Scrapbook Retreats

Have you ever gone on a scrapbook retreat?

When I worked at an LSS, we went on a yearly scrapbook retreat. The owner of the store, organized the retreat as a thank you for our hard work. The other reason she did this was because once people become industry workers they tend to reduce their own scrapbooking. Their scrapbooking time is devoted to industry work instead of actually scrapbooking (I’ll write more on this later as this was one of my key findings from my dissertation research.)

I miss going on these retreats. The store has since closed and the employees still get together and crop, but my issue is that I now live close to 600 miles away from this group.

A few months ago, I was invited to a crop and attended a couple of times. The person hosting the crops no longer does because she no longer is a direct seller. I find crops somewhat disappointing. I’d rather go away for a weekend once or even twice a year instead of attending a monthly or weekly crop that lasts only a few hours. I think my issue is that it is often a lot of work to prep for a crop that my time would be better spent prepping for a retreat less frequently. I also like to be able to get away for a couple of days and getting to hang out with some fabulous scrappy friends.

I’ve been made aware of online crops, but this just is not something I am interested in participating. I love the online world, but want some real world scrapbooking, too.

I’ve considered organizing a retreat, but have a serious lack of scrappy friends in my new locale. Should I put out some feelers? Should I look for a place that would be a great place to go scrapbook? What do you think? Do you go to crops or retreats? Why or why not?

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