? Convention 2015 is in Brisbane! And the bestest part? The next incentive trip is to DUBAI!
I *so* want to go to Dubai and to get there, I need your help.
Place an order, book a gathering, host a gathering, book and come to a workshop, become a consultant and join my team! Every lil bit helps! Want more information? Contact me!
Sunday, May 25, 2014
National Scrapbook Day
Meet the lovely Esther, my newest customer.
We made two pages today in about 7 hours. (Lots of cups of tea, coffee, laughing, etc.) It's her first introduction to CTMH scrapbooking, stamping, and cropping. She's in love with the trimmer, the versamat, the stamp scrubber and spritz!
I rewarded her with a free workshop pass (as she placed an order this week), and a ruby ink pad (for RSVPing in advance). She was so excited! An ink to start her collection! (I love spoiling my customers!)
When she told her son (6) that she was coming to my house, he got so excited and blurted out ":D you're going to work on my album!?!" (His baby book is a work in progress.)
We made a sunburst page, and a page from Reflections (p 16). We stamped the whisper photo mats with slate, blush, and hollyhock inks. Such a fun day!
Products used today:
Ivy Lane WOTG Scrapbooking kit B&T paper,
Cardstocks: Bamboo, Colonial White, Chocolate, Whisper,
SureCut Deluxe Paper Trimmer, Nonstick Micro Tip Scissors, 2x3.5 and 1x1 MyAcrylix blocks, stamp scrubber, stamp spritz, glue pen, Ivy Lane WOTG Cardmaking kit stampset, Exclusive inks: Blush, Chocolate, Bamboo, Slate, Hollyhock exclusive ink,
Reflections how to book.
We made two pages today in about 7 hours. (Lots of cups of tea, coffee, laughing, etc.) It's her first introduction to CTMH scrapbooking, stamping, and cropping. She's in love with the trimmer, the versamat, the stamp scrubber and spritz!
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| The calm before the storm... |
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| Supplies! |
When she told her son (6) that she was coming to my house, he got so excited and blurted out ":D you're going to work on my album!?!" (His baby book is a work in progress.)
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| Esther and I showing off our day's work. :) |
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| It almost looks like a lace overlay! |
Ivy Lane WOTG Scrapbooking kit B&T paper,
Cardstocks: Bamboo, Colonial White, Chocolate, Whisper,
SureCut Deluxe Paper Trimmer, Nonstick Micro Tip Scissors, 2x3.5 and 1x1 MyAcrylix blocks, stamp scrubber, stamp spritz, glue pen, Ivy Lane WOTG Cardmaking kit stampset, Exclusive inks: Blush, Chocolate, Bamboo, Slate, Hollyhock exclusive ink,
Reflections how to book.
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