Spring Retreat – Paris Nights Dinner Party!

Today I'm going to share with you our Friday Night Dinner Party from Retreat Weekend – a Paris Nights Dinner!!!

One of the reasons we love the location that we hold the retreat at so much is because it has this huge industrial size kitchen so everyone brings a dish to pass for the weekend and we stick it in the oven and don't have to worry about paying for expensive catering! Here are the girls who signed up for Friday Night Dinner getting it ready to be put out!

The tables were decorated..

Each person had a Paris themed favor at their tables – Coconut Macaroons jazzed up with a stamp from "Chic Boutique" — the theme stamp set for the night!

After dinner we had some games, the first one… I used these French Decor Elements from our DD catalog and made up Flash Cards in true Stampin' Up! Style!

I involved Stampin' Up! Staff on this one… I had e-mailed my Service Accounts Manager at Stampin' Up! to be the "right" answers… she named for us a Stampin' Up! Product for each letter on the flash cards, and everyone had to think of the same… if their answer lined up with the Stampin' Up! Staff answer, they got a point! Here is a table deep in concentration…

Kriss was so deep in concentration that she actually light her napkin on fire and had to rush it to the bathroom sink…. we were DYING and I couldn't get to my camera in time, this was the best that I could do…

Then I had a prize table for people who ended with the highest points…

Here's a look at some of the prizes… a "Paris Dreams" Gift Bag filled with goodies….

Here's a close up at each of the things in the bag…

Then another one of the prizes was this cute Chef set…

And a couple of wire decorations that I just had to get because of how they coordinated with the Chic Boutique stamp set!

The next game after this one was a Stampin' Up! Relay Race. We had a table set up at the end filled with Stampin' Up! Products and there were 2 Teams. Each person had to run up and complete a step on the card and the first Team to finish won!

And the winning Team each got a little bundle of "Merci" chocolates from Paris stamped with of course the Chic Boutique Stamp Set…

Phew! What a fun night!!!!! AND…. the night was still very young as this post ends! After the Paris Nights Dinner we had a stamping class that focused on the Summer Mini Catalog, a "Name Badge Runway" and late night Shoebox Swap Stamping!

Tune in tomorrow for more highlights…

And in the meantime, look into joining the Heartfelt Stamper's Team so that you can join us for the next retreat in October!!!

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Paris Nights Dinner Invitation

I shared my Regional SWAPS with you a few days ago — on to share one of the other things that's been taking up much of my stamping time! I'm putting on a "Paris Nights" Dinner for my gals who are attending Regionals, and wanted to send out an invitation to them all! Here it is!

I was SO HAPPY to have an excuse to purchase this stamp set, I had been loving it but had nothing to justify the purchase… now I'm using the heck out of it! This is what the invite looked like with the inserts…

ALY'S HELPFUL HINTS:

• I really wanted to rough up the edges of the Eiffel Tower cardstock piece, so I used the distressing tool from the Cutter Kit to do that – it goes so fast with that handy tool!
• I've been trying not to tie ribbon all the way around the card so much, and love this slot punch as an alternative way to use ribbon – it uses much less ribbon and looks great at the same time!
• This "Lattice" Die used on the background is my new *favorite* Stampin' Up! Exclusive Die — I'm wanting to pull it out for everything! I just love the subtle design that it creates – a little added interest!

WHAT TO ORDER:

Chic Boutique Stamp Set (113744), En Francis Background Stamp (109521), Sincere Salutations Stamp Set (115068), Real Red Cardstock (102482), Chocolate Chip Cardstock (102128), Chocolate Chip Classic Ink (100908), So Saffron Cardstock (105118), Chocolate Chip 1" Double Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon (111849), Elementary Ribbon Originals (116231), Horizontal Slot Punch (105089), Wide Oval Punch (112082), Corner Rounder (109047), White Embossing Powder (109132), Heat Tool (100005), Embossing Buddy (103083), Cutter Kit (106958), VersaMark Pad (102283), Big Shot Die-Cut Machine (113439) and Lattice Die (115958)

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