SUCCESS!

The largest number we could gather at once!

Illy doing layouts on her computer before she committed them to the page.

Miriam made this for her husband downrange.
Gail and Jody (with Kate's "constructive criticism!) scrapping away!

Queen o the crop! Tiara, earrings and feather boa courtesy of the Stuttgart ladies!

Erika, queen o the bling!

Kori, making the most of the cutters and stamps!

Shay filling out the feedback sheets.

Christina taking charge of her creations!

Cheryl creates, with Candace, Erika and Aimee in the background.

Aimee and Erika discuss layouts and embellishments!

Rochelle, Joan, Cheryl, Aimee, Erika, Candace Brenda, and Valerie with ALL THEIR STUFF!-Elizabeth way in the back talks shop with Heather W (just out of frame!)

Angela, Ashton, and Michelle scrapbooking like PROs!

Angela's first page ever! She's awesome! Renee and Deborah, hard at work behind her!

Erin organizing her thoughts, photos and supplies.

Anita gets some tips from Brenda on mixing and matching.

It looks like chaos, but it's really VERY organized!
Anita and Deborah survey the supplies...

Anytime you attempt to gather the masses, use a public facility, tables, chairs, supplies, etc for a 12 hour meeting of the creative minds, things can get dicey! But thanks to many cooperative efforts, including but not limited to: representatives of CYS, FMWR, DPTMS, & Primo's, Kori and Shannon, 44th ESB/CPT G and her mom and her mom's and her mom's friends' generosity, a food $ donation, the EOC Soldiers, a brief MP visit, the Stuttgart Scrappers, Heidelberg Craft Store, AFN, USAG-M PAO, ACS, gosh, this list is getting LONG! and yes, that is a ton of Army abbreviations and acronyms, sorry!

Anyway, they all helped in some way to outfit us with a room, tables, chairs, stamps, cutters, adhesive, marketing, participation, and cooperation. We had 30 people from 2 communities come for 20 minutes to 12 hours and all time durations in between to create masterpieces! We had mostly scrapbookers, a couple of knitters/crocheters (forgive me, I get them confused), and a couple of card maker/papercrafters. It was an incredibly great time, and by the feedback, it looks as though this will become a monthly to quarterly event!