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Saturday, August 7, 2010

The Scrap Cabana's September 10, 11, 12, 2010, "SURVIVOR" Weekend Scrapbook Retreat. Castaway for a scrappin' weekend of FUN!

Join The Scrap Cabana at “Hampton Island” for a Survivor Themed Weekend Scrapbook Retreat, September 10, 11, 12, 2010! In true Survivor Island theme you and your fellow scrappin castaways will be swept away for 55 hours of scrappin fun!

55 Hours of Scrappin Fun! FRIDAY 10:00 AM - SUNDAY 5:00 PM!

Participate in Scrapbook Challenges…locate the hidden Immunity Scrappin’ Idol for bonus raffle tickets, win and wear the Immunity Scrappin’ Necklace and form new scrappin alliances’! Wrap up your Cabana Crop Survivor Weekend by participating in our Tribal Council Raffle Drawing! Final Challenges and Rewards for the Sole Surviving Layout Castaway, the Sole Surviving Late Night Scrappin Castaway and the Sole Surviving Bingo Castaway! Participation in our challenges is not required so if you just want to be swept away for 55 hours of scrappin fun that’s ok too!

September 10, 11, 12, 2010 Your Escape for Scrapbooking! ONLY 28 SCRAPPIN SPOTS AVAILABLE!

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 to 80 Scrappers so be sure to reserve your seat today! We fill up fast! We already have 52 Scrapper's registered as of AUGUST 2010!

Join us for a Cabana Crop Adventure with lot of scrappin’, fun, challenges, raffles and rewards! OUTSCRAP, OUTLAST & OUTCREATE your fellow scrappers!

You are free to crop all night long if you dare! Rooms are open 24 hrs for those die hard castaway scrappers!

Why not get a tribe of scrappin' friends together and escape for a weekend JUST FOR YOU! Join us for the entire event or just come for the day. You won't want to miss out on the fun!

Saturday Night Cookout Feast! (Weather Permitting, Otherwise Pizza Party!)
Unlimited Fountain Soda, Coffee & Tea
Lot's of Great Giveaways
Welcome Reward with Scrappin' Goodies!
FREE Cabana Crop T-Shirt!
FULL OR HALF Table Options (6x30 Tables)
Tribal Council Awards - Award and T-Shirts awarded for Late Nite Scrappin Sole Survivor, Layout Sole Survivor and BINGO Sole Survivor!

Excellent Raffle Prizes including our

GRAND PRIZE 12X12 CRICUT CUTTING MACHINE!

"Garage Sale Table" Earn Store Credit on Must Have's that have become Have Not's

Massage Therapist available to alleviate scrappin kinks!

Embosser on-site to create wonderful titles on your Scrappin' Albums!

Creative Memories Products, Albums, Pages and Protectors will also be available.

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

SEPTEMBER RETREAT PRICING:

Early Bird Specials - Register by August 27, 2010

$65.00 FULL Table Option, Full Weekend Event
$50.00 HALF Table Option (Share 6x30 space, Above & Below Table)

After August 27, 2010

$75.00 FULL Table Option, Full Weekend Event
$60.00 HALF Table Option, Full Weekend Event
$55.00 Fri/Sat OR Sat/Sun FULL Table Event

HOW DO I REGISTER?

Click Here to download and print our flyer and registration form!

You may visit our website, The Scrap Cabana Weekend Scrabook Retreats to register on-line.

If you would like to mail payment, Click Here to download and print our flyer and registration form. Complete the registration form and mail with payment to secure your scrappin' spot!

We accept Visa, Mastercard, Discover, Pay Pal, Personal Checks, Cashiers Check or Money Orders.

If you want to scrap in a castaway tribe (group), please be sure to let me know! Invite your scrappin' friends to join in the fun! 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!)

Scrappin Tools that will be available for your use:

Cricut with several cartridges
Paper Trimmers
Sizzix Die Cutting Machine with tons of dies
Creative Memories oval, circle and shape cutting systems
Punches (Various sizes and shapes)

Location:
“Hampton Island”
Hampton Inn & Suites Aurora, IL
2423 Bushwood Drive, Aurora 60506
630-907-2600
(Conveniently located at I88 & Orchard Rd)
LATE CHECK-OUT 2:30 FOR ALL SCRAPPIN' HOTEL GUEST

Each Room includes Mini-Refrigerator, Microwave, and 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 2-3 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, Chili’s plus many more!

Check out our pictures and comments about our Weekend Scrapbook Events on our previous Blogs or Facebook Fan Page.

We hope to see you at our Weekend Scrapbook Retreat!

Questions???
Please feel free to e-mail us at weekendretreats@thescrapcabana.com

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2010 - 2011 Future Weekend Scrapbook Retreats

2010 Retreats

Hampton Inn & Suites, Aurora, IL.

November 19, 20, 21, 2010

Timber Creek Inn & Suites, Sandwich, IL

October 15, 16, 17, 2010

2011 Retreats

Hampton Inn & Suites, Aurora, IL

January 7, 8, 9, 2011

March 10, 11, 12, 2011

May 20, 21, 22, 2011

September 9, 10, 11, 2011

November 11, 12, 13, 2011

Timber Creek Inn & Suites, Sandwich, IL

TBA

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COUPON OFFER CAN'T CROP, STOP BY TO SHOP!

Bring in this ad for 20% off your total order!*

Offer Valid September 10, 11, 12, 2010.

*Walk in's only!

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Hope to scrap with you soon!

Until our next ChitChat....Happy Scrappin!

Michelle

The Scrap Cabana

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Scrappin' Highlights from our June 2010 Weekend Scrapbook Retreat!

We had our first June Weekend Scrapbook Retreat and although I was worried that we moved our normal May Retreat to June and with Graduations and the summer quickly approaching, we still had a great turn out! A total of 42 scrappers! We had more new Scrappers that attended then loyal scrappers and I believe a good time was had by all!

My favorite part about our weekends is that I get to meet exciting new scrappers, visit and laugh with our loyal bunch and view all of the wonderful, creative scrapbook layouts and card creations. I’m always amazed at all the great talent we have each event! I was able to Scraplift many great ideas! I just can’t wait to use the ideas myself!

At each of our retreats we love to acknowledge our hard working scrappers! This retreat was no exception; we had rewards for our Late Night Scrappin Queen, our Layout Queen and our BINGO Scrappin Queen.

As always we award our Late Night Scrapping Queen Awards to our die hard scrappers. We had a true competition between the two rooms. Our new scappers Lori, Lisa and Stephanie were real contenders. Lisa arrived at our retreat at 4:00 on Friday and didn’t sleep until Sunday morning at 1:00am! That’s a total of 39 consecutive scrappin hours! Way to go….I would have been totally exhausted but she was a great sport and kept the coffee flowing! Our 2nd scrappin room was no exception; we had 4 late, late, late nighters. Rebecca, Dawn, Abby and Nikki, that took full advantage of their time away. Dawn logged at total of 32 scrappin hours while Rebecca, Abby and Nikki were close behind. You gals must have to have a day after the retreat to catch up on your sleep! Way to go die hards!

We had quite a few scrapper bees at this event and I’m still amazed at how many layouts they were able to complete. They must be very organized, having each page setup ready with pictures, paper and layouts already in mind! Geriann was once again our reining Layout Queen with a total of 81 completed pages! Judy was close behind with 69! One day, someone is going to give Geriann a run for her money, I mean, T-Shirt! ;) I’m so glad you were able to get so much accomplished.

Scrappin BINGO is always a hit! It’s getting harder and harder to come up with interesting squares! Our BINGO Scrappin Queen award goes to Glenda Potter! She was the first to complete her BINGO Card early on Saturday! I’m gonna have to come up with more challenging squares! Maybe I should up the Loyalty Square to 6 retreats! ;)

Although I would love to be able to sit with each scrappin group for hours, unfortunately the weekend’s fly by and I find that I don’t have enough time to speak with everyone long enough personally! I would like to mention a few scrappin moments that I found interesting….We had two Prego scrappers this event, and get this, they are both named Lori, spelled just that way, due both around the same time! We had to take advantage of this photo op by taking a photo of our two scrappin Prego’s! I wish them both the best of luck with their pregnancies’ and we look forward to seeing all the baby pictures soon! Lori D. is due in September and she is still scheduled to attend our September Retreat….I just hope baby D is willing to wait and let Mom have one final scrappin weekend before joining us…you never know….we may have our first Scrappin’ Baby!

It’s a small, small world….a new scrappin’ friend that was referred by one of our loyal scrappers was scrappin away at preserving her son’s 8th Grade trip to Washington D.C. at our retreat. As she was scrappin away, she noticed that one of the chaperones in the picture looked very similar to me! Low and behold, it was me! I was the chaperone on her son’s/my daughters 8th Grade trip to Washington D.C. and our children are mutual acquaintances! Even one better, our son’s are on the same baseball team THIS SEASON! How odd is that…it truly is a small, small world!

I wanted to create a new level of excitement by introducing a new scrapping game to our weekend retreats. While we understand that our scrappers join our retreats to focus on scrappin, we do try to provide some level of excitement! While we don’t dance on the tables, every once and a while we do engage in a fun activity. This retreat, once or twice a day we would play “Show me a picture”, a new Scrappin’ game I discovered on the internet. For each room, we would announce a scene in which the scrapper would have to produce a picture that represented that scene…i.e. A 1st Birthday Cake, A person in their graduation cap, a picture of someone on a boat…etc. While I was hoping that the scrappers would enjoy this new addition to our retreats, they relished in the competition. Each picture was worth a different amount of FREE Raffle tickets and they had a blast searching through their stash of pictures. We even had a “WIPEOUT” in one of our scrappin rooms as the ladies were running to show me their pictures. After that, I decided that the first to raise their picture would be the winner, with many consolation prizes being awarded! Yes, Geriann, I’m talking about YOU! Heather, I hope you are feeling better!

We held a layout contest utilizing FREE product that we gave to our attendees! (Participation is not necessary, otherwise the product is yours to keep and use.) While we usually go with creating a similar theme, this time around it was a free for all and we awarded BONUS Raffle tickets for the best Layout Awards utilizing the freebies we provide at our retreat.

Each scrapper has the opportunity to submit and vote for a winner. Our 1st place winner was Jennifer Smith.

We had a tie for 2nd place with the award going to Nikki and Tami. Great job gals!

We also had our new Weekend Scrapbook Retreat T-shirts that were available for purchase. I believe that these shirts were a big hit and I appreciate everyone that purchased a shirt. Hopefully soon, we will have a “Caribbean Sea Blue” room full of T-shirt wearers! Check em out! We will have these available on our site soon too!

Lately, it seems that we have had a birthday celebration at each of our retreats to celebrate and this retreat was no exception….our Birthday Scrapper in June was Geriann! I hope you had a great Birthday celebration!

Our Sunday Raffle event was also a great success! We offer FREE Raffle Gifts to all our raffle ticket earners. While we did have a new raffle drawer, my niece Payton Walter was in town to pick our winners, we had a great drawing event. It never fails that at each retreat we always have one great winner that happens to win a majority of our raffles and this retreats was no exception, our lucky repeat raffle winner was Jennifer Smith! It seems like every other drawing her name was drawn! You never know who will win the raffles, sometimes it’s the scrapper that has earned/won the most tickets, while other times the winner of the least tickets comes out our winner!

Insert Drum Roll here…………Our Lucky Raffle Winners were:

Reminisce Easter Paper and Sticker Collection: Bonnie P

Reminisce St. Patty Day Paper and Sticker Collection: Abby S.

Martha Steward Paper Pack: Dawn M.

K&Company Specialty Paper Pack: Glenda P.

K&Company Scrap Pad: Glenda P.

Creative Options Ribbon Holder: Dawn M.

Creative Options Shoulder Paper Organizer: Alice S.

Creative Options Photo Box Organizer: Christine R.

Scrap Cabana Weekend Scrapbook Retreat T-shirt: Jennifer S.

30 Minute Massage at our September Retreat: Jennifer S.

Cricket Cartridge Wild Card: Jennifer S.

50% Weekend Scrapbook Retreat: Donna S.

FREE September Weekend Scrapbook Retreat: Dawn K.

We also combined all the Raffle Tickets from every container for a GRAND Prize Drawing: FREE September Weekend Scrapbook Retreat: Jennifer S.

CONGRATS to all our Raffle Winners!

My daughter, Jordan was on the Relay for Life committee this year and since she has been working hard for the past year on creating awareness, generating interest and donations, we held a special Relay for Life drawing! We raffled away a Scrapbook Tote worth over $150.00 of scrapbook products and goodies! Tickets were $3.00 for one or $5.00 for two and we raised a total of $200 for Relay for Life! Our lucky winner was Glenda Potter! Great job Jordan and a BIG Thank you to all our Relay Raffle participants!

Thank you to all our loyal returning scrappers and our new scrappin’ friends that have joined our crazy group! For each retreat that you attend with The Scrap Cabana, you are given a Loyal Scrapper button! We are seeing lots of lanyards with multiple buttons and we appreciate that you choose to join us for our weekends!

Check out all the 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.

We already have 46 scrappers registered for our September themed “SURVIVOR” Cabana Crop and it’s only JUNE! Space is limited to 75 scrappers and we are well on our way to filling up! Click here to view all the information on our site. You can also download our flyer and registration form by clicking here. Be sure to sign up soon as our spots are going fast! Since we missed National Scrapbook Day in May, we are honoring the event at our September Retreat! We have lots of fun planned and we hope it will be our biggest yet! Our Grand Prize Raffle is a 12x12 Cricut Cutting Machine! Hopefully we will scrap with you soon! Check out all our photos from our events on our Facebook Fan Page!

Until our next chitchat…..Happy Scrappin!

Michelle
The Scrap Cabana

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

The Scrap Cabana's June Weekend Scrapbook Retreat...Kick off your Summer Scrappin' with US!

JOIN The Scrap Cabana's June Weekend Scrapbook Retreat!

Kick off your Summer Scrappin' with US!

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Join The Scrap Cabana for a WEEKEND SCRAPBOOK RETREAT

June 11, 12, 13, 2010

Hampton Inn & Suites

The Augusta Room

2423 Bushwood Dr.

Aurora, IL 60506

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50 HOURS OF CROPPIN' FUN!

FRIDAY 3:00 P.M. - SUNDAY 5:00 P.M.

You are free to crop all night long if you dare!

Room is open 24 hrs for those die hard scrappers!

Why not get a group of scrappin' friends together and escape for a weekend JUST FOR YOU!

Join us for the entire event or just come for the day. You won't want to miss out on the fun!

Saturday Night Pizza Party

Unlimited Fountain Soda, Coffee & Tea

Lot's of Great Giveaways

Welcome Gift with Scrappin' Goodies!

FULL OR HALF Table Options (6x30 Tables)

Awards Ceremony - Award and Sashes awarded for Late Nite Scrappin Queen, Layout Queen and BINGO Queen!

Excellent Raffle Prizes including A Cricut Cartridge!

"Garage Sale Table" Earn Store Credit on

Must Have's that have become Have Not's

Creative Memories Products, Albums, Pages and Protectors will also be available.

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

JUNE RETREAT PRICING:

Early Bird Specials - Register by May 28, 2010

$57.00 FULL Table Option, Full Weekend Event

$40.00 HALF Table Option (Share 6x30 space)

After May 28, 2010

$65.00 FULL Table Option, Full Weekend Event

$50.00 HALF Table Option, Full Weekend Event

$50.00 Fri/Sat OR Sat/Sun FULL Table Event

$35.00 Fri/Sat OR Sat/Sun HALF Table Event

HOW DO I REGISTER?

You may visit our website, The Scrap Cabana to register on-line. If you would like to mail payment, please e-mail us at weekendretreats@thescrapcabana.com for your registration form. Complete the registration form and mail with payment to secure your scrappin' spot!

We accept Visa, Mastercard, Discover, PayPal, Personal Checks, Cashiers Check or Money Orders.

If you want to scrap in a group, please be sure to let me know! Invite your scrappin' friends to join in the fun!

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 on our Facebook Fan Page.

Become a Fan on Facebook.

We hope to see you at our Weekend Scrapbook Retreat!

Questions???

Please feel free to e-mail us at weekendretreats@thescrapcabana.com
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2010 - 2011 Future Weekend Scrapbook Retreats

2010 Retreats

Hampton Inn & Suites, Aurora, IL.

September 10, 11, 12, 2010

November 19, 20, 21, 2010

Timber Creek Inn & Suites, Sandwich, IL

October 15, 16, 17, 2010

2011 Retreats

Hampton Inn & Suites, Aurora, IL

January 7, 8, 9, 2011

March 10, 11, 12, 2011

May 20, 21, 22, 2011

September 9, 10, 11, 2011

November 11, 12, 13, 2011

Timber Creek Inn & Suites, Sandwich, IL

TBA

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COUPON OFFER

CAN'T CROP, STOP BY TO SHOP!

Bring in this ad for 20% off your total order!*

Offer Valid June 11, 12, 13, 2010.

*Walk in's only!

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Hope to scrap with you soon!

Until our next ChitChat....Happy Scrappin'

Michelle

The Scrap Cabana

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Highlight from our March 2010 Weekend Scrapbook Retreat.

Anyone have an Ostrich Sticker??? Another great scrappin’ weekend has come and gone! We were back to our favorite scrappin’ place, The Hampton Inn & Suites in Aurora. We were packed…it was definitely a cozy retreat….strangers soon became friends…..almost too tight with a total of 54 scrappin’ buddies! I promise it won’t be that tight ever again! We will have all 4 rooms at The Hampton soon….we are growing quickly with about half of our scrappers returning and half new!

One of the greatest benefits of hosting these retreats is the opportunity to see all the great creative layouts….I saw a ton of awesome creations. I only wish I had the time to look through every single layout. Cynthia P won the opportunity to attend Johnny Depps Premier for the movie Public Enemies….she really had some great pictures including one with her and Johnny (Lucky!) and her layouts were quite stunning!

Bonnie P’s was seeking stickers of any kind that depicted an Ostrich…I found a picture!...What a tough item to find….if anyone has any leads… I’m sure she would be thrilled! Good Luck on your Ostrich search Bonnie!

Kelly P had a great layout of her daughter’s birthday celebrations; she would trace her children’s hands at each birthday and incorporate the cut out into the Birthday Layout….what a great idea! Too bad my children are older or I would definitely Scrap Lift that idea!

At each of our retreats, a group of scrappers will create their own scrappin’ T’s and this retreat was no exception….Diane W. created kick butt T’s and she gave me one too! Check out the “Sisterhood of the Travelin’ Scrappers” T’s that she created….Thanks Diane! I love it!

We had two Birthday Scrappers this weekend……Erin P and Heidi M….Thank you for choosing to spend your special day with us! We hope you both had a great scrappin’ Birthday!

It seems as if everyone has definitely outgrown the half tables and all but a handful of our scrappers had the full table. As you can see from the pictures they definitely filled them with scrappin goodies! Plenty of room to spread out and hunker down for the weekend! Our Awards for Late Nite Scrappin’ Queen, Layout Queen and BINGO Queen had the typical intense competition. We had a run for the Layout Queen Award with 59 layouts completed for Lori, 64 for Denise and our Layout Scrappin’ Queen Award goes to Geriann with a total of 76! That’s that same number as our January winner! Way to go Geriann! You have to be totally organized to pump out that many layouts!

Our Late Nite Scrappin’ Queen was once again a battle of the Night Owls…..In our Palmer Room, we had a number of late nite scrappers, Christine stayed up until 4:30am Sunday morning and Die Hard Diana stayed up all night on Friday evening, all day Saturday and didn’t crash until Sunday morning at 12:30am…..a total of 33 consecutive scrappin’ hours… WHOO HOO! Now that’s what I call determination! In our Augusta Room, we once again had a battle between Late Nite Pro’s Lori, Sara, Rebecca and Anita….Anita who missed our January retreat was once again the Queen Night Owl….she stayed up until 7:30am Saturday morning and then again till 7:30am Sunday morning…AND she only took cat naps and was up again by 10:00am each day. One of our reigning Late Nite Queen’s Lori D surprised us with the great news that she is now expecting her 2nd child and will have to relinquish the crown for a while…..Congratulations on your great news and we can’t wait to meet the little one! We will sure miss you at our retreats but we want you to continue to Crop Till U Pop! We are hoping she will actually attend our September retreat with her due date only 1 week after! We will see…….

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 A PICTURE OF U ON A PAGE, or CROPPED FOR OVER 15 COMBINED HOURS, or COMPLETED 20 PAGES. It is really a lot of fun and you earn FREE raffle tickets that you can use to win Scrappin Giveaways. Usually we only have 1 or 2 scrappers that complete the full BINGO card but this retreat we had 7 Scrappers complete the FULL Page….Lori F, Christine M, Beth J, Michelle D, Rebecca H, Geriann W and Theresa M….we had to pull a name for our new BINGO Queen and the winner was……Beth J. We graced all 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 again at a future Retreat! Congratulations to all our Award Winners!

As always we had some great Raffle Gifts (which are free for BINGO participants) and our Raffle Champions Were:

The Great Outdoor’s Sticker/Paper Pack by Reminisce: Dawn K.

Scrapbook Album: Lori G.

Lime Polka Dot Organizer: Beth J.

Pebbles Ribbon’s: Susan W. (Susan, you won again...be sure your daughter gives u your prize!)

Graduation Celebrations Stickers/Paper Pack by Reminisce: Bonnie P.

LaCreme DCWV Paper Stack: Dawn K.

Glitter Paper by Reminisce: Alice S.

Happy Easter Stickers/Paper Pack by Reminisce: Deb M.

Brad Organizer: Christine M.

Unwritten Stickers/Paper Pack by Reminisce: Judy J.

Shoulder Tote Organizer: Glenda

Cricut Font: Ashlynn’s Alphabet: Dawn S.
50% Off The Scrap Cabana’s Weekend Scrapbook Retreat: Christine M.

Free The Scrap Cabana’s Weekend Scrapbook Retreat: Lori D.

Congratulations to all our Raffle Champions!

We also had on hand our Exceptional Massage therapist and our Embosser. We also offered the “Garage Sale Table” again and many were able to scoop up wonderful goodies at very reasonable prices.

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 Happy Easter 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 70% of the creative pad design along with any additional embellishments they preferred. We had a total of 27 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: Lori F, 2nd Place: Sue B. Lori won 20 additional

Raffle Tickets while Sue won 10! Thank you to all for taking the time to create such creative cards! It was soooooooo hard to choose our favorites! Check them all out under our photo section on our Facebook account! Become a Fan of The Scrap Cabana on Facebook Today! The Scrap Cabana Facebook Fan

After a great weekend escape, I believe that we all had a wonderful, creative, relaxing 49 hours of scrapping fun! I didn’t even realize when I set up the weekend that this would fall on the Daylight Savings Time…Spring Forward….a number of us waited up until 2:00am and watched as our cell phones changed the time! I hit the bed close after the change! Too bad we lost that precious scrappin’ hour!

Thank you to all our loyal returning scrappers and I hope that all our new scrappers will join us once again in the future! We gave out our Loyal Weekend Scrapbook Retreat Buttons for the first time this weekend. For each weekend that you attend with us, you will receive a button to celebrate your loyalty. The scrappers displayed them with pride on their new The Scrap Cabana lanyards. Our loyal die hard fans…..

Top Honors: 7 Weekend Scrapbook Retreats:

Beth J, Judy J, Sue B, Amy A, Karen Y, Christine M, Lori F., Sue S.

6-4 Weekend Scrapbook Retreats:

Erin P, Alice S., Anita S., Heidi M, Sandra M, Tracy A, Becky A, Maria G, Diane W., Linda L., Lori G., Meg K., Lori D., Sara W., Mary N., Donna S.

We also have a number of loyal scrappers that are quickly approaching 4+ weekends, (Yes….that includes, Geriann W., Theresa M., Glenda P., Linda H., Rebecca H., Stef I., Michelle D., Karen M., Julie R., Diane N., Sara D., and Kelly P.) and we welcomed a number of new scrappers! I love that all our scrapper’s interact well together and great NEW friendships have formed from our retreats. I hope to see all of ya at our future weekend retreats and I only wish I had more time to spend with each and every one of ya! 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.

Unfortunately, we are unable to host our May, National Scrapbook Day Weekend Retreat due to Prom activities. We will try a June Retreat in place of our May weekend and we hope that Graduation and Summer activities will not prohibit our scrappers from attending! It’s still going to be a blast!

We are also moving our National Scrapbook Day Celebrations to our September Retreat and we have lots of fun planned for this event. During our Sept. Retreat we will be holding raffles every few hours, our BINGO raffle items will include a Gipsy and a 12x12 Cricut along with tons of other great raffle prizes. Each participant will get a “Scrap Cabana” T-shirt along with lots of other goodies! We will even have a local newspaper on hand to take pics and speak with all of our scrappers for a special article! I also hope to introduce our New Scrapbook ReMix Contest….details to follow. It’s guaranteed to be so much fun and provide a lot of laughs! Hope to scrap with ya soon!

Check out all the 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. We already have 15 scrapper for June and 20 for September! Be sure to sign up soon as our spots are going fast! Hopefully we will scrap with you soon! Check out all our photos from our events on our Facebook Fan Page!

Until our next chitchat…..Happy Scrappin!

Michelle
The Scrap Cabana