Tea for Ten, and Ten for Tea

Little cakes
Little tarts
Little cups of tea
Just enough for my friends
Just enough for me.

Let's meet at Tracy's
Thursday, March 4
7 pm

Please bring your teacup and saucer to swap
($10 limit, please)

We will be exchanging teacups
and then using them for our tea party.

A light sweet and savory menu will be served.

Please respond to the blog,
we hope to see everyone there.

FIVE is the word for July!

Hey ladies!

Are you ready for some scrappin'? This month is all about US. We are going to create a two page scrapbook spread (6x6) all about ourselves, and then we will copy them and distribute to each other and create our updated scrapbook of us. The theme this time is "Five Good Things".

Here's what you need to do:

1. Complete the following list of "fives":

Five things I love
Five things I can't leave the house without
Five things I could live without
Five things people don't know about me
Five places I have lived
Five things I still have yet to do
Five _____ (make your own)

2. Print these out in whatever font you choose, on any paper you desire. Remember they have to all fit on two 6 x 6 pages.

3. Gather some scrapbook papers, embellishments, adhesive, scissors, and other scrappin' stuff you need to complete your page.

4. Gather any photos you want (one about you is required) and any other words you want to write. Don't forget your name.

5. Bring it to our meeting.

We will meet on July 6, at Nola's house, at 7 pm. Please RSVP to her by July 3. If you can't make it this meeting you will need to complete the 2 pages on your own and get it to Cindy/Nola. We don't want anyone to be left out of our book.

Once all the pages are in, we will copy them or have them printed somewhere and distribute the following meeting.

Frequently asked questions-

What is the cost? Nothing for the pages we scrap, because we are all bringing our own stuff. If you don't have appropriate "stuff" call Nola and she'll help ya.

The pages we copy for each other will cost approximately $10-$15, depending on where we can find that can copy them cheaply. If we color copy them only one will fit per 8.5 x 11 page, and if we have them printed at Costco, a 12 x 12 is $2.99. If you have any lead on cheap color copies or prints, call Cindy.

What about the album? Everyone will need their own 6x6 album, but it won't be needed until the pages are all copied. Call Chrissy if you need one, she has a few extras.

If I forgot something, or you have other questions, leave a comment and we will answer them.

March on over!

Hey ladies,

Our March meeting is just around the corner. We will be meeting Tuesday, March 3 at 7pm at Nola's house. Please RSVP to the blog.

We will be making cute little things this time. First up will be covered buttons we will turn into adorable little pushpin/thumbtacks. They can also be used to make adorable flowers for use in scrapbooking by adding felt petals. Cute!

We will also be experimenting with personalized twill tape. Sounds weird, but useful for scrapbooking accents or even sew in labels for clothes. This uses iron on transfers and a ink jet printer, and everyone should be able to get a sheet of labels to play with.

All materials will be supplied - BUT - you need to RSVP with what you want your words to be. I did some "handmade by Cindy" to use as labels on knitting, some of my kids' names to use in scrapbooking, and the name of their schools and "Go Panthers". Just some examples to get your juices flowing. We will format them for you (they have to be reversed and printed on the transfers in advance) and you will trim them and iron them on. SO, that means please RSVP soon to give us time to do all the computer and printing work. If you have a particular font that you like, please specify. Or even "block" vs. "script". Whatever. Call or post a comment if you have questions, but beware that Cindy will be out of town Wednesday - Sunday and Emily will be the techie in charge.

Looking forward to crafty goodness!

The schedule

Oh girls, what a fun evening.
Thanks, Nola Mom for hosting and for the yummy popcorn. I'm going to try that tonight!

I've posted the schedule to the right. I did notice a mistake, however. Cindy volunteered to host projects like this (click here), but we neglected to get it on the schedule. What were we thinking?

July meeting... we missed you... and some group thoughts

Boy you guys missed out! We had stuff galore to trade. I, for one, came home with some killer cookbooks and a couch. Thanks, Cheri, for a fun evening and some great Jell-O cake. (And those couches, too! I can't wait for those silly boys to stop complaining about the heat and go pick 'em up!)

Anyway, we missed everybody who was unable to attend. We know that summertime is hard, but it is sad when our gatherings are small, as they have been here and there this year.

The folks who were at this week's meeting thought it was time to revisit some of our Good Things rules. We started Good Things because we wanted to create a group that got together monthly to share interests, share our lives and make some crafts and giggle. We never were a group to have too many rules, but we do have a few designed to keep the group fair for all who are involved.

We like people to participate by regularly attending and RSVPing and by hosting, volunteering a craft or by making a desert for one or two meetings a year.

RSVPs

• If you're the one planning the craft, it is great to know that a steady number will be there each month. That's one reason the blog was created. Please regularly use the blog or the phone to RSVP to the project or home coordinator.
• And, if something comes up at the last minute, please immediately let the project coordinator know you will not be attending. If your RSVP cancellation is last-minute and supplies have been purchased for you, it is your responsibility to reimburse the host for the money spent.

Participation and attendance

• If you're in the group now and your priorities and commitments have changed since you joined, that's OK. We understand. If you aren't able to do your part by hosting or working with a partner to coordinate a meeting one or two times a year, it is OK to step back from the group or take a break until you are more free to give your time to the group.
• The same goes for scheduling problems and busy schedules. If you aren't able to regularly attend, there won't be any hard feelings if you let us know the group just isn't working for you right now.

The bottom line is we want Good Things to be a loving, dedicated group of women who look forward to each month's meetings. I know I love Good Things and I want it to continue to grow and develop throughout the years. We've seen members come and go as lives have changed and people have grown in other areas. Change is always difficult, but it is a part of life.

The Night in Pictures

April 8 Meeting

I hope everybody had a good Easter. it seems like a million years since I've seen some of you. I miss all my Good Things friends! Good thing our next meeting will be here before we know it. :-)

Please let me know if you do or do not plan to attend the meeting at 7 p.m. April 8 at Tracy's house by April 1. I have to prepare supplies for you to create ultra cute scrapbook-like creations. I've included a glimpse of what I've got planned below. It should be a fun evening!...

You will need to bring scrapbook adhesive, sharp detail scissors and a small, small photo -- no bigger than 2 by 2. The rest of the supplies should cost under $5... I'm still working out the details.

RSVP by making a comment here. Thanks!

Egg-stra special time!

What a fun evening. I'm sad some of you didn't make it, but for those of us who did, we had an "egg-stra" special time learning how to create the Ukranian eggs. Kristen did a great job sharing her craft with us. Thanks Kristen for being our guest!

Here's what we did:

1. We ate! And we got to know our newest member, Elisha!


2. We met Kristen!






3. We sketched!







4. We used a "kiska" to put wax on our eggs in the design we sketched.








5. We melted the wax and wiped it away, leaving either the white of the egg shell or the dyed color we started with. (So ultra cool.)