Tammy was a gracious hostess and what I admired that her smile never faltered. The stampede definitely ran like a smoothly oiled machine. Of course there were some hiccups here - aren't there always? But the way it was handled - well I'll say that that's the way it needs to be handled! Calm under pressure.
I had 2 main reasons going to Dallas even though I knew I would be a little tough for me
1) To meet Sheila!!!! To meet Sheila and to meet Sheila. I met her and she was everything I imagined!!
I also was so fortunate to meet Melissa and Roberta. I wish we all can stay in touch. And do I have to say - I met Beth again. And when they left I cried!!
2) To go to Tammy's resort once. She is such a gracious calm hostess! Grace under Pressure!
Before posting pictures I just wanted to say this - lol this was a phrase I loved and used by one of the attendees (I think I'll definitely be smacked for this - but what can we call us - the attendees - consider that for swarms they call us - bees or insects "swarm" lol - so "stampede" - cows? well there were some bulls too lol so are we cattle?
Ouch!! I didn't even finish my thought and someone smacked me already? )
Ouch!!
Pictures (My experience on a later post)
Beginning of our journey - Friday morning (18th March)
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Melissa waiting patiently Beth aka Makeupgirl217 & TxscrapperMom That's sheila aka sassylady, me, makeupgirl217 aka Liz, Txscrappermom - Roberta - in clockwise order Pink stamper - Robyn and me |
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Meliisa Todd in the center - oh my she is a hoot!! See here is the reason why. Look at what she was wearing! And I do not even want to go into what she did the next night lol |
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left to right - Linda aka Tulip collector, me and Beth aka Makeupgirl217 |
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Left to right - Teressa Collins, Cindy Royal (Circle Magazine), me & Shannon(Provocraft) |
Saturday Morning
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Tammy's mom and aunt. My favorite ladies. I just wanted to pack them up and bring them home with me. |
Dancing
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Tammy's mom Lily. I just love love this woman! |
Kim and on the extreme right JanaB
Scrapping
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Tanya with her awesome creation. Mike at the back plotting to put my back permanently out of action. (yes I have witnesses who heard him say so :) ) |
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Look at this! This is Tanya's awesome design. She just used a leaf and layered it into this beautiful dress |
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At stampmaker table with Charlie. Yeah! after this I am getting my stampmaker out of the box. Charlie was such a dear. He explained things so well and he had a lovely Australian accent (I think).
The stamp I made
Well that's it. I will post our projects later. We played pass the pictures and make a layout and pick the card and assemble in our table. It was fun. well that's for another day :)
Hope you enjoyed seeing the pictures.
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