Tonight my Creating Outside the Book Art Group got together for some holiday cheer. We had such a FUN filled night filled with laughter, good food and AMAZING gifts!!! There was quite a bit of pouting that was going on because we played that famous gift exchange game where people can steal your gift. I got stolen from THREE TIMES...AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVED all three of my gifts before they were stolen from me...I was sooooo bummed everytime.
First, I stole Kathren's homemade journal and apron from Alcia. But, someone stole that from me. So, then I opened a new gift from under the tree and it was Alma's beautiful JOY wall hanging. I LOVED this because it had a photo of all of us with a precious message on the back. But, no, this got stolen from me, too. Then, I opened my third gift. Which was a beautiful angel girl painting from Kat. It was AMAZING and I tried to hide it. But, Alicia stole it from me. Pay back from me stealing from her to begin with. :-(
BUT, I ended up with a beautiful sign from Cyndi that says 'You are beautiful!' And I have it sitting up in my art studio right now.
Here are a bunch of photos from the night. ENJOY! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
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| Me and our classy host, Alma, and crazy Gaye in the background! LoL. |
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| Elena and Alicia |
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| Peggie, Cynthia & Kathren |
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| Me and our AMAZING leader, Elena |
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| The fuzzy gang...LOL! Too much wine! |
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| Peggie is happy with her new gift! |
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| Peggie getting her gift stolen away! Pouter #1! |
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| Artwork by Cyndi. This is what I eventually ended up with. :-) |
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| Elena opened my gift. She loves it because it has 'charity wings' on it! :-) |
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| Elena and my artwork |
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| Elena and my artwork |
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| Original artwork by Cynthia |
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| Alicia stole my artwork from Elena |
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| Alma's amazing JOY wall hanging (that got stolen from me!) |
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| Kathren's homemade apron and journal book (that also got stolen from me!) |
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| ...and Kat's beautiful angel girl painting that ALSO got stolen from me!!! MAJOR POUT! |
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| BUT, here is Cyndi's beautiful artwork that I finally ended up with. :-) |
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| Alicia's homemade canvas |
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| Gaye's homemade santa |
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| Anne and her homemade painting |
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| Robin is now the new owner of my art canvas :-) |
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| Original artwork by Anne Corazza |
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| Kat's new homemade art piece and the creator, Robin |
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| Original artwork by Kat Baker |
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| Original art journal by Kathren Darmody |
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| Kat and I |
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| The gang at dinner |
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| Original artwork (front) by Alma Buehlmaier |
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| Original artwork (back) by Alma Buehlmaier |
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| Alicia admiring my gift from Kat. She is NOT going to steal this from me, is she? |
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| Yep, she is...I am NOT happy! My third precious gift stolen from me! Pouter #2! |
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| Original homemade scarf and canvas by Cynthia Ellis |
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| Alma's AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL Christmas tree! |
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| The step children |
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| Kat with Alicia's homemade art canvas |
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| The whole gang! |
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| The three amigos |
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| Silly face time...hey, how come Gaye and I are the only ones doing it?! |
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| Alicia and Kathren's homemade apron and art journal |
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| Alma trying to stop Elena from stealing. LOL. |
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| The gang with our original artwork |
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| Robin and her beautiful homemade photo and canvas frame |
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| Alma and Elena xoxo |
