Shopping at Mall of America
Seriously....where do I start??? I have to say this was one of my favorite vacations...really a dream come true, spending 6 days together with 5 incredibly talented and amazing women in a beautiful house on a lake, what more can you ask for?
I spent the week with Anita from My Papercraft World, Ardyth from Maskerade, Bev from Happy Dance, Darnell from djkardkreations and Geri from Manitoba Stamper. You can click on the links to their blogs to see what wonderful stories they plan to share.
We came up with at name for our group...BABES - Benevolent Association of Beloved & Esteemed Stampers.
Our first meal together....we ate at Buca di Beppo's and what a wonderful meal and so much food left over...we ate off of it for days and it was just as good!
Our home for the week...so incredible to be right on the lake. We all seemed to click right away, like we had been friends for years...so fun to meet your blogging friends in real life and have them be just the way you thought from everything you had been reading. We did a little bit of everything with the exception of cooking and watching television (other than watching the World Series two nights). So nice to spend the time just crafting and being yourself, sharing a very large dinning table...so many wonderful memories.
At times we laughed...really laughed and so hard some of us had tears streaming down our cheeks and times where the laughter would not stop...just so much fun. At time we were very serious, solving the worlds problems. Then we shopped...lots of shopping, everyone searching for the elusive VersaFine ink pad in Black! I learned some new stamping techniques, we made cards...lots and lots of cards, did a few projects, ate at some fabulous places, I love the 90 second pizza at Punch's, thank you for the suggestion Miss Bev, this place did not disappoint (we need one much closer to my house). Geri was so sweet to share her chicken wings with me one night, you must ask her to share the story.
At times we laughed...really laughed and so hard some of us had tears streaming down our cheeks and times where the laughter would not stop...just so much fun. At time we were very serious, solving the worlds problems. Then we shopped...lots of shopping, everyone searching for the elusive VersaFine ink pad in Black! I learned some new stamping techniques, we made cards...lots and lots of cards, did a few projects, ate at some fabulous places, I love the 90 second pizza at Punch's, thank you for the suggestion Miss Bev, this place did not disappoint (we need one much closer to my house). Geri was so sweet to share her chicken wings with me one night, you must ask her to share the story.
The rest of my post will be in photo's...I selected a few of my favorite from our trip, hope you enjoy them. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by...enjoy your day!
Mall of America
Fancy dinner out at Sul Lago
View across Prior Lake
Messy table that never had to be cleaned off until the end of the week...
Snowflake...our mascot.
Creek Water Memories
Lunch at Punch's
