Hi Stampers,
Happy Sunday friends !
Since last Sunday was occupied with my Glitter Queens retreat
I wasn’t able to post my Sunday share last week
soooooo This week I will highlight some of the fun we all had.
We added Thursday to our retreat this year.
Years past we had
Friday and Saturday and then everyone left Sunday
but the last years retreat I requested that we add an extra day and I loved it so much~
NO rushing trying to get everything in plus we were able to get in a
Final event treat on Saturday evening ( more on that below).
Thursday everyone starting arriving around 2:30 pm and we kicked it off with making a few projects.
1st up was the new Christmas card kit in the Holiday catalog called
Watercolor Christmas Project kit #144649
Here are all the Glitter Queens with their card we made with this kit .
( Kathie wasn’t able to join us Thursday night so she came in Friday morning but we made her cards/ projects for her )
The matching stamp set for this kit also in the
new Holiday catalog starting Sept 1, 2017
is called
Watercolor Christmas
(w)# 144835
(c)#144838
This kit is really beautiful plus you get enough
to make 20 cards 5 cards of each design .
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We also made 3 projects using the Coffee cafe’ suite
I posted 2 of the (3) projects last this last week via videos
Coffee Cafe’ Treat Tube Holder HERE
Mini Coffee Cup& Gift card holder HERE
Plus my Shoe Box swap we all made on Saturday
which was this video posted HERE
The other videos will be posted this upcoming week .
Friday we spent all day making our shoe box swaps .
Everyone brought all the supplies for all of us to make their swap card
Plus something else brand new this year (Thank you Dee )
instead of filming everyone
shoe box swap and then editing the video and posting them
to our Glitter Queens team FB page .
We did FB live videos of everyone’s swap
PLUS we had ( 2) extra bonus FB live videos.
So much fun!!!!
This way everyone was involved in their swap card
plus I didn’t have to edit them LOL!
That was seriously so so so much FUN!
I felt so spoiled again this year .
I can honestly say every year our retreat keeps getting better and better .
I will posted all the pillow gifts in the
2017 Glitter Queens Retreat photo gallery HERE
But here are a few I will post for now .
The other one will be posted in the gallery next Sunday since
I will be posting a video on their last pillow gift next week.
When they arrived I had these beautiful bags waiting for them .
I had them made for each of the ladies and inside held a bunch of goodies like
Coffee Break designer paper / Coffee Break card stock pack/ Linen thread / Ribbon etc…
They also had these Yeti style cups waiting for them on
Thursday night on their pillow which I also had made with
Glitter Queens on them with their name as well .
Plus I made the Coffee Cafe’ coffee packet holder to go with it .
This Pillow gift was given to them on Friday night .
This was a special gift all the way from Thailand and China .
Thailand is where I got the sparkly bags that all held a
Clear Block “D” that was engraved with Glitter Queens and also their name.
Behind each of the bags ( the way I packaged them all up ) was a gift we got while we were passing through
Shanghai China when coming home from Thailand .
we seen this guy making stamps out of stone .
he craved them while we waited ~ less then 5 minute each it was amazing .
Here is an up close photo of the block and the stamp .
I thought what an amazing little gift
I also wish I had bought the ink pads he had since our ink does work ‘okay) but his ink was much better for the stone to stamp
but the only color he had was red . ( lesson learned ) which is why all the stones were stained in Red
since he stamped them for me before we left to make sure they were all correctly spelled .
The stone’s was craved with each of our names and our name’s in Chinese below that .
Which if you look closely at all the gifts above wrapped up,
I stamped each of their names on the tag so we knew which package went to the Glitter Queen on their pillow .
The Clear Block, Yeti style cup and Bags
were all purchased through Tamara Davis .
Side note to all my Glitter Queens:
Tamara will be opening a link for you if you want the cup and bag like shown above.
All of us wearing our Glitter Queen t-shirt that
was a pillow gift from Kathie and she made them all for us
They are all gorgeous and so sparkly….of course in all our favorite colors too .
This years retreat I also added a 3-D project
This is like our Shoe Box swap BUT
everyone designed a 3-D project and brought all the supplies for all of us to make it .
Saturday we sent all day making everyone’s 3-D project.
So much FUN!
My FSM club members will get to view some of those
awesome swaps & 3-D projects for September & October .
My 3-D project uses the Coffee Cafe’ suite and that
video will be posted this upcoming week .
Around 5 pm Saturday we took off for our final event which we went to the
Sea Life Aquarium and then went to the Rainforest Cafe’ for dinner.
Seriously it was Saturday night all the giggles really came out
from being up so late every night
I know Thursday was at least a 2 am bed time and Friday was past 3 am bed time
I think it caught up to all of us Saturday night .
What were we thinking when we thought it was a great idea
to do a FB live on Kris’s pillow gift LOL!
So many laughs!
I love my Glitter Queen team!
My Glitter Queens ~ you are the BEST!
Those that attended my GQ retreat and those that joined us on our FB live~ Thank you .
I can’t express how much our short time together
filled my soul with happiness to the tippy top of my head .
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Time to cash in your coupons you earned in July .
Remember you have the month of August to use your coupons
August 1- 31, 2017
Right now you can get your hands on these beautiful sneak peek item’s
that will be in the new Holiday catalog.
The Carols of Christmas stamp set
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Have a fabulous Sunday friends !
Until Later.. Happy Stamping
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So much fun reading this post. Thanks for sharing the smiles and giggles.
Wow, what a fun event you hosted for your team members!! Looks like everyone had tons of fun and shared awesome projects! Dawn, you go out of your way not only for your Glitter Queens but for all of us that follow your blog. I am not a demo but if I wanted to sign up I would want a leader as kind, inspiring, supportive, and as hard-working as YOU!
Wow! You all are so lucky to have each other in your lives ???
There is nothing better than girl bonding time and adding stamping fun and goodies, well, that just pushed it ok over the top. What fun you all had, thanks for sharing.
How wonderful! Can’t wait to see all you made. As always thank you so much for always sharing with us. You are such a talented person!!!