Scrapfest Girls Weekend!

This past weekend I had a fabulous time with some of my peeps at Scrapfest Kitchener.  It was a long drive to and from, but well worth the laughs we experienced.

We stopped at every Scrapbook store we could find along the way, it didn't seem to matter that we would get to go to an amazing Vendors Market at Scrapfest itself.  We really wanted to see some of the storefronts of some of the vendors.

We completed Christy Riopel's class Friday night.  I highly recommend her as an instructor, she paces her classes well and always brings some fun new techniques.  She also dealt with the stress of not having power very well.   Andrew from the Aud helped us out with resetting the breaker several times.

Saturday we were privileged to do a class with Karen Ellis of the Art House studio.  I got to play with Pan Pastels for the first time, something else that's going to break the budget.  So wish she wasn't so far away I would be at her studio all the time.

Oh yeah on a final note, I learned new words this weekend or should I say new meanings to innocent words, those poor words will never be the same.

Hello Blog World!

It has been awhile.

Easter has just passed and for some this celebration is a time for new beginnings.  Let's see if I can resurrect this blog and do postings on a regular basis.

Last weekend I had the privilege of participating in a fundraising crop for a group participating in the Bust a Move fundraiser happening in Ottawa on April 21.  It was a great time, a bunch of ladies got together and played with some paper, got to reconnect and laugh.

Part of the day on Saturday a smaller group of us got to reveal the Art Journals we have been working on for lets just say longer than anyone had planned or anticipated.  I have one talented group of friends in this group.  All of the journals were amazing. It was so much fun pouring over all of the entries not only Saturday but throughout this. I cherish everything that all these ladies contributed to my journal.

The art journal process was a learning process for me and I enjoyed them once I learned to let go.  The letting go is very difficult for me.  Everything is supposed to have rules and so is art, WRONG.  I struggle with that all of the time, but I keep doing it and sometimes surprise myself.  That's the fun part and the reward.

I am grateful that I have another day off today.  Hope everyone enjoyed their Easter however you chose to celebrate it.