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Yes, it was fantastic to see all those stampers having such fun. Lots of stamping, food, displays, food, prizes, and food. These ladies are totally fun. The shoe box swaps were awesome.
I totally agree! I was there too and it was great fun! Wouldn't miss it for anything. Thanks so much to Paris and her awesome committee for putting on the best MN stampers gathering ever! It was great to put faces with all the names and see everyones works of art. Everyones shoebox swap cards were excellent and I had a great time making them.
Thanks a Ton to everyone! I can't wait for the next one.
Chris - are are sooo on top of things! I just have sooo much to say so forgive my LONG LONG POST...... (big breath)... here we go.....
THE SCS gathering of MN gals was A BLAST! It was fun to put names with faces!!! The shoebox swap was a success as was everything else. THere were sooo many displays and scrapbooks I didn't have time to look through them all. But what I did see I was very very impressed with!!!!
You ladies are so darn creative...send some of your creative nitch my way...ohhh never mind....maybe it already rubbed off on me!!!
I'm still shocked that I won the Contest!!! I NEVER EVER WIN!!! You guys didn't rig it...did you???!!! I put the prize money back into the cost of the event!
Weren't the hand made door prizes BEUTIFULL?! And the food was delicious! Gosh...everything just went so smooth!!! I couldn't have asked for a better group of stampers!!!!!! YOU ALL ROCK!!!!
Terri will be posting her pictures soon....so watch for them. We weren't as privileges as the NORTHWOODS girls to have them posted during the event !!!
Some things were left behind... just let me know how you want me to get them to you. Mail or special delivery!!! Judi - pair of siccors
Patti - monoadhesive (not even 1/2 used)
And a beautifull SU! 6x6 brag book. Belongs to either Chris F. or LeAne F.
Oh ya....LANA...you seemed to be the topic of discussion quit often. Must be cause you are our dear neighbor friend over there in WI!!! And cause your talented too!! Pinefeather brought some of your original works of art and some of us were soooo excited we had to touch, feel, and sniff them!!!!!! :lol:
Okay - that's enough for now...I think of more to add later....
Ufdah - I'm outa breath!!!!
Paris your angel card was stunning! Don't forget to post it and share it with everyone. The whole event was a blast and I'd love to help in anyway I can when it's time for our next gathering...which won't be soon enough!!! Thanks again for all your efforts!
I still think contest was rigged....I gotta know....who voted for mine?
However, since I won...I'm just tooo excited! I've posted it here because I'm not sure if everyone saw which card actually won. i'd like to post all the swaps but instead TERRI took pictures of all of them and should be able to post them!!!
Thanks again to all you MN gals who worked so hard to put this gathering together! It was awesome and you ladies did a GREAT job! THANK YOU!
Paris the scan doesn't do your card justice! I voted for you!!!
It was so fun to meet everyone and see all of your talent in person! The swaps were so great!
And yes the LANA cards were awesome...Thanks pinefeather...we also have to mention that we got to see a CAMBRIA card, and an BEATE card! We had to promise not to drool on them though! :shock: :oops:
And here I thought I would be the first one on here to post how much fun we had! :lol: I was a blast! I would like to thank Paris so much for putting this all together. What a great time! I will start to post the pictures tonight. Sorry that some of them are blurry. My camera sucks and I was just so excited I don't think I focused right on all of them.
Paris & crew,
Thank you for putting together such an awesome stamping event (even though I couldn't stamp :( )! It was soooo fun to put faces with usernames. I'll be calling about having a weekend retreat for the spring this week! I'll post some pictures soon, too!
Paris, hope your son is okay...lots of icky viruses going around right now. First you win the winter card contest and now your son will give you the coolest mom award for being home at just the right time. Give him gentle hugs from all of us and be sweet...
I had a really good time today, every one was awesome. All of the cards we made were so cool! The boards and books were a lot of fun to look at. Even the food was great. A big thank you to Paris and everyone who took part!
I have posted a few pictures. Boy, they take forever to upload from my computer! I will try to get a few more up tomorrow. I have to go to bed and dream of stamping! I hope you get some sleep Paris. Sick kids are just no fun. At least you can log on inbetween cleaning up after him!
I agree with everyone that today was loads of fun. It was great meeting and stamping and chatting with everyone! The shoebox swaps were too fun.
Paris and everyone who helped put this on did a great job! I loved the displays everybody brought.. there was way too much good food.. the door prizes were awesome..!
I am definitely excited for our next get together.
Heather
PS we didn't tell you ladies that as our carload pulled into the parking lot we saw Paul Douglas the weatherman from channel 4 walking out of the community center with his boys.. ! :o
PPS. Paris I will tell Patti about her mono adhesive.. I don't know if she will read this right away so I will get the message to her.
PS we didn't tell you ladies that as our carload pulled into the parking lot we saw Paul Douglas the weatherman from channel 4 walking out of the community center with his boys.. ! :o
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What was Paul doin' in Apple Valley. DId you get his autograph? He wasn't wear'n all that make up was he?
OHHH MY GOSH...TErri is already posting pictures!!! YIPPIE
I've put comments on them...but will have to wait for her to finish loading tomorrow to do the rest. I think the server is slow cause everyone's posting stuff!
lol no he's wasn't all make uped up as far as I could tell.. we were all in the van and I said .. is that..OMG its paul douglas the weather guy.. and we are all going heyyy cooolll.. and pamela waved at him and he waved back..LOL
Wow - someone more famous than PINEFEATHER in Apple Valley....no It couldn't be
DUH- ladies ladies ladies....why didn't we try to get a WHOLE group photo? WHat were we thinking? Maybe tryin' to squeeze 29 of us in 1 picture might have been tough!! I'll try to post my pictures in the next few day...don't have a digital (da%@)!
This gathering was so much fun. All that creativity in one place! So many wonderful cards to make and see. So much wonderful food to see and eat. Thank you Tami for the door prize: a great postit note holder. I have been reading about these and now have one in real life!
The SplitCoastStampers are wonderful!
Mary
ufdah - i didn't sleep a wink last night. Kept playin' the day out in my head. It was just sooo much fun!!! But there were a few things I forgot to do.
GGirl - I was suppose to give you 1/2 of the troop cards. Do you still want them?
Gilly - I wanted a pic of you in your SU! apron and pins. I don't think I got one.
Paul Douglas - I forgot to get your autograph. Oh ya...that's right...it was the ST.Cloud gals who saw you and forgot to get your autograph (snicker snicker)
You girls should of had Paul stamp a card real quick. WE could've sold it on EBAY for a couple $100s and split the profit! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!!!!!!!
okay - gotta go check to see if terri posted more pictures!
AWESOME!!! Yes, that is a perfect way to describe our MN gathering!!!! It was so nice to put faces with all the screen names. I am hoping that I will be a better participant and just not a lurker any more!!! You girls all made my day!
Paris and TEAM Organization you did a GREAT job on our MN event!! No one could have asked for better, we had the BEST!!
Thank you to everyone who so generously shared their display boards and ideas! Pinefeather thank you for sharing all your special extra treasures with us! I hope none of us drooled too badly on any of them. You did let us touch them though!!!!
The shoebox swap was the BEST!! What a super way to swap!! You all had such wonderful, beautiful cards for us to make!!
Yes there was just too much for us to remember, next one we will get a few more things crossed off our list.
I think I am finally recouped enough to enjoy everything that has been playing over and over in my brain. Good thing I took pictures!
Paris I was one of the many who voted for your card! It was just so pretty and angelic. You DESERVED to be the winner!! Everyone's cards were super though, so it was hard to be able to just choose one!
Have a wonderful week!
Gilly
__________________ Friends are angels who lift us up when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly
Jen Jorgenson (Jenstamps2002)- Hope Is stamp set & Pink organdy ribbon
Maria Gilbertson (Gilly) - Kids Cards stamp set & Red Grosgain ribbon
Jodi Johnson (jodiann)- Copper EB, Copper vellum tags, Copper Kiss paper, Copper cording
Kelly Emerson - Simple Seasons stamp set & Simple Seasons classy brass
Kathleen Hopperstad (kathleenh) - Slumber Party & Pool party desinger paper, soft subltes gable boxes
Kim Vernon (stamperkim)- 6x6 Linen brag book, Holiday Sparkle scrap kit.
I'm sooo jelous of you all for winning! What great prizes!!
I'm getting my pictures developed today and will add them to the gallary!
Can't wait to see them!
I don't know how I missed this thread for so long. I had such a good time with all of you ladies. Paul Douglas should have done a story on us. Oh, that's right he's a weather guy. Does their station have a tip line for stories? Ours should have made the news for sure!
I wish we would have got a group shot as well. I didn't take people photos and I wish I would have. I forgot. Too much excitement.
Terri, I love your reindeer card! Too funny.
Paris, the contest wasn't rigged. Your card was beautiful and deserved to win. I wish you would have kept the money and got yourself some more stamping goodies.
Thanks to all who came and made it such a great time. Looking forward to the next one.
Kathleen
__________________ I LOVE being a SU demonstrator! my gallery my blog
Oh I'm so slow at checking things out....can't help it though. The day was so much fun and I'm still on cloud 9.
Thanks so much to everyone for this great event.
Thanks to Pamela and Heather for letting me ride along....this small town girl gets scarred at the big town traffic.
I can hardly wait to do this again....a longer time together would also be great.
I feel as though I can't thank you all enough.
Hope to see everyone again soon.
__________________ LeAne SCS#2819 & Grandma to Lindsey! [email protected]
I had a great time too. I'm disappointed I forgot my camera - I rushed out of the house after my stamp camp and left it at home. I hope to see more pictures posted.
Thanks goes to Paris and her team of helpers for putting on a wonderful event. It was really enjoyable and fun to put names to faces.
I want to say that I had a GREAT time! I even left my book there. Thanks Paris for handing it over to Jane. I will call her. I was so excited to get home and show my goodies I left without it all. Sorry!
Thanks for letting me join in on the group - - I hope to chat with all of you here and get in on some swaps!
Kare (pronouonced carrie)
Creativeclutter
P.s. I stopped at Jo Anns and bught one of those 3 drawer things! Great fro my 12 x 12!
__________________ A clean stamp room is a sign of a lazy stamper. . . CREATIVE CLUTTER!
Minnesota Gathering Rocked!
