Attendees will have a chance to bring their own designs to life!!  
During our Styled Shoot Challenge, the teams will be given an opportunity to win their choices from our decor store, fashion mall, and secret cupboard of items.
This is the most hands on fun we have ever offered!​

Sounds like lots of fun right...join us for this and so much more awesome at
​Retreat 2020!!!

The early bird gets the worm...

Only one week left to get your ticket booked and save $200

During our RETREAT 2020, we are offering hands on sessions that will help
​inspire you and spark your creativity. 

Our friend Kaitlyn Wynnyk of Mountain Stone Jewelry is bringing her
Mala Necklace Workshop to us. 
​(insert squeal here!)

As an attendee at RETREAT 2020, you will have an opportunity to learn how to make your very own custom Mala Necklace with Kaitlyn.  
(images of malas shown here are not the exact piece you will be making)

Every attendee will be sent a package to prep you for the retreat!  
Inside, you will have some fun options to choose from for our
​hands on sessions, and more!  

Our stellar line up of guest speakers continues with
Coach Lacie Wournell!

Lacie has grown her personal and business life to great success.  
She has created a life she wants, and is now coaching & educating others in life and business.  We are happy she is joining us for RETREAT2020.

During our session with Lacie, topics of discussion will be
about asserting yourself & you are non negotiable.

To learn more about Lacie Wournell's entrepreneur business coaching, I encourage you to pop over to her website.  You can also catch Lacie on stage in San Marcos Texas, for Transformation Weekend. 

To learn more about RETREAT 2020, click the link above, and
​claim your spot with us in May!

Getting a styled shoot published is great for your business.  It allows you to show your clients what your business does, in its creative wheelhouse, and shows that your peers appreciate your work as well.
Knowing how to get your shoot published is certainly a game changer.
This is why we are so pleased to have Lynn Fletcher of  Confetti Wedding Magazine join us at RETREAT2020!  

Lynn is one of the most supportive women in the wedding industry, and is cheering each of us on in our journey to build our businesses.  She has been in our shoes...a new business, growing Lynn Fletcher Weddings & Events to one of the largest and most recognized wedding industry brands in Alberta.  She knows what it means to have your work featured, and in front of the eyes of potential clients.  
​She truly gets the magic of seeing our work published!

So does The Open Trunk Workshop!  
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We feel that styled shoots can do so much to help grow your business, and build your network.  We want to show you how to do that, and get the published feature
​you are dreaming of.

Our Workshop Series, Revelstoke Retreat, has even had the pleasure of being featured in the current issue of ​Confetti, on stands now!

During the workshop retreat in May, Lynn will join us to talk all things publishing, and what it can do for your business.  Tips on getting published, and the what NOT to do!!!  
We hope you join us to learn more about publishing your styled shoots, and so much more at RETREAT 2020!  
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Click the link below for more information, and to get your spot!!

I am so excited to have these women in my corner, and on my team!
From our first conversation, and every time we chat...they get me, and they get what my goals are.
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​The Support is There!!!

As a sweet perk...you can also get in on their FREE online workshop on 
Wednesday, January 15th at 12 pm MST.

Be sure to catch up with Knap Creative on their social platform as well!
​Instagram @knap.creative

I am so excited to be bringing our Workshop Retreat 2020 to Azuridge Estate located in Priddis, Alberta...basically our Calgary, Alberta backyard!!!

We have designed RETREAT 2020 with this amazing Estate in mind.  
The amenities are stunning, the location is crazy beautiful...and it is close
​to home (for us Calgarians!)

Important information:
It is not mandatory to stay on site at Azuridge Estate.  
We have designed each day to start with a come and go breakfast from 6-8 am.  
Daily sessions beginning at 8 am.
Our evenings sessions will be wrapped up by 9:30 pm.
Rooms are booked separately, and must be booked with this link to receive the RETREAT 2020 room rate.
Rooms can sleep from 1-6 in some cases.  You are more then welcome to bunk up and share a room with other attendees.

For more Information, pop over to RETREAT 2020 tab and have a peek at what we are offering!  Stay tuned for vendor profiles, hands on session details...and so much more!

Styled Shoots...they can be daunting.

I remember my first styled shoot like it was yesterday!  I had no idea what I was doing...and really didn't quite understand why I was doing it!  All I knew for sure, is that I wanted to work with this photographer someday, and I couldn't believe she asked me to be part of the vision she had!!!

With all my knew found clarity...and a new found craving to create pretty designs...I was soon saying yes to every photo shoot I was asked to participate in.
I'll admit, that was a mistake.

Don't get me wrong...each and every shoot brought a lot of experience my way!

Being asked to be part of styled shoots was a dream...and I loved it...but I wasn't always getting back the images I wanted or needed from the person who had contacted me.

I realized how shoots could be damaging to a business, and started making changes to my practice.  This has been invaluable to how I operate!!
I started planning & designing my own shoots.  
This allowed me to build relationships with vendors.  To meet them in person and learn what they want to get from a styled shoot too.  
I learned even more from this process!

I learned there was a lack of consistent production.
From sharing on social media; proper tagging of all the vendors & the etiquette of building your team...there was so much that vendors weren't doing to boost their own community & businesses.

So we put an idea to into action!
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My husband jokingly suggested I host a workshop where I could help other vendors to use styled shoots to help grow their community and businesses too.
Hours later...the first baby workshop in this series was born!
(I have to mention that my son, Hunter, named the Workshop...no really...he did...and he wants me to mention it!  haha)

Images from our first workshop can be found on our
Past Workshops Tab...

11 workshops ago!!!!

Can you believe that!  
​We have produced eleven workshops in the series!!

During that very first workshop...I realized this was a good idea.  
With multiple people asking when the next one
was...we made a plan...on the spot!
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We learned a lot the first time around.  
We learn a lot from each session we host...there is always room for growth!  

The series of workshops has grown.  
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We have grown into portfolio builders; we have brought flat lays to the people; we have turned an over night stay into a full blown retreat week; we have dined under the trees & had a holiday dinner together as a team; we have carried cast iron tubs into an old church & stepped into a shower with our models; we have canoed a small lake in Canmore; and taken attendees to the top of a glacier via helicopter for an exciting first look (for real!) and we even had a real elopement...and we are adding more to the series of sessions as we grow again!

The years of styled shoots; the hundreds of designs; the vendor relationships...all of these are so important to me & building this Community & Workshop Series.
These workshops mean so much to me.  If you have ever seen me at the end of the day trying to thank everyone, then you have seen the tears of
gratitude and appreciation.  

The support of you, our attendees & the vendors who put their trust in me...this is what inspires me.

So, I bring you my experience.  
My time.  My research. My education of styled shoots.  
Real life.  Real time.
​Real Experience. 
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I believe in building a community where we can support one another, help each other grow our businesses, and styled shoots can be a catalyst for that. 
So, I invite you to join us at one of our sessions.  
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