Mommy and Me weekend at the OC Scrapbook Expo

This past Valentine's weekend was Scrapbook Expo time in Orange County, CA. If you have never been to an expo, here's the run down; two halls full of local vendors and established companies in the paper crafting world selling products at fabulous discounts. Also, there are classes galore! Wanna learn a new technique or just finally sit down and make a whole album? This is the place to get it done.

Here's how my mom and I spent our annual ScrapExpo weekend:
Friday:
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Album Class . . . it was supposed to be "A day at the Beach" . . . I turned it into my own monogram princess journal . . . they were so generous to give us tons of chipboard shapes that I just used what ever struck my fancy ;)

Saturday:
Not Your Usual Cards class . . . we made some really great gift card holders and a couple blah cards . . . at least we learned a few new techniques and got inspired to go home and make similar cards, but with prettier papers

Sunday:
Melissa Frances A Card for all Seasons (we always make sure we take a class with MF products)
LOVED this class, looove Melissa Frances paper and products. A couple of cards kept that "shabby chic" look and had fancy sparkles . . . very fun
SEI Acrylic Album
Can you believe I have never made an acrylic album before? They've been hot for kind of a while now, but I've never gotten into them. Anyway, the class was great as SEI classes always are. We made a whole album in an hour and it was beautiful and fun to do. Am I an acrylic album addict now? NO. I think they make a great gift book. However, they are just not functional for the type of memory keeping I like to do.

Weekend Reflections:
The expo was surprisingly busy with a line out to the parking lot the first day. However, this year there were less classes and fewer big name exhibitors. It still made for a great expo, but I think the paper crafting world is definitely feeling the heat from the crashing economy.