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February 2012
Workshop–Caloundra Group – 31 October,
20011 The girls of
the Sunshine Coast wanted to make the most of Sue’s skills and invited her to
do a workshop for them at their October meeting at the beautiful Craft Centre
they are lucky to have the use of in Caloundra. Sue suggested they do a photo frame, which
was agreed, but they also wanted to learn how to do luminaries. After a lot of work and preparation the
Group had a really wonderful day.
About a dozen members did their luminaries in the morning and frame in
the afternoon. At the Centre there is
a wonderful craft outlet which is manned by volunteers. All work has to be of a high standard and
is well priced. If you ever get the
chance to visit the Centre it is well worth it. Needless to say Sue and I did some
Christmas shopping. The ladies at the Coast
are a wonderful group and while we were there we, hopefully, talked Dot into
coming down to do a painting workshop at one of our meetings this year - keep
working on her Val!!! Craft Show October 2011 Thanks to the
volunteers who manned our area at the Craft Show – I felt it was well worth
it. We did decide that we needed only
2 volunteers per session as this takes pressure off having to be there if
everyone is busy. The raffle went well
and the results were: Marion
(our own member who really worked hard selling tickets) – 1st
prize – jug Julie,
Coorparoo – 2nd prize – box Elizabeth,
Nanango – 3rd prize – fan All were very
pleased to have received their prize and Elizabeth sent back a beaded
bracelet – which we can decide how to use for the Guild at the next meeting. Soap Workshop – November 2011 As a result of
the Craft Show names were taken for a Soap Workshop to be held in
November. We took quite a lot of names
and from that we had about 15 new people to try Decoupage. Thanks to all the volunteers, we had a
great morning and I am sure it was enjoyed by those who attended. Hopefully we will get a few new ones, but I
feel we will have to chase up to keep the enthusiasm growing. The photos are of some of the results of
the morning and a few of the ones who enjoyed themselves. I feel days like this are one of the best
days to try and expand our membership.
After the workshop we had lunch at the Library Café as a “break-up”. 2012 – Happy New Year I hope all
members had a wonderful Festive Season and the New Year will be a happy and
healthy one – with lots of good decoupage flowing and
happy social times. I feel one of
our first priorities is to get our Web Site up to date. I got the details from Val’s daughter and
we will work on it. We did advise all
the new ones at the Soap Workshop that they could look on the Internet and
see our prospective dates for the New Year. The dates for
this year will be listed at the February meeting (19th) and
discussion for workshops will be decided.
Dates for social days and venues will also be set. Talking about social days we had a
wonderful day in Toowoomba – hosted by Sue and Roger, although Roger did head
off to golf!!! Thanks Sue. Crows
Nest – March 2012 The
“Secretary’s Jottings” have all the information regarding this event, plus
other 2012 information. The weekend
workshop is well worthwhile and please consider coming along. The area at the Crows Nest Caravan Park has
been booked – all we need is attendees.
The workshop really rekindles the inclination to go home and do some
work – it also gives enough time to work on and finish entries into the RNA
Show. The social side is pretty good
as well. Di Loxton, President |