~ The Orange County
Scrapbook Expo falls around my Birthday, making my Birthday celebration more enjoyable. Last year I volunteered 4 hours and recieved $30 which I used towards my day of fun. This year however, the first day of the expo fell on my Birthday, the next day being Valentines day, so we went on the last day Sunday.
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Some booths
begged us to take photo's of their examples:
Here is one of my favorites!
Here I am with some of the girls from my
Scrapbook Group!
Kimber-who was there all weekend helping out in the classrooms. For $5 she got a free for just helping out!, She also called me up before Sunday for show special 'updates'
Teresa- She's my scrappin', coffee stop, anytime best friend! Both she and her hubby are from NY, so hence the wireless mic in her ear. She's either on the phn or texting!
Pam- That day was Pam's Birthday and she came to the expo for the 1st time with her Boyfriend Jeff, who is a total sweetheart and was nice enough to take this photo with 5 different camera's!
Yes, that
Me! I'm liking orange right now. It's fun and frisky, and my craft apron with the orange tutu on the bottom got ton's of compliments!
Kathy - Has a heart of gold
. So nice and genuine. She and Teresa are doing the 365 LO project. What a task! She's a talented paper crafter and always amazes us with her creations!
~ Here's some more LO inspirations. I think it's a fun way to fill in space and those journal cards really add to the page!
~ Teresa and I got there when it first opened, so it was not too busy. Nice for shopping....
Loving the colors on these LO's!
I'm seeing this idea for a possible card or even altered-art...
~ At lunch, Kathy was done and headed home, and we were joined by group member Dawn and her friend, Susan. Dawn works at a local Michaels craft store, (enabeling us with store specials) and Susan has a blog called
Red Bess Bonney.
All of us with the exception of Pam, have know each other since our children were still crawling! We met through a Mom's group and have been close friends since! Having the Scrapbook group
keeps us connected as friends and occasional kids playdates even though our kiddo's are attending different schools.
Here are some of my yummy purchases....
I got this paper pack kit for $5!
I thought it would be perfect for my (condensed) version of the 365 project.
Read it and weep....lol!
I got each of these Heidi Swapp masks for $1 each!
and they work great! I've already used the alphabets and polka dots!
I recieved the Halloween one for free, and splurged a whopping $4 on the cute Owl kit!
~ For the girls, I made them each a new
Nest Pendant creation, and Dawn gave me the sparkely heart/crown treasure.
The tape runner was free just for watching a demo at the Pioneer booth, They have this fantastic new product that replaces those annoying screw post in post bound albums. Check it out
here! I'm going to order some soon!
I found this Baby Book kit at the
Rusty Pickle booth for $10!
I plan make a book for my Sisters new baby!
Last but
not least, I used Birthday Money, to score this
Sizzix Big Shot for $71 plus tax!
Don't get me wrong...I Love my cricut, I do, but it can't do what the big shot can do...like cutting through felt, material, leather, chipboard, and other materials. I also can't wait to use it for embossing onto chipboard! The nice thing is, that it is compatible with most any die or emboss plate!
And I LOVE the color!
~ Next up, what I did on my Birthday...and who's the fairest maden of them all!
A couple of weeks ago, I attended the Scrapbook expo in Anaheim with friends. I went on a saturday and was there for the all day crop- 8am to midnight! It was nice to have a table to come back to after shopping, socializing and doing make and takes. The theme this year was "Roaring 20's". I dressed the part and decorated our crop table abit, landing us a nice 2nd place prize!
Suzi Blu, Carmen, & Sally :)
Fiskateer friend Jeannie
Kathy and Kaneka from my Scrapbook group, West Coast Crafters. They were taking all day classes but we made time to have lunch together!
Here is Suzi and Elena instructing the demo at the Charity Wings booth!
And here is my Charity Wings creation! I made it using some new product by Faber Castle! Check out Suzi's blog for the goods! :)
Scrapbook girls and table mates, Teresa and Kimber. They took classes most of the day and then worked on scrapbooking the rest of the day. I brought my beads to organize, which I did and it was fun! I plan to organize the rest this Saturday at another event and I'll post pics when I'm done. :)
The crop hall was 5' from the shopping show room floor. PERFECT!
To tell you the truth, when it comes to my creations, it gets easier and easier to give them away over time, especially if I know they will be appreciated. :)
