about scrappy chicks

Kyla loves the color purple, anything Basic Grey, white cardigan sweaters, ketchup on hot-dogs and ranch dressing on salads.  Her favorite Pizza is Greek Vegetarian and her favorite place to eat in Newport is Local Ocean.  She hates to be dirty and loves to have her picture taken.  She is SO ready for a huge life adventure and her dreams of becoming a social worker RN and entering the Peace Corps is currently in the works. She loves her family, adores her dogs and can, if need be, bench press 30 pounds.  She is a hypochondriac and single (much to her mother’s dismay) and a horrible cook.  She is patient and kind and not so good at math.  She loves Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss and pretending she is an Olympic Contender by carefully traversing the curbs on the street where she lives. In 2001 she  opened a quaint little scrapbook store in the small hamlet of Nye Beach, on the central Oregon Coast, in Newport, called Memories By Me, She shunned convention by caring very unusual Scrapbooking supplies, the store was well received as was  the exceptional quality of the products.  After a dozen or so customers asked her to host a weekend crop, Kyla decided to give her hand a try at playing hostess Thus was born Scrappy Chicks.  Because of the huge response and success of the retreats Kyla sold Memories By Me in late 2007 to concentrate all her attention on Scrappy Chicks and her dreams of becoming a Nurse.  Kyla takes care of all the reservations and classes given at the retreat and is the primary hostess.

Maggie loves the color blue, oversize tee-shirts and takes her steak rare.  She loves anything by Heidi Swap, chipboard and paint.  With Maggie excess is the theme of her life.  More is simply not just More but “more” better!  She shares her love of more while she does all the cooking and cleaning for the retreats.  In a typical retreat, with 15 guests, Maggie will go through 2 Gallons of Heavy Cream and 17 pounds of butter cooking the meals.  “Mags” does not believe in having her picture taken, hence she has no driver’s license and her stories of driving illegally for the past 15 years are hysterical.