We decided it was long overdue for a girls weekend away and the scrapbook expo was the perfect excuse. Mom and I arrived to meet my two fabulous sisters (my brothers' wives) and we dove into the chaos. The Scrapbook Expo is a huge event and packed with people, tables and booths accompanied with nonstop party music, games, contests and festivities.
We found ourselves a table, set up our equipment (we all brought laptops and external drives to work with, having mostly converted from paper scrapbooking). My sisters and I wandered the booths first, checking out all the fun merchandise for sale (both scrapbooking and botique-type). We entered the raffles drawings, samples some sweets and eventually joined mom back at the table (she was nursing a bad injury and kept her movement to a minimum). Mom has been digital scrapbooking for a few years and she's the pro teaching the rest of us. I started last year but with little time to work on it, I haven't made much progress. My sisters were still organizing photos, downloading software and getting settled into their new hobby. So while they may have not produced pages, it was still time well spent. We scrapped until late, laughing and snacking on all the sweets we brought. We eventually left to check into our hotel and get some sleep.
The next day, we woke up early-ish to enjoy the hotel's breakfast and headed right back to the expo for a full day of scrapbooking. We brought plenty of snacks, met some friends and got a lot done while we talked and played. Another scrapper introduced us to her brilliant toy, a small portable scanner that could scan a 12 in pages in sections without reducing it (as a full size copier does) and then digitally matched it back up perfectly. We loved her little tool and her fun personality and and immediately set to searching for one on amazon. We worked until 6 when the expo ended and then we packed up our gear and went out for a fantastic dinner at Joe's Crab Shack. We had brilliantly decided to spend a second night in order to get in some girl time. We spent the evening in our hotel room, scrapping, talking and watching whatever chick flick we could find on tv. It was wonderful to spend some time together, getting to scrap and enjoy each other's company without any responsibilities or kids.
Sunday we slept in, went to breakfast and eventually headed home. Looking forward to next year already!
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