And the moment I've been waiting for . . .

It was back in December just before New Years Eve when we were driving home from Christmas vacation . . . the roads were super sleek and very icy! So, to keep my mind off the road conditions I started to write my essay for my Spellbinders submission. I don't know what I was more focused on . . . writing my essay or watching Joe pass car after car upside down in the ditch. As the miles passed by and the hours in the truck became endless, the words just started flowing. By the time we got home my essay was complete . . . now the FUN began to gather up some creations for the rest of my submission. Here's part of what I submitted to them . . .
February 1st rolls around . . . I can remember waking up that morning thinking that TODAY is the day, Finalists will be announced! When I opened that email from Spellbinders I was honored to see that I was one of the "24" finalists . . . YIPPEE!!! After seeing my name amongst such a talented list of ladies I knew that my final project needed to be my BEST-EST! Surprisingly, my LO didn't take me forever and day to complete, it fell together very quickly and became one of my favorite LOs EVER!

Fast forward to this week . . . I've been sick for days, my voice was finally starting to come back. I definitely needed a little pick-me-up! Thursday morning, as I was just picking up by SB dies after a couple days of being crafty and thinking about a new way to organize and store them . . . my phone rang, seeing that it was an Unknown Caller . . . I instantly thought it was Kaitie calling from school. To my surprise it was Stacey and Kim calling from London . . . asking me to be a part of the 2010-2011 Spellbinders Design Team. I was S-P-E-E-C-H-L-E-S-S and still am!!!

The announcement was made here this morning . . . I'm so looking forward to the retreat in April and getting the chance to know each and every one of the ladies on that list. Congratulations to all of you!!!

Thanks,