Just a quick message to let you know that Scrapbook Generation's 50-person fall retreat in Branson is sold out! We're starting to put the themed decorations and favors together, and the casino theme lends itself to lots of cute stuff.

If you are still looking for a fall retreat, our Eureka Springs retreat Nov. 2-4 still has some openings, and it's only a two-hour drive from Springfield. If you've never been there before, it's quite an interesting town, and very beautiful in the fall.

We're having a great time at our "Basic" Sketch Sessions today -- about 50 scrapbookers are signed up in four different time slots. If you want to find out how using a sketch can free up your scrapbooking time and lower your stress level, plus give you gorgeous pages, you might join us some Saturday! As I've said before, working from a sketch is my favorite mode of operation.

We got a great compliment from one of the ladies today. She said she has friends in St. Louis who, after she shows them her projects from our Saturday classes, are jealous of her because she has access to all of our free classes and sessions. They tell her that there isn't a store where they are that offers sketch classes or technique classes like we do. She made my day!