24th Annual Hostess Appreciation is in the Books

Happy SNOWY Monday!!!

I’m thankful to be inside my house, toasty warm today! No travel for me!! Unfortunately weather kept some people away on Saturday for my Hostess Appreciation Party, too. But the rest of us had a great time–and good food!!

Pics to share:

I have group pics courtesy of Todd (and whomever REMINDED me to take them!! THANKS!!) and random pics courtesy of Lynne Hodges, Deanna Edwards & Jamie Sales. Btw Deanna Edwards was the drawing winner for the I Spy Picture Challenge! I’ll get your gift to you soon, Deanna! Plus, I have LOTS of project pics for you. I’ll save some for tomorrow, too.

Here’s our group this year:

And here are all my Dazzling Demos Team Members who could make it:

If you’ve been here, you KNOW I get emotional. What’s new? I appreciate everyone’s business and support so much!! This year someone came to my rescue–kleenex and all. 😉 Thank you, Linda!

This year I gave fewer prizes away. Everyone received product for their projects and plenty to take home! Here’s My Love helping draw names and deliver prizes.

I always invite my kids, too. This year Tyler came with his buddy he was babysitting. He’s so cute!! And about to turn 1 year old in a couple weeks!

More friends:

Now I have some samples for you!

Everyone had card bases to make 4 cards, but they also received more product to make many more. So I started designing with the exact product I gave everyone. (Actually, I forgot I had bought the Pastels Shimmer Paper until I found it later. So I didn’t use that.) I’m just sharing the first 4 cards I made with the products. Tomorrow, I’ll share ALL THE OTHER samples I made for ideas! I just added card bases and layers to make as many cards as possible from the Ephemera and Puffy Stickers.

Here’s what everyone received:

• 1/2 pkg Easter Time Ephemera Pack
• 1/2 pkg Softest Spring Puffy Stickers
• Balmy Blue Gingham Ribbon
• 1/3 pkg Pastels Shimmer Specialty Paper

I chose this greeting because it was cute and tiny for the spot, but then I saw a tiny “Hi Friend!” that would have worked perfectly, too! This bunny is too cute!!!!

Here are all the products we used. We only used the stamps from the bundles, but I included the bundles, so you could see what’s all in them. DON’T MISS this month’s Product of the Month–Fabulous Sayings!

Product List

Click any product pic to order, and remember every $50 in orders (after any Stampin’ Rewards are redeemed) earns you a $5 Bonus Code (coupon) thru Feb 2. (Redeem Feb 3-28.) If you order at least $75, you can also add the Fabulous Sayings to your order for only $5!

I’ll be back with tons more samples tomorrow!!

Have an amazing day!!