by Sandy McCauley | Mar 22, 2010 | Events and Retreats
Thanks to everyone who attended the Scottsdale KNK Talent retreat in February. It was wonderful to meet you all and Lynn K did a wonderful job of organizing and hosting the event.
The next retreat will be in San Diego sometime this fall. If you might be interested in attending this retreat to learn more about your KNK (or even if you own another cutter brand and use KNK or ACS Studio for designing your cutting files), then please send an email to me at: smccauley45@cox.net, and I’ll add you to the mailing list. Once we have more details, including a firm date, hotel, and pricing, I’ll let you know all about it. 🙂
by Sandy McCauley | Jun 8, 2009 | Events and Retreats, Retreats, Training
Our recent St.Louis KNK Retreat was a big success and one of the attendees, Barbie Creech, has decided to host the next one back home in Raleigh, North Carolina! Just in time for the onset of the holiday season, the theme for this retreat will be Decorating, Entertaining, Celebrating, and Gift Giving with lots of fun project ideas, in combination with Klic-N-Kut classes and demonstrations.
Barbie is currently making the arrangements for the October 23-25 retreat at a 6-month-old Holiday Inn near the airport. She needs to get a general idea of the number of participants interested in coming. The hotel rooms are $79 per night for Friday and Saturday and there is a shuttle from the airport, a large meeting room with floor and wall outlets, 24 hour security for the meeting room (so we can leave our cutters and computers in there overnight), free Internet access, 5 meals and snacks, goodie bags and prizes. Based on 15 attendees, the price will be $375 per attendee and an optional $125 for meals for spouses. The hotel cost is separate. Arrangements for vegetarian meals can also be made.
The retreat will be limited to 20 attendees (so that I can provide personal attention to each student). A deposit of $100 will reserve your spot and installment payments can be made. Final payment for the retreat will be due September 30. More details about making payments and class descriptions will be posted soon.
If you have any questions about this retreat, please contact Barbie at bcreech469@aol.com or me at smccauley45@cox.net. Hope to see you there!
by Sandy McCauley | Mar 12, 2009 | Events and Retreats, Retreats, Training
Kelly Daggett and I are hosting a Klic-N-Kut Retreat in St. Louis from May 29-31. It will actually be held at the DoubleTree Hotel in Collinsvillle, Illinois (just outside of St. Louis). I will be teaching 6 KNK classes with workshops and projects. This is for anyone who owns a Klic-N-Kut or uses KNK Studio GE to cut to a Silhouette/Craft Robo/Wishblade. Kelly will also have some make-and-takes and prizes for you and the workroom will be available until 1 am for crops or chatting with other attendees.
The retreat will be $350 based on 25 attendees maximum; this does not include your room, but there is a special of $89 per night per room and you can split the room cost with someone else, if you like!
Here’s the preliminary schedule:
Friday May 29th:
3 pm: Hotel check in
5 pm: Meet and Greet, followed by dinner at 6 pm
7 pm: Class and workshop
9 pm – 1 am: Open crop
Saturday May 30th:
8 am: Breakfast
9 am: Classes and workshops
Noon: Lunch
1 pm: Classes, workshops, make and takes, give aways!
6 pm: – Dinner
7 pm: – Class and workshop
9 pm – 1am: Open Crop
Sunday, May 31:
8 am: Breakfast
9 am: Class and workshop
Noon – 4 pm: Open Crop
If you would like to sign up, we are now accepting $100 deposits with the balance being due May 1st. This will be a non refundable deposit, unless the retreat has to be cancelled for some unforeseen reason. You must call the hotel yourself to book your room at the special rate of $89 per night (not per person) plus tax. Their number is 1.800.551.5133 and our event is the KlickNKut event with Kelly Daggett. These must be reserved by May 1st also. Your $100 deposit may be made by Paypal to ifyourwallscouldtalk@gmail.com or if you need Kelly to send you an invoice to pay (you do not have to have a paypal account to pay by invoice, you can use your CC), please let her know. Email her at ifyourwallscouldtalk@gmail.com and note if you would like to pay the full amount or just the deposit. Also, let her know if you want to send a money order or cashier’s check, and she will give you her address.
Here are the classes and description:
Classes Include:
Cutting Thicker Materials: learning to cut stiffened felt, chipboard, acrylic, and more
Text-ra Special: breaking from tradition to make your titles and greetings look fabulous
Tracing Your Way to Success: Achieving better results with auto and manual tracing
P&C Perfection: Mastering print and cuts and using it with text
Embossing / Engraving: Three KNK ways to add embossing and engraving to your crafts
Designing Dynamics: Ten designing tips to help YOU become a KNK Studio artist
Hope you can join us! I would love to meet all of my readers in person!
Sandy
