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New News!!!!

For those of you who have been following our blog, you may notice that it has a new header and a new name attached to it - Sweetwater Street.  We are so excited to announce this new venture that we are taking.  We have had so much fun designing logos that can be placed on shirts, pillows, towels, etc. etc. etc.  For those of you who are reading this blog on www.sweetwaterscrapbook.com  head on over to www.sweetwaterstreet.com and check it out.  If you have enjoyed our scrapbook supplies, we know you will love our newest items on Sweetwater Street.   

Don't worry - we still do have Scrapbook Supplies, and retreats just trying to diversify a little!

Tina and Margaret

We are so excited that Tina Cockburn and Margaret Scarbrough will be joining us at the house July 24-26.   Just looked at Tina's blog http://www.tcphotography.typepad.com/ for her photography studio (Tina Cockburn Photography)and wanted to share with you.  She takes amazing photographs and I had so much fun looking through all of them.  It just made me smile looking at all the cute faces!  The best part for me (and could be for you too!) is that she will be at Sweetwater House July 24-26.  We are lucky enough to have her join us! Tina Cockburn’s photography (and her beautifully simple layout designs) have been featured on Simple Scrapbooks magazine covers multiple times, and she shoots professionally in her hometown of San Diego, Calif. Come and join us to ask questions and get personal instruction on how to improve your photography!

Joining Tina is Margaret Scarbrough.  Margaret’s work shows up all the time in Simple Scrapbooks magazine, and she’s been a featured contributor to three of Simple’s top-selling books: Real.Life.Scrapbooking, Beautiful Basics, and The Scrapbooker’s Almanac. She’ll guide you through the creation of an adorable mini-album of your own, sharing the tips, tricks, and techniques that help her keep her projects beautiful, meaningful, and above all, simple. You can also read her blog to get more insight about Margaret -  http://mks.typepad.com/

This weekend we are having a special women's  bible study retreat.  We are using a program called Chocolate Boutique - so I know we will be eating chocolate!  I will post pictures from our fun weekend next week!

Simple Scrapbooks at Sweetwater House!

We are so bad at blogging but we have made a new resolution to keep up with it!!  We have had the oppourtunity to meet so many nice people at the house and we thank each and everyone of you for coming!!

This past weekend we had the pleasure of having Angie and Wendy from Simple Scrapbooks magazine host a retreat at our house. They had a contest where the grand prize winner was awarded a trip to the Sweetwater House.  Jeanette and Amy from Minnesota  were the lucky winners of this prize and we also had 11 more people join in the fun weekend.  The weekend was full of fun and laughter Angie and Wendy are so fun to be around and we loved meeting new people and seeing people who have come to our retreats before.  Here we all are on the front porch of the house

                                                 

Thanks to everyone for coming and we hope to see you all back soon!  We do have more exciting news to share - Simple Scrapbooks Magazine is coming back for 7 more fun-filled weekends starting in July!  Some of their celebrities will be coming to join us and teaching all sorts of fun things.  We will have a more detailed description of who is coming and what they will be teaching soon.  If you are planning on a retreat you won't want to miss these.

To see more of the Simple Scrapbooks weekend visit Angies blog http://www.simplescrapbooksmag.com/blog/

Lets hope that it doesn't take us a few months to blog again!!

Birthday Party

Just want to share how much fun I had on my Birthday Sunday.  I decided since is was a big one I would invite my friends to stay at Sweetwater House and help me celebrate.   The weather here in Colorado has been so beautiful and warm that we were able to sit out under the gazebo and light the fire pit.  Of course we ate wonderful food, brought by everyone to share.  One friend (Sue) composed a song about me sung to the tune of "You are my Sunshine".  She is quite talented and it was so funny.

I put together a "Birthday Book" kit for everyone to make.  Only two in the group are scrapbookers so it was fun teaching them a little about using paper.  They are really dedicated quilters so paper is not really their favorite medium.  They were good sports about trying though.

Sweetwater House is a great place to gather with friends and I thoroughly enjoyed spending time with mine.  Thanks for all the fun!     -------Karla

Georgia Girls

We had a great time with Robyn and Julie who flew in from Georgia to stay at the Sweetwater House!  Learned about a great tool from Stampin Up! called the cutter kit.  We loved it so much that we got some to use at the house.  Also learned how to "adhese" things!  Thanks so much Robyn and Julie for coming out, we had fun!

                                                          

Don't forget to sign up for our desk album class this weekend!

Weekend Retreat

We were very fortunate to have LaNora and Peg from Iowa come visit us for one of our weekend retreats.  They were so fun to be around and it was great getting to know them.  Here they are completing one of their projects from the weekend.

Thanks so much for coming girls!

Lisa on Diva Craft Lounge

Use this link to hear Lisa on Diva Craft Lounge http://www.divacraftlounge.com/ which is a talk show all about scrapbooking!  She is the second one to talk on the 10-17-07 show.  Hear her talk about our products and of course the Sweetwater House.

Saturday's Class was Great!

Thanks to Brittany, Stacie, Holly, and Paige we had a fun time at our "All About Me" class this past Saturday.  The next class that we are offering is the Calendar class in November.  Sign up on our website www.sweetwaterscrapbook.com under Saturdays at Sweetwater House. 

I know, I know Halloween isn't even here but be sure to check out our newest Christmas paper called Jingle.  It would make great cards and layouts!

                                                               

Saturday's class

We are getting ready for this Saturday's class.  If you are interested please sign up on our website www.sweetwaterscrapbook.com under Saturdays with Sweetwater.  We will be completing the All About Me album and serving you a delicious lunch.  If you havn't already done so, please check the website for which items you need to bring to class. 

Dining Room

This has to be one of my favorite rooms in the whole house.  We have 2 tables in the room that can be made larger to seat 16 people.  I just love the brick wall and we found this cute flower mirror to hang on it.

                                                         
Sorry about the poor photo, you need to see it in person to really appreciate it!  The Rockies are playing right now - I am not much of a fan.  But, my sister in the other room is so EXCITED!!