speaking of Heidi Swapp...this post is long overdue! I guess that happens when you move twice before the holidays and such...
anyway...our lovely weekend with Heidi! If you have never met her...she is seriously so fun to be around, she just has this energy that you feed off of! She is a genuine, spontaneous, spunky fun girl!
I have loved her creativeness & her style from the very beginning...have I really been scrapbooking for 10 years now? I can spot her layouts from miles away :) I love her handwriting!
I am going to cheat a bit...and just copy & paste from this past post...
I remember when we {me & Cherry} first met her...it was at CKU Provo 2005. We took her 'She' class, and it was the best class ever! Totally inspiring, everything that we ever wanted. She is a wonderful teacher all about 'techniques' and just a genuine sweet girl. Then Cherry was embarrassing because she couldn't get her own actual rub.ons to work :) {I don't know if you even remember that Heidi} So Heidi came over and assisted Cherry on one of her pages...ohh the memories we will keep for.ever.
Then the next year for CKU Provo 2006, we didn't register in time, for her 'exclusive crop' and we were the ones peeking in the doorway, wanting in soo bad :)
Cherry & I are right smack in the middle! {okay except someone had to be sandwiched in between us for some reason} lol :)
I remember this trip so much! I may have to dig up some old pictures!
Well on with the event...after we had set a date for Heidi to come and teach, we found out that we we had to move again, as if I needed more stress at that moment! My store was a mess...because I tried to fit most of my personal scrapbooking stash in my store, {I did NOT want it in the storage unit, but some still got divided} I have to say that is just about a store in it's own :) Because Levi was then working back and forth from Utah, and I had to run my store, {we moved next to my parents} me & the girls often spent the night at the store, as crazy as that may sound! But it sure beat driving back and forth. It only took a couple of late nights there, to realize that it would be best to just stay there!
But I got just about everything done that needed to be, right until the last minute of her arrival :)
I did get a bit frustrated...when one of my orders didn't ship on time...but the others did, so I was frantically entering in orders in the computer, and of course I had my little helpers too...this was just one of the many messes they made the day before, I didn't take a picture of the box of toothpicks that were everywhere...twice!
and here is Isabella...just enjoying the aftermath!
On Friday...I was still doing last minute things, and some things weren't going as planned, like Levi was supposed to get off work early and take the girls so that I could set up over at Heidi's Fudge, so I had to take them with me, back and forth. I'm thankful I had Claudia come and help too. I remember that because we had moved...all my clothes were still packed, and I got lucky at the last minute to find something to wear. I really wanted to just stop in at Maurices and shop for something new, but I didn't even have time for that! And...I desperately needed my bangs trimmed...oh how I wished I had more time!
So here I am...still entering inventory, I had some last minute messy "piles" to clean up, I still had the girls, waiting for Levi, thinking I still had at least an hour before she arrived, and I still was 'open' for business in the midst of all my to do's...so in between everything, I was ringing up customers. Then in walks Heidi & Nicole! I totally was just expecting more customers until I looked up....ahhhhh! Hi Heidi! So much for being presentable lol!
Looking back...I wish I had taken more pictures, I have about 10 from the whole event! So not like me!
Heidi teaching...{dang it's blurry}
I can't remember exactly what time classes ended on Friday, I don't think it was too late? I went to Broulims to get what I needed for lunch the next day. My sister Annareigh and I stayed at my sister in laws house, they were gone for the weekend. If I remember right, I was browning ground beef after midnight...because I knew I wouldn't have time to do it in the morning.
Our plans were to meet at 7am in Idaho Falls for breakfast! Super early if you ask me! So that would have meant that I would have to get up at 5:30am to get ready, and leave at 6:30am to be on time...yeah right, what's that!
So here I am getting everything ready for lunch on Saturday, at midnight, because it was technically the only time I had to do it! We were having taco soup! mmm! After I got everything prepared and cleaned up...I tried and tried to fall asleep, but my mind would not shut off...I kept checking the clock, 2:30am, 3am, 4am...ahhh! I have to get up in an hour! Needless to say, I NEVER fell ASLEEP! Seriously! I was super tired! And really I hardly got any sleep all week! It made it harder that I wasn't in my own bed...and that Levi & my girls weren't with me...they went home for the weekend, which again, was not the plan. I wanted them to stay in Rexburg, but Levi decided that they needed to be away, so that I could enjoy my weekend! So thoughtful, but it would just have worked out better if he was closer! I was still nursing Isabella...so by Saturday night I was about to burst, I literally could not lift my arms. It was dreadfully painful to fold chairs and carry stuff in and out when we were cleaning up!
Okay on with breakfast with Heidi! My friend Kim Rose won the drawing to have breakfast with her! She was so excited! She chose Smitty's in Idaho Falls.
Nicole, {she owns Lime Ricki}Heidi, and Kim!
Of course I didn't leave exactly on time...Annareigh and I were going to meet Cherry & Claudia in Ucon...we were trying to load everything, making sure we didn't forget anything! Speeding just about the whole way...and everyone trying to call me at the same time...my phone rings just as I was suppose to get off on my exit, I passed it with all the distractions! ahhh! Kim calls and says Heidi is not there...what!? Weren't you supposed to pick her up!? oh no, did I just forget to pick up Heidi and Nicole! We had talked about it late Friday night, but I thought that we had decided that we would all just meet there...so I call Heidi back, and she said oh no, but they missed the exit too! phew! I had to do an illegal uturn on the divided highway :) and we both got there within minutes of each other! Talk about panicking!
Heidi...making sure she facebooks to her 'fans' :)
isn't SHE beautiful! inside and out!
me {looking very tired, and wishing I did my hair, I did straighten it but whatever!} Cherry, Heidi, Annareigh {with her glasses, because she didn't do her makeup, or because she's just cool like that} & Claudia!
I think Saturday went pretty smoothly, we had more room...and it was more personable. The classes were great! And because I'm a stand up scrapper I took advantage of most of the counter...
I loved the Energy Journal class the most...I needed that more than ever!
loved the packaging for the heart kits from House of 3! I ♥ Hof3! Can't we make it House of 4 Heidi? :)
We also had some of these cute cupcakes from one of my favorite places, The Cocoa Bean...thank you so much Gloria for dropping them off! And they are now open in Provo! So happy about that!
almost too pretty too eat!
We all had such a great weekend together! I am thankful for everyone that came! Thanks to Kris over at Heidi's Fudge for letting us take over the building! {which by the way is the BEST fudge ever! And caramel apples, my absolute favorite is the 'apple pie'}
And thank you Heidi for coming to the little town of Rigby to teach some a.mazing classes! Fun memories!
