If anyone would of told me how much my life would of changed from this experience in Seattle, I would of called you crazy then tried to sell you a can of magic air.
I was the first one to fly in to Seattle, call me a planner, but I had mental pictures of my plane being delayed or canceled. Never mind the fact that I was flying out a day early…. So out of that craziness, I left for the LAX airport at 5am for a 7am flight. I was the only one with a rental car (I had to pick up cupcakes!), so I stayed around the airport and waited for Ashley’s flight to come in.
I’m so glad I did. It was the start of an amazing, life changing weekend.
Almost the entire day Ashley and I explored Seattle. This involved buying matching umbrellas, walking around with those umbrellas even though it wasn’t really raining, eating way-too-spicy thai food (a # 2 out of 5 isn’t suppose to burn!), finding cool graffiti and talking about how cute store window dogs were. Oh and it took us 5 times longer to get anywhere because we had the habit of stopping every minute to take photos.
We did what dorky photographers do best…take photos of each other.
Later that night the 7 of us met and within 30 minutes felt like we have known each other forever.
Ashley Goodwin, Tim King, Anthony Quesada, Erin Oveis Brant, John Payne and Christy Cropper – we fit together like a dysfunctional family should. Laughing became a constant, and inside jokes were passed around like water during a marathon…or triathlon (btw, you can do it Erin!!!).
On top of the jokes and laughing…their was a recurring theme for this weekend…we wanted to be different. We wanted to stand out and show how unique each and every one of us are. Since Jasmine explained it best, you can read about our breakfast shenanigans here.
Jasmine is a thoughtful sweetheart. Like beyond thoughtful. I’ve been wanting to go to her workshop for the past year now, and during the workshop she gives everyone a cute little note, notepad and pen. I squeaked when I saw the pen. Yeah, this girl has simple pleasures.
Me ready to get my learn on…
The crew did an amazing job. Randomly I would turn around when the cameras were off and ninja-style take photos of the camera men. They were really nice and didn’t look at me that strangely.
The knowledge that came from Jasmine blew me away. I’m still processing some of it. As Tim so smartly said…”its like taking a drink of water out of a fire hose”. Even though I was there, I know I’m going to re-watch the course a 1,000 times just to drink every last drop.
After we were finished with the first day of filming and learning we decided to get our tourist-on!
The view from the top of the Space Needle!
After the Space Needle we started walking back to the hotel…then saw an ally. You know, the perfect spot for yoga and such. You must gather your focus young one…
My favorite sign in Seattle!
It took me a while to gather my thoughts. I’m actually still gathering them…its kinda like I’m in a swimming pool and finding quarters at the bottom.
And a huge thanks to Jasmine Star, JD, and the entire crew at CreativeLIVE. If you didn’t watch the course you’re missing out.
Look out for day 3+4!
<3
Candice
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