It's all over!

But it was a great weekend. Yes I stressed a lot about people who cancelled, and people who booked and cancelled all in two weeks, and wooden letters that did not arrive, deliveries that were late, and finances that were stretched to the very limits but it was a FANTASTIC weekend. All the ladies were impressed with the goody bags which represented a retail value of at least $95 and many people were using bits from the bags all weekend.



The Tool Taxis from Fiskars were a hit as were the baby Xyrons from Esselte.


The pens from Scrapbook Outlet were great and the piles of stuff from Scrapbook Essentials both as gifts and to buy were fantastic.



Lots of scrapping got done and the wooden letters class by Jo was a wonderful success and represents a retail value of about $40 - thanks Jo - we know what value we got

Many thanks too to Up2Scrap, Nik Wilkinson, Cadburys, Haley Ingram, Making Memories, Paula Alcock, Marie Thompson, Krislyn d' Souza, Joan Childs and other sponsors

The plane from Christchurch was delayed by 15 minutes and the luggage by FIFTY! That meant we were a bit late getting to Sharlene's for lunch. We played the toilet paper game - each person had to take "enough" and then for each square had to tell us something about herself. Irene took one; Jo took many!

Tania and Suazanne scrapped until 5.00am the first day and 5.30am the second. Self-catering was great and easy and I got compliments for the food. Porridge for breakfast remains a hit!

It is a pity that Forest Lakes has become run down and very grubby as it is an ideal venue for our purposes

Will there be a next time? Yes .......because I want a weekend away!