My crop/ craft retreat weekend
Oct 1, 2018 21:45:11 GMT
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Post by tduby1 on Oct 1, 2018 21:45:11 GMT
I returned from my annual fall weekend retreat yesterday. Traditionally we go fri noon- sun 3 pm but this year a few of us paid a little extra to go from thurs evening 8 pm- sun 3 pm. 10 of us went all together. I host the event.
I’m really only scrapping one kid now (the oldest two graduated so I might do a page or two for them but with 14 books a piece I figured enough was enough!)
I kitted my pages and since I was caught up until our cousins weekend this last April I only ended up with 44 pages- which I completed but it is more than half of what I’m used to doing. Luckily I also took the supplies to start a wedding album for my sister in law, who married my brother in Sept of 2016. I did the paper layering and adhered the photos to those pages (30) and will work on embellishing at my next cousins retreat in 2019.
Eventually, I’m going to actually do an album of my own wedding 23 years ago, but first I need to do one more album of my baby nephew (for the same sister in law). I have all the paper and embellishments for that, so it will probably be my next album.
I never thought I’d run out of things to do at these retreats
But this weekend I was able to slow my pace a little more and really enjoy the weekend- I didn’t run out of things (like I said, I still need to embellish those pages) but it’s noce to know I’m “caught up” on my regular scrapping and can leisurely work on gift albums.
We went out to dinner 2xs, I had a massage, I met two new ladies to our group and I laughed more than I ever have at a retreat. My spring cousins retreat is such a big production that I really can never “be in the moment” because when I’m not hostessing I’m scrapping. This retreat is more laid back and since I was able leisurely scrap I really was able to just enjoy the company and really participate in that way.
A few of the ladies Had Reiki done and I don’t fully understand it but I am intrigued and may try that in the spring. The lady who did the reiki this time also reads tarot cards and seriously hit some things right on the head for these girls, (she didn’t read “cards” but their “aura”- whatever that means)- and they were personal things we’d been discussing out to dinner the night before so that was really eerie. The stuff WAS NOT stab in the dark, generic things. The other lady who does reiki does not do tarot cards. Dh would prefer if I do it in the spring I skip the tarot card reading lady. Generally I’d feel the same but the accuracy of what she said really had me intrigued.
Anyway- other than my cousins weekends, which nothing can beat, this was my all time favorite weekend. We’ve been doing this for 7 years now and it gets better and better.
I’m really only scrapping one kid now (the oldest two graduated so I might do a page or two for them but with 14 books a piece I figured enough was enough!)
I kitted my pages and since I was caught up until our cousins weekend this last April I only ended up with 44 pages- which I completed but it is more than half of what I’m used to doing. Luckily I also took the supplies to start a wedding album for my sister in law, who married my brother in Sept of 2016. I did the paper layering and adhered the photos to those pages (30) and will work on embellishing at my next cousins retreat in 2019.
Eventually, I’m going to actually do an album of my own wedding 23 years ago, but first I need to do one more album of my baby nephew (for the same sister in law). I have all the paper and embellishments for that, so it will probably be my next album.
I never thought I’d run out of things to do at these retreats
But this weekend I was able to slow my pace a little more and really enjoy the weekend- I didn’t run out of things (like I said, I still need to embellish those pages) but it’s noce to know I’m “caught up” on my regular scrapping and can leisurely work on gift albums.
We went out to dinner 2xs, I had a massage, I met two new ladies to our group and I laughed more than I ever have at a retreat. My spring cousins retreat is such a big production that I really can never “be in the moment” because when I’m not hostessing I’m scrapping. This retreat is more laid back and since I was able leisurely scrap I really was able to just enjoy the company and really participate in that way.
A few of the ladies Had Reiki done and I don’t fully understand it but I am intrigued and may try that in the spring. The lady who did the reiki this time also reads tarot cards and seriously hit some things right on the head for these girls, (she didn’t read “cards” but their “aura”- whatever that means)- and they were personal things we’d been discussing out to dinner the night before so that was really eerie. The stuff WAS NOT stab in the dark, generic things. The other lady who does reiki does not do tarot cards. Dh would prefer if I do it in the spring I skip the tarot card reading lady. Generally I’d feel the same but the accuracy of what she said really had me intrigued.
Anyway- other than my cousins weekends, which nothing can beat, this was my all time favorite weekend. We’ve been doing this for 7 years now and it gets better and better.
