2020 Creative Mountain Retreat Dates Announced!

Hello! Welcome to Your Creative Retreat blog. You've come to the place where you can find all the details for this very popular annual crafting retreat. This year we have opened up registrations to everyone, including returning guests, and are limited to 30 crafters.

Registration opens Saturday, January 11th, 10:00 a.m. EST.

Ginger Ropp and Annette Green will once again host this year's event and we hope you can join us! Here's a little information about it...

WHAT 

A creative get-away with six fantastic crafting classes from Graphic 45 designers Annette Green and Ginger Ropp. Most projects will be made with Graphic 45 products plus more. This extended weekend is filled with lots of creative fun, fantastic food, free-time for relaxing or catching up on projects, and TONS of prizes and games throughout. The Echo Mountain Inn in Hendersonville, North Carolina is a historic bed and breakfast nestled in the mountains with a gorgeous view. You can view their website here.

WHEN 

2020
Friday, October 23 through Tuesday, October 27 (check-out)

COST - Covers your accommodations, six classes, and all meals!  (Guests are responsible for their own transportation to the event)

Single Room  $1223.00  

Shared Room $1151.00. (per person, 2-person accommodation)

$250 Down Payment will confirm your registration.

Remaining balance will be due February 15th.

Room choice will be given on a first-come first-served basis, with your down payment. (See registration tab at the top of our blog page for more details. These are important to read through in advance to ensure your success of getting in.)

Please note, your registration is not complete until your down payment is received. (You will be invoiced via PayPal) If you have any questions, please comment below as there may be others who have the same question as you.     

All reservations are subject to a $250 cancellation fee. Cancellations between February 16 and August 15 will receive a refund minus the $250 cancellation fee IF we can fill your spot with someone else.

Cancellations after August 15th will not be refunded, but instead you will receive kits for all six classes. 

If you are registered for a Shared room and your roommate cancels, you will be responsible for the full cost of that room. You may have another friend register with us to replace your cancelled roommate, or if we have a waiting list we will work with you to fill your cancelled roommate's spot.

RETREAT SCHEDULE

Friday evening: Meet & Greet, make-n-take, and some “get to know you” fun!

Saturday: Morning class and split afternoon/early evening class (free time in the afternoon)

Sunday: Morning class and afternoon class, evenings free

Monday: Morning class and afternoon class, evenings free

Tuesday: Check-out

Take a moment to read through our registration page (click the Registration Tab at the top of this blog page). You'll find all the details there to ensure a successful registration. Since we're limited to 30 crafters, this event fills FAST, so registrations will be taken in the order they come in. Any that come in before 10 a.m. will be invalid. The date stamp on Annette's email will be our guide. You'll receive a response within 24 hours if you've successfully registered.

In the meantime, watch this blog, our blogs, and our social media for teasers and updates. Let us know if you have any questions in the comments below. Thanks!

Registration Update

Hello again. Time is ticking as registration nears for our 3rd Annual Creative Mountain Retreat. Be sure to read through the previous post and the Registration page by clicking the Registration tab at the top of our page before you register on January 15th.

We'd like to share an update with you so you are ready and prepared for the big day. Each year, after our Retreat has ended, we extend a special invitation to our existing guests to register ahead of the public registration date. This is our thanks to them for their loyalty. Last year after our first retreat, we had a little over half of our guests return for our 2nd one.

This year, we extended the same invitation to register early to our existing guests. (Guests who came the first year, but didn't come the second year were not included.) To our delighted surprise, we had almost all our previous guests sign up again!

What does this mean to you? We now will have only 5 spots available on public registration day, January 15th at 7 p.m. EST. If you make it in and attend, you will get the opportunity to register early for our 4th retreat when it becomes available.

If you don't make it in, you'll be given the option to be put on our Waiting List in the event of a cancelation. (Note: we've had a few cancelations every year, so the chances are likely.)

The rooms we have available are:

Papa Bear, Room 210 (Single)
Little Echo Room 303 (Single)
Little Echo Room 401 (Single)
Little Echo Room 404 (Shared room with two double beds)

You can take a look at the floor plan and the rooms on the Echo Mountain Inn website.

We can only accommodate 30 crafters for this event, so we aren't able to put two people into any single rooms, regardless of bed size. Please do NOT make a reservation on the Echo Mountain Inn's website. All bookings for this event need to be done through us.

If you're going to be registering on January 15th, please wait until 7 p.m. EST. First come first served. Annette will be marking the time the e-mails come through and those which come in before 7 p.m will be invalid.

Here's what you'll need to do to have a valid reservation: E-mail AnnetteMGreen@gmail.com with the following information:

A. Name, email address, phone and mailing address
B. Room Choice (from the four above) listing 1st choice, 2nd choice, 3rd choice and 4th.
C. How you plan to pay: either in Full or in Payments (You'll be PayPal invoiced within a few hours)
D. Indicate whether you'd like to be on our Waiting List, just in case you don't make it in.

Again, all the payment breakdowns and details are listed in the previous post and on the registration page.

Now is the time if you have any questions about anything, so just let us know. Good luck!