New for 2011 - Altered T-shirt contest!

One of the NEW contests you will see at all of our Scrappin' Escapes 2011 events is the altered t-shirt contest (sorry this is only open to previous Scrappin' Escapes guests).   We have so many regular attendees and we know you have a collection of our awesome t-shirts, well now we want to see just how creative you can get with your shirts!  Let's see what you come up with, your shirt can be fancy, simple, sexy, or intricate, we want to see what you create!  The voting will take place on Friday night of each of the events in 2011! 

San Diego Retreat Kona Kai 2010

 I am bit late adding the group photo to the blog, but here it is! It was a wonderful weekend, beautiful weather, great views and a wonderful group of scrappers! 

1-Day Special endst tonight at 11:59!!

Join us in beautiful San Diego in 2011!
May 13-15, 2011
August 12-14, 2011
November 4-6, 2011 - JUST ADDED!

Click here to register using the 24-hour special.

Kona Kai 2011 info

Doubletree May & August Info

 
To celebrate our upcoming Kona Kai Retreat this weekend we have just added a new event for 2011.   Plus we are offering some great specials for the May August, and November 2011 events!  Register today these prices will not be coming back in 2011.

Your $50.00 deposit will lock in the following rates for either the May, August or November 2011 events (you must pay a separate deposit for each event for which you are registering):

$300.00 per person based on single occupancy

$175.00 per person based on double occupancy

$150.00 per person based on triple occupancy

$125.00 per person based on quad occupancy

Day Cropper - all 3 days no hotel $85.00 Early Early Bird Rate!!

*These rates will be available through Wednesday November 3, 2010 11:59pm.

** Don't worry if your plans change you can always transfer your deposit to another event within 1 year from the time of cancellation, but register now to lock in this AWESOME rate.  

*** With this special is the ONLY time we will be offering quad occupancy rooms in 2011.  Once this special ends they will no longer be available. 

****Please note that due to the this being such an amazing special we are unable to extend this special offer beyond the deadline.

Special Offer FAQ

Q.  Will you be offering these special again?

A.  No this is the last time we will be offering these amazing prices for new or returning guests.

Q.  When I register the price is the early bird NOT the special pricing, will I get the special price?
A.  The website will not reflect the special pricing, however you will receive the special pricing as long as you have registered by midnight Wednesday. 

Q.  I paid my $50.00 deposit, does that lock in the special rate for all of the events?
A.  To lock in the special rate you must pay a $50.00 deposit for each event that you are registering for.

Q.  Can I share the great special with my friends?
A.  Absolutely!  Please feel free to forward this information to all of your friends. 

Q.  I have never attended a Scrappin' Escapes Weekend do I need to fill out a registration form.
A.  Yes, if you have never attended please take a moment to register online.

Q.  I am a regular Scrappin' Escapes guest do I need to fill out a registration form for every event I am attending?
A.  Yes, we appreciate your continued attendance, however we request that you fill out a registration form for each event you are attending.

San Diego Nov. Retreat Classes

A Walk in the Park Card Class with Robin Redd 
$25.00

You will be making a variety of 8 cards from the Echo Park, “a Walk in the Park” Collection Kit.  These cards are fabulous with lots of embellishments and detail.  They look like they took you forever to make but with most pieces already cut for you, they will be a breeze for you to put together.

With the price of the class you will receive the entire collection kit which includes 1 sheet each of 12 papers, 1 alpha & borders 12"X12" stickers and 1 elements 12"X12" stickers, which leaves you lots of goodies left over for more  projects to do at your leisure.

Bring your basic tool kit to class, everything else will be provided for you.

Basic Tool Kit

·         12” Paper trimmer

·         Wet and dry adhesive

·         Scissors

Winter Cheer Holiday Cards by Kari Eskridge
$15 prepay/ $20 at retreat

Join me in making 8 wonderful holiday cards using Little Yellow Bicycle 25 Days paper collection. These 8 cards are simple to make, easy to re-create, and use some fun techniques you can take to your scrapbook pages and altered art projects.

Supplies to Bring: Paper Trimmer, Scissors, adhesive.

Shine Bright Layout Class with Robin Redd 
$25.00

Complete 4 beautiful, versatile,  12" x 12" layouts.  We will be using Close To My Heart's hottest, new line, Splendor along with tons of embellishments, lots of layers, and a couple of new techniques.  Most of everything will be cut to size, ready to assemble.

These layouts are so adorable with lots and lots of details on each of the pages.  You will feel so proud of yourself completing 4, very special, layouts, ready for you to add your photos.

If you are unable to attend the class, you may purchase a class kit to complete at your convenience.  Each kit comes with photos and clear, written instructions.

Bring your paper trimmer, scissors, liquid and dry adhesive.

Optional, bring:  brown ink for distressing/inking edges, 1/8" hole punch

Big Bear Retreat - May 14-16, 2010

Don't they look adorable? We had a great Big Bear Retreat last weekend the weather was beautiful and the scrappers got plenty done!

San Diego Escape March 19-21, 2010

Thank you to all you wonderful ladies that joined me this past weekend in San Diego, you are all truly awesome!! Hopefully I didn't get any of you sick, I am feeling loads better and I am working on getting the e-mail with upcoming specials sent out. Thank you again to everyone who joined us every one of you makes this totally worth it.

Las Vegas

I had such a great time meeting so many wonderful scrapbookers this past weekend, many locals as well as many individuals from all over the country. Thank you for choosing to spend your weekend with us, we are already working on future dates. Click on the picture below to enlarge it! Don't they all look adorable and well organized? they did this all on their own.

Timeless Romance with Stayce

Isn't this beautiful? This is the Timeless Romance class with Stayce, click on the link below to check out the rest of our awesome classes:


http://scrappin-escapes.com/lasvegasclasses.html

Scrapbook Expo FREE retreat winners!!

I know I said we would do it on Monday, but i got sidetracked with life, you all know how that goes. So since I made you wait I decided to pull 2 winners (or actually my sick little Abby pulled 2 winners) Yes I said winners, so yup we will be giving away 2 weekend retreats to our event in Nov. at the beautiful Kona Kai Resort in San Diego! So without further delay the winners are . . . .

Lorna Parong!!!!

&

Kim Shannon!!!!

Congrats ladies I will be giving you a phone call later today!!

Updated Cricut Cartridge List

Cricut cartridges available for event use.

Hi everyone!

The following is an updated (7/3/11) list of cartridges available for your use at the crops.  Please feel free to contact me with any questions. Thanks, Jessica S

Accent Essentials
All Mixed Up
Alphalicious
April Showers
Base Camp
Celebrations
Christmas Cheer
Cindy Loo 
Country Life
Create A Critter
Cricut Everyday
Cuttin’ Up
Don Juan
Doodlecharms
Fabulous Finds
George & Basic Shapes
Going Places
Graphically Speaking
Hannah Montana
Home Décor
Jasmine
Jubilee
Life's a Beach
Locker Talk
Makin' the Grade
Mickey & Friends
Mickey Font
Mini Monograms
Mini Monsters
New Arrival
Opposites Attract
Paisley
Paper Doll Dress-up
Plantin School Book
Pooh & Friends
Pooh Font Set
Simply Sweet
Songbird
Sports Mania
Storybook
Sweet Treats
Tear Drop
Tie The Knot
Toy Story
Walk in My Garden

Another couple of Las Vegas Class Peeks

Aren't these cute, I have been busy getting all the classes posted and making sure all the relevant links work. So for now here is a peek.

Happy New Year's & Grapes to you!

Happy New Year! (Ok so this is a duplicate post from my personal blog, but the sentiment is the same =-)

In just a few short hours, we will either quietly or with much celebration bring in the New Year, we will count down the seconds ring in a new year and go to bed (well at least I will) Actually hubby and I are going to dinner then we will be staying up to play Wii with the girls until midnight, quietly with the one's I love, and at the stroke of midnight I have to eat 12 grapes, I went to pick them up from my grandma's house and she had them all ready to go sorted into baggies for myself, hubby and the kids. This is actually a Spanish tradition that has been adopted by many hispanic cultures. The tradition consists in eating a grape with each bell strike at midnight of December 31. According to the tradition, that leads to a year of prosperity. Each grape is eaten with each beat of the bell. After the 12th strike everyone should have eaten all their 12 grapes, although this seldom happens due to its difficulty. (I hijacked this info from Wikipedia)because in all honesty I had no idea where it cam from I just knew that my grandmother had the grapes ready for us every year, oh yes and yellow underwear, no that's not a typo. Actually I didn't remember the yellow underwear until a few hours ago, despite the fact that it has been many years since I have received yellow undies from my grandmother, I still look back on the tradition with a smile. I did a little internet research and found this on the yellow underwear tradition:

In many Spanish-speaking countries, wearing yellow panties into the New Year will bring wealth and luck. Yellow is the color of choice because it is most closely associated with gold, Varon says.

Tradition says you must cast away your old underwear at the stroke of midnight on New Year's and put on a yellow pair. To be lucky, they must be new. Want some extra luck? Wear them inside out. How you get the underwear is believed to make a difference, too; receiving them as a gift is said to be best.


So I hope you have a Happy & Safe New Year!! I leave you with some New Year's quotes, enjoy!


Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.
Benjamin Franklin

Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to get it right.
Oprah Winfrey


For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning.
T.S. Eliot, "Little Gidding"

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.
Edith Lovejoy Pierce

A happy New Year! Grant that I
May bring no tear to any eye
When this New Year in time shall end
Let it be said I've played the friend,
Have lived and loved and labored here,
And made of it a happy year.
Edgar Guest

We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives... not looking for flaws, but for potential.
Ellen Goodman

The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective.
G.K. Chesterton

Many people look forward to the new year for a new start on old habits.
Author Unknown


Never tell your resolution beforehand, or it's twice as onerous a duty.
John Selden


Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account.
Oscar Wilde

One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: To rise above the little things.
John Burroughs

May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions.
Joey Adams

I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the year's.
Henry Moore


New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time.
James Agate

New Year's Day is every man's birthday.
Charles Lamb

For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning.
T. S. Eliot

Each age has deemed the new born year
The fittest time for festal cheer
Walter Scott

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.
Bill Vaughnv

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.
Bill Vaughan


It wouldn't be New Year's if I didn't have regrets.
William Thomas

Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols.
Thomas Mann

Wishing you a Merry Christmas!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas filled with family, friends, and good food!

Las Vegas card class sneak peak

Check out this adorable card class from Kari of Urban Anthology, CUTE!!!

Where have I been & working on getting Las Vegas Classes listed today!!

So where have I been? No not hiding under a rock although I really felt like it at times recently, I have been busy getting all my ducks in a row. I had several issues come up with 2 of my venues recently and that was SUPER STRESSFUL, but alas it has all been resolved and we ended up with 2 MUCH BETTER venues out of it. You know what they say “everything happens for a reason” It doesn’t always feel like that but at least its an optimistic way to approach life’s speed bumps. Anywhoo onto fun stuff I am working on getting the Las Vegas retreat classes listed, we have some very cool classes planned for you! So for now have a great day and get that Holiday shopping done!

A fabulous Retreat, a lost camera, a little pneumonia, and some runny noses and sore throats and oh yes a holiday!

Happy belated Thanksgiving!

So it has been 2 weeks since our San Diego Retreat, as always it was wonderful seeing so many familiar faces and getting to know new people. Thank you to everyone who took part in our San Diego Weekend Retreat! Well my title sums up my life over the last two weeks, I spent several days unpacking and getting everything from the retreat put away. I spent many hours hunting down my camera, my hubby had left it in the hotel room in San Diego luckily the staff found it and shipped it home, YAY!! Then let's see my hubby got super sick he came down with pneumonia, yup he is heeling very well and will be back at work on Monday. Plus as if that wasn't enough my girls both had colds, nothing serious but bad enough to have to keep them home. SO this last couple of weeks has felt like I was in a fog, but thank goodness I am back to doing all the good stuff and have some very cool stuff planned for the coming year.

Enjoy the pics of our San Diego weekend!!

Here are some pictures of our weekend, I am so bummed I didn't get everyone and not all the pictures came out well (my fault of course)

Scrapbook Girl & The Little Crop Shop

I will be at the next Scrappin' Escapes retreat in August and am offering a special on pre-orders for any regular priced Scrapbook Girl merchandise. I will hand deliver at the retreat and you will save 10% and get FREE shipping on all regular priced items. You can view Scrapbook Girl at http://www.scrapbookgirl.com/. Please DO NOT order through the website, special is only available through me! If you have any questions about sizes please feel free to email me at crystal@littlecropshop.com. I will send a reply to confirm I received your order. All pre-orders need to be received by Noon on Tuesday Nov. 5th.
Happy Scrappin'
Crystal
951-735-4098

Creative Holiday classes and more coming soon!

Remember December class with Stephanie Ackerman

Christmas card class with Kari of Urban Anthology

Big Bear Retreat this Weekend

Hi Everyone

I am heading out to Big Bear for a retreat, I will have very limited to no e-mail access if you need to contact me please do not hesitate to call me at 951-809-9068. This is usually the fastest way to get me.

Have a great weekend!!

New 1-night packages for the San Diego Retreats!

We are happy to offer 1 night packages for the Nov. retreat you may select Fri./Sat. or Sat/Sun.
Rates are as follows:
Single $175.00
Double $120.00 per person
Triple $110.00 per person
Quad Occupancy $100.00 per person

To register please fill out the registration form and in the comments section put the following:

1 night special Fri/Sat OR
1 night special Sat/Sun

San Diego Nov. Registration