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Join us in the beautiful Branson Missouri for a 3 day 2 or 3 night all inclusive scrapbooking vacation.

Your all inclusive get-a-way includes the following......

·         2 to 3 night stay at the Settle Inn Resort and Conference Center.

·         Meals, snacks and drinks. Beverages (including soda) will be available to you throughout the entire weekend, not just at meal time. 

·         Ample cropping space in the crop room that will be assigned to you to scrap at all weekend. The crop room will be open to you around the clock.  No having to clean up your mess if you want to go out and see Branson.

·         A free scrapbooking class taught by one of our talented instructors with the option to purchase other classes at a reduced rate.

·         Use of our non consumable tool table which seems to grow bigger and bigger with every retreat we do! Tools include a sizzix die machine with many alphabet fonts to choose from, punches, templates, computer and printer with hundreds of fun fonts to print your journaling, a sewing machine and much more!

·         A traveling scrapbook store will be on site.

·         Midnight Pizza Party on Saturday night.

·         Participate in our layout contest to win fabulous prizes. First, second and third place prizes will be awarded for each layout category.

·         The Scrap Yard- A place for you to sell off all your extra scrapbooking supplies to fellow retreaters.

JUMP START...WHAT IS IT?

    The Jump Start package is new for April 2008 retreat. In the past the retreat packages have been Friday thru Sunday only. Many of you have expressed to us your desire to have just one more day added to your scrapbooking vacation. We understand that when you're having as much fun as we do at retreat time just seems to fly by. We decided to add Thursday as an option on your retreat package. By adding Jump Start to your retreat package you receive an extra nights sleeping room (for Thursday evening) at the hotel, access to the crop room and our Jump Start crop party at 6:00pm Thursday evening. By adding this package you will also have access to the crop room all day on Friday. Without Jump Start you will not be able to enter the crop room until 1pm on Friday. What a deal! Be sure to mark Jump Start on your registration today!

THE CROP ROOM

Your group will have assigned seating in the crop room. We will automatically assign scrappers that are rooming together at the same table in the crop room. If there's another group of scrappers you would like to be seated with please email me at tr126@yahoo.com. No personal radios allowed in the crop room unless you have headphones. If you tend to get chilly (like I do) please be sure to pack a sweater or sweatshirt as it�s hard to control the temperature in the crop room. The crop room will be available around the clock however if anytime after 1am there is nobody scrappin� we will lock the doors and reopen the crop room at 6am.  Since you all like to bring everything but the kitchen sink with you to retreat we will allow you to set up ONE (1) extra card table per group but please leave room in your vehicle for clothes,  Nobody likes a smelly scrapper. All door prizes will be awarded on Saturday night between 7pm and Midnight, so that nobody misses out while they are in classes or out shopping. Limited electrical outlets are available, those who need to be seated by one please email me and I will do my best when assigning tables, however do plan ahead and pack an extension cord and a roll of duct tape to secure your cord to the floor to prevent trips. Due to fire regulations no burning candles will be allowed in the crop room.

THE SCRAP YARD

The Scrap yard is a place for you to sell off your extra scrapbook supplies. Feel free to pre-make layouts, paper piecings, punch art and more to sell. All items must be put in a Ziploc bag with your name, asking price and your table number. (Cropping tables will be numbers at the retreat.) Scrappers will be responsible for finding the sellers and paying them. Past Reflections is not responsible for lost or damaged items. The Scrap yard will be available throughout the entire weekend. For those items you have not sold by the end of the weekend and you don�t want to pack pack up and take home, there will be a box available for donations to the Ronald McDonald House. This has always been a lot of fun!!

OTHER RETREAT INFO

(some details may change from one retreat to the next, be sure to check out the current newsletter to get up to date details. This information give a pretty good idea of what to expect)

You may check into your hotel room anytime AFTER 3pm on Friday. Your room is booked by Past Reflections and will be listed under one of your groups names. After you get yourself settled into your sleeping room you may come and register for your scrapbooking weekend with Past Reflections.  The crop room is in the Stonehenge meeting hall located in the hotels main lobby. The crop room will not open until 3pm on Friday. We will not seat anyone until this time. Once inside the crop room you will have assigned seating with your group that will stay the same the entire weekend. No need to pack everything up every time you leave the crop room.  you will receive a name tag upon registration.  Please wear this name tag as it helps hotel staff and Past Reflections staff and vendors identify you.

Appetizers will be served at 8pm Friday evening. This is not a meal, just some snacks for a little boost of energy as you begin your scrapbooking weekend.  There are many eating establishments near by for those who want a full meal. The drink table will be available all weekend long stocked with your favorite beverage.  Please let us know if you have a special drink request, we would be happy to accommodate you.  Past Reflections will provide Styrofoam cups with lids to help prevent spills however feel free to bring your own cup from home. Meals provided are: Friday night appetizers, Saturday Breakfast, lunch, dinner, midnight pizza, and Sunday breakfast.

Personal radios are allowed as long as you have ear phones. Multiple radios going can be really distracting and make it hard to concentrate.  We will have a main radio going so feel free to bring your favorite cd for us to play.

Saturday is a very busy day!  Breakfast will be served from 6-10am. Classes will start at 9am, be sure to be prompt to class as the schedules are tight and classes need to start on time.  For those of you who want to explore Branson while in town this is a great time to do so. No give a ways or drawings will be held until after dinner on Saturday. Lunch will be served at 12:30pm, classes will then resume at 2pm. Dinner will be served at 6pm. Be sure to plan ahead for the weekends theme, all the fun will start on Saturday night after dinner. Don't forget your camera, this has always been a great time with your friends, time to be goofy!

Our layout contest deadline is 10pm Saturday night. All layouts submitted must be ones done start to finish at retreat. Judging will begin at 10:30 pm. Prizes will be awarded for 1, 2 and 3rd place winners.

Pizza comes at midnight!  WOW!!  I'm SOOO hungry by now! What a great way to rejuvenate that creative flow.

Breakfast is served Sunday from 6-10am. Check out of the hotel sleeping room is 11am scrapbooking in the crop room ends at 1pm.