So. You Guys -

I was thrilled to have the opportunity to share some tips on all things journaling

at the Becoming Conference

[ #BecomingConf ] at Lake Junaluska at the end of July -

It's such a great conference -

a weekend designed to encourage and inspire women to live intentionally

by becoming more creative and purposeful.

There were SO MANY wonderful teachers / bloggers / crafters

there to share and encourage us !

I love learning about frugal gardening...

and balancing the need to be pinterest perfect vs living like a slob - ha.

She worded much better than me!

And of course - it was so fun to win a door prize or two!

I'm LOVING this Southern Breeze Tea!!

When I was asked to be a part, I was eager to pack my bags

and head to the mountains!

I really, really enjoyed meeting with over 200 women and talking about Art Journaling, Bullet Journaling, and Bible Journaling during the Girls Night In each evening!

[Thanks Day Spring for sponsoring the evenings!]

This was not a class, but more of an open-house, come-and-go type evening...

So I decided to go with mini posters with step-by-step ways to at art to your journaling

[throughout the evenings I helped groups draw through these steps more than once because I KNOW everyone can draw something!!]

The posters also showed how I have used similar art in my Bibles -

I also created tag stations where they used a template to cut a tag out of patterned papers and then took it to the tables with all the wonderful

Bible Journaling products from Day Spring

and create however they wanted...

And of course, I had my journals, Bibles, and traveler's notebooks there to share

[and maybe inspire a little -]

Our room was crazy busy for about 4 hours because these gals just enjoyed creating!

[This photo is actually taken about 10:45 one evening when things slowed down enough for me to think about a photo - ha.] It was great! And I hope the Lord used me to inspire each one to spend a little time with Him creatively.

Of course part of the fun of a Ladies Weekend

is getting together with old friends and meeting new ones -

And we LOVED the photo booth!

And it was fun to have a little free time for Christy with Southern Plate to teach us how to sing Row Row Your Boat backwards. YES.

I LOVE THIS VIDEO -

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So fun!

Every area was beautifully decorated and inviting -

And Jen Schmidt with Beauty and Bedlam is the ultimate hostess and conference leader - working tirelessly behind the scenes to help us all feel welcomed

and loved and accepted just as we are!

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SIDE NOTE: I'm leading her Bible Study - Just Open the Door again this fall

[2nd block - starts mid October]

and would LOVE to have you join us!

You can sign up here -

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After the conference I drove the few miles over to Maggie Valley before I headed home -

it's been YEARS since I've been there

and let me say it's almost remained like the mountains of our youth!

Lots of campgrounds, cute souvenir shops, pancake and fudge places....