I wanna go too..Everybody take lots of pictures and soak up all the demos and come home to us and right the tuturials..he he I hope you all have so much fun! be careful traveling

I won't be able to go this year due to having a regular job and no vacation time built yet.

My friend, Janette Pfertner will be going and is also going to be a vendor. She will be selling her fantastic cake decorating book, my cookbook, and orders for the DVDs that toomuchcake and I are making for her sculpted animal cakes and for my heart shaped bouquet of flowers.

I wish I could go. I enjoy getting to see all of my friends and making new ones. Things just don't always work out the way we would like though.

Have fun everyone that is attending!!

Michele

Those taking the Butterfly Magic class and the Color Layering/Hibiscus would you snag me a hand out and take some good notes? I want to do these but have opted not to so I can do some things with my family as well. The challenge of juggling both.

Also is there anything that was decided on how to identify each other? I thought I read something about mardi gras beads but wasn't sure if it was decided on.

I'll be online sometime before 4 tomorrow then I'll be on the road heading that way. Yea!!

See ya'll soon!!

I saw some mention of Mardi Gras beads somewhere too... Anyone else see that?? Thoughts?

...Andrea

Sugarflowers--

What booth number will your friend be at? Love to meet her. Sorry that you won't be able to attend but there is always next year in Orlando.

Definitely will be there!!!!

tcturtleshell I just looked at your spotlight picture so i will be looking for you. I have a short hair cut and i will probably be wearing a sesame street link up tee shirt of a green tee shirt. i love green so since i did not even pack yet I might just take all green tee shirts.

AuntAndrea & Sweet =art see you guys in class. (I hope)

I believe our best bet is to post on the board. I get in on Thursday morings at 10 so after registration i will check it out.

Good Morning Everyone!!! Are ya'll as excited as I am???

Here is my myspace page.. I've lost weight since my spotlight pic was taken

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=47446108

If everyone wants to wear Mardi Gras beads then lets do it! I'll have my turtle one on.

Thurs is the meeting day... didn't everyone agree with that date? 7pm somewhere.... I'll talk it over with Mac & others & then we will post it on the bulletin board there. So on Thurs check it out ok! If anyone wants to jump in & decide something feel free. No one has decided & we gotta get it done now or we won't get to hang out~

twindees.. looking for green!
Trace, I'll take notes for you in the Butterfly Magic. We'll have to have another DOS!

OH boy.. I need to take some stuff out of my suitcase & leave it at home! I forgot about buying books!! I won't have room for extra! Better go weed out my suit case! LOL

If you want to meet for dinner and drinks Spaghetti Works in the Old Market is a good place. Reasonable prices, good food and casual, relaxed atmosphere and it's not far from the Hilton.

I'll be at the Vendors area on Saturday, working at Dixie's Finest Whipped Icing. I'd love to have you guys stop by and say hi! I'll be the 40-something blond in the pink shirt. (Dixie will be the one with the dark hair!)

Here are my display cakes....

Leaving in about an hour..... WOO HOO!!

awesome cakes TexasSugar! I'm joining this a little late - the day before!!! I guess everyone's all packed up and ready to go. I fly out tomorrow morning!!! YEAH! It'll be my first trip. I think TC has my phone # - I'll check those bulletin boards and everything. I guess I gotta look at the schedule better - I have no idea what I'm doing when I get there! Craziness. Hope to meet all of you there!

ACK!!! I feel so stupid - I didn't think about it at all - will vendors not take debit/credit cards for payment? I don't have Traveler's checks and I leave tomorrow before the banks even open! What was I thinking??? What can I do now?

I think everybody takes credit/debit now...and you can always check with a bank when you get there maybe even one of you bank branches or ATM it ... I'm so anxious to hear all about it all when you all get back, safe trips to all, Tina

I heard a lot of vendors are cash only. I hate carrying cash around. If you have a debit card, bring it. I'm sure there will be an ATM close by. I'm hitting one before I drive up. If you have a large bank, like Wells Fargo, they are up here too that you could go to once you get here.

The last two convention I have been to most vendors took debit/credit cards.

I don't like walking with cash and I had no problems.

That is wonderful to know!

Thanks!

Well I don't leave until Thursday morning @ 6 a.m. . My flight gets in @ 10 a.m. and i have not even packed yet. Am I crazy or what.

There is a First National Bank downtown and they have a ATM. There may even be one at the Qwest Center or the Hilton but I'm not sure.

I just want everyone to know how crazy excited I am. It's 1:35 a.m. and I can't sleep because iI leave for the convention in 3 hours. My brother is coming to take me to the airport @ 4:30 a.m. and I am here packing. OH YEAH, CONVENTION HERE I COME.

Oh and I forgot to mention my 5 year old is also up. I am hoping she falls asleep before I leave. I hate leaving them even for 4 days of CAKE, CAKE, AND MORE CAKE. OH YEAHHHHHHH.


O.k. O.k I was just trying to get to post 800. SOrry

THE CONVENTION WAS AWESOME!!!!!!! I met tons of CCers!!!!!! I got home around 11:30 am today (Mon, I think ) Just got on real quick to check messages... too tired to post anything about the convention just now. I can't wait to tell CC all about it!!!!!!!! WE HAD A BLAST!!!!!!!!!!!!! Spent tooooo much money but it was worth it!!!!!!!!

Welcome back..rest..and come back and tell us all about it...so excited to hear about it all, tina

Well since Tina replied here - I'll go too!!

It was great meeting so many CC people. I had a blast at the convention. I wish I had taken more of the hands-on classes. I also met people from my state ICES group that I hadn't been able to hook up with before. And I hung out with some people from Conneticut - all in all, it was great fun. I ran everywhere though - up to my room, to food, through the vendors, to the classes..... I better not have gained a pound even though I ate cake everyday! I did so much running and carrying heavy things! And I still filled a whole suitcase with stuff that I bought!!!!

By the way - my bag was "inspected" as I got a little piece of paper in it - I'm sure it was the "make your own molds" stuff - it does look like bomb stuff! Of course it's not but someone else was telling me they had it shipped b/c they were worried TSA might take it out of their bag at the airport. They left mine though - guess they figured out it wasn't a bomb thank goodness.

I still have a wishlist of stuff that I didn't get though - an edible image printer, airbrush, agbay, and topsy turvy pans - I'd love to know people's opinions on those types of products.

Everyone was so nice and wonderful. Maisie Parrish was so cute and Colette was so shy and nervous it seemed - it was funny - but she was fun, and then Norm Davis is just a hoot! And Dominick that I can't remember his last name - he does the make your own molds stuff - he was so funny!!! It was a lot of fun. More CCers need to go next time! It's in Disneyworld - I hope I can go! Start saving now!

I really enjoyed the convention as well. There is just so much to do and you do feel like you are running there and there and back up there. Plus with everythign spread out it makes it harder. But that's pretty much the same at every convention with the way the buildings are set up.

And then there is the shopping and wanting and wishing! I took a shopping list and probably didn't get half of what I thought I wanted and still came out with tons of things. Going to have to get back on track of organizing all my cake stuff.

It is fun to meet people from online and see people again that you met at past conventions. Plus when you have 'friends' there it helps make what little down time you have more fun.

I'm skipping the convention next year. I really think with the area it will be it it wouldn't be affordable for me. Plus I have a free Nic Lodge class certificate that I need to use up next year. So I'm going to do that, then save for the convention in 2009.

For anyone interested in future conventionts, you can visit ices.org. The online registration for the 2008 convention in Orlando, Fl should be up on March 1. In 2009 the convention will be in St. Charles, Il, which is near Chicago. And 2010 it will be in San Diego, Ca. So if 2008 isn't going to work for you, then you can always start saving for one of the other ones. HeHe.

Now I can use a vacation after my 'vacation'.

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-433973.html

Ya'll post here too!!

Is there any near louisiana any time soon?

This was the annual ICES convention. They do have LA chapter meetings & Days of Sharing. If you go to ICES.org you'll be pointed in the right direction. I'm not sure when the next state meeting or Day of Sharing is. If it's during the year I can't go because of work. They are usually on Mondays