One word ~ AMAZING!!! I had such a fun time and learned a lot. And spent some $$ too at the vendor faire. But on things that I KNOW I can't find here at Michael's/Joann's and Treasure of Memories. I took 3 classes.
Scheming Around
Taught by Wendy Smedley
Class Description: Want to save time and create eye-catching multi-photo pages? Simple sketches are the solution! Based on Donna Downey's latest book, "Designing Layouts" from Simple Scrapbooks Magazine, you'll incorporate one of the hottest trends in scrapbooking -- circles -- into your pages while letting your photos shine. You'll leave with two multi-photo 12x12 layouts, plus an additional layout to work on at home and a handful of design schemes to adapt for dozens of future projects .
Class Description: Want to save time and create eye-catching multi-photo pages? Simple sketches are the solution! Based on Donna Downey's latest book, "Designing Layouts" from Simple Scrapbooks Magazine, you'll incorporate one of the hottest trends in scrapbooking -- circles -- into your pages while letting your photos shine. You'll leave with two multi-photo 12x12 layouts, plus an additional layout to work on at home and a handful of design schemes to adapt for dozens of future projects .
My thoughts: I was a tad disappointed in this class. Part of it, I think is because this was my first time ever taking classes in a venue like this, so I really didn't know what to expect. But I had different expectations in my mind about this one. I hoped more teaching about design concepts would have occurred. Instead we were handed a packet with out supplies and a black and white layout of instructions and basically off we went. Wendy Smedley seemed like a very, very nice person. You could tell she was a bit miffed because, as she said "the purpose of the class was to have Donna Downey books available to purchase" and they were all sold out. She was not happy about that. My pocket book was though. There was NO WAY you could complete these 2 layouts in less than 50 minutes. And we did not leave with "...a handful of design schemes to adapt for dozens of future projects".
Photo Freedom
Taught by Stacy Julian
Class Description: Stacy has a brand new book that delves deeper into the liberating approach to scrapbooking that she shared in her 2005 best-seller, The Big Picture: Scrapbook Your Life and a Whole Lot More. This lecture-style class will leave you feeling re-energized and excited about your potential as storyteller and scrapbooker. Laughter guaranteed and a fun project included.
Class Description: Stacy has a brand new book that delves deeper into the liberating approach to scrapbooking that she shared in her 2005 best-seller, The Big Picture: Scrapbook Your Life and a Whole Lot More. This lecture-style class will leave you feeling re-energized and excited about your potential as storyteller and scrapbooker. Laughter guaranteed and a fun project included.
My thoughts: WONDERFUL!!! Stacy is such a genuine, friendly, and happy person. There was about 75 people in this class and she came up to each of us and wanted to know our names. WOW!!! She was just SO funny and informative. I have come out of this class with the feeling of "I can do this"! And it didn't hurt that I (and 2 of my friends, Bev and Donna) won one of the door prizes :D
Me, Stacy and Bev
Finishline Scrapbooking
Taught by Stacy Julian
Class Description: Join Stacy in this fun and fast-paced workshop that will exercise your mind and creative spirit. As your personal scrapbook trainer, Stacy will push you past common hurdles in scrapbooking by sharing her top “performance-enhancing tips” and timesaving approaches. You are guaranteed to cross the finish line with a completed album and an energized outlook!
Class Description: Join Stacy in this fun and fast-paced workshop that will exercise your mind and creative spirit. As your personal scrapbook trainer, Stacy will push you past common hurdles in scrapbooking by sharing her top “performance-enhancing tips” and timesaving approaches. You are guaranteed to cross the finish line with a completed album and an energized outlook!
My thoughts: I've never scrapbooked SO fast in my entire life! But it was such a BLAST! We were to bring 25 -40 photos and 50 black embellishements. And Stacy taught us how to "get er done"! My book is almost finished. I think all I need is an additional hour and it will be done. Love, love, love this concept!
2 comments:
That's awesome! Sounds like you had fun! :)
Was this a mini book? What size were the layouts? Is it a theme album? More - I need more details :-)!
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