A Weekend of Classes with EMI Scrapbooking

The weekend you've been patiently waiting and begging for is finally here! It's time to block off September 18-20 on your calendars. We've planned a weekend full of fabulous mini-albums designed and taught by the ladies of EMI Scrapbooking. Imagine it ladies, three days away from home in the beautiful North Georgia mountains at Big Canoe, five mini-albums, five make-and-takes, all the food and snacks you can eat(prepared by someone other than you- WAHOO!!), plus you'll still have time to scrap. We're so excited to be able to offer this weekend!It's everything you've grown accustomed to from our all-inclusive weekend retreats and so much more! Total cost for the weekend including accommodations, food, snacks, beverages, classes, crop time, and unlimited fun is only $265!! Sadly we have to limit the weekend to the first 16 guests and spaces are already filling quickly. Register early to reserve your spot for this fabulous weekend! A deposit of $125 is required to register and as always we will offer Thursday accommodations for those who want extra scrap time for only $15 more.

This slide show shows only a few of the fabulous albums classes EMI offers. You can visit the EMI blog at emiscrapbooking.blogspot.com to order class kits and see more of their work.

Okay, did you visit the EMI blog? Are you drooling and can't wait to get your hands on those mini albums? Well, it's time to sign up and be a part of this awesome weekend! As always you can download registration forms at bescraphappy.shutterfly.com/registration or email us at bescraphappy.gmail.com with questions. Stay tuned... album sneak peaks from the upcoming weekend are on the way.

June 1 - Blog Contest Winner

Congratulations to Denise, the Scraphappy Retreats May Blog Contest winner!! Denise wins an all inclusive retreat to one of our general weekend retreats. Thanks to everyone who participated in our first blog contest. Please visit us for a great weekend scrapbooking with Scraphappy Retreats!!! Go to our shutterfly site to see all the great entries!

Coming Soon, Mini Album Weekend!!

Stay tuned ladies, we're working on an awesome mini book weekend from the ladies at EMI Scrapbooking. (WE LOOOOOOVE THEIR BOOKS!) In one weekend you'll create 6 mini-books, 5 make-and-takes, and still have time to crop. This would be a great time to start working on Christmas gifts. More details and dates to come soon! Did we mention we're pretty excited about this one? Check out the EMI Blog to see pictures of their terrific books.

Kit of the Month Club

We finally found a kit of the month club that offered all of our favorite products and manufacturers. For only $29.95 a month (plus $6.95 shipping) this kit is the value that we love combined with products that we actually want. (We are the Dollar Tree Divas after all!) Every month your kit will arrive at your door like clockwork. That's great for those of us who don't live by or work in a scrapbook store (or Paper Source like Marsha!). We will also send you a pdf with ideas for each month. Also, for those of you who live near or are willing to drive a bit, each month we'll have a kit club crop at Krystal's house. You can spend a full day cropping at Krystal's, using her tools, going through her closets. You can work on your kit club and utilize our ideas or just work on whatever you feel like working on. The crop will be FREE, and Krystal is even willing to offer accommodations for the night before for those of you who have to travel a ways to get to her house in Gainesville. If you are interested in signing up for this kit of the month club please email us at bescraphappy@gmail.com. Come to our shutterfly site to preview May's kit.

June 5th-7th Retreat

There are 4 spots still available for a June retreat! This will be a great opportunity for you and your friends to come relax and scrap in Big Canoe. There is great fun, prizes, and just an overall fantastic time to be had by all. Please email us for more details. And be sure to visit the shutterfly site to see all the great photos from past weekends!

Blog Contest Deadline is approaching

Okay guys, the deadline to have your layouts uploaded to our shutterfly site is fast approaching. The winner will receive a FREE scrapbook weekend with Scraphappy Retreats!! This is a $150 value! The only thing I have ever won from a blog contest is a free t-shirt! We know that all of you (especially past retreat goers) are great scrapbookers and have many layouts to choose from. So what are you waiting for?? Find your very best scrapbook layout, take a picture, and upload it to the shutterfly website. It is really that simple.

May Blog Contest

If you've come to one of our retreats you know how much we love games and giving away prizes. So we've decided to extend that to our blog. For the rest of this month show us what you've been working on lately and we'll award our favorite layout or project with a free scrapbook retreat! That saves you $150 on one of our all inclusive weekends. Simply go to our scrapbook gallery at bescraphappy.shutterfly.com and upload a picture to our May Blog Contest Section. (Limit one per person) After you've uploaded your photo click on the picture and add your comments. The three things we want to know for each layout: Your name and email address, a description of the layout and products used, and do you blog and if so where. That's it. One layout and you're done and one your way to a fabulous weekend in Big Canoe. We will post and notify winners by June 1.