Reading for a Scrapbook Retreat

In addition to issues of Rubber Stamp Madness and Somerset Memories magazines, I'll be bring along on my weekend Scrapbook retreat a new book that just crossed my desk:

Stamped Out: A Stamping Sisters Mystery by Terri Thayer

First in a new series, it includes instructions for a stamping project. Can you believe it, the project is a Skull and Scrolls tag! Too perfect for D.O.A. scrapper!

Note: I came, I scrapped, I am relaxed! This book argh! Librarians CODE 101.50: never only bring one book! The main character in this book is such an annoying person I thought I was gonna die, but had to read to read before I went to sleep. I think that the author loaded too much angst into her characters relationships with others all in the first chapter or something. I just wanted to say to "April" (bad name choice) SNAP OUT OF IT!

In other retreat bookish news, my sister is addicted to James Patterson's Alex Cross novels. BUT. She reads them and then is scared to sleep with the lights out. And it sure is dark at night in northern Minnesota. Which I like, but not Ms Patterson fan :) She also...heard someone talking about bears, and thought she heard a rattlesnake while we were munching our supper on a picnic table. Love you, sister of D.O.A. no. 3, but you had me freaked by night no. 2.

Lovely resort, good company, good food, lots of relaxing reminiscing as I worked on a Halloween book.

Scrappy D.O.A.

Next weekend D.O.A. Sister #3 (of 5) and I are going on our second annual Scrapbook Retreat. I was rather new to scrapping then and had no idea what to expect or what to bring. I traveled really light, and had only one project (Disney trips) to work on, not many photos, and lots of blaringly brightly colored Mouse themed paper and stickers. Others there were hauling in huge black trunks and the large plastic drawers you can get, full of *stuff*. I was beyond intimidated. In the year since, I have found my scrapping feet, and accumulated mucho scrapping supplies. I will be bringing 4 projects worth of photos so I don't get burnt out (you scrap 12+ hours per day at these things) and paraphernalia that will make me right up there with my fellow scrap-ettes. Here is my helpful list of supplies for a weekend scrapbooking retreat:

o Photos
o Papers
o Stickers
o Embellishments
o Pages
o Page Protectors
o Scissors
o Adhesives (lots!)
o Scrapbooking pens
o Trimmers
o Corner Rounder
o Tickets, memorabilia
o Pencils
o Ruler
o Journaling paper
o Stencils
o Photo labeling Pencil
o Notepad
o Stamps (Rubber and otherwise)
o Ink Pads and re-inkers
o Colored pencils
o Chalks
o Scrapbook Magazines and books for inspiration
o Accordion file for the papers etc for each project
o Book of Quotes
o Small dictionary

Don't forget your jammies, the preferred evening wear of scrappers everywhere.