Scrapbook retreats offer avid scrappers the opportunity to spend a few precious days immersed in their art while basking in the company of others who share their passion. While days at scrapbook retreats tend to be relatively unstructured, having some planned activities breaks them up and nudges people to try new things.
Paper Drawing
Hold a drawing for scrapbook paper or supplies every day of the retreat. Before the retreat, instruct participants to bring a certain number and type of supplies to donate to the drawings. (For example, three sheets each of the following kinds: green, blue, striped, polka-dotted, and metallic.) Collect the sheets at the beginning of the retreat and sort them so that you end up with "themed" piles of paper, one for each day. At a designated time each day, conduct a drawing. The winner gets to take the day's loot of paper.
Retreat Photo Session
Plan a specific day and time an hour or so before sunset, which photographers sometimes call "the golden hour" for the buttery quality of the light for participants to go around and photograph the retreat setting and their fellow participants. Even if the location is unspectacular, taking pictures of the overall environments and small details of the location will help participants later when they put together their scrapbook retreat scrapbooks. Also, having a designated photography time will remind people to snap photos of things they notice. An article on scrapbook photos on Kodak.com suggests photographing signs and food. Consider designating someone the official retreat photographer.
Literary Page Challenge
Schedule a time to put together scrapbook pages commemorating favorite books. (Call it an homage to Mark Twain, who was an avid scrapbooker. In fact, according to PBS, Twain's "self-pasting scrapbook" invention was his only invention that made money.) Encourage participants to bring their favorite books to the retreat. At the end of the literary page challenge, invite participants to share their pages and favorite books and explain why they are so important to them.
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