Ladies Craft Retreat

Last weekend (Sept 29-Oct 1), about 14 ladies from my church met at River's Edge Bible Camp (about an hour and change northeast of where I live). It was a weekend for the ladies at the church to do their crafts - we had quilters, a knitter, a painter, a crocheter and of course scrapbookers. Instead of foggy conditions while driving up, it snowed this time! We had frosty mornings, but the sun shone the whole weekend. The photos above were taken over the two days at different times of the day. The photos don't do it justice - all in one scene you have the trees, the valleys and field with the mountains bright white from the new fallen snow. It is quite breath taking esp with the fall colour as a contrast. We had some excitement on the Saturday night in my cabin as we were getting ready for bed - one of our ladies were getting off her bunk and used the metal locker for balance. The next thing we know, she goes flying forward with a thundering crash following her. Guess the locker was not sturdy - lucky she was not seriously injuried - a nice scratch on her leg as her memento. Luckily we also had a good sense of humor - we did have a good laugh afterwards. What an adrenline rush just before bed! I didn't do much scrapbooking actually that weekend - more organizing and prepping gifts for Christmas. My dad had this good size box filled with photo envelopes - I have a Power Sorter Box which I was able to use to organize by theme all those photos. It is a great little storage tool. Thanks Brenda and Linda for organizing the retreat - it was great to getaway for ladies fellowship and get some crafty things done too. Not to gather dust under our feet - our next retreat is already booked for January 2008!!! I know for sure Brenda, Linda and myself are paid in full (Brenda was the eager beaver - she was the first to pay in full!). This time we are in the lodge where we were last time - it is great to have your stuff in the same building as you sleep so if you can't sleep at 3am - you can get your creative juices going early.