Hello Everyone! We
are officially less than 60 days out from the first Mirabilia Minions
Retreat!!!!!!! I’m sending out this
email to make sure that everyone has some of the basic information and to tell
you about some fun things going on!
First,
Super EXCITED that Nora is coming!!!!!!!!!
How great is that?!?! She’s said
she would be happy to sign patterns for those who want her to but since we want
her to enjoy the retreat too; we are limiting it to two patterns per
person. I’ll be working with her to
figure out a time both days for her to sign patterns so it’s fairly organized.
Second,
don’t forget the Mystery Box!!!!! I’ll
add a copy of the rules at the bottom of this email. This game is a ton of fun so I encourage
everyone to participate! Kathy and I are
working on a special box just for Nora J
If you
want to stitch a nametag, please feel free!
I’ll hopefully stitch myself one!
If not, I’ll have name tags so we can use them the first night at least
to get to know each other’s names.
A
couple of little things: I’ll be setting
up a stash swap table and a snack table.
Do you make an infamous brownie or have grandma’s awesome snickerdoodle
recipe? Bring them to share! We will have some chips and crackers and
things like that but please feel free to bring other treats to share!
The Hotel is BYOB. They do not have a liquor license so you
cannot buy alcohol at the hotel but you are allowed to bring it with you if you
want. I know a couple of ladies are
bringing wine and beer so be advised that there will be alcohol there and please
feel free to bring some with you if you’d like.
For those who do not drink alcohol, I’m going to bring a couple of cases
of bottled water and we will have tea and lemonade with dinner both
nights. The hotel does have vending
machines for those who prefer cokes or you’re welcome to bring your own. For dinner Friday night, we will be having a
baked potato bar and for dinner Saturday we are having sandwich trays with
potato salad and chips delivered. I
know several people will be out and about Saturday and I wanted to make it easy
for everyone to eat whenever they get hungry.
Teeshirts have been designed and
are available for purchase from zazzle.com.
Immediately after I send this email, I will email a link to the
shirts. Don’t feel obligated to buy a
shirt, but if you do decide to purchase, zazzle will give 10% of your order
back to the retreat to be used towards door prizes and stuff like that. The neat thing about the teeshirts is that
you can change the style, color and size of the shirt to whatever you
want!
The Local shop in the Greenville
area is called Panda’s Crossing. They
have lots of Miras and TONS of beads! While
you are welcome to go anytime during the retreat, they will open especially for
us Sunday for a couple of hours and they are offering a 10% discount on all
purchases that day!
I’m still waiting on deposits from
a few people. You know who you are! Please get them to me ASAP so I can order a
few more things for our giveaways and stuff!
We’ve been BLESSED to receive donations from: Kreinik, Rainbow Gallery,
Wichelt, American Dreams, K’s Creations, Laurel’s Stitchery, The Stitch
Menagerie, Down Sunshine Lane, Needlepoint Inc, Panda’s Crossing, Under the Sea
Fabrics, Dinky Dyes, Crescent Colors and more that I can’t remember at this
moment! Please support the businesses
supporting us! The way things are going,
there might be a door prize for every person as well as goodie bags we’re
putting together!
For those who are flying in, please
send me your arrival and departure times and which airline you are flying on so
I can set up either shuttle service or work out airport rides and car
buddies. I don’t want anyone to have to
rent a car unless they want to.
Check in time on Friday the 19th
is 3pm and that is also when the room will be available for us to stitch. We should be able to use the room pretty
continuously until Sunday morning when we all pack up to head home. I know some of us are coming in early or
staying late. The little
lounge/breakfast area is available to stitch in for those who want to use
it. The hotel also has an indoor pool
and small fitness center. Check out is
11am Sunday the 21st and the cost of the room includes a nice
breakfast. There are several restaurants
within a couple of blocks of the hotel if you decide to go to lunch or have
dinner elsewhere.
I’ve been asked a couple of times
and I’m going to go ahead and answer the question here: No, there will not be any classes. Aside from when dinner is being delivered,
there isn’t really a schedule either. I
want everyone to relax and enjoy themselves.
J
Thanks for joining us! I will send out another email in a month or
so with reminders and stuff!
I will post this info to the
retreat website as well!
http://miraminionsretreat.blogspot.com
~ Leslie and Kathy
Mirabilia Minions Retreat Mystery Box
Game
Note: This game is completely voluntary
but if you do not create a mystery box to bring to exchange, you will not
receive one. This game is A LOT of fun and I encourage you to participate!
Rules: Each Person creates a mystery box by buying one of each
item off the list below. These are very general items and should vary from
person to person. Then you wrap and number each item according to the list. You
place the wrapped items into a box or basket and bring it to the retreat. Each
person who brings a box will get to pick a different box and we will open the
numbered gifts randomly throughout the retreat. Hopefully, you will get to know
the creator of your box as we go and the last parcel will be a card telling who
made the box.
1.
Your MUST-HAVE stitching accessory.
2.
Something Soft.
3.
Something Froggy (maybe by having frogs in our boxes, we won’t
have them in our stitching!)
4.
An item in your favorite color.
5.
An embellishment for cross stitching of some sort.
6.
Something Hard.
7.
Something you find necessary for travel.
8.
A dozen of something.
9.
A skien of overdyed floss.
10. A postcard of where you live that tells
your name so that the recipient of your box will know who made it.
The total value of the boxes does not have to be significant. Have
fun and be creative in creating your box!
