Tuesday 27 August 2013

Winter Warmer Crafting Weekend at Westcliff On Sea

I am so excited to be able to "go public" with details of our residential paper crafting weekend at the lovely Westcliff Hotel. Michelle Philips and I have been plotting and planning a fab weekend and we can now give you the details!
First though (I'm building the excitement here...) let me tell you what our key objectives were when we decided to run this event.

1. FUN - we want everyone to have a fun time (including ourselves!). That led to.....
2. Great projects with all the tools, materials and embellishments provided and clear instruction, tuition and guidance for beginners and more experienced crafters alike. This meant that....
3. The numbers are limited so everyone will have the space and time they deserve. So....
4. A quality venue, sole use of a nice well lit room, great food and a few glasses of wine too.
5. Surprises (which I cant tell you about obviously) and prizes so everyone has lots of Wow! moments.

So, with our list in hand, we set about finding the right venue. After a bit of a search we found the lovely Westcliff Hotel which gave us exactly what we were looking for.


Westcliff hotel main entrence  

The Winter Warmer has been planned as a full weekend, starting at 6.00 on Friday 21st February 2014 and continuing until 4.00 on Sunday 23rd.
We have been able to arrange a reception buffet on Friday evening (with bubbly!) an exclusive table d'hôte dinner on Saturday night and a carvery lunch on Sunday as part of the full board package. You cant craft on an empty tummy! Tea, coffee, pastries and soft drinks to keep us going in between, bedrooms with sea views and attentive staff complete the picture.
So - what will you be making? Well I cant let out all the secrets can I? But I will tell you that we will be using dies, embossing folders, wet embossing and a whole host of stamping techniques to make gifts, cardsets and 3D projects. We want everyone to have the chance to try out Stampin' Up! products and ideas that they might not have previously had the chance to play with.
So - if you are interested in finding out more drop me an email and I will send you the information and booking sheet.
What nicer way to brighten up February than to have a Winter Warmer Weekend at Westcliff with us!!