Hello! I’m Julie Wheaton, your hostess at the Blue Ridge Creative Retreat. I began scrapbooking about 12 years ago and discovered stamping soon after. I love all types of paper crafting, sewing and other sorts of creative endeavors. It had been a dream of mine for several years to open a scrapbooking retreat house and when this house around the corner from ours became available, we snapped it up!

Besides scrapbooking, I also love decorating, cooking and entertaining. This has been a wonderful way to combine all my passions and share them with others! My 12 year old daughter told me I am so lucky because I get to make new friends every weekend...and she’s right!

My family moved from Massachusetts to Virginia in 2004. My husband Ken and I have six beautiful children, five rough and tumble boys ages 14 to 2 and one princess age 12.