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Album Weekend February18-20 2011

Willow Tree Crafts — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:04:15 +0000

Come and spend the weekend working on a complete album. Choose between bringing your own project, or add on one of our album kits.

The weekend fee includes all of your crop time, 2 nights accommodation, your meals and there’s free flowing cappuccinos, lattes and green tea stations.

Projects

Bring your own project, or choose one of our Album Kits, and have your supplies ready to go when you arrive. Some albums will also include pre-weekend classes to make sure you are ready to go! There are no class times, so you can work at your own pace, and relax and chat as early or late as you like!.

Project images will follow when available.

Venue

Hunton Park
The charming Queen Anne house has been skillfully transformed into a venue that combines the elegance of a period house with modern day features and comforts.

Set in 22 acres of landscaped gardens, leisure facilities include an 18-hole putting green, indoor swimming pool, whirlpool spa, boules, croquet lawn and trim trail.

Just minutes from the M25 Junctions 19 and 20. Closest rail stations are Kings Langley and Watford Junction. Free Parking is available at the venue.

All Rooms are single occupancy.

Please note that while we can request facilities for special requests, no specifically disabled rooms are available at the venue.

Full Terms and Conditions available here.

Sample Schedule

Friday 7pm
Arrive at Hotel, Check In, Join us in the Crop Room
Friday 8pm
Dinner in the restaurant
Friday 9pm onwards
Crop in the crop room, have a drink in the bar, have a chat and a coffee with friends…

At some point (optionally) head off to bed.

Saturday 7am
Breakfast in the restaurant, or a lie in, or a leisurely walk around the grounds with a cup of coffee
Saturday 9am
Crop, chat, laugh
Saturday 12noon
Lunch in the restaurant, back to cropping, or take a swim, then enjoy yourself all afternoon and evening
Saturday 6pm
Dinner in the restaurant, followed by a drink in the bar, or stay up all night cropping with friends and helping yourself to the green tea or coffee from the coffee stations
Sunday
Breakfast and lunch in the restaurant again, and crop or relax all day
Sunday 5pm
Time to head home

Scrap Fever 5 – Meet Kelly Purkey

Willow Tree Crafts — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:44:54 +0000

Kelly Purkey is a fantastic graphic designer and scrapbooker living in New York. Kelly has been an American Crafts product designer, a 2Peas in a Bucket Garden Girl, and a member of the American Crafts and Fiskars design teams, along with being on the Creating Keepsakes 2008-09 Dream Team and a CKConvention instructor. Kelly will be teaching some fantastic classes at our Scrap Fever weekend in April.

I remember the day I discovered my Grandmother’s scrapbooks and was so delighted to have this glimpse into her life. It all became clear exactly why I take so many photos, save each piece of paper, and try to record every aspect of my life as a young single girl. I am lucky to currently live in New York City, where there is inspiration around every corner. Besides scrapbooking I love traveling, curling up with a good book, laughing with friends, and cupcakes with lots of icing.

Here’s a sample of Kelly’s Work:

More About Kelly:

	Twitter	http://twitter.com/kellypurkey
	Blog	http://kellypurkey.typepad.com/
	2Peas Garden Girl	http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/cg_vend_seeds.asp?x=1&vendor_id=303&pg=1

Scrap Fever 5

Willow Tree Crafts — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:56:37 +0000

Our Instructors are:

Dyan Reavely

Hi I’m Dyan,

I am the owner of Art from the Heart, a large teaching and design studio in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, where I can be found teaching a large variety of eclectic classes. I am the Senior Educator in Europe for Ranger Industries and I am well known for my innovative and down to earth style, and I am a regular contributor to the British crafting magazines. I have always been obsessed with paint and techniques and I am currently on a mission to get the world Art Journaling and strongly believe it should be available on the NHS..!! lol.

Along with my daughter Jay, we founded Blonde Moments, which is a British company with fabby hand painted papers large and small, funky rubber stamps, stunning pearl pigments and gorgeous ultra thick embossing powders.

I am also mum to four grown up kids, Ben, Tom, Jay and Emmi and proud grandma to the gorgeous Maisie Lilly. My favourite things of all time are: Toffees, Paint, Art journaling, Firemen, the colour Black and Northern Soul – Keep the Faith!

Dyans Blog

You can follow my extremeley hyperactive activities and inane witterings on my blog
www.dyan-reaveley.blogspot.com and it will give you some idea of whats in store.

Kelly Purkey

I remember the day I discovered my Grandmother’s scrapbooks and was so delighted to have this glimpse into her life. It all became clear exactly why I take so many photos, save each piece of paper, and try to record every aspect of my life as a young single girl. I am lucky to currently live in New York City, where there is inspiration around every corner. Besides scrapbooking I love traveling, curling up with a good book, laughing with friends, and cupcakes with lots of icing. I’m honored to be designing for American Crafts and Fiskars, as well as being part of the 2008-2009 Creating Keepsakes Dream Team and a Garden Girl at 2ps.

Kellys Blog

Visit her blog at http://kellypurkey.typepad.com/

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