Lisa put together a wonderful day of scrapping, eating, drinking and girl time to celebrate Shannon's return from her around-the-world journey. Shannon quit her job last fall and spent several months touring the world. Lisa organized a scrapbook afternoon at It's About Time and gave every friend a country from Shannon's travels. We did her pages from that country and put together a beautiful book at the end. I think 44 pages were completed!!
The ladies worked hard to win the prize for best layout and most pages completed. It was so fascinating listening to all of Shannon's stories and looking at some amazing photos. She visited Australia, New Zealand, India, Greece, Swaziland, Morocco, Bahamas, Argentina, England, France and many more. Notice the globes hanging from the ceiling and the flags on the table. Too creative! Lisa even put little gems on a map to mark each country Shannon visited. 
I was in charge of Tanzania. This is my 1st layout and it won 2nd place! I did another spread of the Masai Warriors and one for Norway. 
After scrapping, we headed to Lisa's for a delicous dinner. She always out does herself with the table decorations. Everything was pink and green and beautiful as always. We ate a yummy strawberry salad, feta chicken and an asparagus orzo salad. 
How cute are these cupcakes with the different flags? And then we each brought a bottle of wine from a different country and tasted them throughout the night. Lisa thought of everything! 
At the end of the evening, Shannon gave us each a goodie bag representing her travels. The tag said "Friendship is the spice of life" and inside was a bottle of African seasoning and a chicken recipe from her African cookbook. She also gave us globe chocolates and her favorite candy bars and a CD of travel tunes. What a creative idea and wonderful momento.
