Guess who's back?

ME!  That's right!  I am home from Convention 2013 and FULL of ideas and inspiration!  I don't have anything prepared to share with you today as my plane just landed a short while ago BUT I will have some things to share with you bright and early tomorrow!

Since this was my very first Convention- I had no idea just how busy things would actually get.  I figured I'd have time to share some updates and a few cards but boy was I wrong!  It was several days full of non stop excitement and tons of fun!  Now that I'm home I'm completely exhausted.

Who wants a FREE My Paper Pumpkin kit?  The first person who subscribes to My Paper Pumpkin and selects me as their demo will receive a special My Paper Pumpkin kit that I received at Convention!!!  To join- simply visit http://mypaperpumpkin.com It's as simple as that!  Everyone who joins between now and August 31, 2013 will receive 2 months of My Paper Pumpkin for just $10 a month.  After the 2 month promotion is up the regular price of $19.95 will be charged.  Again- to join- visit http://mypaperpumpkin.com and enter promo code PUMPKINDEAL.  Once you have entered all of your information (including your credit card info) please select me- Dani Dziama (Monroe, MI) as your demonstrator.  The FIRST person who signs up with me as their demo will receive the My Paper Pumpkin kit I received at Convention absolutely FREE!!!  Don't delay!  Join today!

Convention time!

Sorry to have disappeared!  I'm actually in Salt Lake City, UT for convention. I will post updates as I can!  In the meantime- look what I found at the Salt Palace!

Team Swaps

Good morning!
Today I have a set of 4 swaps that I received as part of the Inking Everything Team Swap.  I have several others to share throughout the week so be sure to check back for them!

Tomorrow I will be leaving for Salt Lake City for Convention.  I will try my best to update you as much as I can but as this is my first convention I'm not really sure what to expect.  I'm sure no matter what it is- it will be amazing!  Friday night I will find out if I have made the Artisan Design Team.  I'm extremely nervous and so excited all at the same time!
Have a great day!!!

Convention Gifts #2

Good morning!
Only 3 more sleeps until I go to Convention!  As I shared yesterday- I have been busy making gifts for a variety of different people at Convention.  The gift I'm sharing today consists of a miniature berry basket (barely measures 3" x 3").  On the outside- I used Sticky Strip to adhere the fabulous In-Color Ruffle Stretch ribbon around the top of the basket.  For the inside- I used Baked Brown Sugar card stock to make some shredded paper.  I crinkled the shred up and put it in the basket.  The baskets have a hand sanitizer and some candy.  I think they are super cute!

The picture only shows a few of the baskets.  I made over 30 of them!  I hope everyone will enjoy receiving one!
Have a wonderful weekend!

Convention Gifts

Good morning!
Now that I've finished my swap cards for Convention I've moved on to Convention gifts.  These are just little gifts that I wanted to bring for my fellow Inking Everything Teammates, Artisan Design Team top 20 finalists and a few friends.  I'd like for my little gifts to be a surprise so I'm not saying exactly who these are for!  Tomorrow I will share the other Convention Gifts that I made for the group that's not receiving this one.

As you can see from the picture- these were super easy to create. The little bags are filled with candy and held closed with the Pool Party clothes pin.

Have a great Friday!

The clock is ticking!

Good morning!
The clock is ticking!  I can't believe that it's already almost time for Convention!  I have never been to Salt Lake City so I'm really looking forward to it!  It should be a lot of fun!  I will try my best to keep you updated while I'm away but I'm not sure exactly what I will have time for.
I created a birthday card to share today.  I have had the Papillon Potpourri set for a while now but have never used it until yesterday.  I think it came out cute!

Have a great Thursday!

Wacky Wednesday

Good Morning!
So I'm sure you noticed but for some reason Blogger decided not to publish my post from yesterday.  Actually- I can't figure out what happened to it either.  I typed the post before I went to bed and was having issues but I thought that I had them resolved!  I apologize for that!

So let's try this again.  I had a LOT of email comments in regards to the Mini Milk Bottle with the Vintage Tag.  Most people wanted to know where I found my mini bottles.  I'm not actually sure what to say here other than I didn't buy mine from a craft store or a store at all for that matter.  I happened to be having dinner at the Outback Steakhouse last week and saw that they were serving mini milkshakes with paper straws in these cute little bottles.  I couldn't resist the cuteness so I asked the manager if he could sell me a few and sure enough- he did.  BUT don't go rushing to your local Outback in hopes of buying them.  The manager told me that he was not supposed to sell them as they need them for their mini milkshakes.  He made an exception for me but they weren't cheap.
The other question I had was in regards to the lace that runs down the middle of the tag.  Once again- I apologize as that lace is actually retired now.  It is from the Artisan Embellishments Kit.  I am a 100% Stampin' Up! only paper crafter and that lace was perfect for the tag.    So I apologize for using retired product but I couldn't find another way around it using Stampin' Up! only products.

I was also asked to create a card that was similar to the tag from the Vintage Mini Milk Bottle and this is what I came up with.

Card Ingredients:
Card Stock:  Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla
Stamps:  Everything Eleanor, Loving Thoughts
Inks:  Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso
Tools:  Stampin' Trimmer, Bone Folder, Paper Snips, Big Shot, Fancy Fan Embossing Folder, Apothecary Framelits, SNAIL, Stampin' Dimensionals, Natural Cotton Trim Ribbon, Crumb Cake Seam Binding Ribbon, Very Vanilla Seam Binding Ribbon, Stampin' Spritzer w/water, Pearl Basic Jewels, Stamping Sponges, hot glue gun/hot glue sticks

Have a wonderful Wednesday!