Party Time!

Hello Everyone

Well we had a wonderful time at my annual Customer Thank You Party on Saturday. 28 lovely ladies came along for a few hours of crafting and cake. So as promised here are some photos of my displays and the party itself.

This year I hired a local church hall - my lovely husband Mike and I spent 2 hours turning it from it's regular incarnation as a nursery into a crafters paradise - well almost! LOL

Here is the main display area...

...and here is my demo table...

....I had a sign-up station for my upcoming 'Jolly in July' Christmas class - let me know if you want to come along...

...and I did a one-day-only product share and a raffle too - as well as Stampin' Up! prizes, two of my lovely class ladies, Jan & Rachel donated vouchers for their beauty salon businesses...

... this is my lovely sister Maria ready to give out goody packs and butterfly name pins - she was one of my three helpers for the day. She is a scientist not a crafter and did a much better job than I could have done organising the raffle money and pre-loved sale money. Thank you Maria...

 

...talking of helpers, I should also mention my lovely downline Nina, who helped everyone with their Big Shot make and takes and importantly took all these photos - without her I would have nothing to show you! And as I said DH Mike also worked hard - helping me with the set up - devising a complicated system for keeping paper table cloths on the little tables, which involved pegs and string LOL - and doing all the teas and coffees and LOTS of washing up. Bless him!...

....now I didn't take photos of the cakes, so unless Maria sends me some I will just have to tell you that I made Mini Carrot Cakes, delicious Granola Squares, Key Lime Cheesecake and Nina made melt-in-the-mouth brownies.

So here I am welcoming everyone - I did several demos during the party...

...here I am showing how to make clouds with a scallop circle mask...

...at exactly 11.30 Maria & I unveiled the pre-loved sales table, it was just as popular as last year - Mike looked out of the kitchen to see the excitement in progress...

... here I am demonstrating my beloved Big Shot LOL.....

...and here is one of the two make and take tables...

...there was viewing of the display boards - and yes I know I make too much, but that Big Shot has made me so creative - also many thanks to Teri Pocock for being such an inspiration at team training - and there are a few swaps there too...

... and there was glass glitter...

For those of my customers who didn't make it, I will be posting lots of the projects over upcoming weeks, (and months - I did make a lot LOL!). I will leave you with a final look at those projects....

I hope you have enjoyed your visit - thank you again to all the lovely ladies who came along and see you all soon.