Friday 22 May 2015

Caravans, Charity Tea Party, Clothes & More Friday 5!

Heading over to the linky party to join in with:

Firstly - over here in England we have another Bank Holiday Monday coming up so a long weekend - HURRAY!!  So as lots of teachers and students will be getting away, I came up with the idea of these little caravans - which will be part of a new activity I am currently working on for my TpT store.

Please feel free to use if they can be of any use to you - just remember to give a credit back to my store or this blog :)


I helped out this week with a wonderful charity garden party at a friend's house and the sun shone and it couldn't have gone better.  We raised over £300 for our two chosen charities and I think I came back with less than I took!

This photo shows part of the craft competition I introduced this year - where for £1 you could buy a pack (every pack was the same) - which contained some material, some bias binding, two buttons, a small zip and some embroidery thread - the objective was then to make an item which could be sold on the stall using some or all of the items (which could be combined with other things too) for £3.  Everyone who attended the garden party was given a voting slip where they put down the letter of the item they judged to be "best in show" and after three hours the votes were collated and I announced the winner - who received the princely sum of £5.  The competition raised over £25 for charity and everyone had fun making and judging so all in all a good success :)


I've recently been buying a few more very cheap but good quality second-hand clothes that will be useful for cutting up for the material and buttons/zips - thank goodness for table-top sales where everything is always £1 or under!!



I blogged about this yesterday - but we have been growing and finding out about carrots so if you want a freebie resource click on the button above to be taken to the blog page where you can get a copy :)



Finally, a bit of a shout out to the Celebrate the Small Things crew - who also post on a Friday - if you have something to celebrate you can let them know and they're such a supportive bunch you'll get lots of replies and comments :)  Thank you Lexa, Katie & L.G !
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My post for this will be going up tomorrow so see you then!

Now it's your turn to share some of the things you've been getting on with or let me know what you think about the craft competition I ran?  Or what are you doing this weekend?  Or any good charity shop or table top purchases recently?  I'd love to know :)

12 comments:

  1. We have a long holiday weekend, too. You probably know here in the states we'll be celebrating Memorial Day. Our plans at this time are to stick around the house. I want to grill hamburgers on my new grill (one reason to celebrate, eh?). The weather forecast looks nice, so it'll be an excellent time to do a little cooking out. Have a good weekend!

    #FlashbackFriday Campfire Memories

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    1. Have a super Memorial Day and I certainly think being able to cook outdoors is a great reason to celebrate and even more so on a new grill :)

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  2. I love your craft competition! And the fabric you found is great! We have a long weekend, too- thank GOODNESS! I am so ready for one. We are going to try to get lots of housework/garage work done. Not that exciting, but... at least there's time to do it! :) ENJOY!
    Carolyn

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    1. Yes housework is on the cards over here too but as you say having a longer weekend also allows time for more enjoyably pursuits too. Have a great Memorial Day weekend, Carolyn :)

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  3. LOVE the idea of the garden party, how clever, using the package to make something to sell. Nicely done!

    Sandy's Space

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    1. It was a real success and also lovely to see everyone's talent and the amazing creativity from the same set of items making so many different things :)

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  4. We are having our Memorial Day weekend here in the States. And my grandkids are out of school for the summer. Yesterday was their last day until sometime mid-August. Love your little campers. I always wanted to own one of those!!

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    1. I think that's why I wanted to create a little camper just for me as we never had one or even went camping or caravanning when I was young - not that I think I would be suited to that kind of holiday - a bit too keen on my home comforts!! But I do like the style and how everything is so compact within them. Have a lovely long weekend, Paula and say a big yippee to your grandkids for school being out!

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  5. Your craft competition sounds like it was a lot of fun, and successful, too. Enjoy the long weekend!

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    1. Seconded. Have a great weekend.

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    2. Yes I was pleased it was a success - it's nice to do something different!

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  6. That craft competition looks like a great idea. I remember seeing something similar where everyone got a garden gnome to decorate in any way they wanted and then they were auctioned off to raise money.

    I like your idea of buying second hand clothes to use for craft supplies. A cheap and easy way to get fabric. I keep on meaning to go through my drawers to see what I can use for getting to grips with my sewing machine.

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