CTMH Convention Day 3...

Old Town Alexandria via water taxi across the Potomac River...

We started with a walk down the National Harbor Pier right outside the Gaylord....

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This is the boat we almost got on but luckily overheard someone asking if this was the water taxi to Old Town Alexandria...it wasn't...lol

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This is our boat....lol

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Our Captain (I hope he's not in the witness protection program....he didn't look too happy about me taking his picture)

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The Gaylord from the pier...

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The bridge coming over to National Harbor....

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Old Town Alexandria....

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Cobble Streets (pardon the modern cards...imagine them as horses...lol)

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The sites.....

Christ Church....George Washington help build this Church

I just love old Churches because they have the cemeteries right there in the yard....

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We worked up a sweat and ate at Ben & Jerry's - they had a bubble machine blowing bubbles out the window...

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I just had to leave a little note on their chalkboard tables....

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A lot of the stores were closed in Old Town due to the HEAT and the electricity being out...I guess everyone was using their air-conditioners and they tripped a wire or something...lol

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Today's Extravaganza Share....

This is my paper wheel I discussed in my class.  For those that weren't there, I take all the current paper packets and have them on a ring...instead of sorting them by paper packet, I sort them by COLOR (most of the time it's the back side of our wonderful B&T Duos)!!!  This way it's easy for me to find B&T that matches the colors I'm working with and for the most part I can remember which paper packet they come from so I go hunt it down.

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On occasion there are papers that I enjoy both of their sides so they're in there twice....once for each color...as in this striped B&T from Cherry-O...it's in there under Tulip....

and Crystal Blue...

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Also, there are instances where I prefer the "correct" side of the B&T vs. the back side...as in Magic Moments...I already have TONS of Sunflower B&T so I chose to use the Indian Corn Blue "correct" side and it's in with my blues....

here's the Sunflower back side....

H2H Recipe Challenge...

Welcome to this week's H2H Challenge...create a recipe card or layout featuring a recipe.

Here's what I'm sharing...it's an oldie!

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Don't forget to play along by going over to the main H2H Blog and linking your project using Mr. Linky.

Also...go on over to the other Design Team Members and see what crafty recipe ideas they've come up with.  You can also check out our Guest DT Member, Jody, and I'm sure she has something AWESOME to share as well.

CTMH Convention Day 2...

On Tuesday, we toured the National Mall and it's surroundings.  We toured the Capitol and walked for MILES!!!  It was a LONG day and I have LOTS of pictures to prove it (bad thing is that these don't even touch what I took...lol)

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Inside the Capitol

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The Declaration of Independence which was particularly touching because we had just celebrated the 4th of July

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Our walk through the tunnel to the Library of Congress...

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I just had to take a picture of this picture because of the COLORS!!!  Color was my class topic that I taught at Extravaganza and these colors were AWESOME (to me)!!!

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It was nice to see the two Bibles that are PROUDLY displayed in the Library of Congress...reminds me that this Country is built on Christian views and it is truly IN GOD WE TRUST!!!!  Photo taking of the Bibles was prohibited due to their light sensitivity but I took a picture of the sign instead...

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The entry way into Thomas Jefferson's Library....

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A picture of the Capitol through a glass ceiling.....

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Me being silly outside the Smithsonian (this was is for my dear DD)....

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What's a girl to do without CUPCAKES!!!  I had to do without these though as I REFUSE to pay $4.50 on a cupcake!!!

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This man is TALENTED!!! He juggled balls and a tennis racket!

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This is the Washington Monument that I tweaked the color a little....again my dear DD asked me about the "stick" and if I took pictures (actually I took about 15...hehehehe)....

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A panoramic view of the White House from afar....

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This is a picture I took of Pam taking a picture of her dad's good friend who gave his life in Vietnam.

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LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this saying!!!

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Now...my little sneak peek of Extravaganza....

This was a favorite amongst all the girls that attended...

My class, as you know, was titled From Color Know-How to Color WOW!!!!

I taught all about color in media, finding color anywhere, adapting those colors to CTMH Exclusive colors and mix and matching our WONDERFUL B&T Duos.

This particular sock collection was all about finding colors in clothing and adapting those colors to our exclusive colors.

Here are some closeups: