Close To My Heart "Besties"

I just realized that I had not posted some of my favorite pictures from convention.  So here are some of my favorite pictures of my favorite gals!

Bren Yule... really, what can I say about Bren, that you already don't know.  Talented, funny, artistic, gorgeous, big heart, encouraging, amazing leader and so so much more.

Gail Vought, my super up-line.  I am so blessed to have her in my life, she has been there for me in so many ways and I thank God for bringing her into my life. 

Yorline Warren, my down-line and my friend.

Luisa Morgan, my Tweedledee.

Roomies from left to right: Sandra Gomes, Alisse Stephens, Yorline Warren, ME and Luisa Morgan.

Jennifer Healy is beautiful and a cRaCk uP! 

Antoinette Perez and Melissa Sandidge are two classy ladies and I love being part of their team.

Sandra Gomes always wearing her heart on her sleeve.

Nancy Driscoll and Aisha Davidson, I'm just lucky to get a picture with these girls. 

Dana Simone-Kurtz is super talented and I was lucky enough this year to be in the Extravaganza team with her.  Heather Plotzke  is an amazingly driven woman and I want to be like her when I grow up.   

I love Bonita Bryant, because you can always count on her being herself!!!!

Convention Swaps & Gifts

Thank you for all the wonderful comments and emails regarding my  last post.  It's wonderful to feel and read all the support.  
"Thank You!"

I thought that I had posted this, but now looking back, I realized that I had not. The bottom picture is a pin that I made for the convention "Card Swaps". As you can see... It's not a card. Let me explain please.
During last years convention, we took a group picture that I wanted to put in a frame that had some kind of logo, or something that reflected the convention in Washington. Well this year, I decided to make my own. YEP!


After you are done wearing your pin on your lanyard during convention, you simply remove the little post in the back and glue it to a picture frame! and VOILA!!!! Instant "When You Wish" convention souvenir.


I must explain that only my closes and dearest received both the frame and the pin. And only my "Besty's" received the pins with the blinged out Mickey. I found those darling Mickey's in Tijuana, during a dentist visit, for only $0.50, can you believe it. Of course I bought them all. hee-hee.

To make this little logo you will need:


-Black Card stock for the medallion
-White card stock for the image
-Sky blue card stock for the cloud
-Avery address labels (go to avery.com to print custom labels)
-Sparkles
- D1425 "Thrill Ride" Stamp set
-D1426 "Over the Rainbow" Stamp set

CTMH Extravaganza Art Work

Paper Medallions are officially my favorite paper accessory for any festive event!!!!
 

This is one of my tables outside my booth, the left side is a party scene and the right side is very Christmas / Holiday inspired. I will have more detailed pictures of this table tomorrow after this post.

Here is my second table outside my booth. The top three display boards are created by people at corporate and all four teachers in my category had the same boards outside their booths. Below are the detailed pictures of the items I created for my board. I was only able to make one board to hang, the rest of the pieces I made are on the first table. Made it hard for me to display all the my items after Extravaganza in another room. I was going to take too much room so Marcy and Amy were very kind to let skip the "Art Gallery" portion of it. Which makes my art work more exclusive... hee-hee!

Here is a headband I created with our pleated ribbon and some beautiful Designer Brads (Z1360), Pin Clips (Z1612), Bling Assortment (Z1466) and Just Blooms "Paper Shapes" (Z1463) they will be introduced in our Autumn/Winter Idea Book on Augusts 1st 2011. The ribbon flower was made using "Glubers", if you don't know what Glubers are, please search my blog on the top right and find the previous post on Glubers. I know you will fall in love with them as much as I love them. I highly recommend them to everyone.


Oh! By the way... On the evening of our Award Banquet, I let my friend Alisse Stephens wear this beautiful hair piece and she looked so beautiful wearing it and she received so many compliments for it, that she decided to purchase it from me. I told her that I would only accept her money if it was a donation to Operation Smile. As a lot of you know by now... I AM FAMOUS FOR THROWING MY ART WORK OUT IN THE TRASH. But my good friend Heather Plotzke is keeping a very close eye on me and not letting me throw any more art away. We are now going to sell it and the profits will go to Operation Smile.


So if you are interested in any of these pieces, (with the exception of the head piece) send me an email at Scrapbooking.Ink@gmail.com
and we can work out the details. Below is Alisse Stephens wearing her new hair piece... Doesn't she look beautiful?

Here is a bracelet and two matching rings made using our new Foundry Metal Assortments Z1460 and the Shimmer Brads Z1349.

Two very cool bracelets using the Foundry Metal Assortment Z1460, Natural Hemp Z280, Antique Copper Brads Z1410 and the Harvest Charms Z1633.

Of course there is a matching necklace for the collection, the detail with this necklace is that the large charms are double sided. So if your necklace moves, there is NO back side. How cool is that???? Items used: Harvest Charms Z1633 and Antique Copper Brads Z1410

 And last but not least, this adorable beach hat with a SUPER COOL and FUNKY flower on the side.  I actually wore another hat like this to the pool once to see what the moms there would say about it and the response was WILD!!!  I tell ya... If I decided to make accessories for a living, I might make a buck or two.  hee-hee! If  you are wondering why I made two of the same hats... the reason is that I almost always make one for my daughter and one for me.  She is so kind and beautiful, that she loves everything I make for her.

I would love hear what  you think, please take a moment to leave a comment.  I would greatly appreciate it!