The first time I
met one of my online friends (or imaginary friends
if you ask my 5yo son) was just over two years ago.
Linda was traveling with her daughter to a
conference at a convention center about 45 minutes
from my house. Thrilled at the idea of getting
to meet her, I spent some time on the computer
searching out scrap stores in that area and mapping
several of them.
When she climbed in
my truck, it was like we had been friends for years
instead of just six months of hanging online together.
We yapped and giggled the miles away to the first
store. I am a bit spoiled living within 15
minutes from eight different scrap retail options.
Linda, on the other hand, lives two hours from even a
Target scrap isle. We pounced on a variety of
items in the first store both making several
purchases.
As we headed to the
next store, the Chicago weather started to dump a
load of snow on us. I asked Linda if she
wanted to head back to the warmth of her hotel, but
she just giggled at me. Apparently a Chicago
snow is a dusting compared to an International Falls
storm. So, we pressed on hunting for the second
store. Several phone calls and several corn
fields later, we managed to find the best hidden
scrap store. An amazing selection and we both
fell in love with papers from a company we were not
familiar with--Reminisce. We did not choose
the same papers as our styles and current projects
were different, but this company had something for
each of us.
After a lunch of
sandwiches as big as a plate and pie slices so warm
that they melted the ice cream perfectly, we stomped
through several inches of snow to head to the final
store. Linda peeked in our bags from the first
store and laughed as she found we both purchased
Reminisce there, too. It was no surprise to
either of us to find ourselves adding more to our
collection in store three.
It was the perfect
afternoon--a new friend, a new scrap company, and
sandwich leftovers that could feed me for days.
My local stores now carry Reminisce and I smile and
think of Linda when I add some to my basket.
This month, our
Showroom column features two of their new lines
and I love what our designers did with these beach
inspired papers. I picked up a few items
recently and scrapped the page below in just 10
minutes. Gotta love that!
Here's hoping you
meet an online friend soon for a great day,
I Love by Dora
Phillips. Supplies: Paper, Stickers:
Reminisce, Pen: Sharpie.
Journaling: Swim
lessons for Teddy. He did a good back
float until he got soggy. Of course, he
had an excellent swim coach!
