Working with what you've got

As I said in yesterday's post, today I had an all-day crop, which means I got to scrapbook for a straight 8 hours! yippers!!

One problem, though...I promised PackRat that I would help him with a Family Reunion right in the middle of my day. Bummers....seems like I just got going good and it was time to pack up and head out. *sigh* Unfortunately, I had a great time! I usually have a great time when PackRat and I go to events together. Since it was fun, it was also counter-productive to grumble about it! I painted my face while he was doing his magic show.

When I got back to the crop, everyone wanted me to paint their faces too! Thankfully, I had left my paints in my car, and PackRat had my car!

But I digress...this post is REALLY about the crop. Typically I do only one or two pages. Seems I like to visit. Also, I have a tendency to over-think my lay-outs in public. At home, I'm much more relaxed and tend to experiment more. Realizing this about myself, I determined that I was going to try to get as many pages done as I could, and take several "sets" of pictures. A 'set' is like pictures of 3-5, so they make a nice 2-page layout.

The hostesses of the crop had a contest to see who could complete the most pages. Oh boy! A contest! So I worked my little fingers to the bone and completed 8 pages! I was pretty proud of myself! Of course, my friend sitting right next to me completed 14 pages, and a lady at the other end of the room completed 26 pages! Yikes!!! How can somebody pop out 26 pages in 8 hours? Boggles the mind! But nevertheless, I was pleased with my results. I even challenged myself and did my first layout of the day in colors that I would never normally use--BRIGHT lime green, orange, red and blue. Fun. It was an "I Love Grandma" page, of course.