You could have knocked me over with a feather when I first peeked into the ballroom!  Truly amazing to see several hundred ladies all gathered together in one location, having an absolute BLAST working on their scrapbook pages and other paper-crafting projects!

I thought the Hawaii theme was FABOO (being 1/2 Filipino, of course, and my mother born and raised on Kauai)--loved all the palm tree centerpieces at each table--just so festive!  I even got "lei'd"!!!

It was plain to see that the owners and staff at Precious Memories truly went all-out, putting in a tremendous amount of time and work, to make it a very special experience for all participants--they had fun/silly contests (OMG!  The Scrapadamia Nuts Costume?  SO STINKIN' CLEVER!!!), awesome door-prize drawings and goody bags, wonderful meals included, and everybody was guaranteed a whopping 5 classes during the event!  They even had a great mini-store right there, that you could shop from while working on your projects!

And, it was so cool to learn that some groups--mothers and daughters, sisters, and close friends make it an opportunity to gather together every year, for a girls' weekend away--to not only accomplish some scrapbooking, but, share good and memorable times with each other.  WOW!  What a fantastic tradition!

It was fun for me to see some familiar faces once again, from classes I've taught previously at Precious Memories, and to meet some new people!  It was also so gratifying for me to see folks enjoying the cards they made in class.