Our Story

Birth certificates show you were born. 

Death certificates show you died. 

Scrapbooks show that you lived!

Get Me Away Crops and Weekend Retreats was started in 2013 by 2 friends, Barrie and Amy, who shared a love for scrapbooking and memory keeping.

In 2024, Barrie moved away, so today Amy plans and manages all our fun weekend retreats!

Amy, a mom of a grown son and a daughter in college, stays busy with her business, A Crafty Goat , creating unique, hand-crafted decor.  When not crafting or scrapbooking, she often travels around the world with her husband.  She also manages marketing, contracts and communication for SERENITY COTTAGE - a beautiful scrapbooking and crafting retreat located in Basye, VA.

Amy is an Ambassador for FOREVER - the BEST solution for safe, generational photo storage, photo sharing, photo conversion and digital scrapbooking, as well as photo gifts and printing.

Amy strives to make Get Me Away Weekend Retreats a quality crop with a fun, friendly and relaxing atmosphere!  We have a wonderful and welcoming group of ladies that have become true friends, and who are ALWAYS glad to welcome new friends in.  We'd love to show you what makes GMA Retreats different from all the rest.