Happy Thanksgiving

... a little late.  We had a Thanksgiving to remember - a new puppy joined our family this weekend.  Maggie is an 8 1/2 month old Shih Tzu and really sweet.  She wants constant attention though and is a real "talker".  Our older boy, Coco, is not impressed, however and is wondering when she will be going back where she came from.  Sigh.

We gave her a sweet potato puppy treat

Maggie is the reason my craft room finally got straightened out - it had to be Maggie-proofed.   I LOVE scrapbook retreats; but it sure does a number on my room.  Maybe now I can finally get back to finishing the pages I worked on at the retreat.  I think I got 17 pages done but I need to add journaling to them before they are really album ready. 

I've been noticing a lot of really great Halloween ephemera and clip art on Pinterest and in the stores which has me interested in making cards.   Hopefully this weekend Maggie will have settled in more and I can actually get something more done than laundry and housework. 

Here are my Halloween nails done by Cheryl of Pinkieswear:

2013 Scrapbook Retreat near Nelson, BC

Absolutely rejuvenating!  I so enjoyed our four day retreat in the Kootenays! 

Kokanee Glacier Resort was the perfect venue with the use of the breakfast room that is only used by the owners in July and August.  Shaun and Laurie were so gracious in allowing us free reign to move all of their tables, chairs and decorations around so we could set up rows of tables to work on and stations for a water colour demonstration, an embossing demonstration, a stamping/inking station and another for the Cricut and Cuttlebug.

Too bad I don't have time to play on here... do I ever have a lot of clean up to do!   But I'll be back...