Fall Retreat

I was able to go with my mom and sister on a scrap retreat again.  Awhile back I decided that it was a lot of pressure to have photos ready and work on just scrapbooking so I worked on whatever paper projects I wanted to instead.  That has made it what it was meant to be....a creative weekend.

 Here is my creative area at the retreat--I am lucky there was a person missing at our table for 4, as I was able to have most of the other side to myself.  I believe this caused my mom and sister to rebel against one another. I just looked on while they carefully eyed one another's imaginary boundry line on their side of the table. I did happen to see them, at one point, with a ruler in hand when a certain person's tape runner infringed past the mark. (Note, to get more room for yourself at a retreat like this, be sure to bring more craft supplies then the others and really spread them out--they will understand why you need more space)

 And above is the finishing touches on my "Thankful" banner for Thanksgiving. I posted the glittered letters the other day.  I actually did finish a couple of fun projects. See what a lot of over-thinking will get you?? A fun banner full of glitter, stamping, crepe paper, leaves, more leaves and fun!

 Thankful to be away with my sister (pictured above on the left with me, but we won't tell her because she may be mad, about the photo posting thing I mean) and my mom.  Who would have thought those few years ago we would have something like that in common (glue runners, 500 pounds of scrapbook paper, stickles, laughing, staying up until 2:30 a.m., and more laughing). More to follow on retreat crafting in my next posts...
Blessings, C