Michigan Mini Meet April 26, 27, 28 2002 Coldwater MI

Thursday April 25th, 02 Maggie arrived at Karens house at 9:15 am. After 2 hours and a half of helping her get items ready, they drove over to the hotel and checked in. The afternoon was spent, going back and forth to Karens, Walmart, Meijers.. getting everything ready for the MMM. We meet with Evelyn and went for supper at a greek place and had Flaming Cheese..OPAAA!!!!!

Karen and Maggie spent the eveing putting the Goodie Bags together and making sure there was a card with each door prize with name and email of Vendor.

Friday April 26, 02 started with an early breakfast and driving Karens granddaughter to school. Then it was more running around to the stores for more goodies.. had to spend all that money .. you know.. it was burning a hole in our pockets.

the PALS started to roll in by 2pm in the afternoon..

Cindy, Anntte and Tina	Tina, Connie and Barb

at 5 we were all discussing where to go for supper.. but since some had had a late lunch.. some went to Taco Bell and the others didn't go anywhere. We started in to our Program at 6pm.

1st Demo was by Karen Underwood.. and she showed us how to use her Heat Press, we all had a change to take a transfer (hot and cold peel by EDPS) and using the Heat Press put it our Goodie Bags.

Karen and Evelyn heat pressing logo onto Goodie Bag.	Our Goodie Bag
	Inside the Goodie Bag we found these items: Folder with MMM # 3 logo containing the agenda and sheets saying how to do some of the Demos,( small booklet about scissors, bandade cover and business card from Velda), 2 pads from Maggie's Hubby, CD from Hugware, Class A Peels from Fran, box containing book posts, tiny envys, a frame and gold paper from Bonnie Best Art Tools, The Color Print Book from Kay and Geo Paper from Maggie
Our 2nd goodies was a TOOL BOX and inside that was 10 folded wallpaper envys from Maggie and Karen, pen and pad from the Holiday Inn, post it pad, glue stick, glitter and a ruler.

Maggie did the 2nd Demo Danish Star Folding.. this tecnique was learned in Reno by Lone who had come over from Denmark. It is very tricky and needs lots of patients.. with lots of help everyone finshed their stars.

We also swapped our pins.. and I tell you .. for newbies.. these girls did great!!

Annette S.	Barb L
Cindy B	Karen U
Evelyn S	Lark B
Maggie V	Tina M

and give away items... and again.. they did great!!

Annette S - Life Savers cover	Barb L - water bottle cover
Cindy B - kleenix holder	Connie P - Match book note book
Evelyn S - basket with York pattie	Jessica L - tea cup and tea bag
Lark B - Candle	Pam T - post it note (done by Karen U)
Maggie V - Coiled booklet	Tina M - bag of cookies

As everyone was leaving about 11:30pm.. someone asked me about the other thing? and I said what.. after being flashed a card.. so Karen could not see it.. I remembered I had told them in an email that Friday was Karens birthday and I would have cake and we could give her cards. I brought out the Hostess cup cakes..and we sang Happy Brithday to her, gave her cards and a few gifts and had cup cakes. Then Karen mentioned it had been my birthday the day before.. and they were upset with me for not telling them that.. so they sang to me too. The next day many presented me with cards and even a gift.

Saturday April 27, 02 we were up at 8and in the lobby for a quick breakfast, then back to the conference room for a FULL day of learning and sharing.

Maggie did the Demo # 3 over at the computer corner.. and answered questions on PSP (paint shop pro). She also learned something.. that when you use the multi print and you have set up your pictures you can save the layout.. and then use it again for printing. ......See the new scanner she got for $50.00....... ...... ...... .............BearPaw 1200CS ........... .... . ...... (on top of the tower)
	Evelyn S did the Demo # 4 showing us how to use cold lamination (avery) to make bookmarkers. We each did a page of 5 of the same kind.. then traded with others for a variety of them.
	Here are 5 of the Bookmarkers that I recieved.. the one with the fruit and vegitables is the one I worked on and traded. The Magazine envelope was given to all of us from Evelyn to keep our bookmarkers in.

Demo # 5 was by Karen U and she showed us how to use the coiler.. covers and pages were already cut .. we just had to punch the holes in, thread the coils and turn the edges.. and we each had a neat note pad.

Time for lunch, which was provided, with the help of Karens Mom and Aunt. A table was laid with lunch meat, rolls, butter, mustard, mayo, ketchup, horseradish, potato salad, macaroni salad, chips, vegitables tray and dips and a fruit tray. Karens Mom, Dad and Aunt joined us for our meal and looked at the items we had been making and had traded.. they were amazed.

This was a non stop day and at 1 pm we were back at the tables with Demo # 6 by Lark B who was showing Frames made with Art Glitter and Xyron machine 1 sided Sticker Cartridge. These were amazing. (picture coming soon)

Demo # 7 was given by Maggie ... on her favorite toys.. PUNCHES. She used the Bring Your Punches to Life book. After showing everyone the different sizes in punshes, the punch pro and how it works, they all got to make people out of the punches.. using their own designs or some from the book. Jessica did a great job on a frame for her sisters new baby, using designs from the book combined with her own ideas.

Demo # 8 by Lark B was on Art Glitter Stained Glass. This was amazing and took a bit more time as the glue had to dry.. but when we were done we had a great Stained Glass Acetate that could be added to the front of a card.. (picture coming soon)

At 4pm it was off to Memory Pages the Scrapbook store by Karens house.. where we were the only shoppers ( the place closed at 4pm but stayed open an extra hour or so just for us) and we were given 10% off all our purchases. Lots of items were gotten, papers, stickers, rubber stamps, punches (Maggie even managed to fine 2 more borders) and many other items. It was here that Maggie also got the BARGIN of the weekend.. her $9.99 find. Like 3 others she bought the very tiny X sticker machine. After we all left the store.. while Karen was in the hotel telling the others that we were going to Bob Evans for supper.. Maggie opened up her box to get a better look at this little machine.. and low and behold the box was .... EMPTY.. wow was she and the others surpised.. we figured it must have been the display box.. (it IS being mailed to her)

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After we got back from supper.. we worked on our make and takes that we had not finished.. and then Karen and Maggie Demonstated the TOYS from the Goodie Table.. that we had not had a chance to play with yet.

The Goodie Table Heat Press, Genesses Cutter, Punch and Embossing tool, Fiskar punches, Rollabind, Long reach stapler, Scissor Stand holding 35 scissors, Sizzix, 3 hold punch, Coiler, Japaness Drill, Rounder Pro, Fiskar Personal Cutter

We set the camera up on some boxes and set the timer.. then took a picture of the group. Pam, Nancy and Barb from Colwater had already left earlier.

Back Row: Lark, Barb, Connie, Cindy, Karen, Annette Front Row: Tina, Jessica, Maggie, Evelyn	Since we had to clear out the room Saturday night.. we worked on Demo # 9 Scrapbooking & PA 12. With everyones imput this is the page we came up with and printed out for each of us.

Sunday morning after a quick breakfast in the lobby.. we met once again in the conference room.. it had been cleared the night before except for the computer.. and there we did a bit more with Scrapbooking with PA 12 and then on to Genie Journaling. At 10 we took the computer apart and with many hugs and promises to keep in touch and seeing one another again.. we parted our ways. It took 2 trips with the car full to empty Karens and Maggies stuff out of the hotel.. but we were at Karens house at 1PM.

One last picture taken about 8AM Monday morning..

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