In Palmerston North we enjoyed a lovely morning tea and then we were ‘at it’ again being creative with card making. From the various bits and pieces to hand it was incredible the array of fantastic cards that we produced, and how nice it is to give a card that has been made with care and thought. We certainly appear to be a talented bunch so I do hope you can join … Read More
We met at Birdwood’s Café in Havelock North with all their beautiful African arts and crafts for a delicious morning tea in the beautiful conservatory overlooking the gardens complete with huge sculptures. As pictured we certainly enjoyed our morning sharing stories and much laughter. In Palmerston North we gathered at the Cooperage Café armed with photos of ourselves in our younger years and attempted to match ‘who was who’ in … Read More
Rae Brown of the Cooperage Café joined us for a morning of great fun. Rae very generously made a huge batch of delicious chocolate cupcakes and was armed with an amazing array of nozzles, cutters and design tools to transform the butter icing into great creations. Mastering the bag full of icing to squirt on the cupcakes was no mean feat and a few of us were a bit wobbly … Read More
It’s official, winter is here! As I write I have the fire roaring as the lovely mild days we have been having now seem to be over and we have had a few cracking frosts. We have been lucky here in the Manawatu without much wind, so have been treated to a feast of glorious autumnal colours that the trees have been able to hang onto. We gathered at the … Read More
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Wishing you all a belated happy Mother’s Day. I do hope you had a lovely day with family and received a few treats! Here in Palmerston North, 480 women lined up for the Mother’s Day Fun Run, a mixture of walking and running 10km, raising just over $10.000! The great buzz and energy of the crowd was infectious and there were lots of super costumes with fantastic spot prizes won … Read More
It seems that we have been given our first taste of winter! Brrr the last few days have been rather chilly to say the least and I have dusted off my electric blanket. We gathered at the Cooperage Café armed with material, ribbons, buttons, lace and lots of creative thoughts for the ‘dressing’ of our Sweet Louise ‘chicks’. The chicks will adorn the track for the Mother’s Day 10k for … Read More
We had a special treat this month at Estelle Bennett’s beautiful home and garden where we were all very spoilt enjoying a delicious lunch of gourmet sandwiches, savouries and yummy raspberry and coconut slice. Estelle shared the history of her homestead and the renovations that have been done and we all strolled about her lovely gardens. We shared many stories and had many laughs with Carol and Harriet (as pictured) … Read More
Welcome to the New Year! The festive season is ‘done and dusted’ and we have almost zoomed through January with fabulous weather almost throughout the country. Hooray! We had some lovely Christmas luncheons in the Midcentral region. In New Plymouth we met at the lovely café,‘The Bach’ down on the breakwater, in Hawkes Bay we spent a balmy afternoon in a marquee in the beautiful sculpture garden of the Birdwood … Read More
It was flowers galore with sweet perfume filling the air at this months’ meeting. We had all raided our gardens giving us a beautiful array of roses, granny bonnets, various succulents and freesias to name a few to transform into beautiful creations. We also had a variety of ribbons and mesh to add a bit of pizzazz which did challenge my successful bow tying I have to say. After a … Read More