Crop for Kids Weekend

My first ever scrapping weekend away was AWESOME! It started out with a giggle when Hayley and I couldn't find "the rich people Safeway" and just got better and better from there! LOL A bunch of us met for dinner and some had a few of these caramel apple martinis to start the weekend off with a bang!

Then we got right to scrapping! There were very cool goodie bags - especially one made by my girls Hayley and Kathy - chocolate was included!!! There were moments of Zen with Hayley and massive giggle fits at 2AM with Hayley and Diane! It was like one gigantic sleepover for 12 year old girls (except none of us are 12 years old any more)! 

There was a Hawaiian themed party and some ladies went all out! There was the group that dressed up like Magnum PI (hilariously with very full mustaches) and another that dressed up like the entire cast of Gilligan's Island. They even made up a song about scrapbooking to the tune of the theme song! Very cool that everyone participated in this party! One of the best things was that all this last year my scrapping group, the Scrapaholics, raised money for this event and we were able to present a cheque to the Children's Hospital of $1000!!!!!! It was an amazing feeling to be part of that! Here some of us are:

The best part of the party was yet to come for me though! They had a grand prize draw and I won!!!! Wooo HOOO! I won this:

Holy Hannah, that's right, I won a Big Shot and a snowflake spellbinder donated by Jessie from Cherish the Thought. If you are ever in the area, go by her store. It totally rocks and is full of very unique stuff to use in your crafting! I was so shocked at first I wasn't sure if I'd actually heard my name or not! (you know when you are wishing for something so badly that you think you were willing them to call your name LOL) Then when Hayley started screaming I knew it was me and I screamed like a little girl! I ran up there like I'd won Ms. America and even cried! LOL!!! I don't have any die cut system so this was very big to me!

My luck didn't stop there either! I won a $20 gift certificate from Discovery Toys (actually Sue traded me for it - she got my t-shirt) and big basket of goodies from Mary Kay. I even like the tin the Mary Kay stuff came in! Very cool.

The best part of the weekend was hanging out with my girls and doing something I love! I have loads of pics to show you of the pages I completed but that will have to wait for other posts. Here is a sneak peak of what I worked on!

Confused??? This was my lanyard (it was too boring for me). So I put a little something on it after I completed each page. I had such a good time I already booked my room for next year (and so did everyone else, the hotel sold out before we all left on Sunday)!!! Now that is one awesome event!!!

PS. I want to send out a SUPER DUPER DELUXE CONGRATS to my brother and his wife! They are expecting their first BABY!!!!! Woo Hoo!!