May Retreat on the Horizon!

Only 5 weeks remain til the May retreat, and I'm hearing from everyone about how much they are looking forward to it! There is no doubt that the economy is having an impact and several of our "regulars" are having to cut back on the number of retreats they attend each year. We miss them dearly and hope they will be back with us soon, and we have new faces joining us as well.

There is room on the May retreat for more scrappers, and anyone who may be interested can contact me at TamaraLipori@gmail.com with questions. The May retreat is always especially wonderful because the weather is typically GREAT, with lots of sunshine filling the scrap room, the pool looks so inviting, and a walk to get some lunch is too tempting to ignore! Tell your friends about the retreat, and make the 4 day party even better with new faces in the room!

Plan now for the Saturday night cocktail party, bring an appetizer and your favorite drink to share, no need for dinner that night for sure!

The Winter Retreat 2009

Just one week ago I was happily surrounded by all my wonderful scrappin' pals at our winter retreat. It was quite possibly our best retreat ever- everyone attending has participated in many retreats with me in the past, so it was just a wonderful time spent with old friends. Four solid days of scrapping, and quite late into the night as well.

I usually try to keep my regular schedule in effect at the retreats (crucial for a lifelong insomniac), but as one of the two year olds in my households has recently begun waking up every two hours all night long- I no longer seem to HAVE a regular schedule! So I pulled three 2 am nights on this retreat. I didn't want to lose any precious scrappin' time so I was back up and at 'em first thing each morning as well. I CRASHED when I came home on Monday. But it was so GREAT! And the page I did of my little guy Giovanni is awesome- I'm so happy with the final product! One page AND ****** full 4x6 photos with an additional 3 3x3 photos. I used the yummy Cosmo Cricket Snorkel line, "borrowed" pal Dana's glitter and Crystal Effects technique, add a half sheet of Hambly's Clearly Heavy Overlay, and several Swings and there you have it; my current favorite layout ever! To see it, and all the other amazing layouts we've been creating, you'll just have to wait til the new book book releases on July 1st!

So now the countdown begins til the May retreat, the weekend after Mother's Day. What better Mother's Day gift could there possibly be? Start leaving hints now!

Our Fabulous Retreats!

Since 2000 we have hosted scrapbook retreats in a variety of locations in Northern California. Typically we hold a retreat in February, May, and October every year. Our retreats are small by design, typically fewer than 24 participants. Each retreater has her own 6 foot table with plenty of space to spread all her favorite STUFF all around her! We start on Thursday at 10 am and go straight through till 5 pm on Sunday.

Our current location is a wonderful hotel in Ukiah, about an hour and a half north of the Golden Gate Bridge. They treat us like royalty-of course, and the beds are AMAZING. The scraproom is comfortable, well lit, secure, and available to particpants 24 hours a day. Breakfast is included, other meals are on your own.

We all bring goodies to share throughout the weekend, and frankly you could never leave the scrap room all weekend and not go hungry! But that's no fun-we also have a "cocktail party" by the pool on Saturday evening, just a brief break from scrapping-completely optional of course.

Your room has a refrigerator, microwave, coffee maker, and the hotel has a wonderful pool and hot tub. We have coffee and hot tea around he clock, and the schedule is whatever YOU want it to be. Scrap into the night, sleep in, scrap early and retire to watch your favorite television program without interruption- it's YOUR retreat, so make it whatever you wnat it to be!

Double occupancy and private rooms are available, as are Day Passes and 2 night retreats based on availability.