Cindy pulled it off once again.............Glitter Retreat 2017 went off without a hitch ( except for the first morning I forgot to put the coffee in the pot).......Anyway it was the best Glitter Retreat yet!!!!! We had gals from several states including 5 from California, New Jersey, Georgia, Texas and the rest from Oklahoma! What a great group of gals to spend the weekend with to create, laugh, talk, eat ,create new friendships that will last forever and memories to take us far! So here are a few of the 400 photos I took while the weekend was going on........
The retreat theme was all about "Queen Girdie", Crowns, Royalty ........our famous artist Angie came up with our own Girdie you will see every where....... the original Girdie manniquin is dressed kinda sorta like the artwork........Below is a photo of "Queen Girdie" on the cutest little pencil bag Cindy had made for each of the girls the first morning. Our friend Jamie Palerino made these adorable bags.....so everything you see has our original Queen Girdie artwork by Angie!! ( check out the zipper....it has a crown charm and a little bedazzled on the crown)
All these happy faces on the first morning........they were all ready for Angie's Crown class after a delicious breakfast Cindy prepared of Raspberry french toast and fruit........
What a fun class and what a way to start retreat with a Crown!!!!! Let me just insert this little bit of Oklahoma Weather while this class was going on........the weather we knew was coming from reports all week long that it was going to be a little sketchy on friday, and sure enough it was showing off ......we all made it to the store dripping wet and while these gals were making crowns it was coming a flood all over the metro area with high winds that snapped some poles on one of our main streets....but thankfully we did not loose power .
They broke for lunch and headed upstair to the Paper Crown attic all decked out with flowers and teacups all over.......
If you have ever been to Glitter Retreat you all know that the decorations change for each meal.......it's always transformed into beautiful themed decorations and goodies to take home! The flower and teacup lunch was set up with a package of Oklahoma Salmon Zinna packet of seeds and Paper Crown baseball hats to wear out in the sun while you are planting the seeds......
How cute are these two with their caps on.....
While the girls were having lunch our SPECIAL Guest teacher Jenn was downstairs preparing for her unbelievable doll class........these girls were in for the most incredible class ...they were all in for a treat!
Because of the weather conditions the planned field trip was cancelled.........so we had a couple other options for the girls to do before the afternoon class started!
Jenn had already sculpted the face and body for each girls.......so the legs arms crown and swan were left to them to do.......
I hate to say it but while Jenn was teaching I was upstairs so I don't have to many photos of the sculpting that was going on......but I do know these gals did an incredible job ! Jenn is a very patient, fun, easy going type of teacher and makes you feel comfortable.........everyone did their own thing whether it had a crown or cowboy hat they all were so different...the end result is what is AMAZING.......these girls were so lucky to have this sweet talented Jenn to teach them her adorable sculpting magic! We had to break Jenn's class into to days because of the clay had to be baked for them to add the paint and dressing up these little gems.....and they did on day two which will have to be tomorrows blog post......
Treats all weekend..........
the dolls before they are baked and painted......
Like I said while Jenn's class was going on this is what was happening upstairs.......to be continued tomorrow!!!!!
Happy Monday and I hope everyone who attended arrived home safe ............
Every pic I've seen feels like a treasure moment with all of you. Thanks so much for sharing and recording the event. What a great group! Success!
PS..when I saw the power lines down on May Ave. I was concerned you were affected. Cancelled outing wasn't so bad then.
Posted by: Carla Henderson | 04/25/2017 at 02:52 PM
aww thanks, jackie! it was a pure GIFT to spend the weekend with y'all! you gals are absolutely amazing... everything you do is so full of thought, creativity and love. so happy to have these photos (and special mementos) to remember our special time together:) xoxx
Posted by: noodle and lou | 04/24/2017 at 10:33 PM
Wow! It all looks so amazing--but I'm not surprised. I will not miss the next retreat--I get a brand new knee next Tuesday--so I'll be a little more mobile and hopefully in much less pain.
Jackie, thanks for posting the pictures--can't wait to see more!!
Posted by: Debbie Musick | 04/24/2017 at 10:02 PM
Everything looks first class as usual. Love the heart name tags and the tables upstairs looked so neat. I am really impressed with the dolls. They are all so neat and fabulous!!!! Look forward to seeing more pics. Wish I could have been there. Thanks, Jackie, for posting pics. Always look forward to your blog.
Posted by: Sharon K. (Kansas friend) | 04/24/2017 at 08:22 AM