Now that I am heading back to the world a bit sooner than I thought it is time to put the scrapping of our last trip into high gear or I will be totally behind and never catch up so you will probably see more layouts here than you have seen lately.

While on our cruise aboard the Disney Wonder in December we were able to attend a private concert by Jodi Benson, who is the voice of the Little Mermaid as well as several other Disney characters including Barbie in the Toy Story II and III movies.

She spent about 90 minutes talking and singing her way through her career before, during and still with Disney. We were totally caught up in her tales and I know I will never listen to “Part of Your World” again without thinking a bit deeper about its meaning and how it was recorded.

She allowed both photos and video to be taken during the show which most performers do not do so of course I took advantage of being able to do both and snapped away.  This first layout are shots taken during her performance:

Credits: Kiss the Girl Kit from Kelly Bell Designs, The Little Mermaid topper design Walt Disney Company, Bracket from KSK Creations, Journaling font: Elizabeth

After the show she was suppose to do a meet and greet for 30 minutes.  The response was so large that the lines literally wrapped around the lobby of the Walt Disney Theater and she stayed (without complaint we are told) for almost 2 hours making sure each person was greeted with the same smile and enthusiasm as the first person was.   Here is the layout I did of my friend Brandie and I meeting her.

Background paper from the Under the Sea kit by Minicake Designs
Font is Elizabeth, bubbles by Lyndsay Riches.  I am not sure who made
the topper as I have had it in my stash for a very long time.
Little Mermaid design is the property of the Walt Disney Company.