All Moved In! ... Almost

I am all Moved in!  ... Almost!  Yes, it has taken a while.  But I have made my move from the New Westminster area to the Sunshine Coast.  The beautiful community I grew up in and I am so excited to be back!  

It has taken me a little (okay... a lot!)  longer than I had anticipated to get settled in and get my Stampin' Up! classes and such started up on the Coast.  However, I am now ready!  So here we go!

Actually... before that, I thought I'd share a few pictures of my beautiful new home for those of you who have never been to the Coast!

When you walk to the bottom of our street, this is the beautiful beach you find!  I have done a lot of thinking and brainstorming at the little dock down here! 

This is just one of the amazing views on my 7 minute drive to my parents house.  It has been so nice to be close to family and friends. I am overwhelmed with all the encouragement and support I've had since being here!

Thank you for being patient as I figure things out with not only the move, but being a new demonstrator.  If there's one thing I've learned through this whole process its that I'm really bad at blogging!  But if you want to keep in touch, please check out my facebook page or follow me on instagram!  And of course I will continue to update my blog!


- Jes

August Card Club

Although we did August Card Club at the beginning of September, it was still a lot of fun!  Were you able to guess what punch we'd be using?!  If you guess the Owl Punch you're right! Here are a few of the punch cards we put together that evening.

 

The Owl punch used in its original form is so cute!  We had a lot of fun dressing these little guys up.  However the Owl punch is also very versatile!  Recognize these shapes?!

A sentiment will be added to this card... at some point.

Here we used the belly of the owl to create little dresses, we also made some overalls.  A cute way to welcome a new little one into the world.  The ladies got creative at club and also made tulips, penguins and aliens with the owl punch!  It was a fun creative night!  Want to join in the fun?  Contact me at daveyjes@hotmail.com.

Thanks for stopping by!
- Jes

Good Bye Summer!

This week we wrapped up the Summer Mini Album Challenge!  For those of you who don't know, this was a mini album class that also challenged participants to take a picture every day for the duration of their summer!  It turned out to be a great success!  We had 3 classes to complete the mini albums, each one is so unique and fun!

Here are a few pictures of my (almost) completed mini album.  This album easily holds over 50 pictures!  I chose to do my pictures 'wallet' size, however, many of the participants chose to use 4x6 photos. 

My (almost) finished mini album

Want to see more pictures?! Check out my facebook page (here)!   

August Card Club it tomorrow evening.  I am looking forward to a very fun, creative night!  Have you guessed what punch we'll be using for tomorrows class?  Please contact me at daveyjes@hotmail.com with any questions or if you'd like to join a club!  

Sunshine Coast:  I am very excited to announce I will be starting some Clubs and Workshops on the Coast toward the middle or end of October!  Please keep an eye out for these classes, workshops, clubs and other events!  Have an event or club you'd like to see happen?  Please contact me with ideas or questions!

- Jes

It's been a while

Well Hello There!

It sure has been a while since my last post, my apologies!  I hope you've all had a great summer!  Mine sure has been eventful! I will be posting more pictures and telling you more about convention in the weeks (and possibly months haha) to come!  I will also share some pictures of the projects I've been working on this summer when I get them completed and actually snap some pictures of them!

Big News! I'm moving!!  Unfortunately it will be to the Sunshine Coast, so if you're in that area keep an eye out for upcoming workshops, clubs and events on the Sunshine Coast!  For those of you in the New West area, don't worry!  Plans are in place and I will let you know when I've got a set plan.

But I will be here for September so here are the September Events: 

90 Days of Summer Wrap Up: September 11th 6-8. Come put the finishing touches on your albums!

Open House - End of Summer Party: September 11th 8-10. Come see what everyone has been up to since we got started! This is the time and place to win some fun prizes for completing the 90 Days of Summer Challenge!! Didn't do the challenge?! Come and win some prizes just for showing up :) (Please RSVP by September 8th)

August Card Club: September 14th 7-10. This month we will be working with punches and I'm so excited! 
 
September Card Club: September 25th 7-10. A sneak peak will be on my blog later this month!

August Car Club Sneak Peak! This is a punch class, can you guess what punch we will be using?!

 

 I am looking forward to seeing you all soon!  Please contact me at daveyjes@hotmail.com with any questions or to RSVP to the open house. 

Convention Day 1 and 2

Good Morning!


I am so excited to tell you a little bit more about convention!  It is exciting going back every week and thinking about all of the amazing opportunities I had and how much fun it was!  Unfortunately I did not have my own camera, so I am waiting for pictures from my uplines :)  Thankfully they were patient as every few minutes they would hear "ooh take a pictures of this," "wow, can you please take a picture of that, and this one, oh oh and this!" 

However, I can tell you (and show you) a little bit from our first couple of days!

Day 1!  We started off with a tour of Sweets Candy Factory.  Amazing!  It smelled so good and there were chocolate pipes running through the building!  It was very cool, it felt a little bit like Willy Wonkas but the ompa loopmas were hiding.  Pictures to come! After this I was very excited to do some shopping as I've always heard shopping in the states is much better than here.  However, my shopping turned out to be a big bummer... nothing fit!  I have never had this problem before!  Even the XS was too big!

Day 2:  The kind of first day of Convention!  We had a chance to visit momento mall and pick up 'the bag'  both very exciting! 

 

Just got my basket to go into Momento Mall!  This is me (trying) to wait patiently for Kristine to get her basket before heading in!

 

Momento Mall was so busy, but worth the wait! Can you tell I'm excited?!

 

'The Bag' with several of the other free products we gathered throughout the week!  

 

This is my bag tag from my Up (up up) line, Kristine.  Smart thinking since all of our bags are the same! 

Thank you for taking the time to check out my blog!  Enjoy your week and don't forget to come back next Tuesday so see more pictures from convention and what else I've been up to over the summer!

- Jes 

Convention 2012!

Hello Everyone!

I have to be completely honest...  I have no idea where to begin!  Stampin' Up! convention 2012 was amazing!  As a first timer I was welcomed and encouraged by thousands of people!

I guess I will start with the convention theme this year "I am..."  If you have not seen the music video the amazing Stampin' Up! staff made for convention check it out on my facebook page (click here).  They did such a great job! We listened to it constantly!  It has been stuck in my head ever since, so I listen to it at home to remind me of the amazing experience (not that I need any reminders!).   

When I got to convention the first things that came to my mind were:

I am...

 - Excited!

 - Nervous

        - A first timer 

 As the week went on and I met many new people, attended some amazing classes and spent time with Allison, Kim and Kristine (my up upline, up up upline and up up up up up upline!), I started to feel a little differently about what I was.  I finished my week off like this:

I am...

 - Inspired

 - Encouraged 

 - Determined 

It also made me think about the positive qualities I believe I had before even attending convention:

I am...

 - Kind 

 - Patient

 - Creative 

Over the next couple of weeks I will be sharing my Convention experience with you, along with many pictures!  I encourage you to think about the sentence "I am..." and complete it for yourself. Then share it with me on my facebook page.  I'd love to hear what you have to say!

Check back again soon (next Tuesday at the latest!) for more of my convention experience and lots of great pictures! 

Thanks for stopping by!  

Jes

Card Club and Convention!

Hi!

It has been a while since I last updated you but there are a few exciting things happening for me!  One of which is Stampin' Up! Convention happening next week!  I will be going to Salt Lake City and am very excited!  I cannot wait to meet other Stampin' Up! demonstrators, learn new techniques, and learn to run a better business!  I will update you on all the happenings when I get home as I'm sure I will have lots to share!

Card Club:  Will be starting on July 30th.  If you are interested in participating or learning more about the benefits of the card club please contact me at daveyjes@hotmail.com.  Above are a few examples of our first projects! I am loving the new 'In Colors' as well as the "Up Up and Away' stamp set!  So many different things to do with this set! Come check out the Card Club to see other creative ways to use this set.


90 Days of Summer Mini Album Challenge:  Thank you to everyone who came out for such a fun night! Don't forget to keep track of pictures and journal entries for your mini albums to win some awesome prizes!  Our next class date is July 23rd, lease bring your paper and adhesive. I look forward to spending another evening stamping with you!

I hope you have been able to get out and enjoy this beautiful weather!  I sure have!  Enjoy the Sunshine and the rest of your week!

- Jes