I’m SUPER excited to announce that I’ve been chosen as a Michaels Makers for the 2nd year in a row. Yep, I get to work with the Michaels Stores doing amazing projects for the next year! Not only do I get to be a Michaels Makers (along with many extremely talented bloggers) but they started the first ever Michaels Makers summit. The Summit consisted of a fabulous 3 days of visiting the Napa Valley, seeing the beautiful surroundings and meeting everyone involved with Michaels Makers!! AND let’s not forget the beautiful decor, food and CRAFTING!!! You’ve got to check out all the pictures.
But, the MOST FABULOUS part of this is…
Michael’s and Creativebug are offering you FREE access to the Creativebug classes until August 22! Michaels has teamed up with Creativebug® to bring you four video classes, free for a limited time and specially selected to do what we learned at this year’s Summit. Hurry, classes are only free until August 22! Click here for all the details. They have an incredible line-up of classes. The four classes are: weaving, watercolor, paper flowers and image transfers.
First up at the Summit was a welcome dinner held at Farmstead at Long Meadow Ranch. This beautiful organic farm is located in the heart of Napa Valley.
Delicious food and the sweetest group of friends!
The next couple of days events were held at a hilltop location. Check out the beauty…
Our welcome entrance.
Each of us attended 4 different crafting classes
· Watercolor with Yao Cheng. She is a watercolor artist and designer known for her simple, bright and expressive watercolor style.
· Paper flowers with Livia Cetti. She is a renowned floral and still-life stylist, as well as a premiere paper-flower artist.
· Weaving with Annabel Wrigley. She teaches more than a dozen classes on Creativebug, ranging from weaving to kids sewing.
· Image transfers with Courtney Cerruti. She works at Creativebug, in addition to teaching dozens of classes on the site.
Jen and Destiny
My sweet roomie, Kara from Kara’s Party Ideas.
Kara, Jen from Tatertos & Jello, me and Jen from The Project Girl
The cutie blogger Crystal, from A Pumpkin and A Princess
Last stop on the way to the airport!
Thank you Michaels for an incredible event that blew me and everyone else away!! The details, crafting, food, friendship, decor were completely awe inspiring!
Michael’s has added even more bloggers to the MM team! You’ll want to check out all 50 of this year’s Makers, our blogs and bios are here! Please feel free to follow along throughout the year and create your very own projects by sharing on Instagram using #MadeWithMichaels.
Wow! I need to visit Napa Valley. Love all your pictures. Such a great honor to be asked to work with Michaels Stores.