17th July

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

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

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

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

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

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

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