It has been a while since I last posted. I was busy working up in cottage country for the better part of this past week. Was hit with some of the snow they got, but was lucky enough to be south of Orillia by the time the worst of the storm hit on Friday.
This means that I made it to Provincial Annual on time. I had a fantastic week-end meeting new friends and learning new skills that I will be applying to my unit program planning. Last night we were entertained by the Drum Cafe. They were so much fun and we had lots of laughs and fun.Who knew that drumming could be so much fun!Category: Daily Happenings
So it has been a while since I last posted. I have been putting my new supplies to good use. I made a number of bookmarks last week-end towards my swaps for Provincial Annual coming up.
Tonight was Brownie Enrollment. The girls were so excited to say their promise in front of everyone. It was great. Have just about finished my skirt. I only have the bottom hem left to finish off. It is exciting that the skirt is definitely wearable and I learned so many thing during my classes. I have put together some of my ornaments from the Star Bright Kit and from the new Country Living kit. They are as nice as they look in the pictures and again they are quick to put together.What a nice week-end we are having. These beautiful fall days bring back fond memories of raking leaves into a pile to be able to jump into them when we were younger.
My skirt is almost complete. ;I will work on the lining this week and then next Saturday we will do the finishing. I had to take the skirt in at least one size this week, but it fits nicely now. The Toronto Sailing and Canoe Club Banquet was last night. It was a great chance to catch up with friends and we had a great dinner.Happy Halloween! There were some fantastic costumes out there tonight, but sadly we didn’t see very many children coming by to trick or treat. We could not have asked for nicer weather. It is hard to believe that we had snow only a couple of nights ago.
Tomorrow is my second last sewing class and hopefully we will be able to take my skirt in enough to fit properly as at this time it is about 2 sizes too big. Funny how following the pattern I end up with a bigger skirt than I had aimed to make. We got to see some beautiful new pictures of our little niece that my sister-in-law had professionally done. The photographer took some amazing shots, so now the big problem is narrowing down the ones we want to order (I would love to get a copy of all, but the wallet doesn’t agree with that!).It has been a busy week so far. Last night I went up to Barrie after work for a meeting to plan the summer program for Doe Lake Girl Guide Camp. We worked into the wee hours of the morning (1:30 am) getting ideas down on paper. It took us a few hours to get home since the snow was coming down straight at us along the 400. We pulled off at Bradford and then made our way over to Yonge to head the rest of the way home. It made for a very late night and quite the adventure.
Tonight was our Brownie Halloween Party! There were some very creative costumes. Another unit had invited us to join in their fun and the girls had a great time. We started off with a mummy wrap contest and then moved on to some science experiments and bobbing for apples. Sunday evening I managed to get a large portion of my skirt finished so it is giving me more time to do work on some of my other crafts.I am looking forward to my latest order from Stampin’ Up! to come in as I ordered an ornament kit, some great Christmas stamp sets, felt snowflakes and lots of paper and punches. Can’t wait to have fun with all of them. I am planning on making some garland with the snowflakes. I am also waiting for my calendar kit, so it will be fun to decorate a calendar for the coming year. It may even end up being one of my Christmas presents this year.
October 21, 2008 Well Fall is finally here and looks like we might even skip over it with these cool temperatures. Now is a good time to pull out all of the craft projects that were put aside during the warmer months and start tackling the projects again. I know I will be spending more time inside where it is warm, which is great because it means more time for crafting! October 19, 2008 Spent the morning at the Creativ Festival and got some great new ideas. It definitely put me in a creative mood. There were some beautiful things! Picked up a number of magazines which I will be reading through over the next couple of days to scan for more ideas. October 18, 2008 Today I had a crafty day. I started my day attending a sewing class and then this afternoon was my first demo and we had fun making some birthday theme cards. It is a beautiful fall day, the kind of days that make you enjoy the fall with the smell of leaves in the air! October 16, 2008 My starter kit arrived today so have been having fun creating some new cards, my husband even joined in the fun for a bit! October 15, 2008 Went for a nice evening stroll with my Brownie Group tonight to spot various forms of art in the community and play some neighbourhood bingo. It started to softly rain during the last half of the walk, but that didn’t dampen our spirits. We sang some songs and had a few laughs. October 13, 2008 What a fantastic Thanksgiving week-end. We couldn’t have asked for better weather and the tree colours were beautiful. We spent the week-end celebrating with family up in Kincardine. We definitely took advantage of the nice weather and spent as much time as possible outside in my parents yard. It was great to catch up with the family and we ate lots of great food.