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Playing Catchup

Mar 31, 2009 | 5 comments

Boy Am I falling behind! Our internet expired the day before we left Hawaii and I didn’t get to show you my last 2 gifts from Stampin’ Up!

This is a silver necklace created by a local artist in Hawaii. It is such a thoughtful keepsake and I have worn it since.

These sarongs were delivered to our door also! Some received pink like mine and some red. I watched some videos on YouTube to figure out how to tie and wear it to the Luau that night but…it was So Wrong! I looked like a sack of potatoes…

The Luau was fabulous! These adorable girls met us at the entry and gave us necklaces.

Stampin’ Up had grass huts set up with demonstrations of local foods and crafts. This is the Poi Pounder – he showed us how the taro root becomes Poi. (not very tasty but to each his own!)

Of course, the food was endless!

And the entertainment was spectacular and lasted for several hours!

We will miss our view from our room but it is great to be home, too!

Linda

Stampin’ Up Swaps- Hawaii

Mar 25, 2009 | 8 comments

What a day! I feel like we have lived through 3 full days in just one! It is only 8 pm here and my body is still on Florida time, 2:30 am. This zone difference must take a while to get used to! We left this morning at 7:00 am and just got back. We’ll post pics tomorrow of our exciting day on the zip lines!

For those of you tuning in to see what happened on the Stampin’ Up scene, here are 2 gifts we received today:

Believe it or not, THIS cool box holds our make and take supplies! On these trips, we don’t stamp all week as some might think. It is truly a vacation and although we might meet up with friends to brainstorm business ideas, there isn’t a whole lotta stampin’ going on. There is an open house of sorts set up for us to go in and stamp our make & takes when we have time.

This was all the goodies inside: (except for the new stamp set which I can’t show you but I really, really like it)

Then we got back to our room to find this on our bed:

It is a gift wrapped up in tea leaves!

I don’t think I showed you our shirts and bags, did I? I was SO exhausted last night I crashed.

Red for girls, Black / Khaki for guys. there is a fun Stampin’ Up logo on the sleeve

The tote bag matches the wallet that was mailed to us before we left:

And Matt got one, too!

The displays went up today with samples that were submitted by Stampin’ Up and demonstrator acheivers here on the trip. I wish the artist name was displayed along with the sample, but they aren’t. If you recognize your artwork, just email me and I will put your name on it!

(ps – I did update the pics in the post below with the display pictures!)

For time and space issues, I am uploading as a gallery. Click on the pic to see it in all it’s glory, full size! I don’t have time now to show the stamp set names and details, but enjoy!

(all images copyright Stampin’ Up!)