My classes with Donna Downey

As I mentioned last week, I was fortunate enough to have recently taken classes with the super talented and funny, Donna Downey.   The classes were at She Scrapbooks in The Villages.   I went with 3 good friends; Paula, who owns my LSS, A Scrapbook Store and More, Jackie, and Susan.

First of all, The Villages is an adventure in itself.   LOTS and I mean LOTS of personalized golf carts.
I didn’t know you could have Rolls Royce golf carts.  Many had doors, horns, and lots of other bells and whistles.   They were everywhere.

She Scrapbooks was a warm and welcoming store with lots of great supplies.   We stayed at The Waterfront Inn which was absolutely beautiful and so affordable for the luxury.    I would definitely stay there again.

Donna is a super teacher.  I love that she encouraged us to find our own style with the techniques she taught us.   She also encouraged us to get messy and to go with any mistakes we might make.   That was the best thing I got from this class.  I’ve had one of her canvas albums on my shelf for months and have not    attempted to actually apply any paint or mists for fear of messing it up or it not being the ‘right’ thing.

During one of her classes, she had us take advantage of the Florida sunshine to dry our canvases.  I don’t know how much The Villages appreciated this, but it made for a great photo and lots of residents were walking by trying to figure out what the heck we were doing.

I did finish one 4 x 6 mini canvas album (minus photos).

Here are my friends working so hard on theirs.

And Donna took time out while we were painting to paint an impromptu canvas tote.   So cool to see her in action.

She even painted on one of my pages!

And, of course, I enjoyed girl time with my gal pals eating dinner and having a few drinks.

I still have work to finish my Beloved Album and just ordered the perfect prints to put in it, so I’ll share that album when it is complete.

Thanks for stopping by,