A Couple of Things

oohhhh ahhhhh pretty!!! Did you need a little eye candy today?!?! Happy Tuesday CHICAS!! Not too much exciting going on today...just a couple of things I wanted to let you know:





{FIRST} If you are having trouble viewing the videos, follow this link to my account and that will take you to ALL ELEVEN!!!

http://www.youtube.com/user/danellecurtis1





{SECOND} I have a VERY special treat for you this week!! Have you noticed that SLOWLY but surely our blog is getting little lifts and tweaks (I feel Like a "Real Housewife of OC!!")?!?! Well I have recruited some help from a girl who is quickly becoming very near and dear to my {HEART}...and I will be introducing her to you all VERY soon in the form of the Attic Blogs VERY FIRST Guest Blogger!!! SAAAWWEEEEETTT!!! Having guest bloggers was DEF up there on my list of things I wanted to bring to you and I am sooo pumped for you to meet her. She is sooo very talented and I can't wait to hear what she has in store for us!!! So check back MUCHO for that one ;) Here's is your {hint} on who that guest blogger might be...

{THIRD}
I am working on a little Poll (on the right hand sidebar). Krazy Kate has requested YOUR feedback on our Ganza games to make sure we are giving you GALS what you want at our events!! We would greatly appreciate if you could take a minute to vote on your FAVES that would be FAAHHHBULOUS!!!

talk.at.you.soon.besos.besos.dc

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Did you have a {LOVELY} day??? I sure did...as I type this I am sitting in a hotel room while my husband snoozes away! See my dedication!?!? i meant to get this uploaded before we left for our little bday/vday/anniversary trip but as usual--LIFE HAPPENED and I just didn't get to it as soon as I would've liked. But I promised myself that I would get it done before I went to sleep so here I am!! I hope you LOVE your fourth video (this week is actually in 3 parts!) as much we do!!!
besosbesos, dc <3

COMPUTERS AHHHHHH!!!! :(

JUST FOR THE RECORD - I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET THIS POST "POSTED" ALLLLL WEEK LONG - BUT THERE WERE SOOOOO MANY PHOTOS THAT I'VE HAD TO START OVER !! I'LL POST ALL THE PHOTOS LATER WHEN I HAVE MY PATIENCE BACK!!! :)

WHOOOO!!! WOOOWWEEEE!! What a whirlwind of a weekend!! :)

I FINALLY JUST NOW had time to sit and watch the video and read all of DC's posts - that girl ROCKS!! I truely LOVE HER.....LOVERLY her LONG time! ;) I'm SOOOO glad that GOD and SCRAPBOOKING brought her into MY (our!) lives!!! aren't you!?! THIS is how the blog was MEANT to be allllll along!! THIS is how i envisioned the blog being for YOU, allllll this time - there just aren't enough HOURS, IDEAS or ENERGY in MY day to make it happen - I will FOREVER be in debt to you my DC!!I love you to BITS!! :) (remember the HUG that IIIII initiated!!!) ;;;;;)

Okay - so - let me give you a quick run down of the weekend - from MY point of view!!

*MIGHT have been the best one yet!?!? Do we say that every time?!?! I think we do - but HOPEFULLY it just keeps getting better!! (although MISSY - we have NOT gotten an email from you YET, so i'm not sure now!?!?) The emails, phone calls and comments on facebook and here are SOOOOO very much appreciated!!! It's so hard to KNOW if you're enjoying yourself, having a good time, accomplishing a lot, etc - especially when there are 200 women in the room- so it's GREAT to get feedback!!!

YES, we have addressed the wireless Internet issues with the hotel, they were having "technical difficulties" - NOT something that is permanent - things are fine now!!

Snacks - whatd you think!?!? I think it went well - we had nothing left over (always a good sign!) Soda - had some left over - will re-evaluate the amount of Pepsi vs. Diet DP next time!!

MORE chips for nachos next time too!!!! But - the jalapenos lasted ALL WEEKEND LONG!! (although with more chips they probably would not have!)

I missed almost ALL the games this time for some reason!??! Kate always did them when I was gone, making a run to the store, or busy doing other things.......like getting an IMPORTANT MUST HAVE massage from JULIE and TamERA!! I'm SO excited - i actually treated myself to a massage AND a pedicure this weekend - first time for THAT!!

We did have a few minor little "oopsies", but nothing that we couldn't handle - and i think everyone was understanding and cooperative of it! All of our vendors were awesome!! Seriously- i think this might have been the best one yet!! It's so nice to have so many fun and DIFFERENT vendors!! It's nice to take a break from doing your favorite thing, to stop and do your OTHER favorite thing - if you know what i mean?!?!

Here is a picture of one of the winners of our Altered Challenge!!! Chollet's LOVE block(s) are ADORABLE! LOVE THEM!!

And, now a time for a long list of Thank You's!! (before i even begin, i'm SURE i will forget a LOT of people, i've had a running list in my mind alllll weekend long, and i'm cursing myself now for not writing it down.)!!

*YOU!! For making it allllll worth it!! Whether this was your first Ganza, 8th Ganza, never been to Ganza, would like to go to Ganza, couldn't go to Ganza,.....no matter WHO you are - thank you FOR being there!! For the NEED for this type of event, it takes YOU!! And we are SO thankful for that!!!

*My Girls!! Renee, Krusty, DL, Smyers, Kate and Dana!! There is NO WAY on this EARTH that we could make this all happen without your help!! ALL of us together bring our own piece of the puzzle, and it wouldn't be complete without YOU!! Renee and DL for holding down the fort while we're "slaving' away at cag!" ;) Thank you for coming up in the evening to mingle, help out and give us a break for a little bit!! Thank you for coming up with the CAG theme this time, the shirt design, helping with the Raffle ideas (keeping me in check!), helping with the table tents (krusty!), for bringing your kids up late into the night on Thursday to help finish set up!! Thank you for spending your entire weekend exclusively with Crop*A*Ganza!! Kate - you re the best - there is NO way CAG would be as much fun as it is without YOU! REALLY!! (not that i have to convince you of that!)...but really - to get up there time and time again, and sometimes not always get the reaction or energy that you're hoping for - is hard!! And you do it over and over again!! I SINCERELY LOVE YOU!!!! Thank you!!! Dana - you are an ANGEL sent from heaven!! (i can soooo see her eyes rolling now!)....but seriously - Dana - if you weren't there to call "may day" to time and time again - I might need to be heavily medicated during these events!! You re always so calm, cool and collected, and you ALWAYS accomplish every mission PERFECTLY!!! Everything from the temperature in the room, electrical issues, FOOD runner, ICE!! You're the best!! THANK YOU!!!

To my wonderful Hubby - words can't thank you enough!!!!!!!!!!! YOU are awesome!! WE LOVE YOU!!!!

Danelle - thank you SO much for all your blogging and interviewing - i know that you were there for YOURSELF this weekend, and that's one of the things that makes you soooo good at what you do - you LOVE scrapbooking.....and Lfox, your sidekick - we love you too, thanks for being YOU!

Our next Ganza Event is scheduled for September 10-12th!! Registration opens SATURDAY APRIL 3rd!! (yes, we realize that THIS is Easter Weekend....we do take registration over the phone if you're out of town!) It is my GOAL to have the registration form up on the website, blog and in the store by March 1st!! HOLD ME TO IT!!!

OH - for those that were wanting the recipe for Jana's yummy mix here it is!!
1 Box Reese's cereal
1 box chocolate Chex
1 box corn Chex
1 bag peanut butter chips
1 bag Reese's pieces
pretzels (optional)

Alicia's Back, Back Again...Tell a Friend

Just call me Slim Shady!!!! Two days in a row I am posting this week...wooohooo! I'm telling you- not getting all of my BEAUTY sleep this weekend has REALLY taken it's toll this week. Are you all feeling the same!?! I imagine!! Our employers are going to figure out that we are less productive the week after a scrapbooking weekend and put a BAN on them!! heehehe! We'd all have to quit then, right?? Cause we are NOT giving them up. I always tell my mr. curtis that these weekends are what keep me SANE!! I HAVE to have them. He pretty much just goes with it!! I know he LOVES having all four girls to himself all weekend long! ha! So speaking of crop weekends...are you all going to Crop Camp??? Well, Alicia (one of the head honchos of that group) is back again to share with us more tips for organizing your space...however big or small...ANNNDDD helping us to pack for our next weekend crop.

I LOVE that we have soo many different getaways available to us now. Remember the days when having a few friends over on a Friday night was the ONLY way to get together! MAN how times have changed for the BETTAH!!! There is something going on almost every month now!! Sorry Heath!! :) So Enjoy Miss ADay's third vid.... (did you notice I have learned to "embed" them into the blog aka show the picture not just the link!?!?---and the screen is PINK {squeal!!} besosbesos, dc

Do You MISSSS MEEE??

Cause I miss you all!! And NOOO I haven't forgotten about you or our BLOG... I have just had life goin on the last few days since getting home from GAH-NZA. I STILL have this week's ORGANIZATIONAL WEBLOG to post...and I VOW to get to that soon!! The response to our videos has been A-MAZING!! We have 1,000 hits on you tube already!! CRAZY!! I have people messaging me now from all over the country wonderin what ScrapFunattic is all about! I tell them it is THE place to be for fun, scrapbooking, and friendships. And after this weekend that description sums it all up for me. What about you guys? Are you feeling the Attic LOVE?? We surely hope so!!

If you haven't done so already, check out the Blog-WALK videos my crew (aka l.fox) and I shot on Saturday of Ganza!! It is a FUN one!!! Click the video link on the sidebar to find that. But *beware* as I have said before...I am new to my little Flip camera so my vids are a "little" all over the place (Renee said her preggers tummy could hardly take it!!). The quality is SURE to improve the more I use it so please just BEAR with!!!! or is it BARE??? not sure!

If you are needing a little CAG fix to tide you over til I can get all of the pics sorted (I'm putting together a weekend wrap up video for YOU!!!) you can follow this link to my personal blog. Do any of you have blogs?? Send us the links to CAG posts if soo---we would LOVE to read all about your weekends as well!!!

**ALSO, if you have any pics from this weekend that you want added to the video PLEASE email them to me hdcurtis@cox.net by Friday night and I will get them included. The more the merrier and a big THANK YOU to Danielle V. for being the photography girl this past weekend!! Great shots!!

Also, I am planning on posting some of the layouts I did this weekend so if you want to send a few pics of your faves I can add those too!!!

be.talkin.to.ya.soon.besos.besos.dc.

CAG Spotlight #4 and Organizational Update!!

Sharla you didn't think I would forget you did I?!?! I am soo sorry it has taken me all day to post this!! Ladies...I want to introduce you to SHARLA BOYD!!! Sharla was our CAG Partylite Candle and 2 Sisters Gourmet rep this weekend!! and she is the NICEST!! Here are the questions she answered for me today....

• This is her 2nd year of cropping at GaNzA but her FIRST year to be a vendor for us!
• She completed 13 layouts as of the time of our interview...not as many as last year but great considering the fact that she was a working woman this weekend!!
• Her "GO TO" products while cropping are glue dots and she LOVES her Glue Glider (a CAG discovery!!)
• She has been scrapbooking for 7 or 8 years when her friend Dawn Hungate got her started at a Creative Memories party! Way to go Dawn!
• Sharla and her family live in Bel Aire
• and the MILLION $$$ Question...if you could do ONE thing in 2010, what would it be???

her answer... "Lose the 30 pounds I have left over from pregnancy with my son Gabe."

You can do it girl!! It was great meeting you and I LOVED how excited you were with your prize!! PRICELESS!!

ANNNNDDDD a couple more announcements....

Thanks to all of you BLOGSTALKERS out there! Your comments kept me rolling along and we are sooo glad you are all enjoying all of the new things the blog has for you!!! There are MANY inspiring things still to come so stay posted and get your friends involved!! The more the BETTAH!!!

A BIG thank you goes out to our awesome Vendors both new and returning. GREAT job! Also the biggest thanks of all goes to you aour CROPPERS!! We hope you are feeling INSPIRED (not too tired!) and ready to scrap 2010 away with us!! You are truly the BESTEST (me spell check LOVES this word!) and none of this would be possible without your support!! MUUUAAAAHHH!

In case you are a WONDERIN' stay tuned to FB and the bloggity for info on our September CAG registration coming in April. You won't want to miss out on the fun! CROP AND ROLL!!! Rush out now and get yourself a pair of Shandra Hatfield's ROCKIN guitar sunglasses at Party City!

...if you are diligently checking for our weekly Organizational WebCast with Alicia Day...have no fear...I have it in my hot little hand...BUT you are gonna have to wait ONE MORE DAY for it cause I am off to unpack, snuggle with my little girlies, and pray for a SNOW DAY tomorrow!!

besosbesos, d-to-the-c

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CONGRATS to our NEW table buddy KRISTIN McEntire she was the FIRST to post on our blog race just now and she won the circle cutting system!!!! How SWEET!! It was so nice to meet you girls (Kristin, Angie, and Penny!!!) see you in September for sure!!! And THANKS for constantly refreshing and listening to my RAMBLES!!! besosbesos, dc

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