I held the first Cynful Designs Class last night, out of my home, and it was a Grand Success! Alright! :)

 I planned the event to go from 5pm til 9pm, unsure of how long it would take for the class members to complete the book. Renee, who attended, is well versed in aspects of Scrapbooking type projects, but Judy and Jackie haven’t done this type of thing before, although Judy is pretty much a Master when it comes to tole painting and Jackie has lots of experience making Halloween props for our semi-annual parties :D

 We completed the projects in just 2.5 hours, after socializing for the first half hour and getting settled in. It went so quickly and I was so busy the entire time with my 3 students that I didn’t have time to stop and make the daquiri’s I was planning for our refreshment and enjoyment ;) But we did order our pizza directly following the class and enjoyed a quick viewing of “Rumor Has It”.

Although Renee didn’t get to stay for the entire movie, facing a very long drive home from Burbank to the San Bernadino area, we were able to enjoy a several hours of pre-class Shopping, as she got here mid-morning and we’d planned a full day of shopping and fun before the class, as well :)

 All in all, it was a lot of fun, and I think we’re going to have to do it again really soon! I’m definitely going to have to make the books themselves less expensive ( I used pretty much all the expensive goodies and hardware for this one), because I didn’t break even on the class and materials, between that and picking up the tab for the pizza and potato munchies… but I’ll get there, eventually.  :)

 You can check out photos of our class here:    http://tinyurl.com/3ytcdg