Christmas Party Classes 2015

Morning all, sorry this post didn't happen yesterday, my internet went down completely. I think it's safe to say that everyone enjoyed the Christmas party classes on Friday. Each of the three hour classes went by in a flash, so much so that we didn't get to even start the name badge project, so we're saving it for February.

Every year, our wonderful Rosemary makes the beautiful table decorations & every year she outdoes what she did the year before..........

There were lots of spot prizes as well as the main raffle prize, which contained over £150 of crafting goodies.............

It was won by Sandra Franklin, who attends the evening class. Congratulations Sandra!!

We still had the promotion tables, full of new goodies to tempt everyone............

The Starlights paints are still extremely popular...............

Lisa had decorated this Anna Marie Designs Merry Christmas wreath for herself - it is gorgeous - & the blank ones sold out at the class................

We were delighted to have a selection of the new Designs by Georgina chipboard products for sale...........

And of course, there were lots of our samples to provide inspiration for everyone........

We kept everyone busy for the first few hours, decorating their poinsettia toppers, with Starlights & Imagination Crafts' Alchemy Waxes............

 

   

And then it was time to eat.........................

There was LOTS of food................ :)

Once everyone had eaten their fill, it was time for a riotous party game in which assorted hats & wigs were worn & passed from person to person to music, with one person & a hat being eliminated each time the music stopped.............

Mavis' wig matches the robin on her sweater.......... :)

Doesn't Yvonne make a very cute elf??............

 

Caroline, you look fab-u-lous!!...............

- That wig matched Caroline's lovely apron perfectly - :)

We were all having so much fun, that we got hardly any photos of the finished card hangers...........

The ones we did manage to get a photo of looked great....................

Thank you very much to everyone who joined us on Friday & thank you for the gifts & cards, it really was very kind of you. 

As always, enormous thanks goes to Kate, Rosemary, Julie & Jo for all their hard work, you know we couldn't do it without you. Shout out to Jan, who unfortunately couldn't make it on Friday, we really missed you, honey. 

Thanks to Lisa's hubby, Paul, for all his help with setting up & then taking down at the end of the day. 

That's it for the 2015 classes. The year seems to have flown by. There's no January class, as the first Friday of the month is New Year's Day, so the first class of 2016 will be Friday, February 5. We'll be using new Hobby Art stamps, details will be announced in January. 

The new blog challenge is on the challenge page & I will be back tomorrow with my first post of December. Enjoy the rest of your weekend & & I hope all your Christmas preparations are going smoothly.

Kirsten