CKC Seattle was AWESOME!!

I can't even begin to say how much fun I had at CKC Seattle yesterday! I had been looking forward to this event for at least a month, and when it finally came, I was so overwhelmed by excitment! The CKMB gals I met were so genuinly sweet and fun-loving!

Before going to the event, I made a necklace to hold my name-tag. It's 30" long and made from glass canes and Swarovski crystals.

My Friday didn't start off too well, though. Sedona woke me at 2:30am, and I didn't get back to bed until after 3 am. It seemed as though I had just fallen asleep when my alarm went off at 8 am. Of course, knowing my stomach, it just had to act up. I had a stomach ache even while I was driving to Bellevue.

It took me a good hour and a half to get to Meydenbaur Center, but it took another half hour to find a parking spot. After the second time around the very busy streets of downtown Bellevue, I finally found a parking lot that had some empty spaces. I had to park in the basement level where it was cold and dark. Actually, it was kind of scary to be quite honest! I was just happy to finally park the car and meet everyone.

I walked a short three blocks to the convention center, and when I got inside, I was totally overwhelmed by all the cool scrapping goodies! I've been to many scrapping and stamping conventions before, especially having lived in Vegas, and I always get blown away by all the people and stuff to buy! This convention was no different.

Because it was so close to the CKMB lunch time by the time I got there, I decided to do a quick walk-through of the convention. I saw Lisa Bearnson signing autographs. The odd thing was that I felt as though I had already met her. Perhaps I've seen her so many times on QVC and in magazines that I felt I knew her!

I wandered the aisles and stopped to watch a demonstration at the Spellbinders booth. As I was intently watching this lady crank out die cuts, I heard a man's voice announce, "The Creating Keepsakes Message Board lunch is now beginning in the back of the convention." I made my way to the back where I saw all the wonderful CKMB gals sitting on the floor enjoying lunch. I recognized most everyone from either pictures I had seen or their avatars.

All of us had a blast talking and getting to know one another! Leslie gave Joscie a pair of undies that said "Joscie" on the front and "Rhymes with bossy" on the toosh!

Joscie handed out a very cool gift bag with lots of Hawiian goodies and a great alterned notebook.

Of course, what scrapbooking gathering would be complete without cameras flying about and flashes going off everywhere?

Noel and I ~

Leslie and I ~

Traci and I ~

Joscie and I ~

Joscie and I got to spend some time together in the long vendor lines. This gal is such a sweetheart! I had such a good time getting to know this Hawaiian a little better :)

Ericka and I ~



I spent most of my day with this whacky gal! She's so much fun, and such an enabler!! Here's Ingunn and I ~

One of the highlights of my day was meeting Ali Edwards. She's such a fun and sweet gal! She signed my moleskin sketch book and posed for a picture. (I have no idea why the picture is so grainy. It looks just fine in my files!)

After a long day of shopping and spending way too much, I headed home. I was only in traffic for 2.75 hours!! Yes, that was me being sarcastic. I was so tired by the time I got home, but I still had one more function to attend - the one year anniversary of the beading store I teach at, "Bead It." She had a wonderful spread of veggies, breads, and candy! I ate way too much and spent a little more on some beads, but hey, I can't pass up 15% off!

Today, I was able to take better pictures of all my loot! I am so excited to play with it all, especially my new Spellbinder Nestabilities scallop circle dies and my Technique Tuesday stamps!


I hope everyone is enjoying a relaxing Saturday!!