1. You will need to book your own sleeping room at the hotel. You also now have the ability to stay wherever you choose however the Stone Castle Inn is extending to us an irresistible group rate that you will not want to pass up. Be sure to mention that you're with the Past Reflections group to receive the special pricing of 59.99 per night..

Hotel website: http://www.bransonsettleinn.com/        Hotel Phone:1-800-677-6906

2. There are no meals included in the retreat pricing. We will have snacks and drinks available to you all weekend and you will be on your own at mealtime. Most of you venture in and out shopping throughout the weekend and having the flexibility to eat when you want, what you want and when you're ready is a big plus. As you know Branson if filled with all kinds of places to eat that range in all price points. We will have as many take out/delivery menus as we can get our hands on available to you in case you just don't want to leave. You also have the option to pack your own cooler full of whatever you desire. We will have access to a microwave but not a refrigerator.

3. We no longer offer a free class in our new retreat pricing. We will have a class instructor available teaching and will list the classes as soon as we get them on the site. Information on how to sign up for those will be coming soon.

Everything else is pretty much the same... I hope you enjoy the changes and find your scrapbooking weekend more affordable and flexible. Here is what our new pricing DOES include:

Join us in the beautiful Branson Missouri for a 3 or4 day 2 or 3 night scrapbooking vacation.

Your scrapbooking get-a-way includes the following......

·        Snacks and drinks. Beverages (including soda) will be available to you throughout the entire weekend.

·         Ample cropping space in the crop room that will be assigned to you to scrap at all weekend. The crop room will be open to you around the clock.  No having to clean up your mess if you want to go out and see Branson.

·         Use of our non consumable tool table which seems to grow bigger and bigger with every retreat we do! Tools include a sizzix die machine with many alphabet fonts to choose from, punches, templates, computer and printer with hundreds of fun fonts to print your journaling, a sewing machine and much more!

·         A traveling scrapbook store will be on site. (upon availability of store..if not there is an awesome scrapbook store just a few blocks away!)

·         Midnight Pizza Party on Saturday night.

·         Participate in our layout contest to win fabulous prizes. First, second and third place prizes will be awarded for each layout category.

·         The Scrap Yard- A place for you to sell off all your extra scrapbooking supplies to fellow retreaters.

THE CROP ROOM

Your group will have assigned seating in the crop room. We will automatically assign scrappers that are rooming together at the same table in the crop room. If there's another group of scrappers you would like to be seated with please email me at scrapbookingretreats@yahoo.com. No personal radios allowed in the crop room unless you have headphones. If you tend to get chilly (like I do) please be sure to pack a sweater or sweatshirt as it's hard to control the temperature in the crop room. The crop room will be available around the clock however if anytime after 1am there is nobody scrappin' we will lock the doors and reopen the crop room at 6am.  Since you all like to bring everything but the kitchen sink with you to retreat we will allow you to set up ONE (1) extra card table per group but please leave room in your vehicle for clothes,  Nobody likes a smelly scrapper. All door prizes will be awarded on Saturday night between 7pm and Midnight, so that nobody misses out while they are out eating or shopping.. Limited electrical outlets are available, those who need to be seated by one please email me and I will do my best when assigning tables, however do plan ahead and pack an extension cord and a roll of duct tape to secure your cord to the floor to prevent trips. Due to fire regulations no burning candles will be allowed in the crop room.

THE SCRAP YARD

The Scrap yard is a place for you to sell off your extra scrapbook supplies. Feel free to pre-make layouts, paper piecings, punch art and more to sell. All items must be put in a Ziploc bag with your name, asking price and your table number. (Cropping tables will be numbers at the retreat.) Scrappers will be responsible for finding the sellers and paying them. Past Reflections is not responsible for lost or damaged items. The Scrap yard will be available throughout the entire weekend. For those items you have not sold by the end of the weekend and you don�t want to pack pack up and take home, there will be a box available for donations to the Ronald McDonald House. This has always been a lot of fun!!

OTHER RETREAT INFO

(some details may change from one retreat to the next, be sure to check out the current newsletter to get up to date details. This information give a pretty good idea of what to expect)

You may check into your hotel room anytime AFTER 3pm.  After you get yourself settled into your sleeping room you may come and register for your scrapbooking weekend with Past Reflections.  The crop room is in the Stonehenge meeting hall located in the hotels main lobby. The crop room will open at 11am on Thursday. For those who are scrappin Friday thru Sunday the crop room will open for you at 11am on Friday.  We will not seat anyone until this time. Once inside the crop room you will have assigned seating with your group that will stay the same the entire weekend. No need to pack everything up every time you leave the crop room. 

No meals will be provided however there are many eating establishments near by for meal times. (a list coming soon!)  The drink table will be available all weekend long stocked with your favorite beverage.  Please let us know if you have a special drink request, we would be happy to accommodate you.  Past Reflections will provide Styrofoam cups with lids to help prevent spills however feel free to bring your own cup from home.

Personal radios are allowed as long as you have ear phones. Multiple radios going can be really distracting and make it hard to concentrate.  We will have a main radio going so feel free to bring your favorite cd for us to play.

 Be sure to plan ahead for the weekends theme, all the fun will start on Saturday night after dinner. Don't forget your camera, this has always been a great time with your friends, time to be goofy!

Our layout contest deadline is 10pm Saturday night. All layouts submitted must be ones done start to finish at retreat. Judging will begin at 10:30 pm. Prizes will be awarded for 1, 2 and 3rd place winners.

Pizza comes at midnight!  WOW!!  I'm SOOO hungry by now! What a great way to rejuvenate that creative flow.

Click here to register!