Waterside Spring Craft Retreat
From Friday, May 22, 2026 - 03:00pm
To Saturday, May 23, 2026 - 07:00pm
Join crafting friends from far and wide for a fun creative weekend at our In-Person Crafting Retreat in Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia - OR - Craft in the comfort of your home from anywhere in Canada with our At-Home Retreat Box Option. Our In-person event takes place over two days in the spacious and bright hall at First Baptist Church, 1839 Hammonds Plains Road. You can decide for yourself what fits your schedule best - if you can't come and stay over Friday night, that's OK - you can just do the full day Saturday and still get everything that's included.
The Stunning Waterside Retreat suite of products from the new May-Aug Catalogue is going to be so fun to create with and has so many individualized crafting possibilities! We are adding some other catalogue elements as well, and have loads of inspiration and fun in store with colourful card projects that will delight you in so many ways. Each attendee will receive the Relaxing Waterside Bundle with coordinating stamps and dies, a full package of the gorgeous Waterside Retreat Designer Series Paper and a share of embellishments and other goodies. All of these are yours to keep. You will also receive all the card bases, envelopes and loads of other coordinating project materials to help complete the TEN fabulous projects we have designed for you to do.
FRIDAY 3-7PM
After you load in and get your crafting space all set up, grab a beverage and a treat from the refreshment table and join us for some light crafting fun with our hugely popular Pick & Choose Crafting Session. This is a fun and social activity where we make a fun 3D project that will be unique to each person's tastes.
Then we will break for some refreshment (pizza, or nachos, or something else that's sure to be tasty) and follow that up with our fabulous "LUCKY HAND" card game with lots of fantastic prizes to be won!
If you're making a get-away weekend of it, you may wish to stay overnight in a nearby hotel or guest house and come back in the morning refreshed and ready for a full fun day. (Hotel stay is not included in your event fee. We will include a list of reservation phone numbers and suggested locations of the most convenient places in your confirmation email).
SATURDAY 9AM - 7PM
We will be starting bright an early with hot beverages and the unveiling of the Main Retreat Crafting Package. We will have a full day with lots of fully prepared crafting projects for you to make. We will have table gifts, special treats, door prizes and prize patrol for everyone throughout the day. At-Home attendees will find table gifts, pre-selected door prizes and prize patrol in their boxes too.
Early-Bird Prize
HEAT EMBOSSING TOOL - Value $44
Register and pay in full for your retreat by SUNDAY APRIL 19th to be entered into our draw for this fantastic prize. This small and powerful heat gun has two settings and quickly sets your dry heat embossing powders, and will quickly dry watercolour paper as well.
Your Event Fee Includes:
- All crafting supplies needed to complete the projects, plus the Suite products mentioned above that you get to keep! (while supplies last - some substitutions may have to be made if certain items run out)
- Your own 6 foot crafting table for the entire event.
- 3 rounds of Lucky Hand with a chance to win great prizes.
- Fun table gifts throughout the weekend!
- Door prizes and prize patrol for everyone throughout the event.
- Refreshments on Friday evening.
- Soup & Sandwich Buffet lunch on Saturday.
- Hot Dinner on Saturday.
- Coffee, Tea, Water and snack station throughout the event.
- Tool Stations (cutting, embossing, trimming) for you to use to complete your projects.
PAYMENT
Total retreat cost is $219 In person - $224 At-Home Box. Your non-refundable $130 deposit is required at registration to secure your crafting product order. The balance of your fees is required no later than Sunday May 4th when registration closes.
If you do not complete your final registration payment to attend the event, you will still receive your pre-paid crafting product (pick up in Upper Tantallon or pay $20 to have it shipped) but you will forfeit door prizes, prize patrol, table gifts and other event attendee perks.
In the event something comes up that you cannot attend after you have registered, you can either transfer your registration to someone else (taking payment from them and letting us know the change), or you can request that we make your retreat an At-Home Box shipped to your home address for free.
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