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this month for craft weekend we had all fresh flowers right out of the garden!
i had way too much fun cutting flowers for over an hour.

some of my favorite people ever were helpers this month!
Pam (my friend who moved to africa and is back for a visit) came to be a helper and she made us THE CHEESECAKE that she created the recipe for!
what a dreamy treat!!
eating pam's cheesecake prepared BY PAM!!! 

Ashley was a helper this month…we have missed her!!
she is like five helpers in one.
so speedy and on top of anything that needs to be done.

and Jess stopped by for friday lunch and helped us a little more.  

Megan drove with a guest and was our helper from friday- sunday.
she was a cooking machine beside kimberlee.

and we were ready just in time with minutes to spare…when are we going to be SUPER ready with no rushing around?
someday i hope.

we sent out all the swag in the cubbies, at their chair and also on their beds. 

kimberlee made an amazing "kansas" meal for our first night.
it was SOOOOO delicious.
homecooking. 

(we even pulled out my grandma's silver platter… she would have liked that)

margaritas go with any meal.
it's a fact.

every month its so enjoyable to see the fabrics they put together for their aprons.
everyone's personality comes out in their choices.

9:30 pm rolls around and the cheesecake is passed out.

having someone bring you dessert WHILE you are crafting… and a cup of coffee… it's dreamy. 

they rocked those aprons!

while we stay up late into the night crafting kimberlee gets her beauty sleep so she can get up early and make beautiful coffee cake like this.
what a gift she is to me.
i don't do mornings.

we took our lunch on the road this time so prep was happening before we left for our field trip. 

at Bearly Makin' It i saw that diet pepsi bottle and had an immediate flashback to being 7 years old and choosing my dad's birthday present.  
i got him a pack of typing paper (he was a newspaper reporter before computers)
and a 6 pack of diet pepsi cans (his favorite drink).
that was the label at the time… i think…it's at least from sometime in my young childhood.

we ate our lunch at the barn.
on a quilt.
surrounded by beautiful green fields and antiques in all directions.

B L I S S F U L

it was lovely…. great food and great company. 

Megan kept picking and picking….and she kept finding MORE and MORE awesome!!!

those girls were serious shoppers.

when we get back on saturdays we get right back into crafting.
Ashley led a craft that required using a saw!
we felt very empowered.  :)

they worked into the night again making so many beautiful projects.

these were hanging fabric chalkboards.
aren't they adorable?!!
some used paints pens to make a permanent decorative frames too.

we made the wreathes again with the Hello from Say Hello Shop.
each group has made them so differently.
and i love them all!

our purchases were delivered early sunday morning… there was so much…this is not all of it.

i wish that i could get this delivered to my driveway every sunday morning.  :)

roommate photos!

setting up for our group photo…

Erin from wisconsin …………………………….    Julie from iowa ………………………………..

Beth from kansas ………………………………..   Megan from kansas ……………………………..

Lisa from wisconsin …………………………….    Kyra from wisconsin ……………………………..

Pam from wisconsin …………………………….   Heidi from kansas ……………………………….

Jenn from kansas ………………………………     Stephany from Oregon ……………………………

Janis from kansas ……………………………….   Kaitlyn from virginia …………………………….

Pam from africa/kansas ……………………….     Megan from michigan ……………………………

Ashley from oklahoma …………………………..

such a kind group of women.
i like them.  
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and i super like our helpers too!

thanks for another awesome Craft Weekend ladies!

kimberlee makes everyday fun to come to work.

we have the WHOLE summer off.
we don't have craft weekend again until after school starts again.
that is kinda crazy.

i hope you have a creative day today.
i know that my mind is craving creativity deeply.
it's going to HAVE to happen or i may get too cranky for this little house full of kids.

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how can we be at thirteen craft weekends already?!
each one has been so much fun!

we get the house all set up for our guests to arrive.
we clean… organize… arrange… set out swag from our sponsors… and we get excited!

craft supplies are so pretty!

color is everywhere in the Craft House.

my shop is open during Craft Weekend too… and SOON to be back online.
i have been saying it for a year but for real… it's coming soon!

our guests arrive and kimberlee prepares our meal.
we pass out margaritas while everyeone gets to know each other….have you made these margaritas yet??

      
 
            
steph and daina drove all the way from canada!!
they asked if they could make their special pico de gallo and we let them go crazy.
it was delicious!

           
after dinner we get right into crafting because really…. why wait?!
it is what we are all together for right?
they begin on their aprons around 7:30…and finished by 2:30 AM.
night owls in this group.  

choosing the fabric is the hardest part of making the apron!

debbie finished hers VERY quickly…a very experienced seamstress! 
and she whipped up her pretty flower too.
she was FAST!  
i LOVE her fabric choices!
             

              
kimberlee always makes BIG breakfasts that are beyond delicious.
i am all for chocolate in the morning!  
and frosting on cinnamon rolls…. oh my.

after all 16 of us get ready for the day… that is a lot of women…
we head out for our field trip to our favorite store and the barn.
it's fun to ride ALL together like a school trip.

            
            

            
talby happened to be playing her final basketball game that day in Marion at the same time we were shoppping so i snuck out and cheered her on!  I was so happy to get a peek at my family in the middle of CW.
            
then i was picked up on the way to the barn.
i can't ever get over how much they have every single month.
i am a junking addict.

           
Oggie and Dennis run the store and barn and are fun to catch up with every month.
that is Oggie with steph and daina…. what a bunch of characters!

i love sharing my favorite place with all these women!

everyone did a little show and tell when we got back to the craft house.

everyone finds treasures.

i found this.

it was a no-brainer.
when you find something that is this perfectly your style… you almost HAVE to say yes.
yellow? chippy paint? working doors, shelves and drawers? turquoise ON THE INSIDE?
there was no way i was saying no to this.

i can't wait to fill her with craft supplies.
i think i will name her Sunny.

we got on some comfy clothes and got back into crafting.

shannan led a canvas project… we made infinty scarves, wire words, t-shirt flowers and wood bunting.

when they are all working and chatting and creating….this room is A M A Z I N G.
it is such a happy place.

            
we had A LOT of instagrammers at this craft weekend working the #whatevercraftweekend hashtag.  

            
this is my canvas project in the middle…. and i actually started this canvas 6 months or so ago with ashley ann.
finally finished it at THIS craft weekend.

all of our girls lined up by their room order…

and all of their beautiful, special and well earned aprons!

their canvases….

thier flowers… so bright and colorful!

some of the girlies in their infinity scarves with their flowers.

another fabulously creative, kind, happy group that we are honored to be able to serve and pamper.

thanks girls for coming all the way to kansas to get crafty.

thanks shannan and taryn for being rock star helpers!

craft weekend has been a complete blessing in every way.
what started as a "let's try it ONE time to see if we like it" has turned into this wonderful, JOYful job
that both kimberlee and i are loving every minute of.
what started as a weekend of making crafts has turned into helping women find their creativity again.
giving them an opportunity to BE CREATIVE… to rest…. to refresh their spirits.

i love craft weekend.

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