Marianne and I went to Salt Lake City several days before convention actually started. The Late Night Stampers group was hosting their Stamp Camp for the 13th year. I had always heard about it but never attended. Unfortunately, I think this will be the last year for it. They booked a block of rooms for the event (and convention) at a discounted rate at the Radisson. As of May 1 (their cancellation date), they had filled almost all of them but as it got closer to convention, people started canceling. I think what happens is that demonstrators book several rooms early in the year hoping their friends and down-lines will want them. When that does not happen, they cancel with no cancellation penalty. So,today we received an email that they were 150 short of the 80% of rooms to fill. When we were in SLC, the head of the group was told she would have to pay $20,000+ to cover her contract. I don't know what the total came to after all was said and done but I am sure it was a hefty amount. I can't imagine coming home to tell my husband I have to cough up that much money!! The event was a lot of fun and we were busy from 8:30 a.m. until about 7 p.m. at night for 3 days. We started at 6 p.m. Sunday night with a welcome party where we each took a handmade gift to exchange. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday we were busy doing 3D shoebox items, different projects and winning a bunch of stuff!!
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| Projects and 3D shoebox |
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| More 3D shoebox swaps |
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| My nametag |
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| Projects we made |
Several times a day, we got to go to the "Give-Away" table and pick an item for free. Plus they drew names several times a day for a large prize give-away. I won the flower Big Shot Die below on the final day!
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| Just a portion of what I got for free |
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| More of my freebies! |
