Scrapbook Retreat Re-Cap

Camp was great! Packing the car was a challenge - it was full to the max. Donna came over to my house Friday morning and we were on the road to Scrap Etc in Birmingham by 8:30. Anne & Rhonda were up even earlier and had a longer drive than us. We finally met up at Scrap Etc – Love that store! Monique had more new stuff in the store from the last time I was there. We shopping at Scrap Etc for awhile then made our way to IronDale Cafe. The food was delish!!! Southern cooking, the deserts were amazing and there was a nice selection to choose from. We made several stops on the way to Jackson Gap and came across one accident that slowed us down for about thirty minutes. I’m sure we amused some drivers with our boas and crowns on. Donna wasn’t too keen on wearing them but we told her to be Girls Gone Wild Girl she had to hee hee We got to camp at 6pm and I don’t know if the ladies knew what to make of us walking in with our crown on, we were already hipped up with excitement , as a matter of fact we were like that for a week! We brought any and everything, probably too much.

We got room "4" vs room "6" - we had the option of the two. Rhonda refused room "6" saying it made her think of Jason (the movie) - she would go around and say Killl Killl Killl Killl Killl. The only issue we had with Room "4" was our toilet would clog up, luckily it didn't over flow but Saturday night our toilet was off limits we had to use the toilet down the hall.

Saturday we were up at 7:30AM getting ready for breakfast and after breakfast were classes. We didn’t realize they were going to be offering classes as well. At first we weren’t going to take any but I walked by and noticed some cool techniques they were doing so we jumped in and did them. I loved the wheel stamp class that Angie did – all the cards were amazing and a lot of fun to make. The second class was Cards in Motion, that was a lot to keep up with but again, a lot of great cards!!! Last class was backgrounds – loved this class – love love love the monogram stamps!!! I can not say enough how much fun the classes were and to know that they were included with our fee! What a BONUS! I ended up buying a monogram stamp.

Dinner Saturday night was taco salad – can you say YUM! After dinner we did a group picture that turned out fantastic with the lake behind us! We had a name tag contest and Carla won! She deserved it her tag was totally original and creative. It was a Kleenex box and each piece of tissue had her name on it. I finally got to sit down to do some scrapbooking. It was a late night that evening, I tried so hard to complete twelve pages but when I made that goal I didn’t realize we would have four classes to attend. At 3:30am in the morning after some women did foot pedicures, Donna (the foot pedicure teacher) asked me to pull three names for the prizes that were a small version of all the products we used on our feet. The first name I pulled was ME! I was like oh my gosh I pulled my name, then Anne said you better pull my name and guess what I pulled Anne’s name! Then one of the ladies on the end said pull my name and I asked what her name was and she said Shell – so I pull another name and I asked her again what her name was and she said, Shell and I said SHUT UP! I pulled your name – we all started laughing!!! What are the chances!! So we took a group photo of course and I kept the three pieces of paper to pull. We joked that we needed to go and do the lottery next.

Sunday was slow moving for me with only three hours of sleep. I was totally exhausted. We ate breakfast and packed up all our stuff. I didn't want to leave - we had so much fun. Alot of the women who were still there at the end, we ended up chatting with and getting to know more. We took some crazy photos with "Elliot". Driving out of the camp we stopped to see some geese and Donna got out of the car to give them some pretzels and they started charging her - it was hilarious. Didn't have my camera on for that one. Anne ended up feeding them some cheese crackers.

The weekend was great and I had such a great time hanging out with Rhonda, Anne and Donna. I have a bunk bed buddy for life – Anne I stayed up late each night talking. It was nice meeting some of the ladies from the message boards and just have a lot of girl fun. We made a few nicknames for Ebay Linda, Long Island Donna and a few others. I got some stuff done and of course I brought more than I needed. Some stuff I didn’t even use. Can’t wait for the next Stampin Up Escape!

I will post more pictures later when I get Anne's copies as well.