I’m finally overcoming my CRAFT HANGOVER! I hope all 28 others that attended have too. It was a fabulous and emotional weekend and I’m
so VERY grateful for all my crafty friends!
I always LOVE spoiling my attendees and showering them with surprises
and FUN activities but this time they SURPRISED me! Thank you to everyone,
My Cup Runneth Over. My
upline, Ruth Norton, had a HUGE part in planning the Disney Craft Weekend –Did you
know she use to work at Disney World?
She designed a Trivia of over 50 questions and I could not even answer a
quarter of them on my own, the attendees LOVED it! I think we may have disappointed Ruth by not
knowing all the answers, but it was hilarious! A couple of agenda highlights – Up! Adventure…we all went outside, picked a balloon and
we all popped them at the same time.
When was the last time you did that? Inside the balloon you found out if you were a winner of a coordinating stamp set that coordinates with the Balloon punch they all received.
We then had Park Photos which included a roller coaster ride and even a
video. Do you like all of our coordinating shirts? Ruth designed them, of course. And everyone shared their FUN park props. It was a WILD ride and lots of screaming.
And of course the Mad Hatters
Very Merry UN-birthday party, which I totally dressed for the occasion, was
definitely one for my scrapbook. I was giggling at myself the entire time I was getting ready. And as I walked out of my hotel room with a little skip in my step, I scared a gentleman walking passed --he jumped against the wall and shouted "HOLY BATMAN!" and we both cracked up laughing.
I’ve
included Ruth’s post below….I apologize if you have already seen her recap on the
weekend. I always CASE
(copy and share
everything) her posts because it’s wonderful to read how others enjoyed the
weekend. Thank you Ruth for all you do and YES I cried
again as I read your weekend recap! Thank you to everyone for showering me with gifts, I still have them all displayed on my craftroom table.
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This weeks specials.......
www.ruthstampingcorner.blogspot.com
I'm honestly not even sure where to start! Even though I knew going into this weekend what to expect I was still excited and overjoyed to be showered so generously with gifts! This isn't even everything I came home with! There's a couple of things that missed getting in the picture that I didn't realize until too late, I'll have to share those later. These are all the gifts, all the make and takes, prizes, etc!
There's so much to go over, there's a balloon punch, rhinestones, bakers twine, washi tape, glitter! So much love went into everything here! Michelle always asks her downline to help make a few things for the weekend. They made tags, and bags so we had stuff to put all our gifts in!
I've mentioned before that I was fortunate enough to be part of the planning of this weekend more than any other weekend. I was fully blown away by Michelle's commitment to making sure every detail is taken care of, nothing is over looked and everyone has a great time. This truly is Michelle's gift. Oh and her organization for the weekends is out of this world! She was printing and emailing me spread sheets and ideas, far more elaborate then I ever could have imagined. Or that I would ever be capable of on my own. She started doing these weekends with just a couple friends and it's turned into this! Her weekends now sell out in days! I'm just so fortunate and blessed to be able to help out and do what I can! She's sets an amazing example for everyone, not just when it comes to crafting but how to live your life.
She's mentioned before that one of the reasons she started these weekends was because she never had a birthday party as a kid. I thought this weekend would be the best time to surprise her with some birthday surprises. Our pajama party on Saturday night was 'The Mad Hatter Very Merry Un-Birthday Party' I did that on purpose! But before we even got to the PJ party we surprised her Saturday morning by filling her table with crafty gifts. I sent an email before the weekend and let people know what we would be doing and if that wanted to bring some crafty gifts to bring them and get them to me on Friday. I had help from my good friend Kim to set everything up Saturday morning before she came into the room. She was so surprised and touched we made her cry...ooops, not my intention! They were happy tears!
She thought that was it, not knowing we had more surprises in store for her at the pajama party. We surprised her with a cake and sang 'Happy Un-Birthday' to her :)
We made her cry again! I promised not to make her cry at the next weekend :) I think everyone there was more than happy to get the chance to shower her with love! I've always known how much work she puts into these weekends, she does it because she loves doing it. It's her gift and we're all just fortunate enough to be on the receiving end. While I helped with a few suggestions and projects, this weekend was a success all thanks to Michelle. Her generosity and kind heart make everyone in that room feel special and loved. On behalf of the other attendees of the Disney Magical Express Weekend, Michelle we love you and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. You're amazing and I still don't know how you do it all! Thanks for letting me help! So Michelle, I hope you're not in tears again but you deserved it all and so much more than we could have given!! I promise NOW to stop making you cry. Sorry, but not really :)
Next week I start sharing all the crafts I made including something new we did this weekend, called 'Stump Ruth'....don't miss next week!
Thanks for looking, see you soon!!!!
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