Friends and gift baskets.

This is Dawn and Lynn. I sat at their table during the mingle.

I met Dawn last year after one of my appointments in Lapeer. She was gracious enough to meet me at Archiver's. When I told my sis that I was meeting Dawn, she thought I was crazy for meeting someone I met on the internet. I had no worry's about it.

This would be Maria and Keli.

They were also at the same table. This was taken on Saturday morning, hence the pj's they're wearing. They had matching slippers and pj pants. I learned alot from the table I was sitting at. Maria got me hooked on Copic markers, Keli shared stamping tips, and Dawn showed me how Prisma pencils work.

Here are the gift baskets I took to the mingle. The brown basket was a gift for my little sis. I was given a little sis to send treats to prior to the mingle. Because this was the reveal gift I packed it with ribbon, stickles, acrylic stamps and a couple cuttle bug folders.

The green basket was a door prize. If you took a door prize, your name was put into a raffle and you go to choose one in exchange. When it was my turn, I choose Dawn's. It was beautiful. All hand made cards, tags, and container.

Pudding Shots and Lunch.

(Picture: Laura, Patty, Micky, Jill, Dawn, Kelli, and Lorien)

Can you guess what these ladies are enjoying!

Puddin Shots!

Last year after the end of the mingle, I had asked if anyone had ever tried these. Since I would be attending the minlge this year I offered to bring some. They were a big hit! I made 3 different kinds; Raspberry Cheesecake, Chocolate, and Bj's.

The two pics above are from the lunch we got gathered for after checking into the hotel, but before checking in for the mingle.

We ate at Outback Steakhouse in Saginaw. The food was great, but the company was even better. We were all excited to meet each other after months of chatting online.

Only 3 more days!!!!

Michingan Mingler's Unite!

In three days I will be sitting at the Bay Valley Resort and Golf course, enjoying the company of my new friends from SplitcoastStampers.com.

It will be time for the big Michigan Mingle organized by Pattyb, TracyM, and Lorien. I have met these wonderful ladies and some of the other creative women from this group. From what I have heard from last year alot of sleep was missed, some voices were lost, and everyone walked away having had a great experience.

After chatting with some wonderful crafters for over a year, I feel like I am meeting up with old friends.

These are the fine ladies of my Michigan Minglers.

We met one weekend for lunch at Garfield's in the Port Huron Mall. We had a blast.

From left to right:

Lynn, Dawn Marie, Gail, Lorien, Jill, Mary, Patty, and Carol.

The food was great, but the chatter was better. We were all there for awhile then ventured over to Hobby Lobby, Joann's, and Mary Maxim's. We chatted about our "Big" get together at the end of this month at the Bay Valley Resort, in Bay City.