first I have to say I am exhausted...so I might not make too much sense, so excuse my grammer and spelling :D lol
but I wanted to get some of my experiences and pictures on my blog to share with everyone....
well last tuesday the 5th..me and my mom set out on a road trip to Utah...that wasn't fun in itself. first, it was a long, long drive. and the mountains of Utah may be pretty in the daytime, but @ night and driving 'blindly' its not fun. OOO and if you throw in some rain (and more rain) its really not fun. SO our 9.5 hr trip took us nearly 12 hours, because I pulled over to sleep, becuase I was WAY tired to be a safe driver in the rain...did I mention it rained!!!
well we finally got to Utah and well i didn't exactly map out the "shopping" trip right...so we didn't hit as many scrapbooking stores as I would have liked but I still had fun.....and enjoyed the stores we did visit...Achivers, Pebbles in my Pocket, and I think another one (but can't rmember right now)
next off to provo to check into our hotel (they were nice enough to let us check in early) which I was glad, cause I was tired and wanted to shower and relax. and i knew my mom was too. and she had to work (she volunteered the entire time @ CKU)....what a trooper, that is hard work...
so she went to "work" @ like 4ish and I did nothing...until 4:30 (pre registeration).....we got a great goodie bag...and mom worked the registeration "booth" and she said there were over 450 students registered (crazy huh)....us crazy scrapbookers!!!
so since she is still working I went upstairs and went thru my goodies.....and read my handout...and it says to "mark" our bags to not confuse them with others....so I did!!! I "stickled" it!!!
Then down I went to the "meet n greet, sneek peek" got to see some new product and chit-chat with some the great minds
...Ali Edwards was the keynote speaker @ CKU and OMGosh...she is amazing....truly! she is inspiring! thank you!!! I learned so VERY much from her, I was one of the lucky ones to get into her Evolution Album class and wowza...it came out great!!! (I'll show more later)some really great new product coming out........I did see the new Slice (making memories)...
whoo hoo gotta get one of those!!! (they gave a few away, of course I didn't win one, thats another story) and they aren't even out yet....here is a demo...if you are interested!!!
after that...we went to the 2008 Scrapbooker of the Year banquet!
where the crown the queen of the crop! of sorts...there were some some great scrapbookers nominated....
there was also serving some yummy brownies and some great taffy, I guess
its a Utah thing :D lol, according to my new friend at the crop following the banquet....here are the finalists:
2008 Scrapbooker of the Year finalists, pictured from
left to right: Shelley Aldrich, Deena Wuest, Mandy Douglass (winner), Lea Lawson and Mou Saha.
and a picture of the winner
...she gets...a two-year contract with Creating Keepsakes, incredible prize packages from Sizzix and Wassau Paper, and a $10,000 cash awardok...so that is my first day of CKU....and it was exhausting...I'll write more tomorrow...off to bed....
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