well needless to say I had the best time of my life by a long shot! i just got back today and janna will be back tonight. i had the time of my life and man do i have lots to share. none of this is in chronological order. anyone who sees my albums will know i don't do chronological! first it all started by a long mother of a day flight on wednesday to provo. i went to calgary first, then to denver, then to salt lake city. when i got to salt lake it was an hour car ride to provo. long day!anyhoo......on wednesday we did nothing really. we relaxed and played on the t.v. with the intenet.
on thursday we did 2 mini classes. one was a making memories class taught by margie romney-aslett who is hysterical. if you like donna downey you would love margie! after that class we took the chatterbox which was a mini 8x8 layout that turned out cute.
this class was taught by the talented christy tomlinson. christy told all of us how she is leaving chatterbox full-time to work part-time and stay home with her 6 kids. she was a very touching speaker and very down to earth. we did make n' takes the rest of the day. we did some amazing products from
manufacturers like epson, heidi swapp, karen foster design, xyron, crate paper, junkitz, rusty pickle, scenic route, paper crafts and tons more.
after the classes we took a limo with 6 other ladies to the all my memories store in draper, ut. it was very cool! can you believe that create all my memories products right there from that store? it's true! after we were done shopping there, we caught a ride with some fellow cku'ers.
they were an absolute hoot! howdy goes out to karen from baton rouge, la, claudia from va and beth our quickutz design team lady from one of the other southern states (i am drawing a blank right now...oops!). these ladies were so frickin sweet i can't tell you. not only did they give us a lift in their rental car but they took us to wendy's to get some dinner and i also grabbed some krispy kremes there. ohhhhhh krispy kremes! after that we went to the marriott to attend the cku tailgate party. it was very cool! we got tons of goodies by the leading names in scrapbooking. after the tailgate party w
e went to the campus crop which was a blast. they gave us a ton of stuff! they gave out prizes for about an hour and a half. i won a chatterbox page kit with all the fixins from christy tomlinson. we stayed up till about 1:30 a.m. and then went to sleep in our super-dooper comfy beds (like no other girls
~ these beds put the ones at the village creek to shame girls). on friday, i attended 5 classes which were with lisa bearnson, 2 with elsie flannigan, donna downey and teresa collins from junkitz.
we then after the classes went to the study hall to finish our class projects. lisa's class took a while. on friday night we caught a ride with our goofy pals from the south to pebbles in my pocket in orem, ut. i had read about this cute littl
e store and really wanted to check it out. this store also designes their own products, they are creators of pebbles in my pocket and pebbles inc. this store was super cool! they had everything. i mean everything! janna that lucky bum had been winning stuff all day long. check out her blog for all her details about her winnings.
janna and i went to dinner at this great mexican restaurant called mi rancheros across the street from pebbles. they had the best mexican food i have ever had. i had the enchilada gumbas grande (enchiladas with shrimp). we both had these pina coladas (virgin of course it is utah) and they were like no other pina colada i had ever had. they were slushy, had a ton of whipped cream and a cherry on top! bueno, bueno, bueno!
on saturday we did 4 more classes. mine were with donna downey, tracey white, sarah milne (scenic route paper) and christy tomlinson (chatterbox). i love all the great layouts i created. i have posted a few but don't want to post all as i am going to be using some of these gret ideas for some classes coming up at love 2 scrap. after classes we went to the commencement and graduated. we had a great time, saw the slide show of all the attendees, saw everyone who won the great prizes for their layouts, dorms, etc. we then went to dinner with a friend we met at cku, katrina forman from colorado springs, co. after that we went with a great lady we also met this week from grundy, co ~ gabriela espinosa. hi gabi! she was a blast! she is moving to australia and i sure hope she keeps in touch! we went to pebbles again, made some make'n'takes, got some more great stuff for great discounts and just had fun! after that the four of us, janna, katrina, gabriela and myself went up to janna and i's room and chatted for a while and did a mini photo shoot in our room. janna has those photos so i will post as soon as i get them from her. janna has a lot of photos of me i will post. i never did go to bed last night. i have been up ever since and will be until bed. i caught the bus to the airport at 4 a.m. i am bagged! but tonight is game night and the oilers are playing so i will be watching that!
all in all, cku was a blast and i definately want to go again! i heard it won't be in provo next year but i definately want to go and hopefully see my great friends again!
also for all you l2s'ers, i received a bunch of goodies (not shown in my loot picture) that will be going into prize draws for future l2s crops and retreats. great stuff scrapbookers!
the red mini album in the photo has all the make n' takes i did in it. we got tons more stuff not shown here. we got full packs of product for classes as well. lots of fun!
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