CHINESE BRUSH ART

Come along to our monthly meeting tomorrow (Tuesday 14th April ) at 7.30pm to hear Lisa Class talk about Chinese Brush Art

Here are some examples of her work:

If you want to see more of Lisa's beautiful paintings, go to her website:


http://www.lisaclass.co.uk





Also don't forget the competition to bring in an unusual Chinese item.

See you there!

A FUN EVENING

Last night we enjoyed a really fun evening with Clair Jackson of http://www.clairjackson.co.uk

It was a very friendly, informal evening with Clair answering our questions and dealing with our make-up problems followed by a demonstration on one of us highlighting some of the points we had been talking about.

Clair is obviously a very talented lady and it was great to have no sales pitch for any particular range of products, just useful specific information.   I think we were all inspired to try her suggestions. An interesting and informative evening.


Thanks to everyone who helped last night, especially our tea/coffee ladies and Sonia who washed up ……. again!

MAKE-UP DEMO & WORKSHOP

Make up Demo and Workshop

Wednesday 25^th March

 7.30pm

At New Road Area Community Centre, (Richard Newton Hall)  Teignmouth

Teignmouth WI have great pleasure in welcoming Clair Jackson who will present a Make-up Demo and Workshop for our members and their guests.

Clair has 25 years experience working in photographic make up, photo shoots and at prestigious events such as Clothes Show Live, Salon International working alongside Toni & Guy

Everyone welcome

£3.00

( pay at door)

Dinner at the Colosseum

About fourteen of us enjoyed a great meal at the Colosseum in Teignmouth last night.  Excellent company, delicious food and wicked desserts - what more could you want?

Our next meal out is on 23rd April at the Dairy Maid so do come along and have a good chat and a laugh.  

Spring Meeting

Last night's talk from Jill Fade was absolutely fascinating on how to crystallise Edible Flowers.  Jill told us a bit about herself and how she came to set up her business Meadowsweet Flowers.

She then demonstrated exactly how to crystallise a flower which she made look very easy!

She then went through which flowers can and can't be used and showed us applications for using the finished flowers.

A most instructive and interesting talk so a big Thank you to Jill.

Our competition last night was "A posy of spring flowers"  and the competition table looked so fresh and smelled so sweet that it felt like Spring had actually arrived!

Winners of the competition were Frances, Pam and Mary but I think it was a difficult choice!

Crystallising Edible Flowers

On Tuesday 10th March at 7.30pm, we are very pleased to welcome Jill Fade from Meadowsweet Flowers who is coming to talk to us about crystallising edible flowers.

At Meadowsweet Flowers they create beautiful edible crystallised flowers on the farm in Devon.  All the flowers are grown without the use of chemicals or pesticide sprays and their wide selection of unique crystallised flowers are in great demand to be used as decorations for special events and occasions.  They also produce Belgian chocolates, each individually decorated with a crystallised flower which make delightful gifts and are perfect for dinner parties and wedding favours.

If you want to know more about Jill and her fabulous flowers, go to http://www.meadowsweetflowers.co.uk

We are really looking forward to this talk and demonstration, so see you there.

Soup & a Crust AND a Pancake

We had a great lunch today with a crowd filling the hall to enjoy a bowl of soup & a roll with a Pancake for Shrove Tuesday.  After lunch, we held an Auction of goods to raise money for funds.

A MAGIC EVENING!

We all enjoyed our evening of Magic and Sleight of Hand with Zac Stone.  It was certainly a meeting with a difference and Zak had us in fits of laughter and wide-eyed with amazement at his fantastic tricks.

Zac took us through a brief History of Magic and illustrated some tricks - see pix below

The string trick

Cup and balls

An absolutely wonderful evening's entertainment - Thank you Zak

Transformation of balls into fruit & veg!!

MAGIC EVENING - Tuesday 10th February

Don't forget our next meeting is a Magic meeting with magic/sleight of hand from Zac Stone and a competition to bake three magic moment biscuits.

Zac is a former British champion of close-up magic and it is sure to be an evening with a difference!

See you there!

Message from Jasmine

Received this message today from Jasmine for all those who are interested in following up the talk

Dear Sue

What a pleasure to meet you all in Teignmouth last week. What a friendly group. Growing too which is super news.

Tell your ladies I am free tomorrow and Thursday this week due to this postponement, with only a few days free until Easter now, so if they wish to book a Space Review or Work Session to call me on the land line or mobile quickly as first come first served!

Regards

Jasmine

Time to Sort Things Out

Last night at the monthly meeting Jasmine Sleigh of Change Your Space came to talk to us about Adventures in Sorting with useful tips on how to get started on de-cluttering your home.

Jasmine also told us about her rather unusual job as a professional organiser and related how she got started.  If you'd like to know a bit more about Jasmine and the services she offers, go to her website http://www.changeyourspace.co.uk.   The website also offers free articles and tips.

It was a talk with a difference and one that certainly got us thinking about how we could organise our spaces more efficiently.

The competition produced some very imaginative ways to recycle items and was won by Sandra with a recycled Christmas card bowl.

It was a very well attended meeting with lots of visitors so we look forward to seeing you all again next month with your Magic Moments biscuits!

Time to De-clutter your Home

We are happy to welcome Jasmine Sleigh from Change Your Space who is coming to talk to us on Tuesday 13th January at 7.30pm. 

To quote Jasmine:

" You deserve a home that is a comfortable and spacious sanctuary.  Around and easy to locate are belongings that are personally valuable or useful.  Yet nearly one third of the average home is actually blocked up with items athat are no longer required.  Frustration can set in as about 15 minutes a day is lost trying to find important belongings that have been mislaid behind these less vital items. 

My talk gives tips on how to efficiently reset your space so that you can enjoy your home stress free."

Sound like a good New Year Resolution and a useful & interesting talk.  See you there!

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Wishing all our members best wishes for the New Year.   We have a busy year organised for you - see Future Events page on this blog.

Things to remember:

·       Next meeting Tues 13^th January at 7.30pm – Adventures in Sorting – de-clutter for the New Year – Jasmine Sleigh

·       Competition: A home-made recycled item (useful or decorative)

·       Craft/Social Club – 8^th, 15^th 22^nd & 29^th January – 2pm

·       Weds 28^th January – lunch at Rio Grande, Newton Abbot

·       Auction –Tues 17^th February – bring in goods to sell to the  January meeting  – 50% goes to you; 50% to TWI

Subs are due at our January meeting - £36. 00 annual subscription - please make cheques out to Higher Teignmouth WI.