St. John's, Newfoundland was the Place to Be!

I'm back!!!  And , man did I have a GREAT time in NFLD!  The people were awesome, the classes went well and the "Rock" is a beautiful place...rain, mist, fog and all!!!

I took a few pictures but kicked myself for not bringing my good camera!  Want to know why??!!!!  I could have got better pictures of these...

Yes, folks those are icebergs!!!!!  ICEBERGS!!!  It was so cool to see them and beautiful too!!!  Do you know that polar bears sometimes make there way down on the icebergs???  Well, I thought that was super interesting!

The ladies who own the Paperie- Chris and Janna- were so hospitable and down right wonderful ladies!!  They drove me around and answered all of my questions...even the ridiculous ones!  Hee hee!  Like, for instance, when we were talking about the seal hunt.  I asked Chris if it was a sport because I couldn't see it being all that much of a challenge because seals don't move that fast.  After she was done laughing, she informed me that it isn't a sport (silly girl) it is a livelihood for a lot of islanders.  The seals are used for their meat and seal oil is used in vitamins and such.  I also learned that Seal Flipper is a huge treat this time of year!  Cod Tongue soup was also a crowd favourite!!! :)  Interesting, eh?

Another thing that I want to share about my visit to NFLD is that I often needed a translator!!  LOL!!  I discovered that people were indeed speaking English but using all of the letter in a word is optional and speaking rather quickly is very common!  Here are a few examples...

"Whatta ya at?"  translation "How are you?"

"Yes by'!" translation "Wow!" or "Really?!?!?"

"G'way by'!" translation "Get out of here!!!!"

And my favourite from dinner at Ches's fish and chips place on Sunday night...

"Lu, lu!!" translation "Look, look!"

Fun times my friends, fun times!!!!  On Saturday night we had a delicious dinner at The Gypsy Tea Room and then went to George Street for a drink.  If you ever visit St. John's then you must go and check out the wall to wall pubs, clubs and bars on George Street!!!!  What an experience!

I do have to talk about the classes I taught and the ladies I met!  Both groups on Saturday and Sunday were so eager to play with the Scenic Route goodies, Gel-a-tins stamps, Prism Cardstock and the Stix 2 foils, glues and things!  They were friendly, funny and they made me feel right at home!  In fact, I hope I can go back again next year!

In all, I had a most memorable time!  Chris and Janna were superb hosts!  Janet and Meghan, who work at the Paperie were super friendly and helped me out with kitting my classes- thanks for that!!!  The ladies who attended my classes made me so happy to be there teaching and talking about all of the things I love about scrapbooking.  Thanks to you all!  The past weekend is right up there on the best places to visit and share my love of paper crafting! And to the ladies who were thinking about coming down here in November fro the One of a Kind and a class...email me!!!!

I have lots to talk about this week...I have a few upcoming class events to share with you...more pictures from NFLD(please send me a few from the classes if any of the ladies with cameras are reading this)...and a giveaway later this week!  Hey!  Do you remember the bracelet that my friend made?!?!?!  Her etsy shop is almost ready!!!  So that means I will be giving away a bracelet next week to kick off the Etsy shop!  Watch for that!!!!

Off to bed now, my sweets!  Talk at ya soon!

Comments

[Trish Millard]

Sounds like you had a great time. I don't think I could manage to eat cod tongue. ( how much meat could there be in a fish tongue and do they have taste buds? )
Anyhow... I can't wait till you make it to B.C, I wanna scrap with you too!

[Denise]

Oh my gosh...it all sounds amazing and fantastic! Awesome pictures!

[Charmaine]

"How's she goin' by'?" ("How is it going with you?")

Glad you could come to the rock - it was a blast and it was wonderful to meet you!

BTW, cod tongues are somewhat similar to scallops in my opinion. Yum!

Did you get to try a touton aka tiffin when you were here? They are deliecious pieces of fried bread dough gooddess. I add butter and "Lassy" (molosses) to mine!

I am interested in the One of a Kind event!! Off to email you!

[Rae Lynn]

So glad you enjoyed your weekend in and around St. John's. We are all still talking about how much we enjoyed you and your class. I hope you can come back again next year.

I just e-mailed you about the November event.

[Sara]

We all had such a super fantastic time on Saturday, thanks again Vicki! Glad you got to see some icebergs - even living here they are still awe inspiring so for a CFA (Come From Away, our name for you mainlanders!) it must have been really incredible! Hopefully, we'll see you in November!

[Meghan]

LUH! LUH!

It was such a treat to meet you and learn all about foiling (teehee). Thanks for all the laughs, it truly was a momorable event for all of us!

[Peggy]

Thanks so much Vicki for a wonderful weekend! I'll be in touch about the Novemeber class! EXCITING!

[Heather]

Sounds like you had a wonderful time!! ;)

[Krista]

i'm jealous you were in my home town and i couldn't be there to take classes at my favorite store-the paperie of course!

It is a wonderful place and the people they are just lovely! glad you had an awesome time!

from a newfoundlander at heart

[Lea Sanders]

Cool photos! WOW! Icebergs--I would have loved to have seen that in person. =)

[Jen]

Sounds like you had an awesome time Vicki. I would love to go out east one day.

Great that you are back in time for NSD. I hope you will drop by for a visit ... www.creativecraftsandstickers.com/blog/

[Julie Mitchell from Canada]

Love Newfoundland - Love your photos - Love their accent. Thanks for sharing with us.
Julie

[Heather O]

So glad that you enjoyed your visit!! I really enjoyed your workshop, you are a great teacher and i LOVED your layouts we did!!! I look forward to doing another workshop with you!!! i really had alot of FUN!
Thanks!!!

Heather (Sunday's workshop group)

[Jamie Harker]

Can they really hunt seals there? That's HORRIBLE! Aren't they endangered or protected? (they really should be!) It does look quite gorgeous there though. So glad you had a great time!

[Jamie Harker]

Can they really hunt seals there? That's HORRIBLE! Aren't they endangered or protected? (they really should be!) It does look quite gorgeous there though. So glad you had a great time!

[Sandra]

Thanks Vicki for a memorable class! I really enjoyed using the foils. Thanks for all the great tips, you are a fantastic instructor! Glad you enjoyed Newfoundland. Hope to have you back sometime.

[Jenny Doornbos-Straatman]

Hi there,

I just got a newsletter from Scrapland (The Netherlands) and my ohhhh my....I would love to do a workshop with you!
Great pics!
Great work!
Have a nice day and a wonderful DUTCH time with a lot of Dutch accents,

Bye, Jen.