Chit chat thread for Minnie Marathon - August 11th & 12th
 

Hey hey... the weekend is fast approaching and I hope you guys are getting excited about the Minnie Marathon. :yeah::yeah::yeah:

Our Store Designers and Sponsors have been busy making us some cute cute goodies. Trust me... you'll be doing a little happy dance. :thumbsup:

I'd like to use this thread for chatting and sharing in the excitement.

I hope you have been able to free up some time this weekend to play and chat. I am looking forward to hanging out with you guys!

I have most of the weekend free except for saturday night. While I may not get the last two challenges done in the time frame, I have a personal goal of finishing the entire marathon.

THANK YOU TO THE AWESOME DESIGNERS THAT SHARE THEIR TIME, TALENT AND TREASURES! YOU ALL BRING THE DISNEY MAGIC THROUGH MY LAPTOP AND INTO MY HEART..... I want to be just like you when I grow up in my digital scrappin' age.

This place is truly the chicken soup for my Disney soul.

LOVE YOU ALL for feeding my addiction. :D :whistle: :hooray::hooray:

So exciting can't wait!

should be an awesome weekend!

PUMPED!!!!

Looking forward to getting some pages done!!! :yeah:

I will not have one minute of computer internet in the mountains of Arkansas this weekend. Unless Carol can find a way for me to upload layouts using my phone, I cannot participate. (crying face)

So excited!!! I have tons of new pics from our WDW trip a couple weeks ago. AND we have nothing going on this weekend. :yeah:

As long as I can get the kids to play nicely with each other I'll be able to scrap, scrap, scrap.:scrapbooking:

I might be able to make some of the later ones...we have a busy weekend with our new house almost done being built and two special appearances we have to visit Saturday and Sunday.

I do agree - MS is such an AWESOME community! Thanks everyone!

Just a quick question... these Speed Scraps, is there going to be extra allotted time for them? I know sometimes you guys do that, but I wanna prepare myself that I might end up missing some if you don't. I would seriously love to get the grab bag if possible.

can't wait for the scrap party.... seriously. :party:

I'm foaming at the mouth for some pp previews.... :clap2:

So excited! I am mostly free (darn those kids birthday parties). I still hope to finish most of them and the Minnie Marathon.
I am trying to get my friend who is new to digi scrapbooking to join in.

I made an excel spreadsheet to checkoff and thought that I would share, but I am not sure how to since I don't have a share site set-up. I know not everyone has excel, but that was what I have . So, PM me and I will send it to you.

I just put all the times for the SS on my calendar..:woohoo: Can't wait...

Mary Kate,

Each SS will have a specific time to get a LO complted to be eligible for that SS prize. The time frame will be up to each hostess and will be included in their instructions.

For the goodie bag... you will need to complete all 8 Speed Scraps... whether you get the SS prize or not. All LO's will need to be completed by Monday, 12:00 noon EST.

For example... my SS may have a 4 hour window to be eligible for PP that Chelle has donated. You may not be able to get your page done within that window, but you did get it done 12 hours later... You will miss out on Chelle's SS prize, but you get to count the page towards the goodie bag.

Clear as mud? Let me know if you have additional questions.

Bottom line... you might miss out on the individual Speed Scrap prizes, but keep scrapping... you want to complete all 8 so you can get the yummy goodie bag.

Can't wait to share!

Can someone please workout the times for Australia.

I can work out a rough idea, but would like to be spot on. Your Sunday is our Monday -which means work :mad::thanks:

As I started preparing myideas and photos for the marathon, I really, really have to get my 4 traditional albums done. They are big eye sores just calling to me everytime I go into my home office. I have almost all of the pictures printed for those albums.

Then a crazy idea popped into my head. Maybe I could get some traditional pages done during the marathon?????

Anyone do traditional pages during the craziness of a marathon? I think I might entertain the idea.

I'll get those times for you later tonight. I am off to work now, but happy to do this tonight. My DH and all his family are from Australia, so I am very familiar with your time zone. :)

Sounds like a plan. :thumbsup: It might be a little more challenging, but you can always write the hostess if a step isn't traditional friendly. I'm sure together you could come up with an alternative. Good luck. I can't wait to hear how it works out.

Yes, very clear. Just wanted to know what was needed to get the goodie bag. I forgot about individual prizes. LOL!

I hope some of the hosts make them slow speed scraps. I'll be in the car driving back from the beach most of Saturday :(

Kristen, this really cracked me up! :lol2:

I think we should have a SLOW scrap marathon one of these times! I could totally handle that!

New to Speed Scrap
 

So where do you "meet" for this? I am new to Speed Scrapping. I tried to attend one recently and did not go to the right link, place or something?! Are instructions for a lost person like me to follow?!?!:D:yeah::wave::help:

Hi and welcome! If memory serves me correctly, there will be one thread created in the challenge thread for speed scrap for each time. It will say "speed scrap number xxx HERE" or something like that. The instructions will be posted within the thread. The hostess usually has a chat going on as well (I'm never able to keep up with the chatter AND scrap though. LOL).

Then, when you complete your page, you have to upload to gallery, upload to the appropriate thread for that pages theme...then post your gallery links back into that individual speed scrap thread. The big thing to remember is to go to the Minnie Marathan master thread and post your link to your page for that particular scrap....so that you get credit for all the ones you do. I love browsing that thread at the end of the weekend to just click on people's links and enjoy everyone's work!

I've already told my DH about this...he rolled his eyes but said he'd be supportive. LOL. We'll see. I'm glad it's in the triple digits here and we don't go anywhere during the summer. LOL. We've got little on the schedule except for cleaning.

I do wish it started Friday night though! I could open a bottle of wine tomorrow and even get to sleep in a bit on Saturday. hahahaha

Charlene and I are really bummed. We will be at a scrapbook convention all day Saturday and Charlene will be driving back to Atlanta from Charlotte during the Sunday speed scraps...April, we are making the crying face with you.

Thanks so much Tink for the info! I know what you mean. Brit is my fav and her SS begins at 7 am?! I do my best work when I least expect it...some time after 11pm! Have fun with it, and I always expect my DH will not understand our anticipation. He has found online forums for Volkswagens though so he is on there talking about car parts and showing me pics and i show him mine....kind of silly I know!!! Enjoy that wine...CHEERS!

Thanks JLynn for answering questions. :) Your answers were spot on.

If anyone has more questions, please feel free to post them here or you are also welcome to shoot me a PM. I don't want anyone not finding their way to the right forum :eek: I don't want you guys missing out on the fun. :scrapbooking:

Well bummer JoAnn and Charlene. I am very happy that you guys are going to have some face to face scrappin time. That is TERRIFIC! I love hanging out with MS folks. Have a great time. We will miss you, but maybe you get a couple pages done before the close. :thumbsup: Also, there might be a couple other opportunties to win a little summin summin.... just tossing that out.... :idea: :D

Bummer, but remember if you can get all 8 done by noon on Monday then you can still get the goody bag!

I'll try and complete as many of them in time, but unfortunately we have the European time difference over here and I really need some sleep at night. But I'll go for the goodiebag at least!

hmm I should study and I have to work this weekend.. but I know myself and I'll join in as much as possible! And I will go for the goody bag of course :) It will feel great to scrap a bit!!

I am without internet all weekend. I wonder if the hostesses will work with me if I try to post to photobucket from my phone during the time limit. The forum does not support uploading from iphone (even though I figured out how to add my photos to the phone for upload)

Can you e-mail the pages from your phone? If you emailed them to the hostess' , then maybe that would work? I would accept that for my speed scrap at the very least, and then you can post it when you get home.

I can upload to photobucket and put a link in the forum. But it would not be in the gallery in time. I will try that and see if it works. If not it just means I am out a prize. I can have them all uploaded before Monday 11 am so if I complete will still have the goodie bag. I will have to ask each hostess when the time comes.

Thank you Julie. I did not even know this was in the works!

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I'm so excited about the marathon! Here's a simple little template freebie to kick off the fun. Click the image to get to the download. Hope it helps someone get a page done for the event.
Good luck, everyone! I can't wait to see all of your beautiful creations in the gallery!

Thanks for your generous freebie Sara! Great way to kick off the fun :)

Woot! Woot! Thanks Sara for kickin off the fun this weekend!

I'm willing to work with you, April. I'd suggest that you drop each hostess a PM and let them know your situation. If you need someone to post from photobucket for you... just let me know. I'll see what I can do.

Sorry it is extra complicated for you, but we can work together. You know... like in Nemo... we can swim together. :)

Thank you so much!!!! Can't wait to use it... and can't wait for this party to start!!!

For my SS, I am willing to work with you on the time difference. I know I personally could stay up all night to do a Marathon. It would take me days to recover. Just shoot me a PM and we can discuss some time options. :)