WOYWW #210

Lots of ATC's came in the mail this week and I want to warn everyone to be on the look out on mine heading your way and most of them were heading overseas so it will be a day or two before they get there.   What came this week!

Awesome ATC's this week from Fairy Thoughts, Ria Gall, Lottie, Kezzy, Nan, Kay, Sandra, Sue, Maisee Moonishine, Buttons, 

Warning this is another photo intensive post so be aware to reheat your coffee or tea and sit back and look over what I am going to show you!  I had and awesome time down in Arlington at the conference and now that I am back home and broke...I wonder at why I spent way too much money!  Biggest reason was that there was so much to be had for so little that I over did it.  Who ever heard of sets of Spellbinders were only $5 a set or that Susan's Garden flower dies were buy one get one 60% off...not me so I took advantage of it...doubt I will buy anymore dies this year though!
My desk today...

Looks pretty staged and it is...I had been taking pictures of what I bought to share with you.  I know show off but...lots to show off! See all the Xyron refills in the background?  well they had those 1 1/2" refills for $2 each (normally $4.99+), the 5" refills for $4 each (norm is $10+), and a 9" machine for $40 ($119) and refills for $8 ($24.99) so I just had to stock up!  I figure I saved a lot of money just on the Xyron glue purchases alone to help fund my next purchases.  I also scored on some of the Spellbinders they were getting rid of! 

these were part of the Creatopyia line of die cutter that I don't think made it but they were selling these dies at $5 a set!  Woot!  they normally go for $24.99 over here!

Next I moved on to the Stampers Anonymous booth....

Me in my purple glory at the Stampers Anonymous booth...Loved all the Tim goodies...I would have bought more from this section but I had spent so much on embellishments a while back I thought I had better steer clear!

 I really loved all the different artists and vendors that were available but the Stampers Anon booth had to be my favorite one of all.  Guess who?

My hero!  I can't believe how these old women hung on every word he said though!  OMG! I made it around the one portion of the vendor booths and these same women were sitting there drooling all over him!  My daughter took this looking towards where I was standing!

I took this one looking across at where she was standing but alas she had left!

Happy days!  I got a picture with Tim Holtz!  Even with the big belly and the bra strap showing I am a happy girl to have this photo!

and  Wendi Vecchi!  Love art parts and Wendi Vecchi!

And don't forget Jim Hankins, the Gentleman Crafter!  Hails from my neck of the woods just a little further south in Texas land!  I am happy he has partnered up with Dyan Reaveley!  Another favorite of mine!

 I bought some really good deals at the booth too!  How about paint daubers 6 bottles for $5 and some of the new Distress Paint for $5 a bottle!  Woot!  I scored on the new sets of stamps I didn't have...see I put the Union Jack set on top!

Next stop was a booth selling Sizzix stuff...not Sizzix but an affiliate.  That's okay cause look what I picked up here....These are all big sales bargains too...

Susan's Gardens...60% off!

Graphic 45's new dies and stamp sets...buy one get one 60% off

Diffusion same as G-45

Tropical Travelogue stamps from Graphic 45...$5. 

Look at all the stencils that were on sale.

Fried brains and feet after the day spent wandering around the conference. DD Heather to the left and Terri my friend and owner of the LSS here in Norman called Scrap That Norman!

full shopping bags, tired feet...time to go!

So that is my adventure around the scrapbook conference.  I enjoyed it and would do it again but...I was so tired and feeling bad that I didn't go back to the conference but opted for a less hectic and quiet afternoon at IKEA Dallas before heading back to Oklahoma that evening.  Fun times.

Okay!  By now all my non-WOYWWer friends are probably wondering what all this desk talk is about!  Well has all to do with Julia Dunnit and her blog Stamping Ground.  Click the link and head over there to see how you too can have fun surfing the web and snooping out other peoples desks.  Loads of fun and very informative too!

I think I will grab a cup of coffee and visit as many sites as I can before I head out to a tea party at 2 pm.  Hope I didn't offend anyone with my post being so long and picture heavy but so many asked to see what I bought at the conference I had to share!