Scrapbooking+State Fair=Big Bucks

I told my husband that he can no longer complain that my scrapbooking doesn't "payout"! I explained to him that I got a check from the Iowa State Fair for my ribbons, his face lit up excited to hear what this was all about. I then told him that my $8.00 check would be going to more supplies and he better not disagree! He just started to laugh and said that would be fine! I am not making fun, it is very nice that the ribbons get payout, I just didn't know they did so it made me chuckle when I saw this.

However, Memory Bound in Ankeny did generously donate gift certificates to the winners as well...so I do feel like my scrap booking paid out a bit! Despite what my husband says or thinks! :)

I am including to this post a few of my favorite pics from this years trip to the Iowa State Fair. It was fun but boy it was HOT!

An Explanation for State Fair Goers

I had mentioned in yesterdays post that I hadn't placed at the fair over the past few years so I almost gave up. It seemed like every year I was trying new things to impress the judges and do what they "seemed" to like the year before. Well, when I went to pick the pages up from the fair office, and the nice lady told me congrats as she handed me my $8.00 check (funny I know) and said, "You know it is really hard to get ribbons in the scrap booking category at the fair." She then went onto explain that they have different judges every year, so for those of us who have been trying year after year to "please" the judges this could be why we are not getting it right! Those weren't her exact words, but you get my point. I know that I have talked to a lot of you about what do you think that they want from your pages and what to enter. So my advice to all of you is to just be real, do what you like, and maybe next year you will get lucky like I did and appeal to the judges!

Catch Up Post

Serioulsy? My last post was June 2010 - that is not good! I guess that means that I have had one busy summer - time to catch up.

Well I got Owen's Room almost finished - close enough. I will post photos I promise.

I was really getting on to blog about an exciting scrapbook adventure that I just took. Well anyone that grew up in Iowa knows that the first part of August is FAIR time in Des Moines! So even thought I was a little reluctant to enter anything into this years scrapbooking competition (mainly due to my not placing in the last couple of years) I did go ahead and entered three pages and as luck would have it I got two ribbons! I got a red (second place) and a white (third place). I am so pumped and a lesson learned that one should never give up.

They may be pages that I have posted before so I aplogiz for any duplication, but I really wanted to share with you my pages.

I received a white ribbon this page...it is one of my favorites.



Here is my second place pages.