more than a month has gone by since my last update! Sorry about that. As you can imagine, life has been hectic. In the first part of January, I was going like mad preparing for CHA in Anaheim. Then there was the show and all of the fun stuff that goes along with that for an entire week. Before flying home, I went to St. Cloud Minnesota (just outside of Minneapolis) to teach a class to college students. It was a crazy kind of month!
Coming home, one would think that I might have a chance to slow down for a bit but that is not the case. NOPE! I have some of my most important projects to work on over the next week or so and have been focussed on making sure everything turns out JUST right!
One of those projects happens to be my class for
CREATIVE ESCAPE in Arizona this upcoming August. As a recap, for those of you who may not be aware, I have the huge honour of having been asked to teach at this is the creme de la creme of all scrapbooking events! Without a doubt, it surpasses all others in the overall excellence. Top industry educators are chosen to deliver top notch classes to more than 700 people who have travelled from all over the globe to attend. Everything I have seen and heard about this event has been phenomenal. So many people want to attend that they have to hold a lottery for a chance to register for the event! That lottery is coming up and beginning on February 16, they will begin to contact people who have been chosen to attend! You only have until the 15th to get your name one the "hopeful" list. It is my hope that I get to see as many of my peeps as possible so if you are one of the lucky ones to get chosen, let me know!
To give you an idea of the amazing people that are a part of this years event... I borrowed the following from
Heidi's blog (thanks Heidi!)
ONLY ONE MORE WEEK until we are drawing the LUCKY lottery winners for this year's Creative Escape!! holy cow, can i just TEASE you a little...one of the teachers just emailed me a photo of her finished project and it's SO inspiring! we have an AWESOME line up of teachers... they are all SO different and unique... have you taken a minute to see who we have teaching? some you may know, some you will definitely get to know:
PAM BLACK was with us the very first year... and has been helping and behind the scenes every other year. she is a wonderful artist and great teacher... i am always amazed by her creativity and execution! she teaches at Scrapbooks etc... her background is home decor, and she just oozes great taste!
TERESA COLLINS of course is planning something SO WOW! of course she is totally over the top and you will LOVE it.. she's been drawing from her new line of products and has something spectacular up her sleeve! she is so sugar sweet and super passionate, and you will leave feeling like you have a new friend! she has an amazing capacity to reach out to people, and draw them in.
CLAUDINE HELLMUTH is best known for her unique artwork and collage mixed media stuff... but she also has her own line of stuido paints and artist canvas by Ranger and does tons of teaching and educating! i have had the opportunity to learn from her at Ranger U and love her funky style! she is passionate about sharing techniques... you will feel like an ARTIST as you create in her class! ( i follow her on twitter)
MAGGIE HOLMES is super talented in so many ways... and will be delighting and inspiring us with both her passion and talent for photograhy as well as a fun little take away project. She is so FUN and energetic! you will love getting to know her! i can NEVER get enough photography classes... i am always wanting to improve and learn from other people's point of view... i can't wait to learn from her! go and look at her blog today.. CUTE CUTE IDEAS
TRICIA LADOUCEUR is one that i didn't know personally, but Doug and Marti had taught on a Cruise w/ her, and thought that she was both an amazing designer and instructor... after we invited her to teach at CE, i had the privileged of spending a weekend with her in Colorado at the Tattered Angels Corp. office when we had the company Christmas party and went to see NEW MOON!! she is a TON of fun, super sweet and an inspiring artist. you will LOVE her! she is a blast!
TERESA MCFAYDEN is one of those people that i just look at all her creations, her work and all the things her fingers touch, and i have been amazed and inspired for YEARS! she has more talent and creative goodness than should be allowed for one person! i have never worked with her, and so i am SO looking forward to meeting her... i was DELIGHTED when she accepted the invitation to teach..(would you believe that i was SO shy to ask... she is one of my creative IDOLS!)
JESSICA SPRAGUE... yes... THE ONE AND ONLY... Jessica Sprague. this woman amazes me. she inspires me and i am thrilled that we'll have her brilliance and happy energy among us! she is SO cool. every time we get on the phone, the minutes melt into hours and we just talk and talk and imagine. we would never be able to keep up with our ideas, but it would be SO fun to try! she is a BALL of energy and an absolutely phenomenal teacher. i can't wait to see what she's got cookin!
AND... little 'ole me. i am so lucky! (smile). This is the 5th year for Creative Escape... and we are in FULL PLANNING stages! of course we must TOP last year! (is that possible)?? and we are incorporating some totally new elements into the experience! we have TONS of sponsors that are joining forces with us to make this year the best ever! for the first time, we did pre-sell about 1/3 of the spots available on the last night of last year's event... signing up for the LOTTERY does not OBLIGATE you to the spot. if you happen to be selected, you can choose to register you and a guest- or just you... as people that are selected either register or decline... we will continue to pull names and notify people with registration codes! Once you are registered officially, you can book your accommodations at the GORGEOUS Wild Horse Pass Sheraton. (its soooo delux) The Lottery will begin it's first round of selections on Feb 15th... (you can't win if you don't play)... Creative Escape is the most amazing scrapbook event and retreat. year after year, people are touched, filled, inspired, delighted and most of all-- it seems that they makes friends for life. there is really something MAGICAL and BEAUTIFUL about it! and while the Bazzill team deserves the credit for all the crazy hard work... and we have spectacular, passionate teachers- and INSPIRING keynote speakers! ... REALLY... it's all the good, fabulous women who attend that make the magic! i hope you will be there with us in 2010~
So there you have it... I am up to my eyeballs in a tonne of projects all of which have the SAME deadline so I am hoping and praying that all comes together on time! I am designing my class for Creative Escape and can I just give a HUGE shout out and thank you to the amazing sponsors that have stepped up to the plate in a big way so far! I am absolutely blown away with their generosity and support of my classes:) Prima, My Mind's Eye, Tattered Angels, Vintaj, Hambly, Graphic 45, Riff Raff Designs, Bazzill, Stix 2 and Quick Quotes. There may be one or two more but that is a pretty good start if I do say so myself! I can't wait to show you what I have been working on... t is definitely one of my favourite classes EVER and I am hoping it makes everyone happy:)
Alright... there you go! Run and get your name on the list for the lottery for Creative Escape! I am getting back to my desk to finish up and hopefully have it all done by Monday... wish me luck!!!!!!
