Valentine Card Party

Ok, so I'm a bit slow in getting these things posted, but better late than never, right?  Right?!

I always feel awkward at those home parties where your friends invite you to their home and then you get there and its just a big sales pitch.  I actually enjoy the stamping/crafty ones...up until the end when the sales lady is waiting for me to make an order.  I would rather just hang out with my friends and make cards without feeling guilty for using the supplies and then not buying something and thereby making my friends look bad for having cheap friends!

So, this was MY version of a card party:

I emailed my friends and family and invited them to brunch at my house on a Saturday.  I would provide the food and drinks if they would come, bearing any crafty/card-making supplies they cared to share and make cards with me.  I have to admit I have some pretty creative friends and family and they all had different things to bring to the proverbial table.

There were quite a few are scrapbookers (all kinds of cool gear).  My contribution was card stock and embroidery floss.  And then there were ribbons and paint and glitter and paint swatches from the hardware store, fabric, fancy pens and scissors and so much more...

I did provide one template for those who couldn't get their creative juices flowing (I found it on martha stewart's website).

And then we just went for it.  The idea was you could make a valentine card (or 4 or 6 or 10), but then we got carried away and just started making whatever came to mind.  It was hard to remember to stop for food!

So much fun! And nobody went home any poorer!

-Jen