2014 Scrapbook Expo!!

Heyyyy! Anyone signed up to go to the Somerset, NJ Scrapbook Expo? It's not the closest one to me, but it's the closest one that hadn't occurred by the time I found out about it! Jersey is a place my husband and I visit every summer starting a few years ago. We even went to a B&B there for our honeymoon :)

http://www.scrapbookexpo.com

The Scrapbook Expo is in 2 weeks (Sept 13-14). We will be leaving that Friday night and staying at a hotel there (it's 3 hours away from us), so that I can wake up early in the morning for registration at 7:30am. From the pictures and videos I've seen, those lines are longggggg! All I'll need to do is go to Will Call to pick up my tickets.

I decided to go alone (the hubby will be staying at the hotel), because I couldn't find anyone to go with me (not many of my friends are into scrapbooking), and even though my hubby offered... I wasn't going to torture him and make him go!

I signed up for 5 classes, so I'll be kept busy during the entire event. I will only have 30 minute breaks to do Make and Takes and some shopping, which is probably a good thing ;)

The classes I signed up for are:

• Always Fabulous Folds 2014
• An Embossed Surprise
• Cool Tools
• Cricut Explore 101
• Sun Kissed Fleur Class

3 of the classes I signed up for are instructional, so I will be learning some new techniques that I will share with you! The other 2 classes are lecture type, but I'll be leaving with $40-$80 worth of goodies from EACH class. All of the classes offer some type of goodie, whether it be a package of things, a stamp set, embossing powder, glitter, or other supplies to remake the projects from the classes. 

I'm super stoked and can't wait to go! I know I'll have to pack my large Vera Bradley bag to carry some supplies for the classes (Scor-pal, scissors, stamp blocks, heat gun, etc.), along with a 12x12 case to carry all my completed projects. It'll also have to hold all the goodies I get from the classes, along with any goodies I buy on the floor ;)

So those of you that have already gone this year (or have gone in the past), what are some things you wish you would have known before you attended the Expo? Are there supplies you should have brought? Prepare a lunch? Sign up for more or less classes? Engage in specific Make and Takes? Buy more or less than you did? Anything you'd like to share, please comment below!