ScrapHappy: Need a vacation from your vacation?

What happened to those lazy days of summer when you could sit around and sip lemonade while reading a good book in a gently swaying hammock?? I don't know about you, but I've spent more time in my car this summer than in any hammocks or crystal clear swimming pools.

What's a gal to do?

My solution: An end-of-summer getaway!

This September 19-21, I'll be headed off for a few days at the lovely Sweetwater house in Colorado. My fellow board member (and photographer extraordinaire) Kim Morgan will be joining me. We're teaching classes, hanging out with other attendees, and hopefully swinging in a hammock or two.

Can't make it in September? No worries! All the Simple ed board members are offering classes there over the next few months! Here's the scoop:

<<You’ve got to check this out. Simple Scrapbooks editors Wendy Smedley and Angie Lucas just got back from a super fun scrapbook retreat at the Sweetwater House in a quaint little town in Colorado. Angie’s been blogging about it all week long here: simplescrapbooksmag.com/blog. It looks like a blast... really cute projects, home cooking, super SMALL classes with individual attention, pampering, the works! And the price is only $299 for all the class kits, all meals and snacks, and lodging for a 3-day, 2-night stay!

Simple Scrapbooks will be hosting six more weekends at this cute historic house, featuring their top designers and photographers. On these weekends, there will be two EXTRA classes for no extra charge! One hands-on photography class taught by Simple’s best photographers, and one extra mini-album class taught by Simple’s talented scrapbookers. (And you can bet they’ll be giving books, special issues, and other prizes away too.)

Check out the 2008 line-up here (make sure to scroll through all the pages to see the complete lineup of teachers and offerings!).>>

Can you come out and play?