new update to swarm

LADIES, WE HAVE 1 MORE SPOT TO FILL. IF ANYONE KNOWS OF SOMEONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO JOIN PLEASE HAVE THEM CALL ME ASAP AND WE CAN MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIS TO HAPPEN!!! I HAVE HAD A DROP OUT AT THE LAST MINUTE.

ALSO, WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO - PLEASE BRING YOUR CAMERA TO THIS EVENT. I WOULD LIKE TO (IF POSSIBLE) HAVE PEOPLE TAKING PICTURES THROUGHOUT THE DAY OF VARIOUS THINGS AND GET IN TOUCH WITH ME TO GET THE PICTURES UPLOADED TO A CENTRAL LOCATION FOR EVERYONE TO SHARE THE PICS AND GET COPIES OF THEM FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL USE. I FOR ONE WOULD LIKE TO SCRAPBOOK THIS MOMENT IN TIME SO THAT IS THE REASON THAT I AM LOOKING TO DO THIS.

THANKS
MISSY

P.S. IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS COULD YOU PLEASE CALL MY CELL AT 574-361-3068 DURING THIS NEXT WEEK AS I WILL NOT BE ON EMAIL VERY MUCH SINCE I WILL BE MAKING FINAL ARRANGEMENTS AND SUCH GETTING READY FOR THIS FUN DAY!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER ALREADY.

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!!! AND AS ALWAYS PLEASE SHARE THIS INFO WITH ANYONE THAT YOU KNOW IS GOING BUT IS NOT IN THE EMAIL LIST.

FINAL UPDATE TO SWARM

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE (WELL ALMOST)!!! WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON FOR THE CROP!!!

PAYMENTS:
I still have not received payments from Diane Flatt - Stephanie Weaver - Kim Woods. I have contacted these people and was notified that their payments were in the mail to me. As of Tuesday April 7th I have not received these payments, so if they went out in Monday's mail I should still be receiving them this week. If you know these people and their email is not on this list could you please forward the info onto them.


We have received a bigger room than what was originally planned on which will allow us for more leg room I feel!!! Very excited about that one!!!

CONTESTS:
We currently have a contest going on which I am hoping everyone has gotten the information on already. I don't have everyone's email address so if you know anyone that has signed up for the swarm please let them know about this information. Anywhoo, NAME TAG CONTEST is the current one. Please create a unique name tag to win a prize. You don't have to participate if you don't want to but this is the first one that we are hosting. We will be hosting another contest but not until the day of. Information for that contest will be given out around lunchtime.

There will be some other GOODIES in store for the day as well but we don't want to ruin the SURPRISES!!!. We want everyone to have a great time and enjoy yourself as much as we will. We are looking forward to meeting all the new people!!! If you prefer to provide goodies for everyone that is totally up to you personally. Again, don't want to ruin surprises but if you would like to buy something for everyone as a goodie or make something for everyone it is up to you and you would need to provide for 50 people.

FOOD:
**Breakfast: Assorted pastries, coffee, and orange juice (served 9 am)

**Lunch: Ham or turkey sandwiches, fruit, bag of chips or pretzels, cookie, and soda (served at noon)

**Dinner: Fried Chicken, Roasted Potatoes or Rice Pilaf, Rolls and Butter, Seasonal Vegetable, Desert, Soda (served at 5pm)

PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR OWN EXTENSON CORD IN CASE WE RUN OUT FOR YOUR CRICUT MACHINE.

TIME: 9 am till 11 pm April 18th at the Shipshewana Town Center in Shipshewana IN. If anyone needs directions please use MapQuest or contact me and I will do the best I can (not very good at directions which is why I do MapQuest myself)!!!

If there is anything else that you need to ask please email and put SWARM in the subject line. You can contact me at my home email address of dblzng0613@msn.com or work at mgustafson@scopeseating.com. You can also reach me by phone (574) 361-3068.

Thanks for everyone's patience through this first time planning experience and I hope that I have not disappointed or frustrated anyone up to this point!!! I am looking forward to a very fun day!!!

Missy

UPDATE - FINAL PAYMENTS ARE DUE

Final Payments are now due ladies. Please make sure you get your final payments in to me. We have less than 1 month to go before the fun day!!! Please update me as to when your payments have gone out in the mail.

8 Weeks & Counting

OK ladies, here is the weekly update. I will try to do the update on Saturdays as that is the day of the crop!!!

Food will be served at the following times:

Breakfast 9 am
Lunch Noon
Dinner 5 pm

Please see the posts 2 down from this one for the food choices.

I have had someone ask me if they were going to get their own tables. Well at this point I don't quite know how to answer that question. We went there and were told that they had tables to accomodate us "scrappers" So I would assume that we would be able to have 8 ft tables that we are used to but won't know until the day gets here and we are setting it up. I don't like to assume anything but all I can do is go off of what we were told when we went to visit the place.

I hope that answers your question and if someone would like a more definate answer I will do my very best to answer it.

UPDATE TO SWARM/CROP

New Info Follows:

We are very excited and pleased that the number of people that are coming to our Swarm/Crop is 47!!! There are spots for 50 people so if you can find other people to fill those last 3 spots go for it, if not that is perfectly fine as well.

Ok ladies, most everyone has paid for their spot reservation fees with a few exceptions. I am in touch with those ladies now but if you are one of them and have not gotten in touch with me regarding where your spot reservation fee is please email me right away at dblzng0613@msn.com, thanks. Thank you also to the ladies that have paid for the spots in full, that makes it easier on me as time gets closer to the crop :).

Please keep checking back to this blog from this point on as I will be posting all info regarding the Swarm/Crop on my blog for easier access to everyone. You can leave comments here as well.

OK, now for the fun parts, CONTESTS!!!!

First Contest will be a NAME TAG. We would like for everyone who wants to participate in this contest to make a name tag and to be wearing it upon entrance to the Swarm/Crop on the 18th of April. The best one will be voted on by myself and Gretchen and we will award that person a prize between 10 am and 11 am that day. You have from now until the day of the crop to create your name tag.

Remember, if you need any updated information please check this blog as I will be trying to update this once a week from here on in with information. If you need direct contact with me you may either send me an email at dblzng0613@msn.com or you may call my cell phone at 574-361-3068. Gretchen's info is as follows, email is gjsalinas@embarqmail.com or cell at 574-221-1062.

Thanks ladies and we are looking forward to seeing you all!!!

I Swarm

14 hour Scrapbooking Crop
Date: Saturday, April 18

Time: 9 am till 11 pm (that's right 14 hours of scrapping time)

Location: Shipshewana Convention Center
Shipshewana Indiana

Directions: take US-20 East to IN-5 and turn Left at the light. Convention Center will be on your left hand side about 0.9 miles down the road. It is located right next to Wana Waves.

**For anyone that would like to come from farther distance and would like to get a hotel room there is one right next to the convention center called Farmstead Inn. Their website is www.farmsteadinn.com if you would like to make your own accommodations.

Cost: $40.00 per person

Payment Due Date: Please send $5.00 for spot reservation when you sign up to Missy Gustafson 58943 Timber Trail Goshen IN 46528. This fee is non-refundable after February 21. I will accept personal check or money order. If you want to send cash make sure you cannot see it through the envelope. I will post on here once I receive your payment. Final Payment of $35.00 for crop will be due no later than March 21.

LIMITED AVAILABILITY ONLY 50 SPOTS AVAILABLE - RESERVE NOW SO YOU GUARANTEE YOUR SPOT

Food Menu: Food will be catered by Shipshewana Restaurant called the Blue Gate. Authentic Amish cuisine!!!

**Breakfast: Assorted pastries, coffee, and orange juice

**Lunch: Ham or turkey sandwiches, fruit, bag of chips or pretzels, cookie, and soda

**Dinner: Fried Chicken, Roasted Potatoes or Rice Pilaf, Rolls and Butter, Seasonal Vegetable, Desert, Soda

PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR OWN EXTENSON CORD IN CASE WE RUN OUT FOR YOUR CRICUT MACHINE.

There is free Wi-Fi available also to us.

There is a local scrapbooking store that is only a minute down the road from where we will be located. They are very up-to-date on their inventory and have a ton of stock.

There will be a contest with a prize awarded to the best one!!!

LEARNING HOW TO QUILL

I just got a quilling tool at Michael's today for 40% off. Then I started searching the web for ideas on how to quill and found a site that showed you different things you could make. I came up with this card. What do you think?