Visitor to ScrapCamp

Well ScrapCamp 2007 is now fully booked with 16 ladies coming along. All deposits have been paid and in some instances the full amount. And the visistor? Well, the lovely Andrea from www.scrapbookoutlet.co.nz is sending along a cricut to play with us!

2007

Dates are 31st March – 2nd April which is the last weekend of the first term. The weather should be better, and hopefully fewer of our children will be sick. It is close to the school holidays so we will all be able to rest then too. And it will still be fairly light so we can have our own “Daylight Saving Time” for the weekend if we choose.

Remember this is the best ScrapCamp in New Zealand – although I’ve been told ours is technically a retreat – I actually quite like that – a retreat from husband, children, chores with lots of time to scrap!

There is space for 16 people and to date there are 13 signed up

After the Event

Hi from the tropics of a wet North Canterbury. Well I think I know what a stunned mullet feels liks cos that is how I feel today! I had a lovely sleep in this morning and still feel very lazy with not much ‘get up and go’, thank goodness I didn’t have to work today.

What can I say about ScrapCamp? It was fantastic and awesome and fun. We had a lovely goodie bag which had a trio pack of Bazzill cardstock, patterned paper, tea coffee etc, fibres and my mind has gone blank for the other bits and pieces, oh yes choccies or lollies.

Jenny put a game together called ‘get to know your fellow scrapbookers’. She had purchased individual items that we had to link with a person like jar of marmite for Wendy, cat for Katrina, dog for Irene (which I didn’t get) etc etc. It was great fun.

We had a soft toy called ‘Scrappy’ and every time you finished a layout you called out for Scrappy and held on to him until he was ready to be passed on again or if you still had him when the timer went off, you were entitled to pick a prize from the Scrappy bag. Also when you completed a layout you put your name into the box for a draw at the end of ScrapCamp.

Jo, sub editor of Up2Scrap taught us a lovely heritage layout and the papers were courtesy of Up2 and very nice they were. Jo was very patient with us giving us all individual assistance and tips and the end results were all so different and very beautiful.

Before lunch on Sunday we all laid out our completed layouts and we had to choose our 3 favourites and also our favourite simple layout.

During the course of the weekend most of us made a card and Wendy won that category. We were also given a wooden coaster to decorate and some beauties were turned out. Some of us made an angel with safety pins and beads.

The food was delish and of course our ‘black coffee’, ‘pink lemonade’ and ‘apple juice’ went down a treat!

Great game of Rugby and great comadarie throughout the weekend!

Katrina and I were to fly out of Wellington at 7.15pm but we had such a good run from Otaki to the airport that Jenny dropped us off at 4.15pm and at her suggestion we enquired whether we could change our flight. A very grumpy staff member told us that our flights were actually non transferable but as Ch airport had been closed and was currently open then she would ‘do us a favour’ and got us onto one that was to depart at 5.15pm! It took us an eternity to check in our luggage but we eventually got it through. Ch airport was marginal when we took off but the Captain did a great job and got us down. As you already know my tote didn’t make the same flight as me, despite being checked in alongside Katrina’s. However, it was a happy reunion when the First Direct taxi driver pulled up my drive at 10pm with personal delivery, courtesy of Air New Zealand – watch their profits drop this week!

Once again I had a very, very foggy drive home at times down to 60kph with headlights on low beam and following the centre line. To put the headlights on a high beam just made it worse. Despite all that I got home just in time to see the start of Dancing with the Stars so what more could I ask for?

Well that is a brief long summary of the weekend. Oh and did I tell you that………………..? It was the team that wore red and black ......from Irene

Have you ....

...scrapped last year's photos yet? If so, bring your l/o with you to ScrapCamp

ScrapCamp Logo

Well, here's a ScrapCamp Logo - I also have a date file (which I can't upload here - Blogger doesn't like the font). If you'd like a copy - to put on a transfer for a T-shirt, to print out for your ScrapCamp l/o or whatever, please email me and I'll send it to you. By the way, does anyone know how I can change this to pink?

One week to go!

Are you packed yet? I am, but I have to get a few more photos printed. I am soooo looking forward to the weekend as I have been very busy at work. I will be at the airport at 1pm to fetch Katrina and Irene, and after a coffee with Sharyn, and a supermarket stop, we will be on our way. I have the fun and games packed so I hope you are all prepared for a good weekend!

Fourteen sleeps to go

Directions:
The directions to get to Forest Lakes are: From Wellington travel north on SH1. There is a roundabout on the northern side of Otaki; about 5kms beyond this on the left is Forest Lakes Road (there is also a big signboard). The camp site is at the end of the road.
For those of you coming south, about ten minutes after leaving Levin, the Forest Lakes turnoff is on the right hand side.

Times:
Plan to arrive around 5.30 pm - 6pm. We'll eat around 6.30pm (or earlier). We'll depart around 3pm on Sunday. Lunch is brought to us at 12.30pm and dinner at 5.30pm. We make our own breakfast when we get up.

Bring with you:
Scrapping supplies
Linen & towel
Toiletries
CDs ...and maybe someone has a CD player LMK
Camera (do I need to say that?)
Anything extra you want eg special coffee, chocolate

Supplies
There will be some extra supplies available
Bring supplies to swap/give away

Three weeks to go

Well, the countdown is really on now! In three weeks time some people will have gone to bed, but a number will still be up scrapping.

Irene has suggested that we divide into groups for the food so here goes: groups of four to bring the following: Salad/bread; Main; Dessert; Cake/slices for the weekend. Some people have already so what they would bring; let me know the group you would like to be in:
Salad/bread group: Marie (potato salad), Kris (bread), Joan (coleslaw) , Sharyn (green salad), Irene
Main: Julie, Wendy (lasagne) , Kate, Leigh, Joh
Dessert: Sharyn (lemon meringue) , Sara, Sue
Cake/slice: Katrina, Paula, Janice, Jo

Remember to bring all toiletries including shower gel/soap; sleeping bag/duvet & sheet; pillowslip (pillows are provided). I’m hoping that the weather will be reasonable; there is heating in the dining room (our workroom for the weekend) but none in the bedrooms. There are some nice walks at Forest Lakes for those who need to keep their pedometers going!

I’m sure by now you’ve started getting organised; if you want a document about page kits, please email me

Jen - this one's for you!

Now some of you know that my lovely sister-in-law is called "Jenny" (isn't he cute?) and we married brothers so we have the same name! My SIL also so scraps so we always have lots to discuss. Jenny watches our ScrapCamp blog every week and I know that she wishes she was coming with us (I do too) - maybe next year, Jen!

Prizes, prizes, prizes!

Yes, I have some really nice prizes to give away; I'm not going to tell you all of them, and there will be a limit on how many you can win. However, I will tell you about one prize now - the very kind people at Fiskars are giving us a Shape Cutter with four templates etc and the prize is for the best description of Why I Love My Fiskars Cutter/s - and this can be a description of any/all of your Fiskars cutters......Euro trimmer, Soft touch, general purpose scissors etc. Bring it to Camp and we'll vote on it there.

Another prize is the grand weekend prize - every time you finish a l/o you put your name into a box and we will draw the prize winner just before we leave on Sunday. And if you do the journalling as well, you will get a bonus entry.

A third prize is kindly donated by Irene .....and I'm not telling you much more except to say that if you're an eyelet lover this this one's for you!

Important details (like food)

As there are some new people coming along, I thought I’d just let everyone know a few details again

Accommodation: everyone has their own room except Marie and Joan who are sharing. I have put Janice, Sara and Sue in the Top Flat, which is separate accommodation just a short walk away from Lake Lodge (you may like to bring a torch with you) – I hope that’s okay with you three?
There are eight bathrooms in Lake Lodge and one in the Top Flat. I have grouped people in Lake Lodge as follows:
Marie, Joan, Jess
Paula, Kate
Wendy, Julie
Kris, Joh
Sharlene, Leigh
Sharyn, Haley
Jenny, Irene
Jo, Katrina
One person out of each pair/three may like to bring a hand towel to leave in the bathroom for the duration

Food: We have to provide our own meal on Friday night, so it will just be a pot luck meal (maybe you should let me know what you’d like to bring so we don’t all bring the same thing!). They provide lunch at 12 pm and dinner at 5.30pm. They supply bread, jam, butter, cereal, oats (yes, I’ll be making porridge again) for us to make our own breakfast. They also provide milk, tea, coffee, sugar, fruit and a few biscuits. If you’d like to bring a small slice/cake to share during the weekend, that would be great. If you want anything else, please feel free to bring it. Forest Lakes does not allow alcohol on their premises. As we work in the dining room, we either eat outside, or at our places or there is a lounge upstairs

Transport: If you would like to arrange to travel together, please feel free to do so

I’m looking forward to a great weekend

Who's Coming!

From the South Island: Irene, Katrina and Kate

From the Central North Island: Jo, Julie, Wendy, Paula, Janice and Joan

From the south of the North Island: Kris, Johanne, Leigh, Sue, Sara, Marie, Sharlene, Sharyn, Haley, Jess and me

What to bring

This is a reminder of what you need to bring:

* All scrapbook supplies – there will be some supplies for sale
* Linen (sheets, towel, pillowslip, duvet/sleeping bag)
* Toiletries
* Something for a shared meal on Friday night. Either pot luck bring a plate, or we decide what we want and then everyone brings something – let me know what you think
* Slice or biscuits etc to share during the weekend

* Photo for Jo's class

* Laughs and smiles

The date is getting closer now!

Exciting news!

Our own Jo Burney, who is coming to Camp with us, will also be teaching a class on Saturday afternoon!! The class is a heritage l/o; I've never done one so I'm really looking forward to it! Up2Scrap are kindly supplying us with their heritage line patterned paper http://www.up2scrap.co.nz/scrapbook_papers.php . Each person will also be supplied with six pieces of Bazzill c/s as well as other interesting bits and pieces. You will need to bring a photo portrait style size 13cm x 18cm approximately. This is going to be a feminine l/o so a photo of a lady or girl would be preferable. Also, some of us have old embroidered or crocheted dressing table doilies - bring this along as it will be added to the l/o. Even better if it belonged to the lady in the photo! You may have other old bits and pieces eg dark coloured postage stamps - bring them along too. Of course if you don't have a photo, don't worry the photo can be added later. By the way, the $2 shop sells crocheted doilies should you not have one that you want to use and your local Op Shop would also be a great source. I will go down to mine and buy up a few for those who aren't able to get one.

Today is .....

...exactly two months to go!! How exciting is that? (Now I'm sounding like one of the visiting American s/bookers.) I have decided the only way that I can get a lot of scrapping done is to have a plan. Whether that plan is page kits like Raewyn or just a set of photos that you want to scrap, it's a plan. I started doing page kits but still have some from months ago. I n January, I scrapped eight l/os - not because I had page kits, but because I decided that I wanted to finish all the boys' birthdays that they had had in New Zealand. And because I had a plan, that's what I did. Yesterday, I did almost nothing and it was only thanks to Sharlene that I did htree l/os; because I had no plan.

So whatever works for you, you should be spending April planning. Printing photos, sorting then out into what you want to scrap, possibly even finding the matching embellishments or memorabilia. Start deciding what c/s you want to use. Even start printing your journalling. Spend a few evenings browsing through your Becky Higgins Sketch book or other sketches and write down the ones that appeal to you. For most of us, it's school holidays soon and possibly some time to take more photos (!) or spend the time planning.

That's all for now, but check back regularly as I'll try to update this at least fortnightly before we go ...that's only another four messages here!

Bead Angels

Here is a bead angel. This is one that Sue made, which she will teach those wish how to make one for $5

ScrapCamp 2005

Remember what fun this was? Well, this year will be the same if not better. Dates are 26th - 28th May