Portland CKC

Here I am, home from Portland. What a beautiful city and what wonderful people. Everyone is so kind and welcoming. We had a terrific first time show. This CKC was the first time we taught our classes that we have scheduled for this year and I am happy to say that they were fabulous. We were able to finish the kit class in under an hour. So that gave everyone some extra time to add their own personal touches to their project. The double layout class went well too. On the first day we were unable to finish but came oh so close. I rearranged the timing of them for the second day and everything worked out much better. So... Thank you ladies. I appreciate the warm welcome and patience. I am so happy that it was with you that I was able to practice for the rest of our year. Most everyone was delighted to hear that we include extra paper for each of those layouts for them to take home and create a second page if they choose. Hope we get a few pics e mailed to us. We always love to see what you're doing.

While in Portland I was able to checkout EZlasers new pages. They're hot people. Teresa's been working her tail off and it is so worth it. You can check them out at ezlaserdesigns.com
I was also able to visit with my cousin Melissa and her son Kaden who live about an hour away.
Melissa and her parents moved out to Oregon from NY about 30 years ago (gosh, I feel so old)
We don't get to see each other often so I was so excited to have the chance and time to see them.
Kaden (4 years old) took my kit class and Melissa who scraps a different way (if you know what I mean) was able to pick up the class easy and created the kit along with all of our more seasoned croppers. She did an awesome (and yes, I just said -awesome) job.

Now it's back to the old grind stone. We're hoping to add to our class list and expand on many new projects. For all of you who have seen the flowers we have created with our recycled paper, keep looking...... those classes and kits may be just around the corner.