The Scrap Cabana's March 2010 Weekend Scrapbook Retreat!

The Scrap Cabana Weekend Scrapbook Retreats

March 12, 13, 14, 2010 Your Escape for Scrapbooking!

If you are looking for a place to Scrapbook, meet new people and laugh then this is the event for you! Leave your career, kids, hubby, housework and worries at home and escape for a weekend of Scrapbooking! We will be hosting Weekend Scrapbook Retreats just for YOU! Join us for the entire event or if time is still limited, you may choose to come for the day!

Three Full Day of Scrapbooking! We have our own scrapbook conference room so once you unpack you do not need to repack until Sunday! Space is limited so be sure to reserve your seat today!

Retreat Pricing:

$40.00 Early Bird Registration. Half Table. Complete Registration by February 26, 2010.
$58.00 Early Bird Registration. Full Table. Complete Registration by February 26, 2010.

AFTER FEBRUARY 26, 2010:

$50.00 Full Weekend Retreat HALF Table (Friday 3:00pm - Sunday 5:00pm) Unlimited
$65.00 FULL TABLE FOR ONE, Full Weekend Retreat
$50.00 Friday/Saturday OR Saturday/Sunday FULL Table
$35.00 Friday & Saturday Crop Half Table

50 HOURS OF SCRAPPIN FUN! Friday 3:00pm - Sunday 5:00pm

SO What is included?
Scrapbooking Space 6X30 TABLE, Either Half or Full Table Options
Continental Breakfast (Hotel Guest Only)
Unlimited Supply of Fountain Soda, Coffee & Tea.
Saturday Night Pizza Party

Make N Takes

Welcome Gifts

Great Fun & Prizes

Raffle

On-Site Store

Late Night, Most Layouts Completed and BINGO Queen Awards

If you would like to scrap with a friend or group, please let me know in advance so that we can be sure to accommodate your request. Late registration cannot guarantee reserved seating.

Location:
Hampton Inn & Suites Aurora
2423 Bushwood Drive, Aurora 60506
630-907-2600
Fax 630-907-2919
http://www.hamptoninnandsuitesaurora.com/
(Conveniently located at I88 & Orchard Rd)

Each Room includes Mini-Refrigerator, Microwave, Coffeemaker ,Complimentary "On the House" Hot Breakfast , Complimentary High Speed Internet Access , Coffee / Tea in Lobby 24 Hours a Day, Fitness Center, Pool / Whirlpool

We will not be handling hotel reservations. You will need to contact the hotel directly for room reservations. We have a room block under "The Scrap Cabana". You must request a room from this block to receive the discounted room rates. The room block usually ends 3 weeks prior to each event so book your room early!

Special Room Rates:
$86.00 King Size Sleeper (Fits 1-2) , $102.00 2 Queen Double Sleepers (Fits 1-4)

Lunch is on your own. Restaurants near by: Panera, Buffalo Wild Wings, Jimmy Johns, Starbucks, Chilis plus many more!

Registration:
You may register on-line, The Scrap Cabana Weekend Retreats,  or if you would prefer to mail in registration and payment, please request a registration form by e-mailing weekendretreats@thescrapcabana.com

Earn $5.00 Store Credit to be used during the weekend for each NEW Scrapper you refer and attends the event. (1st time attendees only!)

Check out our pictures and comments about our Weekend Scrapbook Events in our previous blogs or on Facebook. Become a Facebook Fan.

OUR ON-SITE STORE WILL ALSO BE OPEN

TO THE PUBLIC SO IF YOU ARE

UNABLE TO MAKE IT TO SCRAP....

Be sure to stop by to browse our exciting

scrapbook products!

Saturday 10am - 8pm, Sunday 10am - 4pm.

PRINT THIS PAGE AND PRESENT IT FOR 20% OFF YOUR TOTAL ORDER!*

 *WALK IN'S ONLY

Check out all the details under Weekend Scrapbook Retreats at The Scrap Cabana! It’s the perfect chance to catch up on all your scrapbooking!

FUTURE SCRAPBOOKING 2010 DATES:
June 11, 12, 13, 2010 Hampton Inn & Suites
September 10, 11, 12, 2010 Hampton Inn & Suites
October 15, 16, 17, 2010 Timber Creek Inn & Suites
November 19, 20, 21, 2010 Hampton Inn & Suites

Hope to see you at one of our 2010 Weekend Scrapbook Retreats!

Until our next chitchat........Happy Scrappin'
Michelle
The Scrap Cabana
Your Escape For Scrapbooking

Stacey Higgins

With heavy heart we are sad to announce that our Scrappin’ Buddy Stacey Higgins lost her battle with cancer, Tuesday, January 26, 2010. We will truly miss her smiling face and contagious positivity! I truly believe she enjoyed her relaxing time away scrappin with us her precious memories. It was her ideal escape from her personal struggles.  I know that her family will cherish her special creations for years to come!  Stacey created a journal of her journey at CaringBridge.com and I have included the link to her journal. Stacey Higgins 

We will truly miss Stacey and her family and friends, especially her scrappin' buddy, Debbie Potsick, are in our hearts and prayers. May she rest in peace in heaven with God and his Angels!  Donations in honor of Stacey are being accepted at CaringBridge.com.

We will miss you Stacey!

Michelle

January 2010 Weekend Scrapbook Retreat Wrap-Up!

What a great start to 2010! We held our January Weekend Scrapbook Retreat at Timber Creek Inn & Suites in Sandwich, IL. This is the first year we offered a January Retreat and we had a great turnout.

We had a total of 45 croppers attend our event. We had 20 new scrappers that joined us for the first time!

Thank you to all our new and veteran scrappers for choosing to join us!

The best thing about holding our retreats at the Timber Creek is the extra large table space. Each scrapper had their very own 8x30 scrapbook space. This allowed plenty of room for everyone to spread out and bunker down for a long eventful weekend. At each of our events, we offer contests and hold an Awards Ceremony on Sunday. This event our contest included the Late Nite Scrappin’ Queen, Layout Queen and BINGO Queen Awards. Our Layouts Queen was Brandi and she definitely took advantage of her time away….completing a total of 76 scrapbook pages! WOW…Way to go! We had two other contenders that definitely have to be mentioned, Geriann with 68 and Lori with 62. Not to shabby! Great going Gals!

We also offer the Late Night Scrappin’ Award and this too was a competition. Rebecca H., Lori D. and Sara really battled it out for the honor of earning this title! Rebecca stayed up Friday evening until 5:45 and then never went back to sleep the rest of the weekend. Granted she did take a cat nap in the most convenient location, check out the picture, but she was our true Late Nite Scrapper! This photo brings a whole new meaning to “Crop Till U Drop!” I LOVE IT!

Lori D. and Sara were also awarded the title for staying up till 5:00 on Friday evening and again 5:30 on Saturday nite. Hope you gals have caught up on your sleep!

At our Scrapbook Weekends, we offer the opportunity to play Scrapbook BINGO! You earn raffle tickets just by scrappin! It is a typical BINGO card but with scrappin squares. An example of a Bingo square would be USE RIBBON ON YOUR PAGE, or SCRAPPED FOR OVER 8 HOURS IN ONE DAY, or COMPLETED 10 PAGES. It is really a lot of fun and you earn raffle tickets that you can use to win Scrappin Giveaways. We had a few scrappers that almost completed the entire card and our BINGO Queen was Lori G completing her full Bingo Card.

New this retreat we graced our winners with Special Sashes that they get to keep and wear with honor. If you are an Awards Winner, you must bring the Sash back with you at your next retreat with us and wear with honor! Hopefully soon, we will have a room full of Sash wearing Scrappers…Can’t wait to see you in your Sashes at our March Retreat! Congratulations to all our Award Winners!

We had some great Raffle Gifts at our retreat and our Raffle Winners Were:

Cloud 9 Paper Pack: Nikki

Pebbles Theodore Paper Pack: Lori G.

Under the Sea Reminisce Paper & Stickers Complete Line: Rebecca K.

La Crème Die Cuts With A View Stack: Karen B.

Brad Organizer: Jennifer F.

Christmastime Reminisce Paper & Stickers Complete Line: Becky S.

Scrapbook Calendar: Nikki S.

Christmas Reminisce Paper & Stickers Complete Line: Diana S.

Life’s A Beach Cricut Cartridge: Kelly H.

Organizer Bag: Joanne

Halloweentime Reminisce Paper & Stickers Complete Line: Brandi O.

Falltime Reminisce Paper & Stickers Complete Line: Connie

50% OFF a 2010 Scrap Cabana Weekend Scrapbook Retreat: Geriann

FREE 2010 Scrap Cabana Weekend Scrapbook Retreat: Lori D.

CONGRATS TO ALL OUR LUCKY RAFFLE WINNERS!

We had a great new group of scrappers join our retreat this time. Included in the mix were two Prego friends scrappers, April and Joanne both due in May 2010! We wish them the best of luck in the remainder of their pregnancies and look forward to seeing your new little ones in pictures soon!

We also had a group of scrappers that used to work at one of my favorite Scrapbooking Store which closed many years ago. They brought lots of talent to our Card Creations contest and I hope to utilize their great experience, teaching classes at our future weekend retreats. We are so honored that our new scrappers joined our crazy scrappin group! I hope to see all of you at many more of our events!

For each of our retreats we like to offer various contests or make-n-take options. For this event, we provided each of our scrappers with a 4X6 creative Nellie’s Garden pad from Pebbles, Inc. Each pad included 30 sheets of paper and 4 sticker sheets. Each scrapper was offered the opportunity to create a card creation to enter into our Card Creation Contest or just keep the pad to enjoy. Each card creation that was submitted into the contest was to utilize at least 80% of the creative pad contents along with any additional embellishments they preferred. We had a total of 12 wonderful, phenomenal, creative card entries into our contest. Each of the scrappers, whether they entered the contest or not, were allowed to vote once for each card they favored! Our Creative Card Contest winners were: 1st Place: Nikki S, 2nd Place: Abbey S. Thank you to all for taking the time to create such creative cards! Check them all out under our photo section on our Facebook account!

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We had a number of enhancements at our January Retreat….on hand was our Exceptional Massage therapist and our Embosser. We also offered the “Garage Sale Table” again and many were able to scoop up wonderful goodies! New this retreat, we had a Creative Memories Rep, Kristen Johnson available with CM Albums, Pages and Protectors. If anyone would like to contact her for supplies, please check out her website, Creative Memories/Kris Johnson

After a great weekend escape, I believe that we all had a wonderful, creative, relaxing 50 hours of scrapping fun! Thank you to all our loyal returning scrappers and I hope that all our new scrappers will join us once again in the future! Without all of you our event would not be as fun and successful! I truly enjoyed the time away and had a few wonderful bouts of laughter….

We will be adding a few new perks to our future Weekend Retreats….each of our Cabana Scrappers are given a lanyard and name tag so that we all get to know each other better. We will have new The Scrap Cabana lanyards at our March Retreat and we will also be introducing our “Loyal Cabana Croppers Awards”, cool buttons that showcase your retreat attendance! What a great, fun way to display your Cabana loyalty! Check back soon as we will also be introducing our New Scrapbook ReMix Contest….details to follow in a few weeks! It’s guaranteed to be so much fun and provide a lot of laughs!

Check out our information regarding our 2010 and 2011 Weekend Scrapbook Events! I’m confident that you will enjoy our events and we welcome new scrappin buddies to join our rapidly growing scrappin family. Our March Retreat already has 26 registered scrappers! Sign up today as we only have room for 50 scrappers! Hopefully we will scrap with you soon!

Until our next chitchat…..Happy Scrappin!

Michelle

The Scrap Cabana