This is Part 2 of my Project Life post – if you missed ALL THE FUN Sara and I had at Shelli's house creating this Project Life album SEE THIS POST and VIDEO yesterday!

As I mentioned in my blog post yesterday, after we created all the Project Life pages documenting "day 1" of my visit to the Stampin' UP! home office in Riverton, UT, celebrating my Million $$ in sales achievement, we went back to the home office and Dirk took me to the photography studio where he showed me how they shoot all the samples and product photos for the catalogs, publications, blog posts, Pinterest photos, etc!

 

Patty's Project Life by Stampin' UP! album documenting memories from my Million Dollar Achiever's trip to Stampin' UP!

I never knew how much time and effort go in to the photography at Stampin' Up! and it was very fun to spend time with Dirk learning all about their techniques and learning great lighting tips!

Patty's Project Life by Stampin' UP! album documenting memories from my Million Dollar Achiever's trip to Stampin' UP!

This is the Project Life by Stampin' Up! album Sara and I created on "day 2" of my visit.  Watch the Video here if you missed it yesterday to see all the details.

Patty's Project Life by Stampin' UP! album documenting memories from my Million Dollar Achiever's trip to Stampin' UP!

There had been a huge snowstorm during the night, so everything was WHITE and like a Winter Wonderland!! Perfect for the Christmas theme of my visit!

Patty's Project Life by Stampin' UP! album documenting memories from my Million Dollar Achiever's trip to Stampin' UP!

Documenting my million $$ visit to Stampin' UP! with Project Life! Patty Bennett, www.PattyStamps.com

You cannot imagine the feeling, walking into the beautiful, huge atrium at Stampin' Up! and seeing every employee lined up all around the balconies… my heart was SO FULL – it took my breath away!

Patty Bennett's million dollar achiever trip to the Stampin' Up! home office in Riverton, UT with Sara Douglass

It meant the world to me to have my husband and son with me for this trip.. they have shared every moment of my 20+ year journey with Stampin' Up! and I am blessed to have them by my side!

Eric, Patty and Jason Bennett at the Stampin' UP! home office in Riverton, UT celebrating my million dollar sales achievement!

 

Patty's Project Life by Stampin' UP! album documenting memories from my Million Dollar Achiever's trip to Stampin' UP!

The Attention to Detail was amazing!  I had asked that they have Pepsi and Diet Pepsi for Eric and Jason, and they had that at every stop along our way!!  So sweet!  And check out the darling personalized hot cocoa cups they had for everyone!

Home office party at Stampin' UP!, celebrating Patty Bennett's million dollar achievement. Custom hot chocolate cups with the Wondrous Wreath image just for me!

Patty's Project Life by Stampin' UP! album documenting memories from my Million Dollar Achiever's trip to Stampin' UP!

Patty's Project Life by Stampin' UP! album documenting memories from my Million Dollar Achiever's trip to Stampin' UP!

In between our visit to the Distribution Center (above) and the Demo Support Dept (below), we also had lunch with product specialists Darcy and Andrea, we met with Spencer to see sneak peeks from the upcoming catalog (!!!!), we met with the super talented Artist Kathy who will be drawing up my idea for my stamp set, we chatted with all of the Concept Artists, Eric and Jason got a sneak peek of the December Paper Pumpkin kit (see THIS POST), and I got to go stamp a card in the Concept Art Dept (see THIS POST).  We ended day 1 with dinner with the corporate team – fun conversation, great food and a wonderful time!

Patty's Project Life by Stampin' UP! album documenting memories from my Million Dollar Achiever's trip to Stampin' UP!

Did you see Sara's Project Life presentation at the Brussels OnStage event last November? She showed a great tip to get MORE photos into one layout by doing a "pull-up" photo spread.. check this out.. the photos are on Project Life cards that were washi taped together, and they pull up with a tab!!!  I asked her to teach me how to do that, so we did it!

Patty's Project Life by Stampin' UP! album documenting memories from my Million Dollar Achiever's trip to Stampin' UP!

Patty's Project Life by Stampin' UP! album documenting memories from my Million Dollar Achiever's trip to Stampin' UP!

Thank you again, Dirk, for the amazing experience in the photography studio and for explaining all of the amazing steps for getting the lighting just right!!  Thank you for all the photos of my Project Life album!

Stampin' UP! photography studio photo shoot of Patty's Million dollar achiever trip and my Project Life album with Dirk!

 Here is my check list for photos I still need to put in my album:

 

  • Dinner, night 1
  • our amazing hotel room at the Grand America
  • Temple Square the day we arrived
  • Day 2 at Shelli's with Sara
  • Dinner, night 2
  • My gorgeous and amazing "pillow gifts" from Stampin' UP!

I'll be sharing those pages after I get all the photos printed and slipped into more pocket pages.

 

BELOW you will find the products we used in this album.  Click on any item to see more info or purchase it in my online store.   CLICK HERE to see a full line of Project Life supplies.  Reminder: the Memories in the Making Project Life Specialty Card Collection is ONLY available as a FREE Sale a Bration item until March 31, 2016 with your $50 Stampin' Up! purchase (it's noted with a $0.00 price below).

 

 

Patty's 2016 Project Life Challenge!

If you are willing to take my 2016 challenge and make this the year that you start Project Life, or get back to it, leave me a comment and let me know!  Let's do this together!  If you need Project Life by Stampin' Up! Supplies, click here or the icon below to shop online anytime!

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Need a catalog? Please allow me to send you one if you don't already have a demonstrator!  Leave me a comment or send me an email; PattyStamps@comcast.net

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