JANUARY 2017
MADGES CREATIONS
Hi All,
I decided that as we are now almost through January I had better get my
act together and send out our newsletter.
I do hope you all had a
wonderful Christmas and New Year with your family and friends – for most of us
I think the weather was not our usual ‘hot summer sun’ days – however being
with family and special friends it really doesn’t matter what the weather is
like. To those of you who found 2016 a bit of a challenge with life and health
I do hope that 2017 will bring you improved health, no stress, and lots of fun
times.
Some of you know that we have one of our grandsons living with us as
his mum lives overseas and he attends Uni here. Keith and I thought it would be
a nice ‘gift’ to both him and his mum if we sent him over to spend Christmas
with her. So for several weeks prior to Christmas each time I spoke with her on
skype etc I tried to get information as
to when she had holidays and if she was working over Christmas or going away
etc without letting her know that he was coming. So – we ‘invented’ a young
lady and called her ‘Jan’ telling our daughter that ‘Jan’ was coming to Dubai
and would she be able to stay with her for a day or two. Our daughter was
delighted to put up a New Zealander for a few days and agreed to meet her at
the airport (at 5.30am!!).
What a surprise she got when she was standing there with a card that
read “Jan” and Lucas walked up and said “Hi Mum, Merry Christmas”!!! she was
SOOOOOOOOO surprised and we were all so
happy that we had managed to keep the secret for so long. They had a wonderful
3 weeks together.
Keith and I went out to our granddaughters place for Christmas day and
they put on a wonderful bbq for us and we sat outside and watch the little ones
play and just relaxed and enjoyed everyone’s’ company. It was sooo nice (and I
did not have to do a thing!!!).
It was also a special time for me over Christmas as I had the privilege
of having Flo here for about 10 days. She spent Christmas day and New Year Day
with her family and then came back and spent just over a week here with
us.
Then, one of our exchange students, who stayed with us 6 years ago,
came back to New Zealand and stayed a few days with us as she travelled around
to see some of the places that she did not get to see when she was here as a
student. It is so nice to have students at 16 and 17 years old as they attend
our schools and then see them again 6 years later all grown up!!!
Cont:/
Right – on the crafting front – I have been busy almost ‘living’ in the
craft room and creating all sorts of lovely items (great as Flo was here).
I thought that I would give you all a little break though January and
let you get over Christmas and get schooling all sorted before we began again.
I know it is a very busy time for a lot of you. SO, now is the time to start
creating again and our classes will begin in February on the following dates:
Tuesday 7th February 10.30am
Wednesday 8th February 6.45pm
Thursday 9th February 1.30pm
and again at 6.45pm
Saturday 11th February 10.30am
and again at 1.30pm
As a number of us now own (or are interested in owning) Cricuts, please
let me know if you are interested in doing a “Cricut Time” on a Saturday or Sunday on a regular basis. This
would be where you could bring along your Cricut and laptop, work on your own
projects and/or learn & share with others here. Of course there are
purchased SVG files that cannot be ‘shared’ , however when you see something
that someone has done you may like to purchase it – sometimes it is seeing
something finished that encourages you to want to make it yourself. For those new to Cricut we can share
information like how to purchase files, how to up-load them, how to size them
etc and of course making sure we all know how to save them so we don’t loose
them!! For those who are more advanced
it will be great to share more advanced info.
ANYWAY – do let me know if you are interested.
And as always – please let me know which class you will be coming to so
I have enough packs ready. Don’t forget, you can always bring a friend.
This year I have decided to keep the cost of the classes to $5.00 per
pack for Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday
classes and $10 for Thursday classes.
I am still happy to purchase any dies / stamps / cardstock / craft items
/ cut images etc, you may like. (Items ordered this year will need to be paid
for at the time of ordering)
DO NOT MISS THIS
EXCITING FUN DAY OUT!!!
GIRLS SHEDS!!
SUNDAY 19TH FEBRUARY
2017
This is run as a Rotary Club of Takaro Project – guaranteed to be a
great day!!
Read on……….
Tickets can be purchased from: PN I-Site, Caltex Energy Centre (Tremain
Ave), Capers Café, and Bernina Sewing Centre (pays to take cash – those some
have ‘cash-out’ facilities.
The tickets are $30 and INCLUDES
lunch!! How is that for great value!
SO – get your
tickets - grab a map, fill a car with your besties and head out for the day to
see what the Girls of Palmy and
surrounding areas are doing in their special spaces.
The ‘Girls Sheds” will be open from 9am – 4.30pm.
Enjoy!!
Well I am going back to doing some crafting for the day as it has just
started pouring down with rain again!! Good time for crafting.
I look forward to seeing those of you who come to classes and to
hearing from those of you who are a little distance away.
Well the rain is certainly pelting down now so am off for a cup of tea
before crafting for the afternoon.
Happy Crafting to you all,
Madge
Madge’s Creations.
Madgescreations.blogspot.co.nz
(If any of you who are a distance away and would like info on doing a
‘Girls Sheds” in your area do give me a call/email, and I can pass on details
to you.)
