Simply Crafty

19th February 2012

2012-01-31T15:38:00.002+10:00

Hi ladies, we had a great time at our first meeting of the year on the 22nd January, lovely to see so many of you there, welcome back Cassie, good to see you again.
Many congratulations to Amanda and Cathie on the birth of their babies, no doubt you will be calling in to see us to "show and tell". Look forward to seeing lots of baby pages.
We are organising swaps again for the year, Shandell has come up with a lot of great ideas (thanks Shandell) and there is a list below.
The first is for February, and it will be:

Cards – girls birthday
Embelishments - School

Can you let us know by the 12th February who is taking part. That is the cut off date to give us at least a week to do them. I will update you during the time before that so that you can get started.

Some of the ideas for the following year are:

Cards:

Mar – Boys birthday
Apr – Baby – birth, shower, christening
May – Sympathy
June – Get Well / Friendship
July – Christmas
Aug – Men birthday
Sept – Woman birthday

Embelishments –

Mar – Calendars
Apr – Journalling spots
May – Bunting
June – Travel
July - Christmas tag

I’m sure we can add more ideas and change dates around to suit everyone, this is just a basic list.

Thanks for that ladies, don't forget to let us know if you are taking part in the swap and also if possible can you let us know how many will be attending next month.

Thanks

Linda and Dilys

2012 - Wow another year gone by so quickly

2011-11-29T21:52:00.004+10:00

Hi ladies, just to let you know I have put the dates for 2012 in the side bar. I haven't booked the Centre yet so if there is any glaringly obvious errors, please let me know asap. I have changed October because the 3rd Sunday fell on the weekend of the retreat and I am presuming the majority will be at the retreat.
With the help of the trusty P Neville calendar, I hope I have managed to miss long weekends and school holidays. The January one is the last Sunday of the school holidays so hopefully all you mums/teachers will need a relaxing day before starting the new school year.
For those that are unable to come to the Christmas breakup on Sunday, Dilys & I wish you a merry Christmas and a safe and happy new year.
Take care over the silly season,
Linda and Dilys

4th December

2011-11-20T17:13:00.003+10:00

Hi ladies, thanks for another lovely day, everybody was very busy and we all seemed to get plenty done.
Well believe it or not its that time of the year again, our next scrapbooking day is on the 4th December - 2 weeks time!!!! Hard to believe another year has gone round. Once again we will have a festive day, with secret santa (gift to the value of $5.00) and a nice lunch. Could everybody let me know as soon as possible if they will be coming and whether they will be bringing a sweet or savory dish.
Here are photos of the swaps we did this week, all great work as usual there is no swap this month as time is short and I am sure everybody has enough to do preparing for Christmas,

We look forward to hearing from you,have a good week.
Linda & Dilys

Angels for the Forgotten

2011-10-16T19:38:00.002+10:00

Shandell talked to us today about Angels for the Forgotten a group that is dedicated to giving dignity, hope and joy to our community's most vulnerable who are entering foster care or living in crisis.
Their aim is to put a little bit of Sparkle in to otherwise bleak and tramatic situations. Please check out their website to find out more about this group.
We are a caring group of ladies and one of the ways we can help Angels is to make cards, how easy is that? Birthday cards, christmas, cards just to say "hello". So ladies, if you can help by making some cards that would be a wonderful gesture. Shandell is hoping to get at least 100 cards, so ladies can we do it? As many cards as you can put together, or even find in your stash, would be a help. Just bring them to the next Simplycrafty get together, every card you make will help towards making the goal of 100.
Thanks ladies,
Linda and Dilys

16 October

2011-10-16T18:40:00.001+10:00

Hi ladies, another enjoyable day, lots of work and chatting as usual. The swaps were their usual amazing standard, its great to see all the different techniques. Next month's swap is:
(a) cards - "LOVE" - e.g. engagement, wedding, wedding anniversary, valentine's day, to name a few; and
(b) embellishments - "SKY" e.g. birds, aeroplanes, helicoptersw, clouds, butterflies.
These are Shandell's great ideas and luckily Shandell usually gives us some ideas, so ladies, if you want to join in, please let us know asap so that we can finalise numbers.
Have a good month and for those going to the retreat, enjoy enjoy and enjoy - watch out for the food, its fattening LOL.
Bye for now,
Linda and Dilys.

16th October & Swaps

2011-10-04T21:19:00.001+10:00

Hi ladies, just a reminder our next crafty afternoon is on Sunday 16th October.
The following ladies are doing the card swap which was male/boy cards:
Lorelle, Shandell, Linda, Dilys, Katie, Paula and Pauline - 7 cards.
The vintage embellishment swap -
Shandell,Lorelle, Katie, Danielle, Linda, Dilys and Paula - 7.
Look forward to seeing you on the 16th.
Bye for now, take care,
Linda and Dilys

11th September

2011-09-15T12:58:00.003+10:00

Hi ladies, we had a great day on Sunday as usual. The swaps and cards that we all created were very creative, you can see them in Shandell's blog which is http://littlemissscrappy.blogspot.com. As you can see, there are a lot of creative ladies in our group.
Next month (16th October) there is another embellishment swap, which is "Vintage". At the moment there is 6 ladies joining in, Shandell, Lorelle, Katie, Danielle, Linda and Dilys.
There is also another card swap, and I must say, this is a great way of building up your cards, the theme this month is male (boys or men). Those taking part are Lorelle, Shandell, Linda, Dilys and Katie.
Okay ladies, have a good month, and if you want to join in the swaps, just let us know as soon as you can so that we can advise numbers etc.
Bye for now,
Linda and Diys

Swaps for 11.9.11

2011-08-28T09:41:00.001+10:00

Hi ladies, just an update on the swaps for 11/9/11.

Men's embellishment swap -
Shandell
Sandra
Kylie
Katie
Danielle

Flower Card swap -
Shandell
Linda
Dilys
Sandra

Any more, please let us know,

Thanks
Linda & Dilys

21.9.11

2011-08-21T16:51:00.008+10:00

Hi ladies, we had a good day today, there were only seven of us with a "drop in" by Sandra and Lorelle to drop of their swaps/cards.
The denim swaps were excellent as were the card swaps, pictures are attached but I must apologise for the quality from my mobile phone, as it does not do the cards justice as they were excellent.
Shandell did her show and tell and showed us how to do lovely flowers, we all had a go and I took a photo of mine, so thanks Shandell, will have to do a lot of practice but it was a beautiful flower.

The swap for next month is "male embellishment tag or some such thing" and the card stop will be 'flowers". So if you want to join us, just let us know and we can notify numbers nearer the date.

So until next month ladies, take care and hope to see you then.
PLEASE NOTE, NEXT MONTH'S SIMPLYCRAFTY WILL BE ON THE 11/08/2011. THANKS.

Swaps - Denim and Cards

2011-07-30T18:53:00.004+10:00
Hi ladies, just an update on the swaps, the denim swap - at the moment there are 8 ladies taking part -
Rachael, Helen, Kylie, Katie,Sandra,Sandra 2, Shandell and Linda (it's not a mistake, Sandra is doing two up this month).
Card swaps - a feminine birthday card at the moment there are 6 cards to be done -
Lorelle, Linda, Dilys, Sandra,Helen and Shandell.
Thanks ladies, if anybody else wants to take part, let us know as soon as possible.
Bye for now,see you on the 21st.
Scrappy sisters

17th July

2011-07-19T08:14:00.002+10:00
Hi ladies, everybody seemed to have a good Xmas in July, lots of lovely secret santa gifts, all the Christmas cards we swapped were very well done, very creative. The swap went down well - 13 ladies participating - and they all looked great, well done.
Well Shandell has set us a good swap this month, a "DENIM" swap. Luckily she sent a picture of a denim swap she participated in and there was quite a few good ides for us all that I have emailed to everybody.
If you want to take part in the swap next month, can you let us know before 14th August so that everybody can be "organised" (if there is such a word in the scrapbooking community).
Take care and have a good month, see you next month.
Dilys and Linda

Update on Swap

2011-07-06T15:56:00.003+10:00
Update on the update,
Hi ladies,update on those that are taking part in the swap, there are 13 ladies and they are:

Dilys
Helen
Kylie
Katie
Danielle
Sandra
Paula
Shandell
Tanya
Lorelle
Rachael
Amanda
Cathie

Cheers, have a good week.
Linda

Christmas in July

2011-07-03T17:22:00.003+10:00
Hi ladies, just to let you know there are presently 11 ladies taking part at the moment, Linda, Dilys, Helen, Kylie, Katie, Danielle, Sandra, Paula, Shandell, Tanya and Rachael.
If you want to join in, please let us know before 10th, thanks.

Dilys & Linda

Yesterday - 19.6.11

2011-06-20T21:40:00.003+10:00
Hi ladies, I think all of us agree, lots of chatting, eating etc., going on all day, not too much creating, BUT, it is nice to catch up and chat the day away. Lorelle showed us how to make a pretty patchwork card and most of the ladies made one and gave it back to Lorelle for the Cancer Foundation. There were lots of variations, of course I stuffed mine up and ended up doing a completely different card!!! It was a great day though and we all enjoyed it. The swap was a success with all of us getting some lovely "country theme" embellishments/tags etc.
It's hard to believe, but next month is July and everybody seems in favour of the Christmas in July theme so we will carry on that tradition. This year we are going to make 3 Christmas cards, put them in a bag and have a lucky dip on the day, so everybody that takes part in this will get 3 Christmas cards all ready made. They can be all the same or different cards, whatever you wish as long as they are Christmas cards.
ALSO - there will be Secret Santa, the usual small gift of $5.00 value. For the new ladies, we each buy a gift to the value of $5.00 and they are numbered and picked out on the day, it is a great success and everybody goes home with a lovely gift.
AND - we will be doing another swap and to keep in with the Christmas theme, it will be a Christmas Tag - either for a present or for a scrapbook page. At the moment we have about 10 taking part and I will email everybody with the names and final numbers nearer the date. If everybody could let me know who wants to take part in the Christmas Tag Swap, please let us know asap and at least before 10th July so that everybody has time to do up their tags.
Welcome to Tanya Nielsen who joined us yesterday, we hope you enjoyed the day.
Gosh what a long post......I think that is about all the news for the moment.
Take care and have a good month
Cheers
Linda and Dilys

Country Theme Swap - 19.6.11

2011-05-30T17:56:00.002+10:00
Hi ladies, just a quick update on the swap, at the moment there is 10 ladies joining in, they are:
Linda, Dilys, Shandell, Sandra, Lorelle, Katie, Danielle, Kerry and Rachael (all the way from Bris Vegas). If anybody else wants to join in, let us know before 9th June and we can update the numbers,
have a good week
Linda

15th May 2011

2011-05-16T19:50:00.003+10:00
Hi ladies, a good time was had by all on Sunday, lots of lovely chatting and swapping of ideas. We had a general discussion and it was decided that we would start up the swaps again..... so... the next swap will be a country theme embellishment, (birds, trees, butterfies etc) anything to do with outside in the country. At the moment the following ladies are joining in:
Shandell, Sandra, Lorelle, Kerrie, Katie, Helen, Dilys and Linda.
If anybody else would like to join in, please let us know at least 2 weeks before the next Simply Crafty day, which cut off date will be 9th June. We look forward to hearing from you and will let you know on the 9th June how many are participating.
Also, general consensus was to have Christmas in July again, with secret santa and also for something different a lucky dip in which each lady makes 3 Christmas cards (yes 3) puts them in a bag and then we all pick one out, hey presto we have started our Christmas cards for 2011. More news about this nearer the time.

Thanks ladies, have a good month, don't forget Sew What's Crafty this weekend and also the Scrapbooking Convention in Brisbane over the June long weekend - may even see you there...
Take Care
Linda and Dilys

15th May

2011-05-07T20:18:00.002+10:00
Hi lovely ladies, just a reminder next Sunday is "our day". Look forward to seeing you then, have a lovely mother's day tomorrow, hope you all get well and truly spoilt. See you next week if you can make it, take care.
Linda and Dilys

Hello ladies

2011-04-07T22:41:00.003+10:00
Hi ladies, for all of those that went to the retreat wasn't it a good weekend, so much fun, I am sure everyone is looking forward to the next one in October. Our next get together is on the 15th May, which is the 3rd Sunday in May but of course we all know the 2nd Sunday is Mother's Day. We look forward to seeing you all then, take care and have a good month. Bye Linda and Dilys

HI LADIES

2011-03-23T08:25:00.001+10:00
Thank you to everybody that came on Sunday, it was a lovely afternoon chatting and having fund, some even got to scrapbook and create!!!
Now we all know Lorelle lost her ruler..............she has got over it (we hope LOL) but unfortunately she has now lost her scissors (and, according to Lorelle) her marbles.So if anybody picked them up by mistake please let her know. Maybe we should start tying all her stash to her or get her a tradesman's tool bag tied round her waist.... LOL.Hope you find them Lorelle, the scissors might be with the ruler................. and your marbles LOL.
Well ladies, to all those going to the retreat, see you there, and for those that aren't going see you on the 10th April.
In regards to the 10th April, can you let us know asap if you are going so that we know numbers and if there are only a few, we might cancel as it is so soon after the retreat and close to Easter.
Take care ladies
Have a good month,
Linda and Dilys

Sunday, 20th Feb

2011-02-16T07:58:00.001+10:00
Hi ladies, just a reminder about Sunday scrapbooking. Hope to see you there if you can make it.
Cheers,
Linda and Dilys

Sunday 30/1

2011-02-01T17:11:00.003+10:00
Hi ladies, thank you all for joining us on Sunday, it was a lovely day with lots of creativity happening. We welcomed two new ladies, Amanda and Courtney (please forgive me if I have got the names wrong), so welcome to our group ladies and we hope to see you again. It sounds as if there are quite a few going on the April retreat, if anybody out there would like to join us, just let us know and we will organise with Kerry to get in touch with you.
Now I did take my camera, but (senior moment "again") didn't get to take any photos for the block. I must get myself organised this year (said that last year I know).
Anyhow lovely ladies, have a good month and we look forward to seeing you on 20th February.
Cheers,
Linda and Dilys

Sunday, 30th January 2011

2011-01-24T21:47:00.005+10:00
Happy New Year to everybody. It hasn't started off very well with all the disaster around us. Let's hope the water will go away soon and people can start to rebuild their lives.
Just to let you know we start up again on Sunday, 10.30 - 4.00. The monthly fee has gone up to $6.00 due to the increase in the rent for the rooms.
Have a good week and hope to see you all on Sunday,

Cheers,
Linda and Dilys
PS - not too sure if we let everybody know, the C for Cure fundraiser run by Lorelle raised approximately $1,100.00 - well done Lorelle and all the ladies that helped out.

Happy Christmas to all

2010-12-07T19:54:00.002+10:00
I don't know about anybody else, but Dilys and I had a lovely time on Sunday, it was a bit squashed, but we were all close and could chatter away happily while crafting. The food as usual was far too delicious, very tempting and I am sure we all over indulged, but so what, it's the silly season.
Everybody was happy with their secret santa gift and boy, there was such a variety of gifts, well done ladies, its amazing what we can get for $5.00 (!). Don't know about anybody else, but I love getting pressies!
In relation to dates for 2011, I received the ever faithful Paul Neville calendar (what would we do without it) and realised that there is 2 months where we fall in school holidays, being April and September, so in regard to September, we will make it the 11th, which is the week before school holidays and for April we will move it to the 10th, which is also the week before school holidays, I hope this works in well with everybody. If there is a problem, just let us know.
At the moment I don't know the dates for the retreat and hopefully Kerry will get the dates to me so that I can pass that on. If it clashes with the monthly meet, we will try to work round that, one idea is to have the Sunday meet at Chaverim for the day, what a great day that would be.
We look forward to seeing you all in the New Year and hope everybody has a very merry Christmas and a safe and prosperous
Anyhow ladies, thank you for your support during the past year, we look forward to seeing you in 2011 (oh how the years fly by). Take care and enjoy the holiday season.
Cheers
Linda and Dilys

5th December & 2011 Dates

2010-12-02T16:53:00.004+10:00
Hi ladies, looking forward to seeing you at our Christmas breakup and for those that can't make it, we wish you a merry christmas and a crafty new year.

2011 Dates

We have set the dates for 2011 in the side bar.

The dates for January and December are not the third week in the month, they have been altered so that we can get 12 crafty dates in the year. Any problems let us know and it can be changed.

Thanks ladies, and thank you for the support in the past year.
Linda and Dilys

C for a Cure

2010-11-21T22:27:00.002+10:00
Thank you to all the ladies that supported Lorelle's Girls Night In. It was a good night, only spoilt by the rain!!! We hope everybody else enjoyed themselves and thanks again.
As soon as we know the results, we will let you know how much we raised. See you all on Sunday 5th December.

Cheers
Linda and Dilys

What a lovely time was had by all

2010-11-16T13:25:00.003+10:00
Just to say thank you to everybody for coming along on Sunday and having a lovely time. Lots of yummy food and Rachael got a lovely surprise with her gift and her lunch, so thank you to everybody contributing towards both. Unfortunately I forgot my camera (what's new I hear you say) so sorry we didn't get any photographs. Everybody seemed to be having a good chat and lots of fun, I didn't really achieve alot in the way of creativity, a few made some beautiful cards for every occasion and I think Rachael was the only one of us actually scrapping, but that is what the day is all about isn't it, just doing what we want, having a good old yard and lots of laughter.
In relation to next month, we did say we would change it to the 5th because of school holidays etc., etc. but unfortunately the room is booked out for that day. We can have upstairs or we can leave it until the 12th. CAN I PLEASE HAVE A RESPONSE ASAP SO THAT I CAN EITHER BOOK THE ROOM UPSTAIRS IF THAT IS WHAT RESPONSE WE GET. THANKS LADIES.
HAVE A GOOD MONTH,
BYE FOR NOW
LINDA & DILYS

Sunday, 14th November 2010

2010-11-08T13:47:00.001+10:00
Hi ladies, just a reminder about our get together on Sunday 14th. We look forward to seeing you there.
Have a good week.

Linda and Dilys

Girls Night In - "C for CURE"

2010-11-05T21:01:00.004+10:00
Hi ladies, just in case you haven't heard (LOL), Lorelle is organising the Girls Night In for this year. We all know people who have cancer and have been touched by cancer in our lives. It will be a very special night, lots of demonstrations and there will even be a Zumba demo.....if you pay me enough, I won't throw my fat around the room! Please show your support for this worthy cause, it is on Saturday, 2oth November, 6.30 - midnight, at the Coronation Hall, Targo Street (near Foodworks). The theme for the nite is "C" for Cure. The cost is $15.00 if you bring plate (not forgetting the letter C - chocolate, chardonay, champagne, cabernet, chocolate, chardonay, champagne, chips, cheese, chardonary, chocolate, Coke and Rum (!) did I mention chocolate.......... Seriously though, now The Bill has finished what else do we have to do on a Saturday nite..................If you don't bring a plate, the cost will be $20.00.
Tickets can be bought at the Scrap Addiction shop through Colleen, or if you contact us, through Lorelle and the Club.
Cheers.
Linda

Slack, slack, slack, sorry ladies

2010-10-23T22:02:00.003+10:00
Sorry about being so slack with the blogging, life just seems to be getting away from us at the moment. Well we all seemed to have a good October get together, plenty of laughter and chatter. Pauline from Kaszazz had nice "make and take" for us with a very simple but effective birthday card, thank you Pauline. Pauline also showed us the marbling effect with "Smooch" on the papers. We hope everyone enoyed themselves, and look forward to seeing you all 14th November. Also in regard to December, we are changing the date to the 6th December to avoid school holidays.
Bye for now,
Linda and Dilys

12-Sept-2010

2010-09-17T13:54:00.002+10:00
Hi ladies, well we had a lovely afternoon last Sunday, lots of chatting and scrapping was done. We had plenty of room in the smaller space. Next month (October), Pauline, the lady from Kaszazz will be demonstrating a birthday card for us to "make and take". Hope to see you all then.
Bye for now
Linda and Dilys

12th September

2010-09-03T08:11:00.002+10:00
Hi everybody, hope you have all had a good month. This is just to remind everyone about Sunday, the 12th September.
Also, if you aren't doing anything on the 5th September (I know it's father's day), there is a Stampin Up New Catalogue launch, its at the neighbourhood centre, 1.00 to 4.00 pm. So if you are free and would like to join Lorelle, Gayle and Paula, come along. I think I emailed everybody with the details so contact either Lorelle, Gayle or Paula if you are coming.
Cheers
Linda

News from 8th August

2010-08-09T13:35:00.002+10:00
It was a small gathering yesterday, but still a lovely day, I think there was more chatting going on than scrapbooking. We welcomed a new lady, Pauline who is a Kazzaz demonstrator. She is happy to come along on the October get together for us to do a "make and take". Can you let us know if you are or are not coming about a week before so that we can give Pauline numbers, thanks. We will remind everyone nearer the date.
Due to the small gatherings we have had lately, we have decided to book only half the room from now on to reduce the rent for the day and in that way we aren't "running on empty" in the kitty. The cost will still be $5.00 but in that way we will have a little left over for the months when there is just the few of us.
Hope to see you next month, have a good week,
Dilys & Linda

Christmas in July

2010-07-20T21:48:00.005+10:00
Another month has gone by and I think we all enjoyed Christmas in July, it was a lovely day and we hope everyone enjoyed it as much as we enjoyed it. Here are the photographs from the challenge pack, sorry its taken so long, internet/computer problems!!

Congratulations to Rachael on winning the challenge pack. Here are the other pages, it's lucky that we didn't have to judge as they are all great pages and very creative. Thank you all for joining in the fun. Hopefully we will have more 'packs' later in the year.

I did take photographs of Secret Santa but as the computer is playing up, it's taking me ages to upload them. Will try later,

Look forward to seeing you all on 8th August, 2010, have a good month,
Cheers
Dilys and Linda

Christmas in July

2010-07-07T22:05:00.002+10:00
Hi ladies, late blog again to update you in regard to Sunday, your secret santa gift can be either a scrapbooking item or anything else, there is 10 ladies taking part in the challenge packs, the packs will cost $5.00 and the theme is Christmas, there is no set page, so the size of the photo is entirely up to you.
See you Sunday and enjoy the rest of the week,
Cheers,
Dilys and Linda

11-7

2010-07-06T22:00:00.001+10:00
Hi ladies, apologies for late blog, but for those ladies taking part in the challenge, the packs will be $5.00. Looking forward to seeing you on the 11th.
Bye,
Linda

11 July

2010-07-04T21:50:00.002+10:00
Hi ladies, looking forward to seeing you all on the 11th. Rachael has emailed and said that her mother-in-law has been on holiday busily crocheting away flowers. Rachael has said that she will be bringing them on the 11th to sell, so if you are interested, please call in. We have previously seen some of Rachael's mil's crocheted flowers and they are pretty special. Don't forget ladies, if you have something to sell, swap or just give away, bring it along and maybe your trash maybe somebody else's treasure.
Bye for now, see you next week, for Christmas in July, secret santa and the challenge.
Cheers,

REMINDER

2010-06-28T21:24:00.002+10:00
Hi ladies, just a reminder about July 11th. Thank you to those ladies that replied to our email, at the moment there are 8 ladies for the challenge pack, thank you.
If you want to take part in the challenge, please email us before 30th June.
Could you also let us know if you are coming on the 11th so that we have some ideas of numbers, email is simplycrafty@hotmail.com.
Thanks ladies,
See you on the 11th
Linda and Dilys

11 July 2010

2010-06-06T19:04:00.003+10:00
Well ladies, another monthly get together has been and gone, how fast is 2010 is flying. We enjoyed another enjoyable day, plenty of chatting and eating and lots of creative work happeng.
After chatting with a few of the ladies, we decided to celebrate “Christmas in July” again. So, at our next get together on 11th July, if you are joining us, you will need a SECRET SANTA PRESENT to the value of $5.00, some Christmas fare, and a happy festive glow.
To give the day an extra bit of pressure, there will be a CHALLENGE (for anybody who would like to join in). The challenge will be a Christmas theme page, with either 2 4x6 or 1 5x7 photo, more details to be released later, there will be a sketch and a pack, we will let you know the price of the pack as soon possible, all those joining in will be given a raffle ticket and numbers will be drawn out at the end of the day, saving somebody the stressful job of “voting”. The winner will receive a prize. So lovely ladies, how about it, will you join us? If so, can you let us know if you are joining in the challenge so that we can estimate how many packs to prepare, the cut off date for letting us know about the challenge is 30th June to give us plenty of time to get organised. We looking forward to hearing from you, have a wonderful month.
Bye for now,
The Sisters

June 6

2010-05-13T23:16:00.002+10:00
Hi ladies, well Mother's Day seemed to be quite a success with all of us (except Dilys unfortunately she had to go home sick - she is fine now and back at work). We had a lovely lunch, chocolates and then afternoon tea. Thank you ladies for all your contributions to lunch and my expanding waistline.
This is just a reminder that our next meeting is on the 6th June, a little bit earlier because of the long weekend the week after. Also it's the papercraft show down in Brisbane on the long weekend, which is a fantastic place to go to see all the latest in the scrapbooking/cardmaking/stamping etc., scene and of course someone we all know is doing a class (okay its Petrina) and we all wish her well with the class. I think there might be a few from our group down there that weekend, if so enjoy yourselves, Dilys and I have been for the last 4 years and have always had a great time and spent far too much money.
Well ladies, look forward to seeing you all on the 6th June.
Bye for now,
Linda and Dilys

Sunday - Mother's Day

2010-05-07T16:53:00.000+10:00
Hello ladies, just to let you know the menu for Mother’s Day lunch –

Rachael - Quiche
Carolyn - Chicken Salad
Katie – platter with garlic chicken balls, spring rolls and sweet chilli sauce
Shandell – savoury scroll
Lind a- salad and bread rolls
Dilys – sweet
Sandra – sweet

We look forward to seeing you and to all the ladies that can’t make it we hope you have a lovely Mother’s Day.
Bye for now,
Linda & Dilys

Mother's Day

2010-05-03T21:00:00.002+10:00
Hello everybody, I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend.
Thank you to those that have responded to the email about Mother's Day. We will go ahead as usual on the 9th May and hope to make it a special day.
To plan the menu for lunch, could we please have some idea of your contribution, just so we aren't eating choc cake and Tim Tams all day (not that that's a problem with us LOL).
Looking forward to seeing you Sunday,
Dilys & Linda
PS we now have an "official" email address which is simplycrafty@hotmail.com

Vote for Shandell as Scrapbook Apprentice

2010-04-23T13:06:00.003+10:00
Shandell has embarked on the challenge for Scrapbook Apprentice - please show your support and vote for her. Good for you Shandelle, best of luck from us all. Just click on "Scrapbook Apprentice" for the link to vote. Any problems, go to Shandell's blog at http://littlemissscrappy.blogspot.com/.

Cheers,
Linda

Intimate little group

2010-04-12T13:37:00.002+10:00
It was a very intimate gathering yesterday, Rachael, Shandell and myself and my granddaughter Samantha. It was still a lovely day, a few visitors dropped in, and we still got some scrapping done, plenty of chatting and there was certainly enough food, Shandell treat us to some home made Chelsea Buns yummy!
No doubt because of it being the end of school holidays and the retreat next week it was to be expected. There was enough funds in the kitty to cover the $30.00 shortfall, but that means the kitty is low again.
Anyhow ladies, definitely need some feedback, we will need numbers for next month's gathering, it is on Mother's Day and if there is only going to be a few people, it would not be worth it, so could all those that are going to be available to come, let us know by 1st May, and if there is only a few then we will cancel and make try to make it for the week after. If there is no feedback, we will just cancel and change it to the 16th if that date is available.
Also, we might have to do this each month, if people can let us know at least a week before if they can come or not, then it will help in situations like this month.
That's all for now ladies and for those going to the retreat have a great time, lots of creativity and try to behave.
Bye for now,
Linda

9th April

2010-04-09T13:11:00.002+10:00
Hi ladies, hope you are looking forward to Sunday as much as I am. Dilys won't be there - off holidaying again. Because she won't be there, I can't get the club's equipment etc., as it is locked in her garage. Luckily I have the tea and coffee. Anyway ladies, I look forward to seeing you on Sunday for another fun filled day of creativity
Bye for now,
Linda

Sunday 14.03.10

2010-03-14T17:28:00.012+10:00
Almost half way through March, we all had a lovely day scrapping and chatting, its nice to catch up with everybody and see what everybody has been up to.
We did have a chat about the May get together which is the 9th and is Mother's Day. It was suggested that for those that can make it, we do a Mother's Day lunch. If we could all contribute to lunch that would be nice, just leave a comment on what you would like to bring or email Dilys or myself and we can get it organised so that we don't double up. Rachael offered to do a quiche, so other offers would be appreciated, also numbers before the day so that we know how many to cater for, maybe if we can have numbers and what your contribution to lunch will be at least one week before (i.e. 2nd May) then we could let everybody know..

I did manage to remember my camera and here are photos of all the creative work that was done on the day.

Lorrelle spent time sorting Kerry's tote out, wish I had took a "before" photo of all the "@!@!" she had in it!!! There was at least 6 corner punches - where did it all fit"

Katie's page of beautiful Melanie

Shandelle's handy little notelets -

Kylie's "besties" page

Rachael's two pages her beautiful children

Kathy's two lovely black and white pages, sorry but the photo does not do them justice - have to practice with the light/flash.

Beautiful photo of Mitchell with mummy and daddy

Dilys' beautiful double page of her granddaughter Milly

February 2010`

2010-02-20T22:31:00.002+10:00
Hi ladies, we hope everyone enjoyed themselves on their Valentines Day scrapbooking day! There seems to be so many of us that came, thank you one and all, it was another fun day, lots of scrapping, chatting and of course eating and drinking tea/coffee. I did take some photos on my phone (as usual I forgot my camera!!!!! - so much for that new years resolution) but for some reason I don't seem to be able to access them on my computer..sorry ladies.
Congratulations to Rachael on the publication of her page in Scrapbooking Creations, another talent amongst us. Also, I did have the privilege of having a letter published in the same issue- no prize, but hey, first time my name has been in print......
A lot of scrapping was done and quite a few pages were done for the SC Kids Camp which Petrina was good enough to post off for those that delivered them, there looked to be quite a few pages done for such a good cause.
Thanks to Shandell for her contribution of teabags and $ towards the milk. Also thanks to Shandell for showing me how to make those lovely flowers, which are on her blog
http://littlemissscrappy.blogspot.com/. If anybody else has any great idea, please don't hesitate to let us know, we are all usually welcome to new ideas, tips etc.
Don't forget Petrina and Racheal are getting things ready for the retreat, contact them if you haven't already got your name down for this great weekend.
Well ladies, hope you have a good month, we look forward to seeing you all next time,
take care and be safe.
Linda and Dilys

HAPPY NEW YEAR

2010-01-07T08:24:00.002+10:00
We hope everybody is ready for a year of happy scrapbooking/cardmaking. See you all on Sunday, 10th Jan, the usual place and the usual time.
For those that didn't receive our email re the financials for 2009, there will be a copy available on Sunday.
Cheers, look forward to seeing you all,
Linda and Dilys

Thank you

2009-11-26T16:50:00.003+10:00
I think we all had a good day on Sunday, plenty of scrapping/cardmaking seemed to get done and there was lots of lovely goodies to eat. Secret Santa was very good to us all.

Dilys and I would like to wish you all a very Merry "Craftmas" and a safe and happy New Year. We would also like to thank everyone for their support over the past year, it seems to have flown by and doesn't seem like a year that we took over the "club". It has been a fun year and we look forward to seeing you all again in 2010.

Once again, thank you for your support, see you all soon.

Dilys and Linda.

Sunday 22 November

2009-11-17T13:57:00.002+10:00
Just a reminder about Sunday, last session for the year (sad). Don't forget your santa hat, your secret santa and if you are doing it, your swaps, there is ony 6 ladies doing the swap this month. See you Sunday at 10.30.
Cheers,
Linda and Dilys

25 October 2009

2009-10-27T16:53:00.002+10:00
Another Sunday scrapping session has been and gone, gosh time flies by when you’re having fun. It was another great day of scrapping, card making and chatting. The swap was another success, with lots of lovely beach/summer themes.
For our last meeting of the year, 22nd November, it was decided we would do another Christmas theme (I suppose this would be called Christmas in November) and another Secret Santa – to the value of $5.00. So if you are going to join us for the last session of the year, please bring a Secret Santa gift, your Santa hat, and lots of Christmas cheer.
In regards to food, we though we could have a lunch and afternoon tea, so if we could bring a mix of savoury and sweet, with a Christmas theme, that would be great. If you can let us know what you are bring that would be helpful.
We hope as many of you that can, will join us and we look forward to seeing you then.
SWAP – the theme for the swap this month is “journal tag”, no particular theme or colour, just a journal tag.
Those participating at the moment are:
Shandell
Kylie
Katie
Julie
Linda
Sandra
If you want to join in, please email/post a comment and we will add your name to the list.
Thanks, have a good month
Linda
PS - One of my resolutions for next year will to always bring my camera and take photos of the pages/cards everybody creates.

Swap

2009-10-17T21:37:00.002+10:00
Hi ladies, the swap has now "closed" and there will be 9 of us:
Shandell, Helen, Kerry, Danielle,Linda, Katie, Shana, Julie and Sandra.
Thanks ladies, see you on the 25th.
Sorry but we wont have any of the club gear this month as Dilys is still way, there will be the tea and coffee supplies which I have, hope this won't disappoint too many. Any problems about it, let me know.
Cheers,
Linda

Dates for 2010

2009-10-10T23:10:00.002+10:00
Good news, the Centre has been booked for 2010, with the following dates:
10th January
14th February
14th March
11th April
9th May
6th June
11th July
8th August
12th September
10th October
14th November
12th December
I hope these days suit, it is basically the 2nd Sunday of the month except for June, as the 2nd Sunday fell on a long weekend.
If I have made any glaringly obvious mistake, let me know, but the Centre Manager rang and confirmed these dates, so if there is any major problem, let me know asap so that it can be changed.
We are hoping to keep it to $5.00 but if the Centre advises that the rent will go up, then that may change, at the moment things are working out even.
Sandra went to Brisbane and got us some new cuttlebug plates, thanks Sandra.
Cathie has commented that she will be joining us on the 25th, just a reminder, the eldest get to cuddle the youngest first --- work that one out!
Have a good week, see you all on the 25th October.
Linda
PS Don't forget, if you want to participate in the October swap, let us know, at the moment there is 9,

Sunday 27th September 2009

2009-10-03T21:41:00.002+10:00
Hi ladies, once again we had a good afternoon, a few of our regulars were missing due to school holidays, hope you all enjoyed the holidays and enjoyed time with your families.
The swap was another success, sorry haven't had chance to photograph the swaps but will do so in the following week.
The next swap will be "beach/summer", so lots of ideas there, who doesn't love a day at the beach and enjoy taking lots of photos. We have 8 at the moment,
Shandell
Helen
Kerry
Danielle
Katie
Shana
Julie
Linda
So if you want to join in, let us know and we will have a cut off date for the week before the next scrapping afternoon.
Look forward to seeing you then,
have a good week,
Linda

Swap Update

2009-09-19T17:47:00.002+10:00
Hi ladies, Katie and Julie have now joined the swap, so that will be 11 to do. The swap is now closed.
See you Sunday 27th
Linda

September Swap - Green Spring theme

2009-09-10T12:16:00.002+10:00
Hi ladies, the numbers for the September Swap are:

Helen
Kylie
Shana
Linda
Dilys
Danielle
Shandell
Sandra
Kerry

If anybody else wants to join in, please let us know at least before 20th September, which gives us 1 week to complete our swaps.
Thanks,
Linda

Next Sunday scrap

2009-09-05T17:24:00.003+10:00

Hi ladies, the swaps seem to be a hit, we had quite a few (13) participating last month and they were all a success with lots of variety. There is a photo of the swaps received, and an extra being one of Petrina's flowers that I used on the day..... The next swap will be to celebrate spring, main colour green, so can you let me know who is going to participate and we will get the ball rolling thanks.
About next year, we are presuming everybody wants to carry on the club for another year, and so we will shortly book the rooms for next year, can you let us know which week in the month is preferred, 1/2/4th I think the third is taken up with Paula and Gayle and Stamping Up. Can you let us know asap, and we will go ahead and book.
See you soon,
Linda and Dilys

Sunday 23 August 2009

2009-08-19T22:02:00.003+10:00
Hi ladies, I hope you are all looking forward to Sunday, don't forget your swaps and if you have things you wish to sell, we can set a "shopping area" up for you. Congratulations are in order for Cathie and her husband who welcomed the birth of Mitchell Ryan, all went well with mother and baby and if you head over to Shandell's blog (http://littlemissscrappy.blogspot.com), there is a lovely photo and more details about size etc.
Well ladies, look forward to seeing you all on Sunday,
Linda and Dilys

Swap

2009-08-04T08:29:00.002+10:00
Good news, Danielle's swaps have been found.

Christmas Swap

2009-07-31T14:26:00.001+10:00
Danielle unfortunaly had mislaid her christmas swaps, if anybody mistakenly took them, could you let her know and bring them next months, thanks.
Linda

After the party

2009-07-26T20:46:00.003+10:00
Hi ladies, what a great fun day, I think everybody enjoyed "Christmas in July", especially with Santa calling early, lots of chatting and laughter. Welcome to Paula who joined us today, we look forward to seeing you again.
I took photos of everybody receiving their Secret Santa gift (except myself of course!!!), what a great variety of gifts, its amazing what you can get for $5.00 when you really try.
The swap was a success, lots of ready made embellishments for us to use with our Christmas photos.
There is another swap for next month, a colour swap, which is neutrals, browns/beiges. Can you let us know if you want to join in, the closing day will be 16th August (just email us or post a comment on the blog), which gives us 2 weeks to get them done, at the moment there is 13!!!!!, being:
Helen, Shandelle, Kylie, Julie, Kate, Lorelle, Kerry, Rachelle, Petrina, Danielle, Sandra, Linda and Dilys.
Thanks again for a great day ladies, have a good week,
Linda & Dilys

Christmas in July - 24.07.09

2009-07-20T13:53:00.002+10:00
Hi ladies, just a reminder about Christmas in July on Sunday.
Swap - there is now 10 ladies in the swap, so for those participating, make 10 tags/journalling tags or the like.
A secret santa gift - to the value of $5.00 - not a scrapbooking item, to be wrapped and placed in the santa sack.
Christmas fare for afternoon tea, in keeping with the Christmas theme.
Santa hats would be good.
So hopefully see you all there.
Cheers
Linda

More Swap Details

2009-07-14T08:20:00.001+10:00
Hi Danielle is now joining the swap, so that makes nine. Ladies if anybody else is joining can you let us know by 17th, go give us all plenty of time, thanks at the moment, these are the ladies who are presently "swapping"
Helen Ross
Katie
Julie
Rachel
Linda
Dilys
Shandell
Sandra
Danielle

Cheers
Linda

Update on the swap

2009-07-09T08:13:00.001+10:00
Sandra has now joined in, so that makes 8 to make.
Thanks
Linda

Xmas in July Swap

2009-07-08T08:12:00.002+10:00
Hi ladies, here are the names for the Swap we are having at our Xmas in July afternoon.
You need to make 7 tags/journalling tag/embellishments, with a Christmas theme, one for each person on the list. Good luck and see you all in July,

Helen Ross
Katie
Julie
Rachel
Linda
Dilys
Shandell

If you wander to Shandell's blog, http://littlemissscrappy.blogspot.com, you can see an example of some she has done.

Cheers,
Linda

New Arrival

2009-07-03T21:48:00.001+10:00
I am sure we all saw the comment from Cathie and I am sure I can speak on behalf of the "simply crafty" ladies when I say good luck and we all look forward to seeing you and baby in September.

29 June 2009

2009-07-02T20:19:00.005+10:00
What a good way to end the 2009 financial year, a happy afternoon scrapping with friends and having a chat and a few laughs. Everybody seemed to enjoy the afternoon, Dilys and I certainly did.
A big thank you to Helen for demonstrating many ways to alter embellishments, a few there that were new to us, thank you so much Helen for giving us a differnt view on how to use our "stash".
An update on next month, it's Christmas in July (not June Petrina - LOL - there's one in every group!!!), so the whole afternoon will have a Christmas theme, so bring some Christmas pages to do, wear a silly santa hat, and some yummy Christmas food. There is also a secret santa, so bring a gift to the value of $5.00 - and just to make it that bit harder - not a scrapbook item.................!!. But lets face it we are all female, so that makes it a lot easier doesn't it.
Shandell has come up with the idea of having a swap, so if you want to join in, let us know, the swap will be of a Christmas theme, a Christmas tag, journal tag or along those lines, so put the thinking hats on ladies and let us know who will be participating as soon as possible. Shandell is to get back to me with the numbers so that we know how many tags or whatever we are to make. Look forward to hearing from you Shandelle.
About next year, we are going to organise dates for next year and hopefully you will all support the group as you have this year, dates will be given out as soon as we can get organised.
Have a good week ladies
Linda & Dilys
PS a few ladies were trying to work out days for the retreat next year and I checked and it is 16-18 April 2010.

Next afternoon of scrapping

2009-06-21T17:40:00.003+10:00
Hi ladies, just a reminder about next Sunday's scrapping. Helen is going to show us ways to alter embellishments, always good to know for those times when we can't find that "something" to match our pages. Please come along and join us for a crafty afternoon. Don't forget, if you have something (scrapbooking or papercraft related) to sell, bring it along and we will have a table set up for such things.
The theme for our meeting in July is "Christmas in July". Which will be all about Christmas. There will be a secret santa sack, so if everyone can bring a gift to the value of $5.00 - it doesn't have to be craft orientated, it could be hand cream, soaps etc. Afternoon tea will also be a Christmas theme.
Have a good week, and we look forward to seeing you all next week,
Bye for now
Linda and Dilys

24/5/09 Pictures

2009-05-26T20:08:00.006+10:00

Hi here are the gift bags that we made on Sunday.
I didn't take any photos of Tracey's pages as she is entering them into the Gin Gin show. Hope you had good luck with them, from what I could see, you could be a winner - also good luck to the children that Tracey teaches and who are entering the show.
Anyhow, that's it for now, have a good week, we may see some of you at the show in Brisbane over the long w/end, if not see you all next month.
Bye for now,
Linda and Dilys

Sunday 24/5/09

2009-05-24T21:01:00.004+10:00
We had another fun time today, we welcomed a new lady, Tracey, who said she enjoyed the day and would be back agina. It's always nice to welcome new ladies to the group, so if you know of anybody who would like to join us, please encourage them to come along.

Gayle showed us how to make a lovely gift bag, photos will be coming, I took them on my phone and at the moment it is recharging!!. The gift bag was great for gifts such as secret santas, with such things as soap and washer, lollies and the like, it would be ideal for a baby gift, holding soap, talc and the like. Gayle also showed us a gift voucher holder and birthday card. Thanks for that Gayle, also thanks for bringing all your stamps and punches for everyone to use.

Well ladies, thanks for coming along and making it a lovely "scrap and chat".

By the way, Shandelle found her staz on stamp, like everything we can't find, it's usually sitting there looking at us!

Look forwared to seeing you all next month, with lots of news about the papercraft expo in Brisbane, can't wait for that.............

BTW - check out the new look Kerry!!! You go girl!!!

Bye for now

Linda and Dilys

Hi ladies

2009-05-15T23:19:00.002+10:00
Last scrap meet, Shandell loaned out her Versamark Black Ink pad to somebody. She can't remember who to, and forgot to get it when she left. Could whoever borrowed it from her, bring it next scrap meet. Thanks a heap.
Dilys & I went to the Civic Centre tonight, saw a few scrappy friends, spent too much, but it is nice to support local events. I hope the expo was a success as no doubt a lot of work went into it.
See you next meet.
Linda

National Scrapbooking day

2009-05-02T22:50:00.002+10:00
Happy NSD to everyone, (bit late I know) according to UK Scrappers, that is today!
So, have a good one!
Linda & Dilys

24 May

2009-05-01T16:59:00.003+10:00
I have had a chat with Gayle and she will show us how to make a gift box and show us the scrapbooking kits that are new from Stampin Up, maybe even a card. She will then have packs that we can purchase.
Gayle asked me to invite you to the Stamping Up afternoon on Saturday the 16th May, at the Neighbourhood Centre, from 12 noon to 4.00pm. The cost is $20.00 and they will be doing a scrapbooking demonstration with the new kits from Stamping Up. I will forward the flyer with more information when I receive it.
Cheers,
have a good weekend
Dilys and Linda

Sunday 26th April 2009

2009-04-27T20:17:00.017+10:00

I don't know about everybody else, we had a great day, a few laughs and a lot chatting and scrapping went on. It's nice that a group of ladies with a common interest can get along so famously. Thank you ladies for making it a fun day.
Unfortunately Sandra had to leave early because of her arm, here's hoping you are feeling better Sandra, and happy birthday for the 6th!!!
There is another announcement for one of our ladies, but Shandelle has the honour of that announcement, so keep your eye out on Shandelle's blog!!!!
Welcome to another new member, Carolyn, good to see you and hopefully you will join us again.
Everone seemed to have been very busy and quite a few pages were done, I managed to remember my camera (but unfortunately forgot the sewing machine - Sorry Petrina).
I haven't put names to pages so that I don't get embarrassed (again) when I get them wrong. They are all beautiful pages, what talent we have in our small group.
Future get togethers:
After speaking to a few ladies, we have decided there will be a table set aside each month on which you can put unwanted items that you want to sell (scrapbooking items of course). Just bring it along, put it on the table showing your name and the price and hopefully for the sellers it will be a case of one man's trash being another man's treasure.
We are in the process of organising the following for the next few months:
May - a demonstration by Gayle of stamping up (to be confirmed)
June - a demonstration by Helen
July - Christmas in July.
We'll have more information just before the dates.
Have a good month, take care and thank you for your support.
Dilys and Linda

26th April 2009

2009-04-20T20:15:00.003+10:00
Hello ladies, we hope you all had a very happy Easter and spent time relaxing.
Hopefully you are ready for a day of scrapping and chatting and can join us on the 26th April, we look forward to seeing you there.
There has been a suggestion for another "garage sale", can we have your thoughts on this.
The retreat, as always, was great, lots of laughter, chatting, eating, drinking and of course, scrapping. There seemed to be a lot of pages getting done by everyone and I think the majority vote was that it was a huge success. I must say a big thank you to Geoff from out at Chaverim, I lost my ring and luckily he found it and took the time out to deliver it to me at work, thanks Geoff!
Well ladies, see you on the 26th,
Bye for now
Dilys and Linda

Sunday 22nd March

2009-03-23T20:11:00.008+10:00
Thank you to everyone that turned up on Sunday, it was great to see you all there, we can't get over the support we are getting, thank you so much. There was 17 of us on Sunday, WOW! Amazing what a bit of air conditioning can do...........LOL. Maybe it was the rumour about the pole dancer....she failed miserably - needs a lot of practice. We welcomed some new ladies and hope they enjoyed themselves and come again. We hope you all got heaps done and had a good day, we certainly did and look forward to next month. Thank you to everybody that helped set up and clear away, the help was certainly appreciated.

I have attached a photo of everybody busy busy.

Well, those that are going to the retreat we will see you there, and those that aren't we will see you on the 26th April (which is Anzac Day).

Bye for now,

Dilys and Linda

22 March

2009-03-18T08:10:00.001+10:00
I seem to have confused everybody with the times, sorry about that, the new times are 11.00 to 4.00pm, hope to see you there,
Linda

22/3/09

2009-03-15T17:57:00.003+10:00
Well ladies, not long to the 22nd and our next craft day. I don’t know about everybody else but it seems a long time since we all got together. I expect most of you have been to the Neighbourhood Centre before and know that there is parking at the back and also a back entrance (oh and did I mention that it is air-conditioned).
As this is our first get together in the Centre, could you please note the terms and conditions of use of the Centre that will be emailed to you (especially in relation to children under 15). For those of you who have no alternative but to bring children, please read the terms and conditions in relation to the areas that they are not allowed (they need to be in the room with you, under your supervision at all times).
Because we are starting earlier, please feel free to bring your lunch, there will be the usual afternoon tea donated by all, but if you can't hang out until then, bring your lunch,
Thanks and see you all on the 22nd

New Venue

2009-02-18T13:20:00.000+10:00
Hi, well everything is organized for the new venue, so the next Sunday Scrap Session will be on the 22nd March, 2009 at the Neighbourhood Centre, Targo Street, starting at 11.00 and going until 4.30. The room is downstairs and as I said before, there is parking at the rear of the building. Any questions, contact us. Hope to see you all there.
Thanks
Dilys & Linda

2009-02-16T16:52:00.001+10:00
Hello ladies, hope everybody had a lovely Valentine’s Day with lots of chocolates and flowers.
Dilys and I are looking for your feedback in regard to moving the meetings from St Pat’s Hall to the Neighbourhood Centre in Targo Street. It is a lovely room, air conditioned and the usual facilities (urn/fridge etc). The tables are trestle tables which are light to move, comfortable chairs and there is plenty of parking at the back of the Centre. Some of you may be familiar with the Centre, it is a nice airy room, not as big as the Hall, but enough room for our sessions and oh did I say it was air conditioned!!!!!.
Details – hours 10am – 4pm
Cost - $50.00 – this is $17.00 more than what we pay at St Pat’s, but it is for a longer time (i.e. 6 hours as opposed to 4 hours) and more comfortable and did I say air conditioned???? We should be able to cover the cost so long as there are at least 10 people there. If the numbers are less than that, we may have to all put in enough to pay for the rent (i.e. if 8 ladies are there, the cost would be $6.25).
The only drawback would be the days would have to change, they only have available the last (4th) Sunday in each month available up until the end of the year.
This would be the following dates:
March 22, April 24, May 24, June 28, July 26, August 23, September 27, October 25 and November 22. In regard to April, this means that the ladies that don’t go to the retreat don’t have to miss out on a meeting that month. We have not included December.
If we enjoy the rooms/facilities then we could always book out the next year straight up.
Could you let us have your feelings about this as soon as possible, preferable before the end of this week so that the room can be booked.
If you don’t want to move, then let us know, as we are a group, and need everybody’s input.
We will also email those that we have emails for.
Thanks ladies,
Linda

2009-02-13T20:23:00.004+10:00
Hi everybody. Thank you to those that came to the Hall on the 8th Feb. We had a good afternoon, everybody seemed to get lots done, but unfortunately no photographs were take (sorry about that). Will take heaps hopefully next time on the 8th March. We look forward to seeing you all then. Just to let you know that the price for the hire of the hall has "jumped" up, from $15.00 to $33.00. It won’t affect the monthly fee of $5.00 but just means that it will take a while for the kitty to grow and for us to buy more equipment.
On a more serious note about the bush fires down south, if you go to Petrina’s blog http://scrap-petrina-just-scrap.blogspot.com, you will see there is a way that the scrapbooking community can help out in a small way. So if you can help out, please do, if you can’t get to the Creative Artz Cottage or Petrina, you could bring them along on the 8th and we can organise to get them sent off. As you can see from Petrina’s blog, there are other ways we can all help out. I am sure all our thoughts are with everybody.
See you on the 8th March
Dilys & Linda

News of the Retreat

2009-02-05T13:54:00.003+10:00
Hi all, more information is coming in from Petrina and Cassie about the retreat, they will most likely give us more news on Sunday, but for those that can't wait, the link to the retreat blog is
http://istiaretreat.blogspot.com/
See you Sunday,
Linda

February 8th

2009-01-26T21:24:00.003+10:00
Hi all, just a reminder that Feb 8th is the next Sunday "craft" afternoon.

We are looking forward to seeing you all there, the more the merrier. Don't forget if you have any suggestions or ideas for "themes" etc., please let us know, we have a few up our sleeves for the coming months, but ideas would be good. Petrina and Cassie are organising a retreat at Chaverim in early April, and will give information on the 8th. We have been to every retreat and can highly recommend them, they are great, very relaxing and lots of scrapping, eating, drinking, and all that a women wants in a weekend away (except Sean Connery of course.......) but who needs him when we have scrapping!!!

Sunday 11 January 2009

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Well, we had a lovely afternoon, scrapping and chatting. Thank you ladies for coming along hopefully you all enjoyed the afternoon, I certainly did.
Sorry that Dilys wasn't there, but as always, family comes first, and hopefully all went well with Bob, and you were missed by all.
Firstly, a few thanks are in order - again thanks to Lorelle for the donation of the sewing machine, it was certainly put to work on Sunday and worked a treat, thanks to Katie and Kerry, for popping in to say hi, and to Petrina for the blog header.
Thanks also to Sandra for helping me set up and also to all the ladies that helped me pack up and stow everything away for me, it was certainly appreciated.
Now ShowTime, hopefully the photos I took turned out okay, Helen, I didn't get one of your afternoon's work, will have to rectify that next time.

A small bundle of joy had us all going ga ga, Danielle came with baby Zacharry, everybody had lots of cuddles, lovely to see them looking to happy and well.

Danielle receiving her special album that Lorelle made her for baby, good idea Lorelle

Kylie's lovely cuddles page

Sandra's page of her friend's engagement party

Lovely page from Shandelle with some scary dinosaurs, love the BG archaic papers

Donna's work in progress, good way to use lots of photos, obviously somebody is a bit of a biker boy at heart

Shana's daughter, having fun

Shana being industrious in finishing two pages in one afternoon

Lovely fishing page from Bev, can't see any fish though (nor beer!)

Last is one of my beautful grandchildren, trying so hard to look innocent.

Lovely pages ladies, we all had a busy afternoon, I don't think the photos do them justice, but practice makes perfect.

See you on 8th February,
By for now,

Linda

Happy New Year and Congratulations

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Well, 2009 is here and a Happy New Year to everybody.
Also, big congratulations to Danielle and Craig on the birth of their baby boy, Zacharry Craig - 7lb 1oz - who arrived on the 29th December 2008. Well done to you both, and good to hear all is going well. Maybe Danielle might pop in on the 11th to show off the new edition to their family.
See you on the 11th,
Bye, Linda and Dilys.

Welcome to "Simply Crafty"

2008-12-28T12:15:00.000+10:00
Welcome to our first post on our first blog which will be updated as our post-Christmas brain drain improves. We are slowly getting organised for our first get together on January 11th. We hope to see as many ladies as possible at the usual time of 12.30 at St Pat's Hall where the usual Sunday traditions will be continued with the help and support of all members, tea and coffee will be supplied as usual with afternoon tea supplied by all.

The first meeting of the year is complimentary, but please provide us with your name and contact details so that we have a record of membership and we can keep you updated with news and events as they are planned.

On the next meeting on 8th February 2009, the monthly cost will be $5.00.

New members will be charged $10.00 for their first visit ($5.00 membership and $5.00 monthly fee).

Looking forward to seeing you on the 11th,

Cheers,

Linda and Dilys.