Preparations

My mental lists need to get recorded soon, or I fear my head may actually explode.  

On October 1st, I will be participating in a bazaar & I need to decide what exactly I want to bring to sell.   I'm thinking it will be a mixture of hand made gift items; Jamberry samples & craft room destash goodness.

See more off my craftiness here...

  More about Jamberry...

I need to excavate my studio & find the Christmas golf theme trays plus my bird house collection, oh, I should bring some of my magic wallets too.

What kind of items would you want to find at an arts & crafts bazaar?

Rubber Stamp and Scrap Book Expo

This weekend the Altamont Fair Grounds is the site of the first annual Rubber Stamp & Scrap Book Expo for the Albany area. While the choice of venue may not have been optimum on this chilly & rainy weekend, the exhibitors offered a wonderful variety of products as well as several offering make & take opportunities. Here is a list of the vendors along with links to their websites.

Heartfelt Creations ** SweetStamps.com ** Our Daily Bread Designs ** Stamp On It ** Luni Stamps ** Bo Nash International ** Scrap Dazzle ** Close to My Heart (Cinde Apuzzo) **Denami Designs ** We B Scrappin' ** Blockheads ** Starving Artistamps ** Carolina Crafting Concepts ** Mainley Memories ** Rubbernecker ** Creative Memories ** Stampin' Up! (Sharyn R. Bouck) ** WoodwareUSA.com ** Tessler Stencil Company

Tomorrow I will be taking my camera along, so I will be able to post photos.
Sunday April 18th show time = 11 am to 4 pm

Oh, as part of your admission, you can also get to visit The Woman's Expo where another 22 exhibitors have space. I didn't get a chance to check them all out today, but I'm looking forward to browsing through to visit them:

Scentsy ** Passion Parties ** American Laser Centers ** Lia Sophia ** Bathfitters ** Silpada ** Bottle Docker LLC ** Phenomenal Fudge ** Stella & Dot ** Silver Leaf Resorts **The Robyn Lynn Collection ** Arbonne International ** Beauti Control ** For the Love of Rocks ** Huff N' Puff ** Jude Craft Specialty Foods ** Yumi Chen Designs ** Premier Designs **Isagenix ** Get Personal Designer Jewelry ** Grandpa Pete's Gourmet Sauce ** The Comfort Station

More to come - stay tuned!

Girl Friends

I appreciate my girl friends so much! Thank you for always being there for me! I don't know if I express it enough to all of you - but rest assured, you are loved!






Tomorrow at church (http://www.saratogaabundantlife.org/Home.html) we are having our Life Group Rally - that's where we have a room set up with all the groups represented so everyone knows what's being offered. I have the pleasure to be a part of a group called Girlfriends Unlimited. We plan events for ladies 16 years and older - things like country western dance lessons, spa night & other fun activities. I got to use my crafting mojo to update our board for the rally. So if you are a member or find yourself in the area Sunday morning at 9:30 - come on by and check us out.

It's Negative Too Freakin' Cold!!!

Okay, so I realize that I live in the Northeast and it is January - but holy cow!!!

It is soooo unbelievably cold!!!

This picture is from a year ago when we had a ferocious ice storm. I need to take some photos of the ginormous snowbanks the snowplows have helped to create around here!

I just keep focusing my mind on the forecast for the upcoming week - they are calling for temperatures to soar into the 50's - - WOOO HOOO !!! We are going to need to break out the shorts and tank tops!

A Wonderful Retreat Location

http://www.serenityonthelake.com/

This is such a lovely place to hold a retreat. It is nestled in a quiet neighborhood on the lake. I've been there a couple times with our ladies group from church. The house was built specifically to accommodate church groups on retreat. Recently they have suffered from the effects of competition from another larger facility in the area, so they are opening the house to other types of groups (like scrap book enthusiasts, garden clubs, book club, etc). There are six large bedrooms and, if my memory serves me correctly, the place can sleep 20 people.
Wouldn't it be awesome to have a crafting retreat?!? Each lady could bring supplies for everyone to complete a project and we could share our tips and tricks. Something like a stamping pajama party - we could craft until we were tired, nap, eat and craft some more. Sounds like a little slice of heaven to me. What do you think?