The Create Retreat Is Back . . .

. . . sort of.  Interweave's Create Mixed Media Retreats, week-long retreats at several locations throughout the United States, are, sadly, no more.  The events apparently fell victim to belt-tightening at F+W.  

Create/Cloth Paper Scissors will have a one-day Art Journaling Live retreat on June 18, 2015, in conjunction with the Creating Keepsakes Great American Scrapbook Convention in Arlington, Texas.   Mixed media stars Dina Wakley, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, Nathalie Kalbach, and Mary Beth Shaw will be the instructors.  Details are here.  

FYI:  Cloth Paper Scissors held a similar event in October 2013, with Dina Wakley, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, Pam Carriker, and Traci Bautista as the instructors.       

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