Embellish It Play All Day Mesa, Arizona

Yesterday was a full day of creative goodness.  We joined Embellish It at their Mesa, Arizona Play All Day event.   This is our third year attending this event and we'd have to say that Shelby Dredge did not disappoint.








The day begins at 9 am.  Shelby always brings a fine assortment of mini-album, layout and card kits as well as some of the paper packs and collections.  We usually start the day shopping because she almost sells out before the day is over.  If you see something, pick it up because someone else is likely to see it too!

The day goes by fast.  This year in particular seemed very productive!  Brandy and I were joined with her co-worker, Annette.  We each had our own projects to work on.  Brandy and I focus on Christmas card production while Annette had some mini-album kits, one finished by the end of the day and a second mostly done.  During the day, Shelby leads a four page layout (picture on the left above) and a card (picture on the right above) class.  This is an optional activity, but each participant goes home with a generous kit and all the instructions you'll need.  More on that later (when I can get some pictures taken and posted).

As you can see by this box full of cards, I was able to finish assembly on my Christmas cards.  That's 50 Christmas cards all ready to go and it's not even November.  I'm pretty excited.  I had a good deal of preparation that was finished before I arrived, but done is done.

Brandy made significant headway on her cards, inking and distressing and creating all kinds of goodness.  No sneak peaks here, you'll have to wait to see the final product nearer to Christmas.  If you have a chance to check out a Play All Day near you, we'd highly recommend it.  I'll try to get the posts of our classes up before the end of the week.  Till then, happy crafting!