Fantastic Five: Carolina Zibbeters Luncheon
Making friends on Zibbet is a lot of fun in the Community Hub, but some members have taken the new friendships a few miles further. Barbra of All About The Buttons organized a luncheon so these Zibbeters could meet in person for the first time in Hendersonville, North Carolina.
Rebecca (Raige Creations) lives outside of Asheville, North Carolina. She picked up Terri (Paper On Parade) who also lives in Asheville. They drove about 40 minutes.
Carolyn (Grandmothers House) lives in Hendersonville, NC and Carolyn Mitchell (Just My Imagination) lives in Mills River, NC. Barbra (All About The Buttons) lives in South Carolina and drove a bit over an hour.
Carolina Babies Sweeter Than The Tea by Grandmother’s House $5: What better item for this Carolina feature than this sweet embroidered shirt made by Grandmother Carolyn! Another shirt with the same saying says children instead of babies. I bet you could get her to make one that says Carolina Zibbeters.
2. Just For Fun Bracelet by Just My Imagination $65: What fun it would be to wear and hear the jangle of this bracelet made with new lamp work beads, vintage glass beads and sterling silver beads. Just My Imagination has a shop full of pretty jewelry of all kinds.
3. Black and White Floral Clock by All About The Buttons $23: Handmade treasures at All About The Buttons have buttons incorporated into most of her crafts. Barbra has a large selection of clocks as well as crocheted items, barrettes, magnets, eyeglass cases, tape measures…useful goods you’ll want to get your hands on.
4. Commemorative WHVVD Listing Mini Key Strap by Paper On Parade $10: Terri’s key fobs can be personalized with embroidery and are a very popular item on Zibbet. You’ll find key straps in many designs from lady bugs to footballs. Get them monogrammed with initials, words or names for a truly personalized gift.
5. Purple Tassel Lined Purse by Raige Creations $16: This awesome shoulder bag handmade by Rebecca is fully lined and large enough to hold all the important items you need to take with you. It possesses elegance for a dress-up affair, but also goes well with jeans for a casual outing.
Who will be next to organize a Zibbet Luncheon Gathering?
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very top image - L to R: Carolyn - Grandmother’s House, Carolyn - Just My Imagination, Barbra - All About The Buttons, Terri - Paper On Parade, Rebecca - Raige Creations
Judy writes the ‘Fantastic Five‘ column where she features 5 Zibbet items every week. She is the owner of four Zibbet shops: Portable Graffiti Graphics, Portable Graffiti buttons, Proofreader, and Wild Goose Chase vintage, crafts and supplies. You can follow Judy on Facebook.
AHHH! I’m on the wrong end of the state - that would have been fun! My mom used to live in Hendersonville.
That is absolutely stellar!!! I’m STILL jealous I missed out on that! Anyone in the CT area (or maybe even the MA area) let’s get together for lunch!
The food was good but the company (to borrow Marge’s term) was stellar! Wonderful to interact without a monitor in the way and no keys to hit.
I’m game for a meet-up in Southwest Florida. Contact me if you’re interested. Let’s do it!
Judy
Oh my gosh how fun!!!!!
what a great post & a great get together! Love the featured items as ell! I just live on the wrong end of the country!
OH MY GOSH! What a nice surprise this was, Judy - it WAS a memorable meeting, the picture above brings it all back……….thank you for this extra-added feature and showcasing an item for each one of us………..rumor has it that the Lunch-Bunch will be gathering again, soon.
Thank you, Judy!
JEALOUS! Anyone near SE Wisconsin???
Thank you so much, Judy for this lovely surprise! We had a wonderful time and I think we talked more than we ate! I love those kind of rumors, Carolyn!
What fun! And a great collection of treasures from this group.
AWSOME!!! And I am so jealous!
Lori
What a great idea! I wish we can do this in Seattle
Kay
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How fabulous to see all our ‘girls’ obviously having a great time. So happy you got a group shot.
Well, only a continent apart!
Must have been fun!
What a great looking bunch! I’m jealous - it looks like you had a great time. I think regional get-togethers are a wonderful idea. Is anyone near Delaware County, New York?
Judy, great feature! thanks so much for sharing this with Zibbeters, and bringing back the good memories of that day!
I think it is a great idea to have Zibbeters get together! How bout a crafty get together sometime? Have snacks, drinks, and an (easy) fun project to do, somthing we don’t normally craft.
Just a thought, and something different than putting on those caleries…..
Great items you chose to feature as well.
Thanks again,
Rebecca
Jealous I missed this!! I live in NC not too far from Hendersonville!!
Next time…..I wanna come :o) .
Looks like fun. What a great post!!
Becky ;o)
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I think this is the best Fantastic Five so far! What fun. Like others have commented, I’m jealous. I’m game for a Florida Panhandle gathering–I know I’m not the only Zibbeter in NW Florida…
My blog is (http://kansasgirl7404blogspot.com)Shows my cards and art work.
Judy, what a great surprise! It sure was a wonderful time, looking forward to our next get together. Anyone else near by?
I love that photo of you all together. I hope we get more Zibbeters doing gatherings like this. Especially in groups of 5! ; )
I live in NC too, but in the middle of the state, near Chapel Hill. It would have been a 4 hour drive for me to Hendersonville. But I’d love to take a trip there sometime [and gas is getting a bit lower!]
I also live on the wrong side of the state! I used to live in Asheville but now I live on the OUter Banks close to Kitty Hawk, NC. What a great idea!
Love all the comments! This was truly a fun favorite to put together. I was really excited about seeing it go live.
Judy
How cool! So nice to see those familiar faces all together at one table. Just shows how small our crafty world really is.
Wanitta
That’s is so cool! Anybody living in San Francisco South Bay, California?
It would be great if we can meet locally!! let me know!!
Anamaria
anamaria@sofismart.com
Love to see the whole group together!
Come on Texas! We can surely get 5 of us together for a fun filled feast! Anyone??
Norma
Love this Fantastic Five - and would love to see more of our Zibbeters meeting up all around the world! If you do, take lots of photos and post them in the community! http://community.zibbet.com
This sounds like an awesome time! It’s great to see the friendship! I think this would be great if every state, country, area could do something like this. Maybe have a “local zibbet” group!
What a great feature! Totally cool, and how nice to meet these five NC artisans! I’m surely up for one in or near Atlanta.
Skype me in!