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Fun With The Girls

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Yesterday turned out to be a pretty awesome day at Paper Vineyard's first-ever All Day Copic Coloring event.  Not only did I get to hang out with my favorite girl friends, I also got to meet some new ones!!!  That's just what Copic markers do... they bring friends together!!! 

The day was PACKED with activity beginning right at 9 a.m. with an UBER YUMMY breakfast.  Honestly, pancakes with whipped cream and blueberries?  Eggs and sausage?  Really?  At a scrapbook store?  YUP!!!  The owner Adriana has mad kitchen skillz!!!  Then Jennie Black (super star that she is) came all the way from California to hang out with us and teach a class.  She is such an incredible lady and a wonderful teacher!!!   She did a FABULOUS job teaching us all lighting to effect subject matter and mood.  LOVED IT!!!  Here are pics of her samples from class. 
In the pic on the left, of the boy sitting with his dog, Jennie pointed out that it was colored so that the light was illuminating the heads of both the boy and the dog whereas the boy, his dog and his plane are illuminated in the pic on the right.  Crazy how lighting in our projects can play such a BIG role in telling a story... like the one of a boy's bond with the things he loves!   Definitely a WONDERFUL class Jennie.  :)

And if Jennie's class wasn't enough, we also got to enjoy a ton of FREE make n' takes throughout the day.  Of course I got to get in on the act and created this fun card to do as a make n' take:

 
But then Dana Edwards gave us THIS cooler than cool canvas creation:



Kelly Wann gave us this BEWITCHING creation:


And Krista Koenig gave us this EERILY AMAZING gem!!!

 Yep!  My friends are SOOOOOO talented!!!  It was a blast getting to play with them for an entire day (well, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. anyway).  


And I want to send a special "Thanx"out to the nice DPS officer who let me out of a ticket while I was out on my dinner break.  A speeding ticket would have been a little bit of a dampener on such an AWESOME day!!! ;)
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Julie Tucker-Wolek said…
Still so *jealous* you got to hang with the girls... darn second job of mine! lol!! I loveeeeeeeeeeeeee what you made!! GORGEOUS! :):):):):):):):):):):)
October 9, 2011 at 9:13 PM
Jennie Lin Black said…
it was a great day and so glad I forgot my markers and had to come back to visit some more... LOL... forgot my markers...... can you believe it! LOL... I loved the make and takes.... especially that witch card by Kelly.... gotta love the girls at Paper Vineyard!!!! Such amazing talent.. If you have not visited that store.... You gotta run there tomorrow! Amazing! Hugs girlfriends.... girls night in california - my house coming soon.....
October 9, 2011 at 9:20 PM
FitterTwit said…
Let me know when is good... cuz I'll be there!!! :)
October 10, 2011 at 12:57 AM
Lori Barnett said…
Hey...where's the rice crispy treats? I'd take a pic...but Michaela ate both of them as soon as we got to the car! LOL! GREAT creations for SURE. Good to see you and the other ladies. We still need to plan coffee :)
October 10, 2011 at 8:33 AM
Jennie Lin Black said…
did someone say rice krispie treats.... ARGH... one of my all time favorites... and Paper Vineyard had another of my favs.... carmel apples... YUMMIE.... love those things.
October 10, 2011 at 7:31 PM
Audrey Frelx said…
These are all wonderful!
October 18, 2011 at 5:06 PM
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