Creating to be a Chef and teaching

Morning friends! The Rusty Pickle Amazing Race started the last part of the race yesterday so I was creating all afternoon and into the wee hours of the morning. I think Tom must've talked to the girls before he left because when they got up, they were so quiet - they let me sleep in. I had woke up earlier but fell back asleep. I was shocked when I woke up again and it was 9:30! yikes! So anyway - I'm up now - 2 cups of coffee down the hatch, and now I've got to go get more photo paper before the rest of my Rusty Pickle supplies show up. As soon as they get here - I'll be glued to my scraproom chair. :) After the deadline (this Wednesday at noon) I'll post and let you know where you can see them. We are using the new Mayflower collection and it is to die for! You will definitely want to check out everyone's creations!

Wish me well - I REALLY REALLY want to be a Rusty Pickle Chef! Speaking for myself here - I always love when other people like my work. I know some people that couldn't care less what other people think - but I'm not one of them. I want people to be inspired in some way...and I certainly hope that will be the case with my entry. I want it to ROCK! Rusty Pickle has given us the opportunity to be a part of their great team - and the possibility of future teaching and/or designing kits just makes me giddy! I LOVE THAT!!! I took a class from Kristan Paolacci at CKU Orlando in 2005 and at the time thought "not only would it be awesome to do what she's doing right now, but to get to work with this product?" ...so this really is a long time coming (2 years seems like a long time right now...) and I really hope I make the cut. :) fyi - they (RP) hope to do this last part of the Amazing Race in 2 weeks. New Chefs will be chosen/announced at that time.

Speaking of teaching...this Saturday is the Scrapyard semi-annual event and I am teaching a class there. I hope to see some of you there! My class is a handmade mini album featuring some GORGEOUS Prima paper and matching flowers. There is a lot more in the kit (a couple sheets of Bazzill, a full sheet of alpha stickers, rhinestones, specialty trims, ric-rac, other ribbon, chipboard, flourishes, buttons, tags and MORE! I even packaged up all the embellies in a window tin with the Scrapyard logo on it. So cute! More importantly - you will end up with an awesome mini-album! Make sure to ask about what you need to bring to class if you haven't received that information already. Don't forget to wear your Scrapyard shirts and get an additional entry for the grand prize (um...there's an iPod shuffle in there in addition to the bag and all it's scrapbook product glory!) See you there!