Last year Stephanie Smokovich, owner of Bella Blvd, reached out and asked me to teach at year TEN of She Loves Color in Brookfield, Wisconsin!
This was my 3rd time teaching at this big & fun event!
I flew into Milwaukee and caught a glimpse of Chicago on the descent. The fall colors were beautiful.
I mean right?! So pretty!
I dropped my suitcases off in my room then headed down to check out the event space.
The first couple days were warm & sunny.
Walkway connecting the hotel to the conference center.
Beautiful.
This is the hallway of the ginormous conference center.
Checking out the shop.
Stephanie brought in Very Merry Christmas! So fun to see it "in the wild."
One of each please!
Fun photo ops everywhere.
Stephanie and Nimly took the educators out to dinner.
Lisa Fonseca is about 8 days younger than me so we celebrated turning 40 earlier this year :)
Back at the event it was time for the First Look for everyone to check out what we'd be making in class, pick up a freebie, and look through my example scrapbook.
Staci Julian was the keynote speaker.
Oh hey Courtney and Cheri (and Cynthia!)! Long time no see! Actually, it had only been 2 weeks since Texas - so fun to see them again so soon!
The next day was Friday and my turn to teach all day!
We made 4 layouts in class, there were instructions and templates/cut files for 2 more bonus pages, and then I made 1 more page the day before the event for the First Look Freebie but I didn't have time to take pics or write instructions - AND there was still stuff leftover in the kit!!
Working away!
I taught three 2.5 hour classes on Friday then had all day Saturday off.
Pics with my peeps!
Thank you so much to my volunteers - I couldn't do this without them!
For dinner I went with Lisa and Katey to a yummy pizza place.
Deep dish for the win!
That evening was the ice cream social and scrappy Jeopardy.
She made pants with stickers of my face in pink all over them for the Pink Pages team. So hilarious.
I hung out with Lisa and Inessa Persekian from my Design Team all night and whenever I could on Saturday! They're so fun and sweet.
We got lunch together on Saturday.
Then we went to Michaels because Lisa needed more thread.
Fun to see this heart full of hearts representing how many years people have attended She Loves Color.
Stephanie giving the closing remarks.
All the Designer Day and She Loves Color Educators.
There were over 300 people in attendance. Wow. Just wow!
Time flies when you're having fun and year 10 of She Loves Color was no exception! SO MUCH FUN!
And guess what?!? I am planning an in-person event here in Colorado with Lisa in February 2026!! STAY TUNED FOR DETAILS!
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