Retreat Gifts

Last weekend I held my spring weekend retreat so I thought I’d share the retreat gifts that I gave everyone. One of the things I love to do at my retreats, or crops, is to hand out little treats. I’m always on the look out for things that I can use and have quite the stash going in my craft storage closet:)

Everyone who attends the retreat gets a small goody bag of product and I like to attach a little tag to it. These were the tags that I, along with the help of my friend Donna, created for them.

The circles are from a fabulous new die set called spotlight on nature. It’s a set of circle dies with details around the edges. These will be available in May when the next annual catalogue goes live. Those were combined with the A Little Latte DSP and the Alphabest bundle (which is sold out already).

Pillow Gifts

Next up I used those same circle dies with the strawberry stamp from the Ice Cream Swirl stamp set to create a little tag for some strawberry granola treats I found. The tag that the Yum Yum is stamped on is from another new die set called Unbounded Love. It’s a set of different sized and shaped label dies. These will also be available when the new catalogue goes live.

Next up were these key chains that my friend Nicole sent me a link to (linked below). I stamped them with an image from the stamp set Spotlight on Nature (also available May 1st). Then tied a bow using new in colour ribbon.

And lastly were these fun treat cups. I found them at HomeSense – they are silicone baking cups in a colour very close to petal pink. I filled them with some espresso candies and then added a topper attached to a belly band.

To see some of the other retreat gifts I’ve made, check out the posts linked below.

• Tropical Retreat Gifts
• Retreat Pillow Gifts

If you are local to the Edmonton, Sherwood Park area and would like more information on upcoming retreats, or one day crops, let me know. I’d be happy to send you the info. My retreat weekends are almost always full but I also do the occasional one day crop – the next one is on June 15th. More information on that will be posted soon.

Reminders:

• Last chance items up to 60% off while supplies last. See them all here.
• National Scrapbooking Day Virtual Retreat: If you are a scrapbooker, or would love to start scrapbooking, come celebrate National Scrapbooking Day with us at the virtual retreat. It’s open to anyone world wide. Even if you can’t attend that day, all the content will remain in a private FB group for you to catch up on at your convenience.
• Ice Cream Swirl CTG: Be sure to check out this months class to go featuring the Ice Cream Swirl bundle. There’s still time to join us. Deadline is April 14th, 2024.
• Technique Class – in this class we’ll be playing with window sheets and learning 4 different ways that you can use them. Find all the details here.

Until next time,

Shopping List

Click on any of the images below to shop my Canadian online store or to find out more. In addition to these supplies I also used the following items that will be available beginning May 1st, 2024.

• Spotlight on Nature bundle
• Unbounded Love Dies
• 2024-2026 In Color Ribbon

Key chains are these ones from Amazon.