Occasionally, Camp GetAway hosts a “scrapbook camp,” we have one coming up October 24-26. From our experience, here are some insider tips for attendees of ANY getaway for scrapbooking:
1. Read all your attendance materials when you receive them, don’t wait until a few days before the getaway. Helpful info pops out at you. For example, for a camp in the mountains, a minor but very important detail is bringing a really strong flashlight, since its pitch dark after sundown.
2. Pack an additional small table lamp. Yes, the lighting in your crop room may be perfect. Or no, you may find yourself wishing for a little more light directed specifically on your spot. Your own lamp, put it where you want.
3. Pack and bring… everything. Heck, why not? You can always leave a bunch of stuff in your car, but what if you finish your first AND second projects and really wish you had the photos for your third? Fill ‘er up.
4. No need to pre-purchase “just in case” supplies. Just bring your checkbook. Supplies abound at these retreats and there is usually something you see you’d like to use in your project. Buy it on-site.
5. Don’t panic when you first arrive. The natural tendency is to feel overwhelmed with all you wish to accomplish and fearful that you won’t reach your goals. No worries, once you are at your retreat, take a deep breath, wrap your head around what you want to do FIRST and start. SECOND comes right after that. You will be amazed at how much you accomplish.
6. Treat yourself to massages or wine tasting or hikes while there. A retreat is just that – getting away from your daily routine. Added activities will greatly enhance your experience and return you to your family refreshed, but also having accomplished your big goal, massive cropping.
7. If you don’t have a cropping buddy to attend with you, come solo. Women are women, and within a short amount of time, fellow croppers are your girlfriends. No loneliness happens at these retreats.
Enjoy your autumn and Good Cropping!
How to Prep for a Scrapbook Retreat
Larry's Reasons for Scrapbook Camp Excitement
Football games for Oct. 24-26 weekend:
- USC vs. Arizona
- UCLA vs. Cal
- Oregon vs. ASU
- Alabama vs. Tennessee
- Georgia vs. Alabama
- Michigan vs. Michigan State
- Miami vs. New Orleans
Scrapbookers Uniting Oct. 24-26
Admittedly, we surprised ourselves by adding another Scrapbook Camp in 2008, our facility is usually totally sold out. But to our pleasure, the weekend of October 24-26 became available and we grabbed it! If you love to crop, but have no time at home to enjoy your scrapbooking craft, join us for a well-earned retreat. $285 registration. You can read more on the website HERE: http://www.campgetaway.com/activ_scrap.html Only 16 spaces are available.
Scrapbooking GetAway... EXTREME PRODUCTIVITY!
Congrats, Camper Katie, for accomplishing 62 (yes, sixty-two) beautiful pages. In total, 262 pages were completed under masterful coaching of Scrapbook Kellie, whose delightful contests and plentiful supplies kept croppers at the top of their game. But it wasn't all work-work-work. While enjoying the company of friends and family, campers maximized opps for massages and tarot readings, soakin' in the hot tub, wine tasting, chick flicks, s'mores over the fire, hiking to the lake - OK, Patti completely missed and hiked her group to a point where they could SEE it, LOL. We admit, sleep may have been at a minimum, but hot coffee was brewin' before the first cropper hit her station each morn. Thank-you sponsors, Cabot Creamery Cheese and Mad Housewives Wine. Our gratitude, as well, to Massage Janelle, Chef and Tarot Guru Diane! Fearless Leader, Patti, loved every second of the weekend.
'08 T-Shirts Are PURDY!
OK, alumni... we recognize you have plenty of Camp GetAway shirts in our signature pink, so this camp season you'll get more COLORS! When you arrive at April's Camp, take your pick! If we run out of a color, deal with Patti. We don't call her "Fearless Leader" for nothing.
Yes, It's True... our Scrapbooking GetAway is May 16-18, 2008! Registration: $285.
THANKS for your interest, we'll email you directly with updates on this special weekend. Imagine a full 48 hours of uninterrupted "me time" with personal scrapping space just paces from your zzzzzz quarters. Each bunkroom houses two; it's one big slumber party, so don't fear if you're a party of three or five (but HURRY to register, there's only room for 16 scrappers total).
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