A couple of years ago I started a craft club with my Womens Institute, we aim to meet once a month, at the moment there’s just a handful of us so we meet in each others houses. Usually we just take our own craft and sit and stitch (or knit) and chat, it’s a lovely social coupe of hours. Of course, being WI, we usually partake of tea and home made cake as well!!
Every few months someone volunteers to run a mini workshop, we’ve had quilting ones, felting, silk painting, and last week Hazel volunteered to do a flower arranging workshop.
We spent a lovely couple of hours learning how to make a small table decoration, with two candles and a supermarket bunch of flowers One thing we all noticed is that trying to buy flowers just after Valentines Day is not a good idea, there’s hardly any stock or choice. I ended up with some very pretty pink/cream roses, a bit more than I wanted to spend, but only a £1 more than lots of mediocre flowers. The foliage came from everyone’s gardens.
Craft Club is a great time to socialise, as usually at meetings there really isn’t that much time to chat. Hazel, as usual,had done some baking, so we had homemade scones and lemon cake, together with a cup of Yorkshire tea.
I was really pleased with my flowers, it made a lovely table decoration when my kids came round for tea this evening.
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What a pretty arrangement and a lovely way to spend an afternoon.
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Very pretty 😍
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Discovered the same thing about flowers after Valentine’s Day, but you all managed quite beautifully!
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It sounds like a fabulous way to spend a few hours. And you’ve made a lovely decoration!
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Beautiful flowers, they remind me very much of my wedding flowers. You did a great job.
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I’m rubbish at flower arranging – what a lovely centrepiece you made, I hope your kids appreciated it.
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Quite love, sounds like a wonderful club!
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Quite Lovely I meant 🙂
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It’s beautiful and I lovely all the greenery you’ve used too.
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How clever! I too am rubbish at flower arranging, a non-talent I inherited from my mum. I used to say that I ‘learnt’ floral art at the Ro Lawson School of Floral Art. Fortunately she always laughed! So I am admiring yours, and the company of women, such an important part of our lives.
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What a delightful afternoon, and a beautiful arrangement to take home. A great and talented group of ladies you have there!
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That’s a beautiful arrangement. It’s so nice to get together with others to do something crafty.
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