Convention 2012 - Part 2

Day 1 of convetion is always soooo exciting! The theme this year was "I am". There is a really cute YouTube video made by SU that you can watch here. This is how we were introduced to the convention!

 

Here's the view from our lovely hotel window! A bit grey but lots of things to look at.

A great aspect of the Convention is SHOPPING! Yes, every girl loves to shop and stampin' Up! goodies are the best. Here are the beautiful displays they put out for us to browse:

Below is the table we first saw when we walked into the Momento Mall:

After a busy day of learning and hearing news from Stampin' Up! it was Awards night. As it is the 5th Anniversary of Stampin' Up! being in Europe this year there was an awards ceremony before a BIG party.

Here I am all ready to go!

 We both got nicely dressed up. I was lucky enough to get TWO awards and walk across the stage twice, which was amazing! Once all the awards were done, we went onto the After Party....

 Each table was beautifully decorated. There were flower displays, old books and cute vintage teacups.

The venue was gorgeous!

There was a big 15-piece band so we all got to boogie!

As a momento there was a large card/foam cake for us to write our names and greetings on. Such a lovely way to show our appreciation for the fantastic party too.

We did get all over-excited after drinking all that juice and dancing but what a great night!!!

Here is another project that was on display that really caught my eye. It is a gorgeous paper wedding cake. Isn't it just divine?!