Big Bear Scrap Retreat

I still can't believe I was able to go on my very 1st scrapbooking retreat! We've all talked about it and heard about it but our group never thought we could really pull it off and put one together on our own and we did! It filled up pretty fast! We headed up to Apple's Bed & Breakfast in Big Bear! Awesome time of year to be up there. Not too cold yet but pretty cool where it was super refreshing! Fall was definitely in the air! It was so beautiful and relaxing to get away for some R&R with all my best girlfriends to do what we love to do! Scrapbook our friends and family!

We arrived in Big Bear! The drive was pretty smooth! It's been a long time since I've had to drive up this mountain but I just loved all it! Reminds me of our snow days in the past when we went up all the time. We all carpooled and caravan up there with Stace, Tara & Patty. The Bed & Breakfast was super cozy! Loved it from the moment we arrived! The staff was absolutely amazing too!

This is just a glimpse of one side of the crop room. We had two sides that looked like this with a total of 18 crazy women scrappers! It was a crazy paper mess!

As if we didn't have a enough stuff from the picture before we had to take a little field trip to their local scrapbooking store. Got just a few items....we had to support the small local town store and be good tourists right? You know me, always trying to validate my scrap spending. Even better that they gave us a group discount on our entire purchase! Perks to going in groups and if they know you're coming! Thanks to Scapper's Escape, Jessica, the gal that coordinated everything for us so that I could enjoy this R&R trip and not have to be the usual coordinator. She was well worth every penny and it wasn't even that much from everyone. We didn't have to worry about anything and everything was great!

It's time for Happy Hour! The Bed & Breakfast provided this daily for us. All yummy homemade everything! Those cute apples are cheese balls. So good!

Lounging in the family room during happy hour. This was our day 1 with our Halloween PJ outfits. We kind of look like jailbirds with the orange pants but they had little ghosts on them with black "Happy Halloween" shirts. Everyone was a trooper and participated in our little fun.

Day 1 group photo in front of the Apple carriage. Fun group of gals for sure!

A glimpse of one of our meals. Can you believe all this? I can't even tell you how good it all was! So good that I had to come home with their recipe book too! And all the recipes look pretty simple too. Can't wait to make a few of these on my own at home.

A shot of part of our dining room. So cozy to be able to all eat together. Can you believe this table? The biggest I've ever seen for a large group to all eat together. They served us breakfast, lunch, dinner, mid day snacks, happy hour & even midnight desserts! We were so spoiled! And to top it off there was a masseuse there each day for us too! Absolutely paradise without the palm trees & beaches!

Day 2 was basically all the same except for different outfits. We had cute pink shirts that said "What Happens at a Crop, Stays at the Crop!" and black PJ bottoms that had princess crowns and hearts. So perfect, comfy & cozy. Our group shot in front of the Bed & Breakfast of Day 2 which will be our last evening here. So sad how fast it has gone by.......

Here we celebrated the 3 October birthday's. Dawn, Patty & Stacy! Happy Birthday ladies! What a special treat to be able to celebrate it at a retreat!