Congratulations Cynthia!!!

COngrats to my good friend Cynthia for winning the "Tell us why you like Scrappin' Escapes" contest, this is why she said she digs us:

My favorite reason for attending S-E is the friendship, bonding and scrappin' time that I get with my "friends!" But the best part, i must say, are the great prizes and gifts that Jess spoils us with! Thank Heaven for Scrappin' Escapes!!!!

I LOVEEEE IT!!

Thanks again Cynthia,

Send me your mailing address and I will send you out a prize!!

Congratulations Elizabeth!!!

Congrats to Elizabeth Williams for the winner of the "Retreat Locations" drawing. E-mail me your address and I will get a prize out to you. Jessica@scrappin-escapes.com

This was Elizabeth's Location suggestion:

"Hey Jessica, I would love to see a retreat up North here. I live in San Clemente. Your Irvine retreat was fabulous and I just went to the all day crops. I'm planning to go to your San diego retreat in august and stay the full 3 days! I think Dana Point would be Awesome for a retreat."

Well Thanks so much Elizabeth for the awesome suggestions and let me tell you we are working on an event in that very location for 2010!!

Tell us your favorite reason for attending a Scrappin' Escapes Retreat and you could be a winner!!

Yup that's it tell us your favorite reason for attending a Scrappin' Escapes Retreats and you could win a fun prize (if you have not had the pleasure of attending yet, tell us what you hope will be your favorite thing). Just leave it as a comment and I will select a winner at random, this is the first of many daily contests you will find from now on on our blog. This contest will close on Saturday night at midnight and the winner will be announced on Sunday!

Top 5 Reasons to go to a Scrappin’ Escapes Retreat:

Top 5 Reasons to go to a Scrappin’ Escapes Retreat:
5. The awesome prizes – guests constantly tell me how much they love the prizes, some of our previous prizes include Making Memories Embellishment Shelf, Cuttlebug, & Bind It All, plus tons of other prizes from companies like Prima, Creative Acrylics, Doodlebug, & so many more.
4. We offer the longest crop times of any event around, up to 60 straight hours!
3. Our retreat rates are one of the best deals of any Southern California event!
2. Our t-shirts are the coolest, really you have to check them out!
And the number 1 reason to join us for a Scrappin’ Escapes Retreat is . . .
1. My adorable Scrubby Matt – he is there to help you with everything from bringing in your supplies to running extension cords.

Great Class with Stephanie Ackerman

This class will take place at the August Retreat in San Diego
Time - TBA
Class Cost is $25.00

More Classes Coming Soon!

June Special

Join us in San Diego for 3 days and 2 nights on non-stop scrapping fun. Our August event is just around the corner so come on out and join us we offer offering the following prices throughout June, these rates include: Hotel, 3 days of cropping, snacks, goody bag, & prizes.

$200.00 per person based on double occupancy
$180.00 per person based on triple occupancy

Hope to see you there!

Good morning

Time is flying we are just a little over 2 1/2 months away from the "fun in the sun" Summer Retreat in beautiful San Diego. We have some great classes lined and will be posting them as soon as the schedule is finalized but for now I will leave you with a tease about one of our instructors . . . Stephanie Ackerman!! The very talented Stephanie will be joining us for a fun adorable class check back for all the details.

Could I be any more connected!

So it has taken me a long time to get connected, first the website, then the blog, then facebook and now twitter. I seriously don't think I am interesting enough to have that much to say and if I said it on one form of technology wouldn't that be enough? Apparently not, so bear with me while I learn the in's and out's of all this lovely technology. Eventually I will be able to link them all and when I post on one it will show up on all! Have a great night I am off to twitter ;-)

Check us out!!!

This was way cool, Shannon from the Examiner.com (San Diego) contacted me yesterday for some info on San Diego Retreats. So I chatted with her for a bit and gave her the details for our rocking retreats! Check out the link below:

Scrapbook re{treats} around San Diego by Shannon Fralish

Help us scout out new locations for our awesome weekend retreats

Hi everyone,

We are always getting some great suggestions for different retreat locations, believe me every time we hear one we check it out. We love San Diego and we love Big Bear, but we are looking into a few other locations as well. We would love to hear about any places you have been and think would totally rock to spend the weekend scrapping at.

How to submit a location:

E-mail me at jessica@scrappin-escapes.com with the subject line "Retreat Locations" everyone who submits a location will be entered into a drawing to win a prize pack!! I will announce the winner on my blog next Friday!!

Upcoming Retreats

Busy, Busy , Busy. That describes me right now, I have been working on some FUN stuff for our upcoming August and November retreats. Both events will have all the things you love; like plenty of crop space, extended cropping times, more games, and more contests. Plus a few extra surprises . . .More about that later.

Don't forget you can also add-on Thursday night this is becoming an increasingly popular option for scrappers who want to make sure they have 3-full days of scrapping. Come on Thursday unload your supplies, set up your scrapping area, and spend some time getting ahead on your projects! For more information on Thursday night add-on click here.

Big Bear Retreat - What a blast!!

What a fun weekend in Big Bear it was beautiful although a bit hot for this time of year, we had a great group of croppers, great food provided by the Knickerbocker, and of course plenty of scrapping! Check out the photos of the girls in their adorable Scrappin' Escapes t-shirts! If you would like to see the rest of the photos of the weekend click here.

Thanks again to the girls who joined us in Big Bear, it was wonderful to meet you all!

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day!!!!

In 4 days I will be in beautiful Big Bear for our Big Bear Retreat enjoying the fabulous weather and some fun scrappin'. YAY I can't wait, the prizes are piling up and we are going to have an amazing time!!!

Don't forget if you missed out on Big Bear you still have plenty of time to register for our San Diego August retreat!!

Have a great day!!

A couple of spots have opened up for Big Bear!

Now is your chance if you didn't get to register for Big Bear we had a couple of spots open up. You don't want to miss the weekend event, Big Bear is absolutely beautiful at this time of year. Click on the link below to get all the info. Early bird rates are extended to anyone who registers. Hope to see you in Big Bear.

Big Bear Info

New tools

Hi everyone!

I just wanted to share that I recently made 2 new purchases that I am sure all of you Cricut lovers will enjoy. First I purchased the Sure Cuts A Lot Software, this enables you to cut any of the True Type Fonts off of the computer with the Cricut machine. Second I purchased Design Studio, this is the computer program issued by Provo Craft. Both of these will be available at all of our upcoming events for you to play with. We also have some excitingdetails coming up about our August Retreat so keep checking back. Have a great night!!

Big Bear is SOLD OUT!!

Big Bear is SOLD OUT! IF you missed registering for our Big Bear Retreat be sure to put your name on the waiting list and we will immediately let you know if a spot opens up. E-mail me at jessica@scrappin-escapes.com OR rivpunk@aol.com with the subject line Big Bear waiting list and I will add you. We are looking at future dates in Big Bear, we will keep you posted. Have a great day!

Add-On Packages

Hi everyone I know many of you have been asking about add-on packages for Thursday nights well you asked and we answered. We are now offering Thursday night Add-on packages, pricing will vary by event and venue.

Big Bear Retreat May 15-17, 2009 - The add-on package includes your hotel accommodations and early access to the crop room starting at 7:00 pm on Thursday night. This package will not include any Scrappin' Escapes hosted amenities, however I will be on hand for assistance and to answer any questions you might have . The Knickerbocker B&B will provide a delicious gourmet breakfast on Friday morning to all guests who arrive on Thursday. The official crop weekend will begin on Friday morning at 9:00 am. Cost for the add-on package for Big Bear is $165.00 per room, so for double occupacy rooms your cost per person for Thursday night would be $82.50. If you have already registered for the Big Bear retreat and decide you would like to add the Thursday night package please just send me an e-mail to rivpunk@aol.com.

San Diego Retreat - We are finalizing the details for the add-on packages for all of our San Diego events at this time. We will update you as soon as more details become available.

Happy Scrappin'

Jessica

San Diego Retreat

I am bit behind on psoting pics from my San Diego Retreat, but here are some. Enjoy!!

Scrapbook Royalty Royal Slumber Crop

Hi everyone!

Hope this post finds you all well, I am back and fully rested from this past weekend I had the pleasure of heading South to San Marcos for the Royal Slumber Crop sponsored by Scrapbook Royalty. I hosted a table and was the Fairy God Mother to a wonderful group of croppers, check out the slide show below.

A Fabulous Weekend Retreat!!

I am back from our San Diego Weekend Retreat and we had an awesome weekend, it was wonderful to meet so many scrappers and see so many familiar faces. I am very fortunate to have such a fun group of individuals join us. Check out the group shot below, don't they all look sooooo cute in their matching shirts??