Camono Craft Hideaway

Last weekend I had the luxurious and wonderful chance to go away and scrapbook all weekend.  I left work early on Friday, which was lovely and made for an extra long weekend.  I picked up Deborah and we headed for the Camano Craft Hideaway. 

We spent the weekend with six other folks who I did not know...but I do now!  We already signed up for next year.  Really, do I have to wait a year???  Here we are at the end of the weekend.

The happy (and color coordinated) scrappers.

While I was there, I worked on our photos from Turkey.  At first I was totally overwhelmed by the sheer number of photos.  I was trying to squeeze them into 10 layouts.  Why, you ask? I don't know!  It was just some rule that I made up in my mind.  When I let go of my silly rule, it all went much better.  Here are the layouts that I completed (those of you who know the itinerary will see that some pages are missing.  Yes.  I still have some work to do.).

Istanbul

Aya Sofia and Blue Mosque

Topkapi Palace

Bosphorus Cruise

Izmir with the Georgers

Road Trips with R & G

Ah...Sirince

Karabarun

Deborah and I also worked on creating an "Inspiration Journal" for our next Big Picture Class: Creative Retreat.  I'm super excite because I am taking it with Deborah and Denise.  This is our virtual scrapbook retreat.  I just have to make some time for it.

Inspiration Journals

Finally, I spent this weekend unpacking, reorganizing and moving all of my layouts into their correct album.  I finished a title page and an end page and this layout for my favorite Apron Strings Designs.  This was based on this sketch, and is of the party we had before the Dyettes moved to HK. 

Goodbye Dyettes

All in all, a productive weekend.