To try and capture the magic of Silver Bella is going to be tough. It was such a fabulous event for everyone and contains so many details. I will remain inspired by the creative feast of those 5 days for a long long time! Over the top this year. I am amazed by it all. Truly. Got a few pix to share of this and that, so I'll start at the beginning.
The night before Silver Bella, the teachers, special friends and I escaped for a fun evening of dinner followed by an amazing project for us. Cori Jones had a reverse applique scarf for us to make! We reserved the wine cellar of the restaurant beforehand--perfect retreat for us.
We were too giddy to finish them, but it was an adorable project, and I'm looking forward to showing you my finished scarf! Cori did a top notch job and woo'd those teachers in a big way!
My sweet pals, Jill and Cari had a blast. Cori, Jill, and Cari were the best helpers the e n t i r e weekend. I don't know if I can ever thank them enough. Somedays I wonder how I ever got so lucky to have true and authentic pals like these.
Kelly and Pam, dear friends, who see each other once a year-always at Silver Bella. Love these gals!
Preparing for the big welcome night...
The striped bags were the goody bags and they were filled with so many treasures and supplies from the sponsors. I was so proud to present them!
These were the Silver Bella Yearbooks from Welcome Night. A new thing I did this year. They turned out better than I had hoped and I am so proud of them. Filled with tidbits about the Event, the group project instructions, and several other exciting techniques and projects I wanted to add...you know...give those Bella's something to write home about. :)
After our dinner, we did a group project which was embroidering an ornament. Great fun! More on that later--cuz you're gonna want to see that in detail. A few hours later, the room was transformed into swap heaven. Beautiful swaps (maybe 20 different ones?) began appearing all about the ballroom. I'm talking b e a u t i f u l, well thought out and executed by every participant. It looked like Christmas morning...
I snapped a photo of the first one I saw, and didn't get any of the others. Trust me...all were outstanding!
My workshop was The Christmas Pageant, a Victorian shadow box inside a book. So many variations came to life in the workshop. I didn't get enough photos of them, but here are a few:
Okay, so I've taken up enough of your precious time! I have more to post more soon. Off to unpack all the goodies from so many generous bellas! ACK!! Can't stand the wait any longer. I'll take pix b/c you are gonna want to see them! Stay tuned for an exciting giveaway,too!
