Wannatouchamachili?

Saturday, I had a craft booth with some friends at the Wannatouchamachili cook off in Apple Valley. Ive never been to a chili cookoff before, so this was a whole new experience for me. No, I did not make Chili (cooking is not my favorite thing). I was selling my tag swags (see photo above) It was so hot today! Almost too hot to eat chili, notice I said "almost". My favorite Chili was from "Hillbilly Chili". I just had to take pics of some of the names of the Chili booths, they are so funny!

The Expo in Ontario

Friday was the Scrapbook Expo in Ontario, CA. I am so excited to be working in the Scrapbook Blvd booth. Our booth was right at the entrance to the event, so we were hopping all day, Yeah! I think we made about a gazillion new Glimmer Mist junkies today, and you all know how much I love to share the yummyness of the Mist! I got to visit with Wendy and Allison of Tattered Angels at their booth. Their booth was packed all day, so having a moment to just say hi was a challenge, but we managed to take a few pics (of course I did not have my camera with me - not good)so you can see those next week on their blog hopefully. I just want to say how wonderful these ladies are. I would like to see a picture of Allisons hands after a day of Glimmer Mist make and takes! You know my motto - We don't need no stinkin' gloves! The Expo was really busy. I didn't get much time to walk around, but I saw lots of friends from the Boulevard, and others. I got to see my good friend Ching, who I haven't seen in a very long time and that was great. We shared a booth with Jessica Guthrie from Kits 2 Remember. Jessica is just fabulous. She is so talented and just a really great person. Check out her blog Tenaciously Yours, you can click on the link from my blog. It was really great meeting all of the new friends at the expo too. I can't wait till the next one! We had mostly Glimmer Mist and Prima products in our booth, and both were very popular with the expo goers. We also did a fun make and take using the 8x8 metal sheets from K2R, Graphic 45 paper, flowers from Prima, and of course, Glimmer Mist!

The big 40

Yep, Wednesday I turned 40. I've come to the conclusion that the older I get, the older old is. I remember thinking 40 was ancient. Now, not so much, although there are days... Anywho, I have so much to do this week, we are going to celebrate the birthday next week. Friday is Expo in Ontario, and after that my good friend Lisa is taking me out to dinner.

Where to begin...

There has been so much going on lately, let me see, where to begin...
Let's start with Octoberfest on October 18. Donna Salazar, PrimaDonna extraordinaire was at Scrapbook Blvd for an insane 12 hour crop! If you have ever experienced Donna's card buffet, just imagine that on steroids! We did two classes and two make and takes, and the buffet (or bar as we like to call it for Oktoberfest) was open all day. Just thinking of it makes me giddy. We got to use the new Down Home kits from Prima that Donna designed herself. I'll have a photo of my layout posted when it comes home from Expo. We also got to make a layout using Prima paintables. I love using these with Glimmer Mist. Oh, yeah! You can totally paint with the mist. Everyone made such beautiful creations at the crop, but I was so busy I didn't get many pics. Im going to see if the girls would be willing to bring their layouts to the Blvd. so I can take photos, and I'll post them. Donna has some photos on her blog of the event so be sure to check it out, she is on my blog list so you can just click on A Painterlady's View from my blog. I think she might have a couple kits available for sale from this event. You don't want to miss them, they are yummy.

Christmas came early

It's here! It's here! It's here!
My big box of goodies from Tattered Angels arrived Friday (of course it came after I left for the crop). When I got home Friday night the big box was on the dining table. I didn't open it until Saturday morning cause I was tired Friday night, and I wanted to fully enjoy opening the box. Fast forward to Saturday a.m. Opening the box: My girls gathered around to see what was in the big box (they too are Glimmer Girls, of course). So many delicious things! The Glimmer Glass is to die for. I can't wait to start making things with this stuff, I'm so inspired right now, but I must clean house! Must decorate for Halloween! Oh, this is torture. The kids won't wait much longer for those decorations to go up, so to avoid the riot I will wait to play with my stuff till Tuesday. Keep your eyes peeled for new projects using stuff from my box of joy!

World Card Making Day and other stuff

I have been a bad blogger and I haven't updated in a week! So here is a recap of my week. Last Saturday we had World Card Making Day card buffet at Scrapbook Blvd. I of course forgot my camera, so as soon as I figure out how to download photos from my camera I will post my pix. Everyone had a great time creating tons of cards and donating one or more to the troops in Iraq. Everyone made beautiful cards. Congratulations to Cathy Ebeling on the birth of her new baby boy Scott! Also, congrats to Jennifer Priest on her new spot on the Zutter Design Team. She is now a Zutter Zister. This Saturday is Scrapfest at the Long Beach Convention Center. There are coupons for this event at Scrapbook Blvd, and Strictly Scrapbooking. I have been busy all week making samples for this event. (See photos on this post). Vesta will be there with Jessica Guthrie. She will have a fabulous selection of Glimmer Mist, Graphic 45 paper and some other fun stuff, and Jessica will have acrylic, metal(new) and chipboard. So if you can, head on down to Long Beach to check it out, there will be classes, and vendor booths for shopping(yeah)! I'm not working this weekend so I will be home decorating for my favorite holiday Halloween! I have more Halloween decorations than Christmas decorations, as well as scrappy supplies! I don't know why, but I just love Halloween, and all the scary movies that are on tv this month. I can't wait till next weekend. Donna Salazar will be coming to host the Oktoberfest crop at the Boulevard. If you haven't had a class from Donna yet, you must sign up. Her classes are the bomb! That's all for now folks.

Oh Happy Day!

Woohoo! Wednesday night I received a "Welcome to Tattered Angels Design Team" email!
OMG! This is the most exciting thing to happen for me in a long time. Thanks to my family and friends for all of your support and encouragement.I am having a really good week. Last night I had a booth at the Upland Market Place, and I did better with my Tag Swags than the previous time. We didn't get home till almost midnight last night, and as part of a new disturbing pattern, I woke up at 6:00 a.m. What is up with this? So, needless to say, I am very tired today. Morgan and Hannah had crazy hair day at school today. When I got up this morning Morgan was already up and her hair was VERY CRAZY(looks like mine in the a.m.)Well, I'm off to the Boulevard to get ready for World Card Making Day tomorrow.