{"id":2414,"date":"2009-03-23T17:07:07","date_gmt":"2009-03-23T16:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/?p=2414"},"modified":"2025-09-19T13:00:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T11:00:51","slug":"feeling-like-a-little-kid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/feeling-like-a-little-kid\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeling like a little kid…"},"content":{"rendered":"

So yesterday I was\u00a0at the “Scrap-a-Licious” event…
\nThe first time I ever participated in something like that.
\nA bunch of scrapladies sitting around big tables. Workshops.
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And yes,\u00a0I felt like a little kid again, standing in a corner. Not knowing anybody and feeling insecure. Noticing that when I feel insecure I look aloof and arrogant. (I’ve been told many times before!)<\/p>\n

I tried to\u00a0socialize (not really my kind of thing to approach people I don’t know…\u00a0 I became quite solitary-minded over the last couple of years)
\nI don’t know if I managed, but I\u00a0met a couple of ladies, we exchanged blog addresses and talked a bit. Don’t know what they thought about me, standing in the corner of that big, big table (I was the only one standing up while working… so actually I was glad I was on a corner!) and not having such a nice scrapping bag and all, but hey,\u00a0never mind.\u00a0I’m new. I don’t know the codes yet…<\/p>\n

It’s strange though, whenever I have to teach or talk, standing in front of a classroom filled with people, I’m not insecure at all! Maybe it’s because my role is obvious then.\u00a0Do I have troubles mixing with people? I don’t know, but anyway, I tried “to fit and mix”. I talked a bit. At least I talked to people. Corinne (who organized it), Iris, Linda, Liesbeth\u00a0& Petra & Astrid (who I knew a bit through their blogs) and I also talked to Birgit (hope you and Anniek got home well!) and Dina (who was kind enough, together with Iris,\u00a0to look through my album! Nobody else brought their work and so I felt like I was showing off,
\nwhich was not\u00a0my intention at all!)<\/p>\n

And then the workshops:<\/p>\n

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How hard can\u00a0YOU blow through a straw? Well, it became quite clear I’m a heavy smoker! My gosh… I had hardly any breath left and I felt dizzy in my head after blowing the ecoline (some sort of ink) around on my paper! Pfffffffffff…..<\/p>\n

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This is the result. It’s a very colourful lay out.
\nThe ink all had bright colours
\n(I usually\u00a0work with “earthly colours”) so I decided to let my “psychedelic wonderland<\/a> photo” go with it… and it worked nice. So although this was a fast lay out
\n(at least for a slow scrapper like I am!) I like it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\nThe second workshop was\u00a0Birgit’s (with pink cardigan) We all got\u00a0a house shaped, black board\u00a0mini book\u00a0and
\nBirgit showed\u00a0us some techniques.
\nThe little “family” is embossed using embossing powder and a heat tool.\u00a0I don’t have these at home, and never worked with it either\u00a0\u00a0so I was glad to get the opportunity\u00a0to use\u00a0this technique.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\nThe little fabric flower is quite easy to make and I will certainly use this more often.<\/p>\n

This mini book isn’t finished\u00a0(that’s not possible in\u00a0one and a half\u00a0hour!) and\u00a0I don’t know if I’ll finish it at home…<\/p>\n

I don’t like “pre-shaped” books very much, but maybe I’ll make a present out of it someday… or I’ll change my mind. Time will tell.<\/p>\n

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\nHere’s Dina with Corinne taking a picture of them selves (while I took a picture of them)<\/p>\n

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Dina ‘s workshop was about making a mini book using all kinds of techniques. The Scrap-a-Licious website promised:\u00a0
\n“no pressure, just enjoy!” and at this point I started enjoying myself!<\/p>\n

Maybe because it was after lunch (and I met some ladies during lunch) and I started feeling a little more comfortable by that time. I had a laugh about staples with my neighbour-scrapper and also I could use ink and paint spray in my favorite colours with this project… it was a mess but a lot of fun!\u00a0
\n(This minibook isn’t finished either but I’ll go on working on it\u00a0at home; fill it with journaling and embelishments and\u00a0maybe change the front;\u00a0’cause\u00a0I like this book!)<\/p>\n

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\nBirgit was\u00a0enjoying
\nDina’s workshop as well,
\nlook at this
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\nWe sprayed our hands too,
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\nit was worthwhile getting messy!<\/p>\n

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\nBy the time Martha
\nstarted her workshop,
\nI was exhausted!
\nNot used\u00a0to\u00a0many people around me, not used to noisy rooms and not feeling as comfortable “myself” as I feel at home\u00a0and also standing on my feet\u00a0the whole time –
\nit took\u00a0it’s toll…
\nSo this “wall hanger” (not finished either) is not what it should be… at least I can see tiredness in it.<\/p>\n

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I like the basic… but still have to work a bit on this one (and because I don’t like wall hangers, I won’t put a ribbon on it… it’s just a lay out then.)<\/p>\n

And now it’s monday, “the day after”.
\nI slept. Not very well, but enough tonight.
\nI thought about yesterday.
\nI looked at the photo’s.
\nDo I have a conclusion?<\/p>\n

Yep, I have.
\nSort of.
\nMy conclusions\/what I learned yesterday:<\/p>\n