NC State Red Hat Convention

Had a fabulous time at the NC State Red Hat Convention & Birthday Bash (for Sharon Benfield's 50th) in Cary, NC. Met some Facebook friends and finally got to meet Linda Gill the Queen and Founder of the Sock Monkey Sisterhood and we got a group picture of all of us there. Barbara Lucas and Bev Kronthal rode there and back with me. Barb was my hotel roomie and one of my table mates. We had a great time.

 Barb & I with our tablemates.

 Sibbie Chambers & Priscilla (Pat) Zinski

 Zylphia Gray, Linda Gill, me

 Sharon Benfield after her "REDuation"

 Beverly Kronthal, Jeri Brooks, Ann Santolla and I at Birthday Bash.

The Sock Monkey Sisterhood (SMS)

Back row: Unk., Betty Anne Cloniger, Margaret Forney, Zylphia Gray, Me

Front Row: Unk., Sandy Chrisco Spriggs

Divine 9 - Once Upon a Time Event

I won a competition to attend this event and had a fantastic time. It was held at the Westin Richmond, VA from Mar. 7-9. My roomie was Debbie Uttecht from Omaha, Nebraska and we were meeting for the first time. I think we hit it off well. I attended with 7 other of my Scarlet Sophisticate Sisters.

 Joann Miller and Pinkhat Queen T (our event Coordinator with her chapter)

 

 Queen Maureen Armstrong (The original coordinator of D9 event)

 

 My roomie - Debbie Uttecht and her sock monkey

 

 Betty Ammons in her winning hat for the Magic Hat contest.

 

 Our groups Fri. night get together for Mary's birthday (yellow cap)

 

 My sock monkeys Princess Melody, Lily (Bonnye's sock monkey), Cord (he snuck into the bag) and Lizzy.

 

 Princess Cynthia

 

 2 members of the Lollipop Guild from Munchkin Land

and 3 Alice in Wonderland Characters.(Mad Hatter, Queen of Hears and Dottie Cadden as the flamingo (crochet mallets)

 

 Kim Mears as The Princess and the Pea

 

 Maureen "Mo" Armstrong

 

 Fairy Godmother or the Good Witch from Oz

 

 My group - Snow White and the 7 Dwarves

Snow White (Kathi Hall), Doc (me), Grumpy (Charlotte Large), Bashful (Mary Whitley), Sneezy (Karen Sparks), Dopey (Sarah Peterson), Sleepy (Mary Anne Money) and last, but not least Happy (Joann Miller)

 

 Princess Melody

 

 Winner of the Raffle Basket that was done to raise money for one of the vendors, Mike Carter whose trailor was stolen in Dallas when he was in route to the event.

 

 Dancin' Time (Kathi Hall and Bev Whitfield)

 

 Joann boogyin'

 

 Bev Whitfield

 

 I even got up and danced a few times (paid for it later, but it was worth it)

 

 Rae-Jean Wagner

 

 Princess Betty Ammons and her royal septer (made with plunger for contest)

 

 My roomie, Debbie Uttecht again and another hatter.

 Stephanie (Winner - Ms. Pinkie 2014)



 Lucy Jamison (Winner -Ms. Congeniality 2014), Joann Miller (Winner - Ms. Diva 2014), Me ( Event Attendance contest winner), and Stephanie (Winner - Ms. Pinkie Diva 2014)

 

 Mermaid Lily

 

 Charese Johnson and her 2 babies, Me and Mermaid Lizzie, Bev Whitfield and Chardonnay

 Dottie Cadden and Treasure and Didntdoit and Me with Mermaids Lizzie and Lily

 

 2 more mermaids

 

Mermaid Hyli

Christmas Candy Sleigh Treats

My Scarlet Sophisticates Sock Monkey Sisterhood group got together and made some of this for our big Christmas party. I had to miss the get together to make them as I was out-of-town, but I have been busy making them since then. First for my other red hat group, The Busy Bees and now as little gifts for some of my neighbors. They are so fun and easy to make. Here is the link with a tutorial to make them.

 Aren't they adorable!

 

You can see them on the table at each place setting. We had a Dessert Party, but as usual, Maryln went above and beyond and provided us with subs, chips and some punch as well. Yummy! All the desserts were fantastic as well!  She and her DH, Frank are avid District 56 collectors (kinda obvious - huh!) I see something I missed the time before everytime I go there. My favorite are the ones that move and play music (like the carnival scene)

Red Hat Busy Bees March Luncheon

I love hosting our luncheons in March and coming up with something special to celebrate St. Patty's Day. This year I came across this cute idea thanks to my LNSDemosonly online group. It originated from www.ourbestbites.com

 The gang

L-R: Oneida, Bobbie, Maryln, Frank (Maryln's hubby), and Becky

Me

(Bobbie snapped a shot of me, so I thought I would share as I don't get my picture taken often)



Scarlet Sophisticates Christmas Soiree

Saturday was The Scarlet Sopisticate's Annual Christmas Soiree and we had a blast. This year we had some red hat vendors as well as a few others and I even set up a table with some stocking stuffer-type items to sell. Of course, I forgot to take a picture of my table. We even had a band play this year and they were great!

We had two hat vendors:

Here are the jewelry, Miche bag and Avon vendors:

Joann Miller, Royal Jeweler of Purpeology

Miche bags (Avon at next table)

Here are a few shots from the party itself:

Karlene, Delores, Doris

We had a few of us that were brave enough to get up and dance. I even got up a couple of times, but can't dance as much as I would like to as my knees were bothering me a lot.

Charlotte, Kathi, Karen

I even got a friend to take a picture of me in my Christmas Red Hat finery. Ankles are a little swollen (think I danced more than I should have - LOL!) Since December is my birthday month I get to wear red with a purple hat. I love it!