Apr
23

That 70s Crop – April 12, 2008

Posted by DeAnna Allan

Photo Express in Maple Ridge holds an annual scrapbooking crop in the spring. This year’s theme was the 70s. People dress up, bring food bank donations, and snacks to share. This year they asked participants to bring new shoes to donate to kids in El Salvador. We raised 300 pairs of shoes! Check out the pic!

They extended the crop this year as well, to 14 hours. Two extra hours to scrapbook! I had a fantastic time. It’s always nice to get together to scrapbook, instead of hiding in my little room all by myself! I managed to get 3 layouts done, although I’m not sure how I only got 3 finished when last year I got 4 done AND considering we had two extra hours to work in. I guess the fact that I was still on mat leave last year had something to do with my preparedness. Here are the layouts I finished:

I’d been working on my Easter 2007 page since June last year, but silly me, I left it in Iowa when we went to visit my dad and family in July. Of course, my father and I are huge procrastinators, so I didn’t get it back until Christmas! J

The goodies they give in the complimentary tote are always pretty good. This year we got a Photo Express tote filled with a groovy paper pack, several kits, a stamp, rub ons, etc. They always have great deals in the store for crop participants as well. I scored a limited edition purple Crop-A-Dile with 400 eyelets for a great price. SWEET! I didn’t have one yet, and I had been EYEING it for a while (sorry, I have a corny sense of humour!), so it was perfect that it was on sale. The door prizes were pretty good too. I managed to win a set of stamps with a Christmas theme, and I wasn’t even there! Lynn and I were at the store so my friends claimed it for me. Lucky for me – they could have decided to keep it and I would never have known!

My friend Lynn and I dressed up in the 70’s theme. She was dressed in early 70’s flower power garb, and I dressed up a little later in the 70’s, doing the Charlie’s Angel’s thing in casual jeans and a t‑shirt with my purple roller-skates. Ohhh, yeah! Here’s a link to a picture of us on the Photo Express blog (we are at the top of the group of photos on the far left). They include a group photo (of all 99 women and 1 man who attended) and an individual photo to use in a layout they put together in the theme of the day. I have to pick up my photo of Lynn and I together so I can include it in my layout. I think I’ll do that layout next so you can all see it.

Lynn and I went with friends, Theresa, Gythe and Cindy. We got a table all together at the end of a row. Here are a few of my favourite pics:

The food bank photo was late in the day, after they’d already taken a load of it away! It was a great haul for the Friends in Need Food Bank. Overall it was a great day. Can’t wait for next year!

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