Fun in Valley Forge....

..... this past Friday and Saturday we had fun at CKC (that's Creating Keepsakes Convention for you non scrapbookers). We took four cool classes on Friday during the day, went to the supermarket and bought a big "birthday cookie", went to Bennigan's at the mall for dinner and then back to the hotel where all the CE'ers were staying for our cropping party. Did I mention the wild thunderstorm in the middle of it all???? Sandy and I got drenched getting back to the car from the front door at Bennigan's. And the NY girls were stuck at Bahama Breeze--- we waited at least 45 minutes in the hotel lobby. It was about 10pm when we took over the hotel's breakfast room----pushed tables together, brought in music and food; I think there was about 18 of us in all. 10 of us are going to CE; the others are part of the Staten Island Scrapping group that some of the CE'ers belong to. They were doing the finale of their secret sisters and there were all kinds of little gifts floating about!

It was so much fun to meet all of them --Kristen, Barbara, Susan, Liz, Cindy, Kim, Megan, and Mel before we all get to AZ next month! Met Leah too but she had to go home on Friday afternoon so she couldn't party with us! As the Birthday Officers we made sure to celebrate Liz's birthday at our little party. We left about 12:15 am to drive home--fortunately it only took about 30 minutes at that time of night!

Saturday we drove back up to shop the vendor mall after scoping it out on Friday. Can't say we were overly impressed; not a whole lot of newer stuff and the prices weren't any different than what you'd normally find. But we came away with two big shopping bags of stuff we know we'll never find here at home. Lots of Rusty Pickle albums, Technique Tuesday stamp sets and some items we've been looking for for BPS classes. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any of the things I was looking for for my Let's Escape sister and nobody was carrying any Heidi stuff :-(

Came home to Mom's "Schroeder Cousins Get-Together" where we were the help. Then a full day of Sunday stuff--church, lunch at the diner, and a wedding gown fitting at my boss' house. Then spent the evening finishing my sets of pages---I went to work today for a REST!

Enjoy!!

Janet

The Race is On...

...or so it seems!! The last month has flown by and there's only 6 weeks left until CE and the list of things to do keeps getting longer. Do I need a vacation to get ready for my vacation????? And what have I been doing these last several weeks, you ask???

We spent two lovely long weekends up in the Poconos at the lake house. Got lots of scrapbooking done; baked goodies for the family, and just enjoyed the serenity and lack of busyness. The first weekend I finished about 85% of my Junkitz "Elements of Style" album from CKU-Chicago last March. And the second weekend I did another 13 pages of my European vacation. I had so hoped to finish within a year of going but that's not going to happen! Can't see working on it again until well after CE.

Then of course there's all the CE stuff--Let's Escape #2, Secret Sisters, and of course the Page Swapp. Still working madly on all of these!!! And I'm trying to find time to make a bunch of stuff.

Still working on 2 wedding dresses--they're both progressing nicely but there's still work to be done!!! And more fittings!

Then I went and signed up for "The Colors of your World" class at BPS---I must be crazy!!! I've printed all the lessons so far and even did the chat last week; I've taken some pics and found others I want to use or need to take but haven't done any yet. And Sandy's doing 52 Pick-Up and Journey with Junkitz so I'll have them to do too.

And lastly, there's that boy wizard named Harry. Midnight magic was as crazy as ever; so many people and activities and costumes (yes I whipped one together the day before without any magic!) and SOOOO many BOOKS!!!! I'm still reading away---I was halfway through #5 on Friday night and as of today, I'm about a quarter of the way into #6 so hopefully I'll get to #7 in the next couple of weeks!

Must get working on my Secret Sis and my pages----then start thinking about what I need to pack in my supply bag for CKC-Valley Forge this Friday and Saturday. Looking forward to meeting up with all the East Coast CE girls--Kristin, Barbara, Cindy, Kim, Megan G, Mel, and whoever else we find!

Enjoy,

Janet