Sunday, April 20, 2008

Weekend with Karen Russell!!!!

Wow!!! Amazing weekend with Karen Russell!!!!

Friday 6pm-10pm:
I took a class at my LSS..... well it's not that local since I have to drive 1.5 hours each direction. The class was taugh by the amazingly talented Karen Russell, featuring her techniques on interactive scrapbooking. Yes it's 'The' Karen Russell with Creative Imaginations!!!! She is just the sweetest little thing you'll ever meet!!!! Her class totally rocked!!!

The next day she was teaching a 7 hour photography class that I desperately wanted to take.....and she was sweet enough to squeeze me in!! I was psyched to say the least!!!

Ok so Friday night after the scrappy class, I have to go to the airport to pick up my son who's flying in from the east coast. I get there at 11:30pm, only to discover his flight is delayed by several hours. By the time we finally got home, the sun was almost ready to rise.

Saturday 6:30am:
Jazzed & tired, I leave the house to attend Karen's 7 hour photography class!!! (and it's snowing!) The class is intense & exhilarating!! It runs longer than expected, but that's cool, because I didn't want it to end. She taught us so much, and I felt like a sponge! Karen is a wonderful teacher.......patient & full of passion!!! And a huge inspiration to me!!!!

This weekend was exciting & exhausting and most definitely a life changing experience!! Karen...if you read this......you Rock girly!!!!!!

8 comments:

Jennifer Priest said...

Awesome!!! Wow that is so great that you had such a great experience and were able to learn so much. Can't wait to see you put her lessons into action! Sounds like you two really hit it off!

Julie Howard said...

What a fabulous thing to experience. Your photo taking skills are already incredible... can't wait to see what you pump out now that you're *in the know*. Sounds like a great time!

Anonymous said...

Sounds like SO much fun!!! So, she teaches photo classes too? COOL! Glad you had a blast my friend! CONGRATS on your lo being featured on the blog too! XXOO

Norma Kennedy said...

Thats fantastic that you got to go ! Great Blog and awewsome projects !

Norma Kennedy form CMK

Jane F. Smith said...

So awesome!! I'm a little jealous here!! How was the photography class?? Lucky you!!!!

Julie said...

the classes sound like alot of fun.

Congrats on the blog spot too.

Gabrielle Pollacco said...

How cool is that Debbie!!! Love her stuff!! that must have been an amazing class!....can't wait to see how that class will influence your new work!!

Courtney said...

Debbie! Thanks for the comment on my blog about the cards, I totally appreciate it. Where do you live that you are only 1.5 hours from Portland? I'm in Eugene.

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