Fall 2010 Scrappin Extravaganza!

Give yourself a weekend of scrappin’ with your girlfriends before all the hustle & bustle of the holidays begin!

When: Friday, October 15, 2010 beginning at 9 a.m.

~ Sunday, October 17, 2010 at 2 p.m.

Where: Kirkwood National Golf Course

277 Palmer Lane

Holly Springs, MS 38635

The Cottages at Kirkwood are awesome! Each cottage consists of a kitchenette with table & four chairs, furnished living area with cable tv, DVD player and four bedrooms which are really independent hotel rooms each with its own key. Each bedroom has two full size beds, cable tv, mini fridge, and 2-cup coffee maker. All bed linens, towels and washcloths are provided! These cottages are really mini hotels! There are four cottages at Kirkwood reserved for the participants of this event.

Meals, Snacks & Beverages are on your own and you select your lodging and cropping option.

The “Luxury Option” is having a full size bed to yourself and 3’ x 6’ of table space for cropping at $140 per cropper. Your fee includes your lodging and crop space only!

The “Thrifty Option” is sharing a full size bed with another cropper and having a

3’ x 3’ table for cropping at $95 per cropper. Your fee includes your lodging and crop space only!

There are several restaurants in Holly Springs to choose from:

El Nopalito Captain D’s Panda Buffet Pizza Hut McDonald’s Wendy’s

Popeye’s Chicken Taco Bell/KFC Kirkwood Grill Subway

Sonic … Don’t forget “Happy Hour”

Local stores for snacks, beverages, etc.:

Walmart … Of course! Exxon in front of Walmart. Package store beside Subway.

Don’t forget that you have a full-size refrigerator and stove in each cottage! You can plan ahead with a group and pop one of Stouffer’s Lasagna’s in the oven and finish up with a loaf of French bread and you’ve got a great meal that’s very inexpensive and took almost no time at all to do! Crock pots are also a great idea!

You have the ability to eat what, where and when you want to. You are also in control of the overall costs.

You will have unlimited crop time! Yes, you read right … There will be continuous crop time as the “Crop Zone” never closes! Whether you’re an “all nighter” or “up with the chickens” the crop room is ready for you!

There will be contests and door prizes! Contests for this event will be:

**12x12 Single Page Layout** **12x12 Double Page Layout**

**Best Handmade Card**

All items may be made ahead of time. Only one entry per contest, per person.

Vendors will be available for your shopping needs and desires! They will be listed on the website as confirmed so stay tuned for that information.

Registration begins July 30, 2010. Your non-refundable deposit of $50 will stake your claim! The remaining balance is due no later than September 24, 2010. There are no exceptions to this date. Balances not paid in full by 9/24/2010 will forfeit their deposit. You are always welcome to pay the event in full.

Mail your registrations, deposits and payments to:

Terry Dunlap, 488 Hill View Circle, Byhalia, MS 38611

Please feel free to email me with any questions you may have at:

terry@midsouthscrappers.com

I hope to see you there!

Late July - Early August Newsletter

Scrapper's Summer Camp ~ This event has come and gone all too fast! We had SEVEN new croppers at this event! We had a wonderful time despite some major changes at Kirkwood with regard to the kitchen and a crock pot that lost connection without the plug coming out of the wall. Outside of those, everything else was great! Everyone had a super time and got lots done! We ended up with a very small group of 22 croppers and were able to enjoy a wonderful table arrangement between two pods of croppers. The tables were arranged in two large squares allowing everyone in each pod to look across to every cropper. You didn't have to look up or down the row of tables and talk to the side of someone's head ... lol.

Bombshell Announcement ... Sort of ~ Glynn and I will be relocating to Mountain Home, AR!!!!! After several attempts, we're finally going to be able to make the move. Glynn's wanted to live in the Mountain Home area for over 20 years and he's extremely excited! I'm looking forward to it as well as it is BEAUTIFUL up there! It is a relatively small town that is growing by leaps and bounds. Right now it's about the size that Olive Branch, MS was about 12 years ago. Glynn is still going to be with FedEx but will be getting out of the "big truck" and he's looking forward to this as well. We don't have a move date yet but will be making our first trip up to have a look around this coming weekend. We're not going to make any hasty decisions so moving isn't going to be at the "speed of sound".

I know the first question is, "Are you still going to have the weekends over here?". The answer is "YES!" but you're going to have to be "on your own" for your meals, snacks and beverages. It's just not going to be feasible for me to continue to do this. At this time, it takes my car and Glynn's truck to bring everything that's required to take care of all of this. Both of us in two vehicles would not be cost-effective and it would require me getting here 2 - 3 days early to prepare everything. This would drive the cost of the event WAY up!

That said, I've attached the registration info for the October 15th weekend and Glynn will be updating the website to reflect the brochure sometime today. Please note that the cost has dropped due to being "on your own" for your meals, snacks and beverages. I've listed the local restaurants and stores of interest in order for you to take care of these things. (The Mexican restaurant is GREAT!)

Fall Scrappin' Extravaganza ~ (This is the weekend I just referred to.) It begins Friday, October 15th at 9 a.m. and ends Sunday, October 17th at 2 p.m. It is going to be held at The Cottages at Kirkwood at Kirkwood National Golf Course, 277 Palmer Lane, Holly Springs, MS. This is the same location where they have been held the past two times. There are four cottages reserved for this event.

There WILL NOT be any limit on the "Luxury Options" for this and all future events. However, since that's the most popular choice, spaces are going to fill up twice as fast as the "Luxury Option" takes up the space of two people. Registration begins this Friday, July 30th!

The "Luxury Option" is $140 and the "Thrifty Option" is $95. A $50 deposit will stake your claim and ALL balances must be paid by September 24, 2010, no exceptions. Balances not paid in full by 9/24/2010 will forfeit their deposit. Please note that these rates DO NOT include any meals, snacks or beverages. I will provide the ice chest for our ice and get the rolling cooler for y'all to put your bottled water in. (Put your initials on your bottle top.)

Hints for making this style not so overwhelming ~ Since most girls come together as a group anyway, this is super easy! If you are a group of two or three, you may want to go in with another group and I'll be glad to help you do that.

Here's what a group I'm with do at the "convention style" weekend that we go to in an effort to save money ... Each of us bring our own beverages and snacks. Then we divide into two groups. One group's responsible for lunch and one's responsible for dinner and we have enough for two of each one. The Cottages at Kirkwood make this a whole lot easier since there's a kitchen with a full-size refrigerator and a stove in each one! This also saves time by not having to "drive somewhere" to a restaurant. You can make this weekend as expensive or as inexpensive as you choose! We do pool our snacks together which gives us a greater variety. We all know that when we buy it, it's what we wanted but then when we're ready to eat it, we may want something else. Chances are someone else has it too and is glad to make a trade as they're wanting something else as well ... LOL. Our group had 8 last time so we had an awesome variety to choose from! It's going to be even bigger this time!

Vendors ~ Melissa Brazelton with Creative Memories and Kristin Taylor with Scrapbook Memory Garden have already staked their vendor spaces! I'm looking for a Close to My Heart, Stampin' Up! and/or a vendor with t-shirts and bling. If you're interested in vending, please send me an email at: terry@midsouthscrappers.com.

Miscellaneous ~ We are looking for venues to check out for holding the "All Day and Into the Night Crops" as well as the weekends in the Mountain Home, AR or surrounding areas and up to a couple of hours away from there. If you know of any places like this, please send me an email at: terry@midsouthscrappers.com and I'll be glad to get in touch with them.

Thanks so much!

Terry Dunlap

Mid South Scrappers

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