30 June 2014

Sasha Festival 2014 - post 1

I lost my camera on the airplane on the way to Arizona. I took it out to take pictures of the Sasha babies in flight and it didn't make it back into my bag. So my family's pre-festival 'Amazing Arizona Adventure' started with a trip to Best Buy for a new camera - nothing fancy, as I was hoping my camera would be found later on the plane or in our hand luggage. I had to make do with the available camera, and my album will have to make do with the available pictures. Hopefully by next year I'll have been reunited with my old camera, figured this camera out, or replaced it with something better. Here is a slideshow of the entire album (I've included the good and the bad, but deleted the truly ugly):



Clicking on the picture below will take you directly to my Picasa album. There you can see my photos from this slideshow, along with descriptive captions. Feel free to email me or add a comment if you know of corrections or additional information for any of my captions.

Sasha Festival 2014

A few special things about this year's festival that you may notice from my pictures:
  • In addition to crafty workshops on Friday morning (where we made scrapbooks for Sasha and necklaces for us) there were Table Top Clinics on Friday afternoon - eight sessions to choose from, with four 20-minute rotations. Click HERE for a description of the clinic options we had to choose from.
  • There were two sets of Helper Items, with the first set drawn after Friday dinner and the second set drawn on Sunday morning.
  • At our group meals for Friday dinner and Saturday lunch, each table had a centerpiece outfit provided by the table hostess. Bid slips were collected at each table and the outfits were sold to the highest offer at the end of the meal. I did not keep track of how much each outfit was sold for. I think I got a picture of each of the centerpiece baby outfits on Friday, but not each of the outfits on Saturday.
  • Five CFA items that missed the deadline for submission were not sold via live bidding at the end of the auction, but were instead sold via silent auction that ended on Sunday morning.
  • There were only two group meals this year. Since the hotel had a nice breakfast included with the room, Jackie and Marti used the money they would have spent on  Sunday brunch for a third festival outfit.

25 June 2014

Festival Photos coming ...

Boo and I arrived home from the festival around midnight on Sunday. Monday evening I uploaded my photos to my computer and edited the Sasha Festival website (sashafestival.com). Tuesday I left work early because I didn't feel well - climbed into bed, and slept for 17 hours. I was home sick today, my first sick day in the 22 months I've been at this job. Still feeling poorly so not sure how long it will be until I am able to sit at my computer and sift through pictures; I haven't even had a chance to look at them yet. A slideshow/album of photos will be coming eventually, along with more posts about the festival, souvenirs, and all the other stuff Boo and I brought home. Sorry to disappoint those who are anxiously awaiting, but for now I need to rest.

22 June 2014

(25) Live from AZ ...

... Final gift is another festival outfit - his and hers!


So THREE outfits this year,one each for Sasha, Gregor, and baby!

(24) Live from AZ ...

... Kids helping with Helper Items.



(23) Live from AZ ...

... Farewell Program (including an announcement many are anxiously awaiting).


Fort Worth will be: July 16-19, 2015.

21 June 2014

(22) Live from AZ ...

... Sales table set up. Shoppers in 30 minutes!!!


And this is only about half the tables - so many tempting goodies!

(21) Live from AZ ...

... Dutch Auction WIN! - Peggy Trauger pattern Helper Apron.


(20) Live from AZ ...

... Auction still in progress. :-)


Existentialist outfit made and donated by Susanna Lewis - just sold!

(19) Live from AZ ...

... Children's Fund Auction. The kids are waiting to walk around with the items.


(18) Live from AZ ...

... Another festival outfit - groovy 60's complete with go-go boots.