2018 Fall Papercrafting Weekend Getaway with Krista’s Crafty!

Happy Friday to you!!

I am so EXCITED to be able to INVITE YOU to JOIN us for for my Papercrafting Fall Retreat Getaway this September! 

I love to spoil my Close To My Heart friends at this weekend away & love to pamper & give my customers a weekend they can enjoy & get some creating accomplished! :) 

I do ask that this retreat remain for my customers, as I have a separate retreat weekend for my CTMH team & fellow consultants in Feb each year. :)  Ask me for more details!

When planning my retreats, I always give FIRST opportunity to those that attended the previous year - after that (if there is still room), I open it up to everyone else!  This retreat is now open for YOU to join us, and it's available on a first come, first serve basis! :)

In order to reserve your spot - I need to receive your filled out registration form & non-refundable deposit and my receiving this - will HOLD your spot! :)

At this time, I am not taking one day attendees -  HOWEVER, you will see there is a NO Overnight Option available.  

I am also willing those of you that are looking for a 1-2 day event, to put you onto a waiting list if the weekend does not fill up to the max limit, I may then add in one day attendees....so feel free to contact me. :)

There are 3 price different options for our Papercrafting Weekend away...
take a peek at all of them listed below in this email. :)  

All prices included food, door prizes, lodging & more!
(more details below) 



If you'd like me to EMAIL YOU a
**registration form
**flyer about this weekend getaway
just let me know! :)

(I couldn't figure out how to attach it here, but did include a photo of the registration form later in this post.)
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Please send in the FILLED OUT  registration form & a $75 non-refundable deposit to RESERVE your spot ASAP! :)

All FINAL payments will be due on Friday, August 10, 2018.

I'm looking forward to our time together & I'm SO EXCITED that it's working out to host this Fall Retreat on top of my regular March Retreat weekends...2 weekends of papercrafting in one year...wahoo!! :) 

SPREAD the word to your OTHER Papercrafting friends!! 

We'll be EARNING TICKETS all weekend long for prizes....and here's a GREAT way for YOU TO earn some EXTRA TICKETS!


SHARE this information with a friend...
and
 When a NEW friend joins you at this retreat weekend
(that hasn't been at retreat before)
- you will receive  8 tickets  per person that attends with YOU!! Wahoo!! Door Prizes here we come!!!

Check out the details below, & as always, please ask any questions you may have! ;)

I'm so excited for our upcoming weekend together!!  Wahoo!!!

• Lodging Options for the fall retreat, you have 2 choices...the Beechwood Motel Rooms OR the Log Cabins. 

• We have the LOVELY option of staying in these beautiful Motel room- linens are ALL provided!                                                                                                                                                   
• The inside of these rooms are BEAUTIFUL - take a look!
• There are ONLY 4 more rooms available...first COME, first serve! :) Share a room with a friend or 2 to save on some cost, or enjoy a room all by yourself!! 

These Cabins are another lodging option too!  They are FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE....bottom bunks will be filled first & then only TOP bunks will be available. 
 

• Each cabin has their own bathrooms & showers inside, and hold 8 people. (without using top bunks)
• There are 2 cabins available PLUS the beautiful motel rooms for our lodging this weekend....again, lodging will be first come, first serve.
• 

**There will also be a DAY ONLY option (no overnight).   This means you would go home to sleep, and everything else is included in the cost. :) 

• • We will be using the spacious Chestnut Meeting Room, which is directly located under the "motel" style rooms in the Beechwood building. :)  A great convenience for those of you lodging there! :)

• Meals will be FRIDAY Breakfast & Dinner and SATURDAY Breakfast & Lunch.
  • With the amount of snacks we received from Tel Hai, I thought we’d try just 2 meals on each day. We need the MOST time we can to scrap and create! :)  (Yes - this is a picture of the type of snacks Tel Hai blesses us with!)     
  • This means we’ll be on our own for supper Thursday night & lunch on Friday.
  • ALSO - Tel Hai gives us a veggie tray at 8pm on Thursday night & Friday night...so we have a GREAT, healthy treat in the evening too! :)
     
  • We get AMAZING food at Tel Hai, made by the their wonderful chef -  Rusty.  Here is what a typical breakfast looks like served at our weekend.  The food was FABULOUS! :) 

I plan to run my retreat very similar to my Spring Retreat.  Here is just a glimpse of some of the goodies you can expect in our time together, in case you haven't attended before. :)

A goodie Bag to greet you when you arrive...


All weekend long, we will be earning TICKETS for these fabulous door prizes! :) 

At the end of our weekend together, we'll have door prize winners of all these GREAT prizes & we'll also have A GRAND prize winner too!!

Last Fall, Karey won an album, pages & a WYW Scrapbooking Kit as our GRAND PRIZE! :)  


There will be an optional 2 page Scrapbooking Workshop Class for you to participate in if you choose. (there is a small fee to cover my basic cost).




AND...we can't forget about the fun GAMES we play throughout the weekend...


...make sure to sign up for one of our FABULOUS massages on Friday night...



....and we can't break tradition!! 

I'm sure there may be a few visits from our midnight "Scrapbook Fairy"! :)
It is a FUN-FILLED weekend for sure, and I can't WAIT to see you all there! :)

Here is a "photo" of the registration form.  If you'd rather have it emailed to you - please email me at fun2stampnscrap@dejazzd.com and I'll email it directly to you. 





Please feel free to contact me with any questions (or suggestions) you have! I look forward to hearing your response...and having you JOIN me at my  fall retreat weekend!  
 

P.S....my March Papercrafting Weekend retreat is SCHEDULED at Tel Hai again this year! :)  The dates are March 14-16, 2019. 
*Those that attended this event last year will have first chance to register.....but after that, it will open up to everyone! ;)  So save the date & stay tuned for more details! :)

Blessings to EACH of you!

Krista Hershberger

 CTMH Independent Consultant
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8th Annual Scrapbooking Retreat Weekend

It’s been over 3 weeks since we’ve returned from our weekend of creating, crafting & fellowshipping together.  I always look forward to this event each year, and am so blessed with our time spent together! 

My annual retreat begins on Thursday night at 7pm, at the Boulder Ridge Retreat center.  Some drive 1-2 hours to attend our weekend getaway, while others are “right up the road”.  We were completely full to the brim this year – and maxed out at our location!!  When I put out the announcement in Aug of this past year – the retreat spots were filled up in just a couple days!

When each attendee arrives, they have a FUN set of goodies on their table!! I love to see their reactions to their gift that they receive each year.

Each night after midnight, the “scrapbook fairy” makes her debut, and leaves another goodie on the table for the ladies to enjoy when they wake up in the morning….and no- not everyone was asleep when these were handed out.  

It was fun to create some Cricut cuts from the Close To My Heart exclusive collections to go with these gifts.  The camera (on the pillow box) & the coffee cup (stick to pack of mini-medleys) were well liked by all. 
I also created a few little gifts as a thank you to those that did a little extra by helping out this weekend.  (thanks to fellow consultant , Ms. Aaron Brown, for her gift bag ideas! :)) What kind of gifts you may ask?

• We have gifts for those that brought their own 6 ft tables (yes I need to rent tables too!)  A pack of My Crush paper clips were inside…

• A gift for the 3 ladies that offered to share a devotional on Fri & Saturday morning.  Thank you Wanda, Dani & Mary K for your willingness to share with us!  God used you all in a mighty way with the items you shared.  

• A gift for those that were my “team leader” for the meals. (a little “thank you” stamp set was tucked inside) 

We did our food set up a little differently this year – and that means we didn’t have as many team leaders, but rather had ladies bring a dessert, or a veggie tray, etc.  

We still had plenty of food (ok – more food than we needed – LOL!) and it was ALL fabulous as usual! This shows you our Friday mid-day “snack”…yup, plenty to go around…and there were refills in the refrigerator too– LOL!  

We played games throughout our time together – of course it was optional, and you only played if you wanted to join in. 
We did a Scavengar Hunt of the SE1 mini-book, an Alphabet CTMH game, Take the Balloon game and a few more.

Throughout the weekend we earned tickets in many different ways.  (this was new to us this year) Not sure if we’ll keep the same format for next year – but I will say we had a lot of FUN with the ticket earning…I was forever counting out tickets for those that earned them!!   



Friday night we had massages….and then we had some Saturday morning too!!! – yes – we felt a BIT spoiled! 

Friday evening, those that were interested, joined in my 2 page make n take class.  You can see the ladies were busy creating away – they didn’t have time to look at the camera! LOL!!!



Here is the layout I created for the class. 

To see more details & up close photos for this two page spread CLICK HERE.

We had to do an April retreat weekend this year, usually we have it in March – but Easter arrived on our “normal” weekend of us being together.  So having a later date, we thought we’d have a nice warm weekend….

 

well, it wasn’t bitter cold – BUT we did have SNOW arrive on Saturday!!  Oh my!!!  It didn’t lay on the roads, and melted rather quickly – well, because it IS April – but it was a beautiful sight!!   

This year, for the 2nd time – we pre-announced a card swap for anyone that was interested.  We had 9 participants and everyone made their cards prior to retreat, and then brought them along to "swap" and get card ideas from each other!  Take a look at these BEAUTIFUL cards that everyone created!!!  Thank you for sharing your fabulous talents with us!!  I LOVE the cards each of you created!!!

Another “Special” thing happened this year at this retreat…I was so blessed & honored to welcome my cousin all the way from Kansas!!! (she’s in the green vest) 

It’s been a joy to be able to get together with family, and create/scrapbook together.  We all enjoy papercrafting of some sort, but it is rare that we are ALL together – especially because Jessica lives in Kansas!!  My aunt Judy flew Jessica in for her 40th birthday this year…what a special treat to have her join us for our annual weekend!! It was a joy to have you join the rest of “the Givens clan” at our creating get-away.  For the past 5 years (I'm guessing) my aunt Joanne, cousin Jodi & Aunt Judy & my Mom all join me for this crafting weekend. 

I also feel so blessed & so thankful for my Mom!!  My mom has supported me and continues to support my crafting hobby & my CTMH business.  My creative gifts do come from Jesus, but they have flowed on down through the hands of my mother too ….what AMAZING scrapbooks, cards, projects SHE creates!!!  Growing up, I attended craft shows with her, where she would sell her handmade quilts, pillows, childrens activity books and so much more!  I guess I learned well what I was taught, and its a JOY to share this common thread with my wonderful Mom.

We finished off our weekend with some other FUN games, and of course we had our scrapbook layout contest.  Why do we do this…they are all such BEAUTIFUL entries it’s so hard to choose just one!!! Thank you ladies for sharing your lovely creations with us!!! 

We finished our Saturday by pulling tickets for the door prize winners & we had 2 prizes where EVERY friend’s name was entered in to win …the GRAND Prizes!!  This year we had a large CTMH organizer & the Regatta WYW kit.  The pre-excitement is so much fun…and then after the announcing of the winner – the energy & congratulations are so wonderful to here too!  This year’s winners were….

Anna and Mary Lou!!! 

 

Congratulations to EACH of you!!

Thank you once again to EACH of you for joining me at this weekend get-away!  I’m already planning next year’s & look forward to having you join me then!! 

Blessings to each of you!!

Krista Hershberger J

Close To My Heart Independent Consultant

Celebrating 9 1/2 years with Close To My Heart!

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