2010 in review

2010 was a banner year for Scrappy Chicks. We entertained guest from as far away as Pennsylvania and as close as Reedsport! It’s always so much fun meeting new ladies and getting excited about their excitement and different techniques in preserving memories.

We did several major projects in 2010, including a cookbook. I have to say that the ladies from California did a bang up job on their recipe cards. The pages they created were innovative, clever, beautiful and fun. The ladies from Reedsport however take the cake on making the paper cupcakes! WOW. They were masterpieces and certainly worthy of the front of a Martha Stewart Magazine!

Scrappy Chicks has teamed up with Michelle Rolen to produce a monthly project kit called Scrappy Kits. The first of the kits rolled out in Oct with a BOO-t-ful envelope book and in November we sent out a kit called the 12-days of Christmas utilizing Graphic 45 paper. Each month the kits get better and the directions will soon appear on U-Tube.

Personally, Kyla continues in her academic quest for that Nursing Degree. We lost Sam in October 2010. He died with his legs crossed and in a peaceful sleep. He will be sorely missed by all that loved him.

We want to thank you so much for the loyalty, graciousness, and warm hugs that you have shared with us over the past wonderful eight years. We also look forward to the New Year; in 2011 we look with trepidation, nerves of jello one second and steel the next, when we announce that it is time for Kyla and me to look towards another future away from Scrappy Chicks. 2011 will see the end of this chapter in our lives but we see a star looming on the horizon signaling that something else is in our mist. We certainly want to go out with a bang, and we have lots of “special” activities planned for the retreats in this our final year.

We have a few openings left for 2011 so if you have always wanted to attend a retreat now is a good time!

God Bless and happy Holidays