I can't tell you how much fun I had at the Inspiration Station in Stafford Springs, Connecticut - it was a small town that reminded me of going home to Wray, Colorado (the town where my grandparents live). Debbie (on the right) owns the beautiful store in a wonderful old building, and hosted me throughout the day - while Donna helped me get ready for class. Debbie's Mom, Lu, had a pot of soup and buffet of sandwiches lined up for me - to keep me going during all the coloring! Lu took me upstairs to the break room and made sure I ate - I felt quite taken care of!
The store had a great classroom area at the back of the building - and we passed the rainy day away, watercoloring and colored penciling.
Debbie had some clever display ides - I loved the dishes of stamps and samples on the displays!
And trays of Halloween stamps and cards! Look at the ravens in among the ideas!
Best part?
Donna's class samples! Donna teaches a lot of classes there and boy is she an amazing talent! Look at the C956 Sledding Bear - what a fun card!
This greeting - sprayed with various colored mists was so eye-catching, I kept picking it up and showing it to everyone! After spraying out her background, Donna simply stamped the D1277 Tree Border in black on top. So fast and awesome!
All is Calm, All is Bright.
It sure is!
Wouldn't you love to receive this card in the mail? Donna did some simple watercoloring over the E1805 Autumn Tree Landscape...
...and then added the B1301 All is Calm stamp in the sky.
Note that the stamp has a star mounted on the side - bonus!
A neat variation on the E1801 Haunted Mansion stamp - with the Autumn Tree Landscape too! Donna works wonders with her backgrounds!
Debbie helped every customer throughout the day - and passed mini cheesecake bites and homemade thin mint cookies out to everyone (Donna shared with me her secret recipe for the thin mints).
If you're in their neck of the woods, be sure and stop in at the Inspiration Station - a jewel of a store!
It was such a pleasure to meet you Dave! I learned oodles of tricks for my colored pencils in your class! Thanks so much for taking the time to head out here to New England! I'm looking forward to your next visit! :D
Posted by: Kimberly Gajewski | September 28, 2011 at 07:08 PM