The Saga of the AMAZING Lavender Scrapfest

The lavender scrapfest was --beyond--imagination--magical, wonderful and SO MUCH FUN.
This layout journals a small thank you (there would never be words enough) to the fantastic committee who made it possible.

A growing album of layouts from Scrapfest can be seen in my gallery at Digital Design Den (gallery>members gallery>p>pssequimages>Lavender Scrapfest album)

Credits on this layout go to all the designers who contributed to the Scrapfest Souvenir CD....there is at least one element from each of them in this layout. (see below). Font is Bettys Hand

Journaling reads:
There's just so much talent, talent, talent represented in Lavender Scrapfest 2007; it is truly a delight! The Scrapfest Committee was AWESOME, and there just wouldn't be words enough anywhere to thank them enough! Co-Chair, Connie handled all the registration packets all those details, nametags and keeping track. Winona drove ALL the possible routes, visited all the fields, and made all the arrangements for our tour. She gets the credit for the Chamber of Commerce Elk sighting! Winona and her husband own a large Apiary (that's bees) and it was she who made possible a honey-gift and the lavender-honey dessert.

Co-Chair, Nicki was in charge of the fun coupon exchange, and all the door prizes. We'd been collecting things here and there for a year, PLUS what so many scrappers shared--so that everybody could have a doorprize or two at the Scrapfest. Nicki did the lavender wand crafting table too. Nicki has been my classroom aide for the past five years for Photoshop, and is my neighbor and best friend....she kept me sane, and kept everything out of cracks to slip through! Her hubby helped serve dinner and breakfast too! Dick, Nancy and Andy orchestrated all the photography efforts handouts, and fun, and Dick helped with the reception and the dinner prep. Dick's wife, Joan, is a paper-scrapper, and it was she who brought all the wonderful stamps, papers, and embellishments for the cards make-it-and-take it craft table. Peg did the min-vase lavender bouquet craft, the little net sachets, and the Swedish weaving pillow project.

Andy was the professional photographer who helped us all in the fields to catch just the right angle, or notice just the best possible shots. He did two other photoshoots, too--the sunset shoot, and the Erosion Cliffs beach walk along the Dungeness Spit area.

Top-notch Designers, Misty Cato, and Rina Kroes were there to answer design questions, help with the how-tos of putting together a really well done scrapbook page. Together with other designers, Kimmi Stewart, Jill DZine, Kris Myers, Robyn Littlejohn, and the 10 designers at Digital Design Den, they showered us with wonderful embellishments and phenomenal contributions to the Souvenir CD. Rina headed up the exciting and delightful Artist Trading Card Exchange, and Misty helped me teach a Photoshop class in design and techniques where we could answer questions and drop shortcuts and trick- techniques all over the room! All the while Lisa Campbell planned and executed the most fun things for the children who came to Scrapfest...from individual crafts, to little trips to see the animals at the Game farm, to the beach, and to the playground! She had coordinated their activities so well that there was never a tear, or a sulk or a frown to be found!

Special thanks go to the Sweet Adelines surprise entertainment, and my friend Leah for making that so much fun. Most of all Thank you to my Roger Wonderful for making this possible, for “fun”ning it for me, and for “fun”ding it too.

Little by little the fullsize images are going up at my Flickr Site---See the sidebar for the link to that gallery, and help yourself to the large prints if you'd like to have them.

The Lavender Scrapfest Serenade!

I do hope to be posting MANY layouts in the next weeks from the Sequim Lavender Scrapfest here's the first one starting the reflections of an amazing retreat.

A wonderful time --was had by all 40 digiscrappers who came to Sequim to the Lavender Scrapfest!--and especially by me--and the INCREDIBLE co-chairs and Scrapfest Committee who made this all possible.

This is a layout of the surprise entertainment that followed a day of photography, scrapping and lavender crafting. Here a local Sweet Adeline Sextet serenades Roger! The layout is done with JillDZines' background paper, Kimmi Stewart's bow, and Rina Kroes lavender sprigs, with Black Chancery font. Elements are from the Lavender Scrapfest Souvenir CD to which FIFTEEN designers from six digiscrapping websites contributed papers, and beautiful embelishments . Photography in this LO was by Andy Shieldsmith, professional photographer who attended the Scrapfest.

The Tail that Wags

Designer Digital Quote Challenge, for week of July 22nd.
Kate Pertiet made the word art and Patti Knox did the template
for this five minute wonder! Enjoy!

Wonders of Water

The Hubbard and Russell Glacier photos are scrapped on a Pisces background paper designed by M Raines. I used Windsor Sword for the titling, and did this for a "water" challenge at Digital Design Den. Photos were taken July 4th, 2007 from the deck of the Oosterdam on our cruise to Alaska.

The Eagle

I got close enough to this eagle that I could cluck at him, and he looked straight down at me as if to say, "What a strange noise you make, old bird!" I used Michelle Schveland's word art from Ocean Blues, on a template designed by Becky Fleck for Digital Design Den. The photo in the background looks out across the Dungeness Spit and across the Straits of Juan de Fuca to Vancouver Island, BC.

This is a little tiny page in a little tiny album that is made out of name badge holders.
For this one I used sketch art technique on the photo, and used part of a beaded frame by Nita and a ribboned frame by Robyn (both designers at the Digital Design Den) So far the book has about 10 little pages. These are really fun, and quick to do

Annabelle Bee

The Sequim Lavender Scrapfest that I'm in charge of this year is just around the corner, and to scrap some fun for it, I used Robyn Littlejohn's "Annabelle" for the elements in this layout. (Digital Design Den)

The background is a screenshot of my "favorites-bookmarks" folder icons that show all the digital scrapbooking websites I've contacted about the Lavender Scrapfest. (July 24, 25 in Sequim, WA)

All Elements Robyn's, and the (modified) template I used was designed by Becky Fleck

I did this for the DDD Template Challenge week of July 9^th.

Happy Birthday----Chester Beagle Boy!

Chester MISSES DGD

Chester misses DGD so much. She had to go home Friday, and so he sits for hours (either on the back of the couch!---or at the window looking out like this!

Done with Karen Aicken's Make Fido Famous elements, and the wordart overlay for the background that says Where Did She Go is in Blackjack font.