Weekend in the Rockies

We are back from visiting our friends from The Scrap Yard in the Great White North!  The scrap event was held at Nokoda Guest Lodge about an 1 1/2 outside of Calgary, Canada.  Lori put on a great event for her customers.  The food was terrific, lots of prizes (even an iPad2 was given away!), and she had every machine in "scrapbooking world" there for the ladies to use plus tons of cartridges.  What a set up.

Deb took just a few pictures walking over to the classroom one morning.  Even though there was so much snow out, it wasn't that cold and every building was so very warm. 

This is where we stayed

And just up a wooden board walk was a big conference center where the almost 24 hour a day scrappin' was going on and where we taught the classes.

We were teaching the MY TEN class...apparently there are 110+ pieces in the kit and we made 42 cards when we finally finished.  I wanted to show this picture from Valery's blog that shows her drawer.

What you might not see in the first picture is that she used a TH Memo Pin and a red clock, that is an extra piece in the kit to decorate her bottle.  Love that!

So we had to take this picture of ONE persons table (they shall remain nameless, but we did ask for permission to take the picture).  All we could say was WOW! I have never seen this kind of set up at a crop before...she even had a sewing machine at the end of her table. WOW, WOW, WOW!

There is a lake right behind the Lodge for boating in the summer but right now it's covered with a sheet of snow and ice.

Friends of ours, Anne Marie and Anita drove the 2 1/2 hours from Lethbridge to come to the morning class.  I suppose that is not too far considering they flew to Phoenix for the Advent class last November.  Anyway, we were happy to see them, as well as many of the ladies from the Scrap Yard that we met last year and new faces. 

We did have a few hours off on Saturday so our friend Purcel drove us up to Banff (a place I have always wanted to go).  It was a beautiful drive, so relaxing, great conversation, and a beautiful destination. 

The Banff Springs Hotel

Purcel took us on a tour of the hotel and grounds...what a lovely adventure.
One of the big dining rooms was set up for a dinner.  The stained glass windows have a crest and flower that represents each of the Provinces of Canada.

  The back of the hotel that looks out to the valley.  All the big windows are restaurants with fabulous views of the river valley below (and in summer, a golf course).

 There were even lots of people in the pool!

 Look at the bathroom doors...how cute is that?

 What a great day...teaching and a great day trip to the Canadian Rockies...who could ask for more?

Thanks to Lori for inviting us again and being a great host and friend.   And of course all the ladies who came... Lynn, Marilyn, Lucie, Pam, Monica, Reesa, Valery, Linda, and Melinda, Anne Marie and Anita...just to name a few.
And just an extra note for Pam... Remember, you cannot re-ink your Distress Stain Stamp pad with Alcohol ink even if it is the same color.