So are you ready for some Silver Bella pictures?? I have a few. :-)
I'm gonna take you on a little tour of my Silver Bella adventures for the first day and a half. Lots of fun, art and people. I wish I'd taken more more MORE pictures of the people because quite frankly, the BEST part of Silver Bella is the people! The classes are fabulous, don't get me wrong, but I'd be happy if Silver Bella just consisted of going to Omaha to hang out with the amazing group of people that attend and/or teach at this event.
Thursday was the first night of Silver Bella. I arrived at the hotel and went to my room, where my fabulous roommates Natalie and Lonnie were busily working on assembling swap and vendor night goodies. We had a couple of visitors pop in to our room that I got to meet...Christina...then Hope E and Joanna. The fun was starting!!!
We headed to the Opening Night Banquet via Happy Hour (smile!) Even before we hit the banquet, I was in Heaven! I got to see and hug my sweet, sweet friend Hope as well as see Amy, Cari and meet Mary.
The buffet was terrific and at every seat was a goody bag filled with treats BEYOND compare! Just fabulous! Take a peek at the goodies!
Sweet spot...
Before, during, and after our meal, there were hugs and more hugs as I got to see friends from last year's Silver Bella and got to meet new Bellas!
Stephanie, Lonnie, Stacy, Deborah, and me
Jennifer, me, Sandy and Natalea
Me, Sandy and Jenny. I have no clue what I'm doing. No doubt just bustin' at the seams from all the glorious Bellaness!
I adore this picture of Kim, Wanda and Jessi...
Oh and the opening night, there was a group project! This was as far as I got with mine...I started off okay but just got too distracted to finish it up!
After our meal, we did our swaps! I participated in the "Royal Soldered Charm Swap" which was hosted by the very adorable and pregnant Heather!
Here are the charms...
I also participated in the Silver Sister Stash Swap. Here is a pic of the packages I received BEFORE I left for Silver Bella. At the event itself, I received two more!
Gadzooks...this stuff was AMAZING!!!
I hosted a swap called the Button Bella Fabric Fatbook. Here are books, wrapped and just waiting to go to their new homes...
I was SO SO SO SO happy with how these books turned out! I posted a few pix of them here. The artists that participated were 100% amazing! I will show you detailed pictures in another post...real soon!!! :-)
Friday was our first day of classes. I had three scheduled and the first one was "Prada Schmada" with the ever so elegant Charlotte Lyons. Here is a picture of the class kit...
And here's a bird's eye view of our table group.
This was the only class Natalie, Lonnie and I had together...and here we all are rockin' our new Prada Schmada bags!
The second class on Friday was Can You ATC What I ATC with Carolyn Peeler.
Here's a picture of the class kit...
And here's the cover of my ATC book. I have a lot more work to do on this book. It was SO fun and Carolyn's class kit was WAY generous!
My last class of the day was Home for the Holidays with Pam Garrison. Here's the class kit...
I was lucky enough to sit at a table with Hope and she let me take a picture of her stash. Is this not one of the most gorgeous site you have ever seen???
And then here's my completed project...yes...I finished it IN CLASS! Oh yay!
Okay...I gotta stop here...I have a LOT more sweet Bellas I want to give a shout out to but I hear a lemon meringue pie calling my name! :-) I still have pics from Friday night Vendor Fair, Saturday classes and more friends so I'll be back to finish catching you up in another day or so. See you soon!!!!
Love, Love all the beautiful pictures Michelle, You were such a treat to meet too:)
Blessings,
Carol
Posted by: Raised In Cotton | November 19, 2008 at 05:44 AM
hey there doll,
wow you have fab pictures!!
it was so fun hangin with ya this weekend!!
you are such a doll.
see ya next year, if not sooner.
oxoxox,
jessi
Posted by: jessi nagy | November 19, 2008 at 07:29 AM
Thank You Thank You Thank You !!! So wonderful to see your photos, Girlfriend. You're so generous with your descriptions. Love your fabulous green sweater with the ruffly sleeves.
I'm glad you had Fun :)
Posted by: Lilli | November 19, 2008 at 07:34 AM
Wow. You have a very good description of the first 24 hrs. or so. I enjoyed meeting you. :) Next year, we'll have to hang out even more. xoxo, Joanna
Posted by: Joanna {sweet finds} | November 19, 2008 at 09:32 AM
You got some awesome pix there! I am soooo happy we got to meet girl! You rock!
Bella Hugs!
Sandy
Posted by: Sandy | November 19, 2008 at 03:43 PM
wasn't that just so much fun!? love all the pics Michelle!
xoxo natalea
Posted by: NATALEA | November 19, 2008 at 04:51 PM
Thanks for the sweet words you left me. How nice of you!
Great pictures, your ATC is just adorable. And Hope's stash! I just sold a jewel box exactly like that, durn it, or I'd steal her idea and carry my stuff like she did!
Posted by: karla nathan | November 19, 2008 at 06:03 PM
Michelle! It WAS fun to meet you! I agree with the others...you have some great pictures and great descriptions! Loads of fun, I'm so happy I was there this year!!!
Smiles! Heidi Woodruff
Posted by: Heidi Woodruff | November 19, 2008 at 06:41 PM
Oh my gosh, girl it was so great to see you again, I can't believe the weekend went so fast, can you? Love seeing your photos, your swaps look like sooo much fun, show us more, more, more!!!
smooches!!!
Posted by: carikraft | November 19, 2008 at 07:24 PM
OMG,it makes me feel that I am there, too. Would love to go there someday and just be absorbed in all that creativity. Thanks for sharing us your pictures. Sorry haven't been here in awhile and also, Lilli's blog.
Posted by: Malou | November 19, 2008 at 09:33 PM