This month we met on 15th January. As you can see by the photo's we had a very good turn out for our 12 hour charity craft marathon day, where we managed to make 200 cards for charity.
The British Legion, who I hire the hall from, have said it won't cost us anymore, as we are doing it for charity. As the only time people think of the British Legion is on Poppy Day and they also do not have any shops to get more revenue, it was decided that they would be our chosen charity. They can sell them to their members etc and keep the profit from them
Julia and Sandra kindly brought cakes in for us all, including gluten free.
Emma kindly gave a demonstration on how to make earrings, they didn't take her any time at all and she made it look so easy!! Apologies Emma, as I forgot to take some photos!! Thank you very much though.
Emma kindly gave a demonstration on how to make earrings, they didn't take her any time at all and she made it look so easy!! Apologies Emma, as I forgot to take some photos!! Thank you very much though.
Lot of members kindly brought in some spare craft bits from home that
they no longer use, or some free things from magazines etc. so we could pool them and use whatever. Dotty about Cards also very kindly donated a lot of Kanban kits and cards, these were very much appreciated, so a big thank you to them too.
Pete (my husband) kindly cooked some jacket potatoes and chilli, and brought them them down for about 5ish, to keep those that could stay going!!!!!!! This was followed by some lovely cakes (as mentioned earlier). Julia kindly made a card for Pete and everyone signed it to thank him, he was really surprised!!
At the final count we had 197 cards, so everyone managed to come up with enough to get it to the 200 mark.
Thank you to everyone who took part. The day was amazing, with a lovely atmosphere and everyone working away like mad to get as much done as possible, but also enjoying themselves. I think it was a fantastic achievement and well done.
Mr Spilling, who represents the British Legion, was so a bit shocked when I dropped them off, they he couldn't say a lot. But phoned about 10 minutes after I got home, and he said he was just so overwhelmed by everyone's generosity they didn't know what to say. I think that says it all and makes it all worth while.
Thank you
Chrissie xx
Thank you to everyone who took part. The day was amazing, with a lovely atmosphere and everyone working away like mad to get as much done as possible, but also enjoying themselves. I think it was a fantastic achievement and well done.
Mr Spilling, who represents the British Legion, was so a bit shocked when I dropped them off, they he couldn't say a lot. But phoned about 10 minutes after I got home, and he said he was just so overwhelmed by everyone's generosity they didn't know what to say. I think that says it all and makes it all worth while.
Thank you
Chrissie xx
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