convention sign in day

Convention pre registration - Wednesday.
Today, we got up early and went to the convention center to sign in and get all our stuff and check out Momento Mall. We got there right after it opened and it was totally crazy. It was worse then Disney. The line was like 3 1/2 hours long and some stood in line over 4 hours. With all that, they still ran out of stuff and that was for the people who got in line by 9. Just think of all the people after that. This bag is one item they were so hot to get. Of course I had to have one too. I always need storage organization, especially with things so torn up (basement being fixed) at the moment. Also, just so you know, it also matches some of the papers coming out in the new catalog.

By the way I have to say that the new catalog is awesome. Here is a sneak peek at the cover. I think it's one of the better catalogs I've seen in a while. It has lots of new stamp sets (especially holiday), it has 4 new punches - as well as coordinating stamps for those punches, several new ribbons, several new rub ons, tons of new papers and scrap kits. I love the new scrap kits, plus lots of other goodies too. My list is so long right now. It is so exciting. This picture really doesn't do it justice. It even shows you how to do some techniques. It's definitely cool.





I also got 3 new stamp sets, which are cool. They added two new styles to the catalog and some of the sets come from that. There are stamps that match the decor elements too. They also put some of my favorites from the last two minis in the catalog too, which is exciting. This picture is a picture of our convention bags, they are brown, kiwi, blue and some yellow, but mainly brown.
We also got to see several displays of lots of cards and 3d items. I took some pictures, but didn't to it all, it was all just too much. We also swapped till we ran out. There are so many pretty cards out there. That was a new experience and lots of fun. After we were pretty much dead from being on our feet for so long, our group meet that night at the Blue Iguana (what a name - Katie would love the name). It was mexican and packed with convention goers. They were having lots of fun for sure. Anyways, I think that's the highlights from this day. More about the first full day shortly.