And a great time was had by all.....

It all went so fast, and now our retreat has come to an end. It was so fantastic, I had such a fun time and I hope everyone else did too!! I want to thank everyone who came you were all such good sports with the minor flooding LOL and such awesome company!! My stomach muscles are still sore from laughing. We ate well thanks to Marion (love you mum!!) laughed well, drank well and scrapped really well!!! Thanks again, hope you will all be attending next year....

Hope you enjoy these snippets of pics from the weekend. Here are the girls busily scrapping

and some shots of the room

Random fun photos

The flooding!!!

The food....mmmmmm food

and of course the awesome shop, supplied by Peta from Scrapbooking from scratch

Thanks again girls, you are all awesome friends and I can't wait to play with you again soon xxxx Kate

only 1 sleep....

Oh my goodness I am so excited....this is what I have been doing today, setting up these tables!! can't wait to see it full of scrap stuff and talented women ;)

And these pics below are especially for Michelle, some of the feathered residents who came out to meet me today....and who you will all meet tomorrow!!Hope you all get some sleep tonight, you will need it!! see you tomorrow xxx Kate

Product Sneak Peeks ~ just a few anyway LOL

I have created 4 AMAZING special class kits just for Kate's retreat.....

and because you are all awesome people I am going to sell them for

ONLY $25

RRP up to $35

[any left will go onto the site]

Each kit will include a minimum of 2 sketches with samples

~some have bonus pages for you to be inspired by....

My Minds Eye - NEW CHA09 "Bloom & Grow"

Cosmo Cricket - NEW CHA 09 Girl Friday!!!!

- this range is just GORGEOUS!!!!!


Scribble Scrabble - NEW CHA 09 "Evelyn"
I am sooooo excited to have these papers - they are just great to work with and I love the contrast in the colours - AWESOME for so many different pages....
you can actually see some pages using this paper on my blog :)



American Crafts - Traffic -
OMG this is so awesome for the boys
you will love the bright colours and fun prints....



Now hows this for some sticker alphas and tags!!!!

And more alphas here too
- Jenny Bowlin's new range along with some Sassafrass Lass
- as well as some papers......

My product racks are FULL - my kit boxes are VERY heavy - I have some BARGIN baskets too which I really dont want to take home full - so I hope you are ready for some AMAZING SPOT specials - lucky door prizes - and heaps of fun and games!!!!!
See you in 3 more sleeps!!!!!

Peta xxx

Only 3 more sleeps.....

So excited, can't wait to see you all on the weekend!! hope you are all packed....

Ok, so apart from the obvious all things scrapping, you will need to bring LOTS of photos, clothes, pj's, a towel, swimmers for the pool, alcohol and munchies are optional and most importantly your sense of humour!! be prepared to laugh A LOT!!
I have a special little gift for Jaimy, Carol, Tash, Michelle, Haylie and Kylie who were all fully paid up by the due date - thanks girls!! don't let me forget to give you your little pressie :)
Peta has been busy buying AWESOME new goodies for the "retreat scrap shop" and has bargain basement prices especially for you girls!!
you may arrive any time from mid-Friday, if you could all let me your estimated arrival times I would really appreciate it.
See you soon.........

1 week to go!!!

I can hardly believe it! just one week till we are scrapping like mad women LOL. There are now 2 more places available due to some last minute withdrawals, so if you have a friend available to come let me know.....