First crop... what to bring?!

decide ahead of time what kind of cards you want to work on... that will limit the stamps you bring. then begin thinking of color combos... do you need matching or contrasting ribbon or flowers, etc. will; up be embossing uor sing dies... what ink colors.... what coloring media. you can challenge your self to make at least five cards from each card set you take... or look on pinterest to find cards for inpsiration.. but planning ahead will be your friend!

Hahahahaha! I actually have it listed twice because I thought I forgot it and didn't proofread.  But yeah, I usually have multiple pairs of scissors, although I use one fine tip for fussy cutting and I try to keep one scissors that only cuts ribbon.

BTW, two things I like for transporting all my stuff, which doesn't help you now but may for next time is this set of photo cases in a bigger box from Iris.  Let's see, I have (1) brown and black memento pads; (2) tools (scissors, craft knife, some pins, a paper piercer); (3) adhesives (tombow mono, a travel aleene's, diamond stickles, the adhesive erasers, a couple of rust free pins); (4) pens (including a black memento pen, a ball point pen, a sharpie, a pencil, some spica glitter pens)... and then I don't remember what's in the other boxes right now.

Also, I have the large CTMH organizer and I took most of my embellishments (gems, pearls, enamel dots, sequins, veneers, etc) out of their packages.  the things on sheets I stapled to 3x5 index cards. For loose items, I put them in a little plastic ziploc bag and stapled the bag (just by the back flap on the top of the bag) to a card.  Nearly everything condensed down into that organizer that way.  Although I still have a bunch of loose packages of things (flowers, newer stuff I got lazy about, SU containers of embellishments, I now just carry that large organizer instead of like four boxes of stuff.

Everything!

Seriously.

Ha!

My scrapping weekends are with friends (there are about 15 of us and we do 2 a year where we rent a house specifically set up for crafters), so even if we forget something, borrowing is a given!

When I used to go to crops I spent more time yapping than crafting...hahaha!! One thing that kept me focused was having kits already prepared. Maybe do some of the prep work before hand (die cutting, dry embossing, etc...) so you don't feel like you have to lug everything w/ you. Have fun. I'm jealous you still have crops near you. I don't have anything like this. I have monthly classes where I live so I can meet other crafters but it's not the same.

I have a list. I actually have many lists, but this one contains all of my supplies in my scrap room (in general, not itemized). It is in alphabetical order and I just go down the list and make sure I have it. I also have all of my pages in pre made kits. I drive two hours to my crops (2 every three months). They also have a few vendors on site so I could get tape or buttons of needed. I have an xl and xxl Navigator and two bags. All four of these bags go into a MacWagon. I generally make titles before I go so I don't have to tote any tool larger than a trimmer with me. I also bring some extra card stock just in case. Bring a cushion to sit on for sure. Large crops often have those hard metal chairs and they hurt after an hour or two.