Highlights Magazine Illustrators Party 2009
Highlights throws an incredible Illustrator’s Party Weekend every year. They invited us out to their beautiful headquarters in eastern Pennsylvania and wined and dined us (well, I didn’t get any wine because of the baby). They had activities all weekend long including a bbq, square dance, lamb roast, hayride, pumpkin painting, portfolio time, and so on. Super fun to meet so many wonderful illustrators and their families, and especially the art director that I work with from Highlights.
Sharon Vargo and Lost Sock Day
Brad Harris as Emmett Kelly
One of the activities was a costume party where we were supposed to dress up as our favorite day of the year. I chose World Tourism Day and piled on stuff from all over the world. Casey chose National Kick Butt Day and wore his taekwondo uniform with a butt-shaped sign pinned to his butt that said, "Kick here!" Only one guy attempted to kick him. Sharon Vargo here is Lost Sock Day, and Brad Harris made a perfectly sad Emmet Kelly Clown Day.
Near Highlights and Boyds Mills offices. We took the back roads thanks to our handy iPhones.
This is the lake next to our cabin at the Highlights weekend. Gorgeous!
We took a paddle boat out for a bit and got our butts wet due to a broken rudder.
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