artistic journey to alaska…

this was nothing short of a trip of a lifetime for me. no matter how much i write, words cannot capture the experience this artistic journey to alaska was for me. alaska was everything i had hoped it would be, every photo, brochure, tv program i had ever seen on alaska could not do justice to seeing it in real life – amazing! i was able to share this adventure with 200 of my new friends – you all were incredible! thank you so much for taking a chance and signing up for this artistic journey not even knowing a single project we would be doing or what was in store. i sincerely appreciate all of you, and enjoyed spending time sharing our creativity with each and every one of you. the workshops were so much fun for me as well – to see each of you taking what you were learning and following your own creative bliss and believing to "embrace imperfection" was inspiring to experience. i hope that each of you enjoyed your artistic journey to alaska with me and once again, thank you from the bottom of my heart…
i am so thankful for my team (mario, michele, karen/keychain, and sharon) aboard the ship. each of you by far went above and beyond to make sure everything went off without a hitch – thank you, thank you, thank you! from the prepping, kitting, and organizing 5 different classes for 200 students, taught 4 times each day (over 1000 kits) and seeing that each detail was taken care of was nothing short of perfection. jim & steve from scrapmap made this journey entirely stress free and helped out during every single class, event, and made sure every request made by anyone in our group was taken care of throughout the week, and jaci for seeing that everything was in order before we even stepped on the ship – talk about going above and beyond! in my opinion scrapmap is clearly the only way to go! and finally to all of the support i received from ranger, advantus and the numerous companies that supplied products & giveaways for the classes – we had tons of great products to play with and create with.
one of the best things about this journey was the fact that all of us had a chance to create while we were at sea, yet explore, experience, and enjoy every port throughout our adventure. so i wanted to share a few of the photos of some of the amazing scenery we experienced and the projects i taught. i am putting together a video blog of our artistic journey to alaska to post later this week, but for now it’s time to unpack – so enjoy…t!m