Paper Haven Retreat Day

Hello there. Apologies for the lack of blogging for two days! One reason was that I was super busy with preps for my Retreat Day yesterday and the other reason was I was saving the makes the share with you after the Retreat. You may or may not know that I have a little sideline called Paper Haven Craft Retreats which I have been running since 2013. I run a full weekend retreat in September each year (places available for 2016) but I also run a day retreat in March and November for my customers who don’t want to commit to a full weekend! Yesterday was my November Retreat Day which I ran at our local cricket club. My lovely Dad went and borrowed 8 tables from the local church for me and went to pick them up at 8.30 on Saturday morning, I was so grateful - thanks Dad. I gave my ladies a lot more space to craft this time and although it meant there was less room elsewhere in the room, they had plenty of room for their crafting.

 Here are the tables all set up ready for the ladies. Can you spot the lovely blue snowflakes on the bags? I saw them in a lovely shop in Brussels and just had to have them for my ladies.

 As usual I had all my displays set up...

.... and my classes are now booking for 2016!

 The ladies all hard at work.

 This was the first project in the morning. A little bit frenzied sharing all the stamps around but worthwhile once it’s in the frame! This is Louise’s gorgeous make.

 A lovely lady Jane, who does the catering for the Cricket Club kept us fed and watered all day. We had Brunch, Lunch and then Afternoon Tea

 In the afternoon we made some Christmas Bunting and then we made 4 cards to finish the day. Here is one of Louise’s which I loved!

 Soon it was time to clear up and I got all this ready for Mr K to help me to the car! Until next time!

Thanks to all my ladies who attended. My next one is Saturday 19th March 2016. Full details will follow OR you could give my Facebook Page a LIKE

Brussels 2015

It looks like I have run out of projects to share at the moment as I am saving them up for my event on Saturday so I thought I would take the opportunity to update you with my trip from Brussels.

This year there were only 5 in our team travelling to the first ever Onstage Live event and we had an amazing time. It began on Thursday and ended on Saturday afternoon. We loved meeting Sara Douglass again who always looks amazing and is always happy to humour us with our selfie taking!

I was thrilled to be awarded 2nd place in Sales in the UK and 3rd place in Recruiting in the UK. I love this photo taken by my team member Alex. It shows that the screens are just on a slight delay as I have thumbs up on the screen and not on the little photo of me! He he

So happy to be awarded by Stampin Up and I would like to take the opportunity to thank you all. To the lovely people who shop with me and come to my events. Some of you have been shopping with me for a long time and others are relatively new shoppers but I am grateful to each and every one of you. To my class ladies, thanks for coming back to class time and time again. We have a good laugh and we get some nice things made. I hope that coming to class makes a little difference in your life and takes you away from your every day life for just a couple of hours and provides you with some like minded company and creativity, I know it does for me! Thank you to the ladies who put their faith in me and join our team and allow me to be your upline. I have been blessed with so many new friendships because of Stampin Up, I think my happy smile says it all!

 Of course Brussels is the home of the waffle but I didn’t have one this year, opting for a crepe instead!

 I love the buildings and structures in Brussels and it really is the most beautiful city at night time, the Grand Place in particular.

Of course we got some sneak peeks from the new catalogue, this being one of my faves, which is out on 5th January. We also got a paper copy which caused much excitement. Look out for my Launch Night on 8th January.

We are very lucky at these events getting lots of goodies and here is my loot although I have missed off a gorgeous embellishment holder from the Centerstage evening.

Hope you enjoyed my really quick round up of Brussels. Don’t forget our little promotions that we have.

Onstage Team Gifts

This time last week I was on the wrong train to Manchester Airport on the way to Onstage Live in Brussels! It’s funny to think about it now but at the time it was a bit stressful! Today I am sharing the little gifts I made for my team as part of a Team Swap we did. There were only 5 of us there this team, small but mighty! 

I made these wooden heart plaques featuring the Typeset DSP and the Birthday Blossoms stamp set and I enjoyed a lot of watercolouring! The photos aren’t particularly amazing today as I ended up taking these on my phone the night before I left.

 I packaged them up in a cello bag with a personalised tag with my girls initials, using the Larger than Life stamp set that is on offer at the moment with 20% off! I really enjoyed making them, made another welcome change from Christmas things.

So a few reminders for you! Click on the photos for all the details

This weeks Weekly Deals

And not forgetting my November Hostess Code Club is still running.

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