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Friday, September 26, 2025

Dinner Companions

Welcome back to the President's Dinner at the 2021 NPTC Convention. I don't have many photos from the event. We began with a cocktail reception and then proceeded to dinner. You can see the menu below. I joined Carl and Marla Raboi, Carl's mom, and her significant other, along with Melania, Nicole, Brian Bailey, and a new member named Allan Randall. We had a great time talking over dinner and were able to get a couple of group shots in before the night came to an end.



For this layout, I chose one of Cheryl Even's Split Coast Stampers sketches. I rotated the sketch 90 degrees to the right to align with the direction of my photos. I used the Our Moments collection from Creative Memories because I felt the colors matched the tone of the restaurant — the rich browns and reds are reflected in the wood tones of the walls and columns. I really like the paper with the tiles on it, so I made that the base for the 2 group photos. I used one of the tonal papers for the background and added 2 thin strips of gray for the outline of the square. This way, I didn't have to cover up the gray paper unnecessarily — paper saver! I didn't need much journaling, so I chose one of the mats with a smaller circle in the middle. The gray of the card matches the gray strips, which helps tie the layout together.

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