This year my husband tagged along with me to the IOLI convention in order to spend a couple of days before the convention in Boston visiting our daughter. I warned him I would be busy with activities throughout the week so he needed to make plans to keep himself amused. He visited Valley Forge park twice, a train museum and Winterthur Museum on Friday. I carved out time Tuesday to go to dinner with him and 3 ladies came along too. (The benefit of having a car!) I also was able to take Wednesday off from the convention and we saw some sights in downtown Philly including the Liberty Bell, Indpendance Hall, the Mint and Ben Franklin wandering the street near his gravesite. This year convention was extra busy for me as it was my first time as the IOLI Supply chair and responsible for making sure our IOLI table in the vending room was staffed and had the money pouch. Molly Heller, the Membership Chair, and I have some ideas about improving things for next year. Alas, I only passed by the exhibit room twice and never made it inside to see the beautiful items. Luckily the contest items were on display at the banquet. This Saturday I will have a leisurely look at the People's Choice winning piece as it was done by our guild's own Sally Olsen. This year my morning class was Milanese with Louise Colgan and thoroughly enjoyed working on an adorable hedgehog design. I hope to finish it up yet this week. My afternoons were spent reacquainting myself with Chantilly in Ulrike Voehlker's class. Since I will likely be flying to San Antonio next year I will stick with one technique for the week and not two! But which? It was nice to once again have delightful table favors at each meal! I need to dig through my bag to see what all we got! Sunday we received handmade lace earring which I wore to the Monday dinner. I believe the "pearls" were in our nice blue registration totes, both gifts from the host group. At the banquet we each received a beautiful wooden pin box. It took some of us a little more time than others to figure out how to open it! lol My thanks to the Media gals who provided daily photo updates on the Facebook page. And thanks to fellow Arachnids for their reports here! Thanks also go to Arlene for organizing our lunch! What a great turnout! All in all it was a great convention and I am already looking forward to next year! (My husband has already declared he is staying home. lol) Anita Hansen Cedar Rapids, Iowa Doris Southard Lace Guild
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