pj party

well tonight was fun... one of the yahoo groups i'm in had a pj party... sadly only about 10 of us showed up but we had a lot of fun anyway... some had recently participated in two swaps... one was a stamped image swap... loads of fun and the other one was a left over swap... new one on me... but also fun...
in the image swap you fill up card stock... i use white... with stamped images of the theme the hostess chooses... i use stazon black ink so that whom ever gets the images from me can color them with what ever they like and not worry about ink bleeding... there were four groups for this swap so i was in all four... i love stamping and getting new images of stamps i don't own... it's a great way to see what all is out there and start your wish list... like i need more on that list... lol
the left over swap was different like i said... you take a sandwich size ziploc bag and fill it with stuff... scrapping, card making, stuff... usable bits from projects that we all as crafters save... usually never use most of it again but it has to be saved just in case right??? lol so you take this stuff and load up the baggie... really pack it in... i put nice papers, some odd embellishments, fibers and tons of stuff... there are three groups for this swap and i got into all three... had a blast and when the stuff was swapped out got back some really neat stuff...
oh yeah, tonight's pj party... well it was set up by the hostess of the two aforementioned swaps... and it was to use some of our new stuff as well as learn how to use some stuff we got in the left over swap that we might not know how to use cause we don't know what all it is... lol
she had prize drawings and i won the second one... can't wait to see what she chooses for me... she always sends me fun stuff... she also set up one class and three challenges that when done we post to the site... yep did em all... she taught us how to make the most adorable paper pj's... way too cute... then gave the first challenge... decorate them with some of the stuff from the left over swap... what a blast...
next challenge was to make a card or layout using some images and embellishments from the swaps... i now have one more card to add to my hand made collection thank you very much...
the third and final challenge was another card... this one you had to use an image from the swap or one of your own if you didn't participate in the swap... and color it in a way different from what you usually do... well i usually do water color so this time i used just plain colored pencils... came out pretty i think... though i did use one of my own images along with a word stamp from the image swap... that matched... cool huh?..
all in all it was a fun evening with friends that i hadn't visited with in a while... i love yahoo groups... i love web cams... mics and speakers... we open up a conference room and turn on the cams and it's crafting play time with friends as far away as australia... canada... and all over the u.s.... people being brought together that would never have met otherwise... people creating beautiful things together and being great company for each other that otherwise might have just spent another evening alone... making life long friendships... that's what it's all about and that's one of the main reasons i love yahoo groups... it has brought some very special people into my life and i thank you for that...