Half-Price Weekend or I Forgot My Cheat Sheet

[2 Girls, 2 Cousins]

My last visit to the Creative Cottage was a great deal. A last minute offer to spend the weekend there at half-price on a weekend when my husband was actually going to be home before the serious hunt for Bambi's father began in earnest was too great an offer to pass up.


[Quack!]

I did a quick pack of my favorite things and put in for vacation for the Friday afternoon in order to get an early start. Turns out there was no way of getting out of my office until after 3 and I still had to stop and pick up my share of food at the grocery store. I finally made it to the Cottage at 4:30 pm. Took me over an hour to settle in and quit moving my stuff around while staring aimlessly at my pile of pictures.


[Fishing]

Finally, I decided to complete all of my journaling for my last batch of layouts (see The Pictures Speak for Themselves). That putzy work took until midnight. There was a strong sense of satisfaction, but I felt like I didn't gain very much ground.


[Berry Picking, this one is actually from a sketch and kit from Archiver's that I found buried in my paper holder.]

The next morning, I pulled out the pictures and papers and I was ready to go. I realized in my haste I had forgotten all of my ribbon (yikes!) and The Book of Inspiration. I had no samples layouts and no sketches. I was on my own. I had to make up my own layouts. (double yikes!)

[Butterflies]

My output for the rest of the weekend was less than stellar, I was pretty proud of my final creations. Read More...