Cruise And Crop

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Your Alaska Cruise Awaits...Super offers available!

Thinking of cruising to Alaska? We've got you covered in 2015. Cruise June, July or August and take part in your favorite craft!

JUNE - Scrapbooking

LICKETY SPLIT SCRAPBOOKS ~ June 26, 2015

Buy 1, Get 1 50% through September 15, 2014. Call for details.

JULY - Mixed Media

THE PAPER MUSE CRUISE ~ July 24, 2015

Buy 1, Get 1 50% through September 15, 2014. Call for details.

AUGUST - Stamping

LOCAL KING RUBBER STAMP ~ August 16, 2015

Pick 1 of 4 "Perks" to enjoy onboard. Book by August 27, 2014. Call for details.

Friday, May 30, 2014

Royal Caribbean Crown & Anchor Upgrades

We often are asked if complimentary upgrades are available on Royal Caribbean. There are some cases when this happens. But action is required in your part. To be sure you are considered for any upgrades that might be available on you cruise, please be sure you are correctly registered on Royal Caribbean's website. You can go to the MY CRUISES portal at www.rccl.com. You will find this tab in the upper right corner of the Royal Caribbean home page.

Below is the graphic you will see when you click on My Cruises. Log in to access your profile. Your profile page gives you a tab that says UPGRADE PREFERENCES. You must fill this out to be sure you are considered for upgrades. You may not be considered if you don't fill in this page.

If upgrades are available, they are reviewed up to one week prior to sailing. The Crown and Anchor guest with the highest status is considered first and then it works down the list of guests with the next level, etc.

You are also able to update many of your cruising preferences so check out all the tabs.

If you have cruised with Royal Caribbean, remember to:

Sign-up for their loyalty program called the "Crown & Anchor Society" to receive coupons both for your cruise + onboard. Call-- or visit their website. --
Register on RCCL's website as mentioned above. Cruise Coupons will be posted online and are rarely mailed or e-mailed to you.
Keep those Crown & Anchor numbers handy and call us to book your next cruise. 1-800-645-1481

MORE TIPS

If you've sailed with Celebrity Cruise Line 5+ times, your loyalty benefits will transfer to RCCL.
Cruise & Crop can apply all your coupons & discounts. You are in no way at a disadvantage by booking with a travel agent. In fact- we are here to be your ally and support.

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Happy Happy Day

I had every intention of posting last week when it was International Happy Day. No, that is not the full truth....I had many good intentions of posting this project months ago. We taught this banner class on our Merry & Bright Cruise in November 2013. Well, I trust you will still enjoy this project no matter the date....because this banner can be used all year.

The entire time we were designing the banner Gail and I were so excited about it. And we were "HAPPY" when our cruisers named this as their favorite class.

For this project we used canvas & burlap from Canvas Corp (I love how the pennants come in different sizes, shapes and fabrics). The super cute customizable letters are from Craft Cuts. We painted (sprayed) the letters with Tattered Angles Glimmer Mist. These 3 companies were HUGE supporters of our cruise...THANKS!!!

We found these glass-like flowers at Hobby Lobby. They are a bit hard to see in the photo but look great in person. We had purchased the flowers months prior to the cruise without knowing what we were going to use them on. I think they found a great home on this project.

Aren't these letters fun! We didn't want to get the typical fonts offered at the big box stores. At Craft Cuts you can choose from tons of fonts, thicknesses, sizes and wood types. The letters are offered bare and painted. And the prices are great. The ordering process was so easy....we'd highly recommend checking them out.

So...we had 3 different Glimmer Mist colors available for spraying the letters: Dijon, Dragonfly & Crimson. All the colors looked great on the cruisers' projects. The Glimmer Mist was such a quick and easy way to color these Craft Cut Letters and the cool dark edges if the letters remained dark.

I tried to mix the Dijon & Dragonfly to make teal (to match my clock). I was not successful. But I did learn that those 2 colors mix together to make a beautiful shade of emerald green...just in case you were wondering. LOL. In the end, I had to paint my letters with craft paint.