I was away for the weekend, fulfilling one of my New Year's resolutions for 2011. I vowed that I would be more "artsy" this year-- it makes me happy and I did not create much in 2010.
It was raining hard when I left Friday morning:
My destination: The Firs at Bellingham, Washington:
It was a scrapbooking retreat weekend! Woo Hoo! Almost 100 scrapbookers were ready to spend 3 days/2 nights doing what they loved best. We were divided into three large groups, assigned to 1 of 3 buildings. I scrapbooked at the Alpine Lodge:
The theme for the weekend was "Fun in the Sun" and we all had goody bags waiting for us at our tables. Inside were flipflops, a lei with nametag, beach paper & embellishments, and toenail polish:
This weekend package included 3 meals a day, massages, pedicures, a scrap swap meet, door prizes and midnight "refreshers":
I scrapbooked with my favorite friends--a.k.a. The Fabulous Four-- Kris, Danelle & Jennifer:
It was Jennifer's birthday on Saturday:
The food was delicious and plentiful:
I think this was my favorite meal-- broccoli & cheese soup, turkey melt hoagie and sweet potato fries (YUM!):
This was my favorite dessert-- fresh fruit "pizza" with a cookie crust (YUM!):
One of our funniest conversations had to do with designing apparel for scrapbookers. [Note: we talk about this often.] We are continuously coming up with T-shirt slogans, sweatpant designs (with the words printed on the butt), and of course, matching accessories. This time, Kris was brainstorming a new T-shirt design as a play on words from the movie, "Meet The Fockers". She suggested we wear matching T-shirts that say "FLOCKER"...Our husbands could wear matching T-shirts that say "The Other Flocker"... We were all giggling and Kris was laughing so hard that she was crying:
Let me guess... you don't GET IT. That's okay. It is a scrapbooking term. What she/I am referring to is this fluffy powder you can buy to "flock" alphabet letters or other objects on your page so they look soft & fuzzy. One of us bought a new cool color of "flocking" and we were all oohing & aahing over it:
I went to that Scrap Swap Meet and got all of this for $5!
One of the midnight surprises was this:
What?? They served steaming hot washclothes infused with peppermint oil. Sound weird? It TOTALLY clears your sinuses and wakes you up with the fresh, minty smell!
And it isn't a scrapbook retreat weekend without one or more of us winding up underneath the tables...
It is a hobby-hazard. One of us inevitably drops an alphabet letter, gemstone, brad, eyelets, etc. on the floor and we go looking for it! As the saying goes-- four eyes are better than two! I didn't get a picture of it, but often we often "lose" other objects if they are sticky. Both Jennifer and I spent over 10 minutes searching our table space for some sticker or embellishment that had disappeared. We did look underneath the table (duh!). In our cases, we both found our sticker/embellishment stuck to our shirt sleeves by our elbows! @#$@##!! Silly stickers!
What was I working on? I almost finished this cute project called a "December Daily" (will show it later). And I did some scrapbook pages from our trip to Las Vegas last summer. I had a really fun time and it was a great way to re-energize! Will I do it again? ABSOLUTELY. :)
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