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BIRTHDAY WISHES  Birthday wishes this month go to: Helen & Janice

A.G.M. – 30 April 2024

Our thanks to the many sponsors who attended such as:
Liz Arbuckle - ASDA
Peter McGhee -Vaslan
Jan Taylor -Health & Happy
Claire Williamson - Cambuslang Community Council
Martin  Grant - Awards for All.

Thanks to the efforts of our Chair and Vice-Chair in obtaining funding through our various sponsors (allowing  our members to enjoy the crafting and gardening projects throughout the year) this has seen an increase in admin work for the Committee. Subsequently a Co-Treasurer has been appointed to assist in the day-to-day duties now involved.

Gardening Section

WE now have a ‘WhatsApp’ App for our Gabby Gardners so we can interact with fellow Members and volunteers allowing anyone on the App to share their gardening tips and experiences. The Sunday School children have a raised bed out at the front of the community hall grounds and we have captured some of their handiwork….

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

May 14^th - Flower arranging (back by popular request)

Our members had a lovely time at the Willows Tearoom in April as you can see….

Arrangements were made for some other members who could not attend to have their own afternoon tea at the centre.

BIRTHDAY WISHES  Birthday wishes this month go to: Fiona and Sandra.

Some of our finished artwork to celebrate Easter…………

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

April – 9^th - Afternoon Tea, Willow Tea Rooms, Sauchiehall St @ 2.15 p.m

April – 16^th - Committee Meeting.

April – 23^rd - A.G.M. – time to be confirmed.

‘Gardening Update’

Chatty Crafters have leased out 3 of their 4 raised beds so have 1 left which we propose to use for our members. VASLAN have awarded our community garden  £400 towards the upkeep/ maintenance of the grounds. Dave our gardening expert visited in March and showed some of our members how to work with small plants, etc..

CHATTY CRAFTERS NEWSLETTER March 2024 - Issue No. 13 website: www.chattycrafters.uk Sessions held every Tuesday afternoon, Eastfield Community Centre 1:30pm.

 

 

Welcome to Chatty Crafters monthly newsletter.  Our aim is to keep our members informed of up and coming events. THIS MONTH IS THE FIRST ANNIVERARY OF THE MAGAZINE AND SO WITH A NEW YEAR GOING FORWARD WE BRING A NEW LOOK TO THE MAGAZINE.

BIRTHDAY WISHES  Birthday wishes this month go to: Rena, Jean and Jane.

February was a quiet month but we did manage to hold a ‘marbling’ session… messy but fun.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

March – 13^th - Card Making workshop

April – 9^th - Afternoon Tea, Willow Tea Rooms, Sauchiehall St @ 2.15 p.m

April – 16^th - Committee Meeting.

April – 23^rd - A.G.M.  

 

‘Tip of the Month’

 Do you have some empty glass bottles at home that you don’t want to throw out as they are too nice?? 

Try washing off the old labels, dry off, then turn this…..

into this …..

Add/glue on some colourful stickers. Put some LED string lights inside. You now have a nice little night light – at little cost…… 

Garden update

We have been fortunate to receive some funding from VASLAN, one of our sponsors, which we hope will allow us to purchase a strimmer and hedge trimmer.

 

BIRTHDAY WISHES  Birthday wishes this month go to: Josie  and also  to Joan. No leap year birthdays this year.

Our Burns celebrations were well received and enjoyed by all who attended. We were treated to a lovely rendition of Addressing the Haggis by Lizzie Allan (somewhere under that beard) who put her heart and soul into it. This was followed by the serving of Potatoes & Leek soup. The ingredients were picked from our vegetable garden and proved to be very tasty. Tea and coffee was served along with traditional shortbread and biscuits donated by the Co-Op and displayed by some of our members above.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

February –

13^th February – Marbling Session

March –

Card Making workshop – date yet to be confirmed.

 

‘Tip of the Month’

Don’t shred or throw away those lovely Christmas cards. We would welcome them to recycle / reuse to make new cards.
They could then be sold at our Christmas fayre to help raise funds.

 

Community Garden 

With the onset of spring we look to our green-fingered volunteers to come along and tend the grounds, vegetable and herb sections also.

Without your assistance we would not have such a rich choice of vegetables, etc. Your time is much appreciated by all and a big THANK YOU to everyone.

REGARDING THE EASTFIELD COMMUNITY CENTRE'S THREAT FROM CLOSURE: 
The Eastfield Community Centre Management Committee take this opportunity to thank all of our supporters who are members of our community groups and those who submitted the on-line survey to the South Lanarkshire Council helping us to fight our corner. Very well done! The good news is that the centre will not be closing 1st April 2024 as we are in negotiations presently applying for an Community Asset Transfer. This will take perhaps several months to realise, and we ask you to continue using the centre to the full and maintain your unwavering support for this facility on your doorstep. Let us do our best to keep our community alive as we use this precious resource for our activities, groups and forging long lasting friendships.

Welcome to Chatty Crafters monthly newsletter. Our aim is to keep our members informed of  "up and coming" events.

Sessions held every Tuesday afternoon, Eastfield Community Centre

BIRTHDAY WISHES Lyn celebrates her birthday this month in January. This also happens to be the month of the birthday of our famous Rabbie Burns on the 25th which is celebrated by ways of a Burns’ Supper……. Information to follow

Welcome to Chatty Crafters monthly newsletter. Our aim is to keep our members informed of up and coming events.

Sessions held every Tuesday afternoon, Eastfield Community Centre

BIRTHDAY WISHES TO... Caroline, Marjory and Gordon who all celebrate their birthdays this month.

Forthcoming events -

December –                                              

5^th December – Xmas lunch, - 2pm:  The Parkville Hotel, Blantyre.

12^th December – Workshop for Xmas Table Decorations.

13^th Dec – Rat Pack singalong at Concert Hall 7.30 pm- please arrive outside around 7.00pm to collect tickets

2024 –We are pleased to welcome Health ‘n’ Happy in leading the following sessions: 16^th January - Stress Balls,

30^th January -  Body Boost Bingo

13^th February -  Marbelling Session.

GARDEN                                                      

Our thanks to Thomas at Community Payback who organised

a team to cut back branches and clear trees which gave the garden a much needed tidy up in readiness for winter,

 

 

Welcome to Chatty Crafters monthly newsletter. Our aim is to keep our members informed of up and coming events.

Sessions held every Tuesday afternoon, Eastfield Community Centre

BIRTHDAY WISHES Brian C celebrates his birthday this month in November.

Forthcoming events -

November –

18^th November – Christmas Fayre at Eastfield Community Centre.

11.30 a.m. – 3.30 p.m.

Please note, we have limited storage space at the Centre and therefore would ask that anyone wishing to donate any items for selling do so nearer the time.

21^st November – Health and Happy – Energy Saving Chat.

 

December –

5^th December – Christmas lunch – The Parkville Hotel, Blantyre.

12^th December – Workshop for Xmas Table Decorations.

13^th Dec – Rat Pack singalong at Concert Hall 7.30 pm- please arrive outside around 7.00pm to collect tickets

 

2024 – We are pleased to welcome Health ‘n’ Happy in leading the following sessions:

You can look forward to a variety of sessions in the New Year i.e.  16^th January - Stress Balls, 30^th January -  Body Boost Bingo and 13^th February -  Marbling Session.

Busy times ahead.               

Carol and Brian join in Chatty Crafters at the same time as the group at Eastfield, only whilst on a Mediterranean cruise.

 

Welcome to Chatty Crafters monthly newsletter. Our aim is to keep our members informed of up and coming events. For anyone interested, VASLAN (one of our sponsors) have a video on YouTube outlining what Chatty Crafters do at the Centre including input from our President/Vice-Chairperson, Carol Loch and Anne Crawford.

Sessions held every Tuesday afternoon, Eastfield Community Centre

BIRTHDAY WISHES Evelyn celebrates her birthday this month in October.

Community Garden.

Our wheat has now been harvested and arrangements are currently  being made with the other members of Camglen to bake with it. Our garden continues to flourish and as you can see our sweetcorn is ready for harvesting.

Our garden now….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to Chatty Crafters monthly newsletter. Our aim is to keep our members informed of up and coming events. August was a busy month for our club with in-house workshops for Button art, wreath making with our young friends from 6VT Youth Café in Edinburgh. We were treated to a lovely evening at The Theatre Royal, Glasgow, to enjoy the Musical of 42nd Street.

Selection of photos from the Flower Arranging / Wreath-making workshops.

 

Sessions held every Tuesday afternoon, Eastfield Community Centre

BIRTHDAY WISHES Mary and Linda celebrate their birthdays this month in September. Isabel will also celebrate her special birthday in September.

Community Garden.

Our garden continues to thrive thanks to our volunteers giving their time. We are harvesting our wheat and hope to grind into flour sometime soon. This is a joint venture with other members of Camglen and our aim is to bake some bread.   [Below are some of our produce so far]	Our garden now….
	Forthcoming events - Herb Garden     –           Date To be confirmed October 31st October - Pam’s Cumbrae Creations – [Picture painting an Ostrich]
We welcome any volunteers who can spare a few hours a week to help, even those of you who are not ‘green-fingered’ can help in pulling out weeds or even just brushing up around the site to keep the area nice and tidy thereby a joy to sit out in. How time flies….  we would appreciate any suggestions on how we can celebrate to mark the event.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to Chatty Crafters monthly newsletter. Our aim is to keep our members informed of up and coming events. On 11th July we had an in-house session doing button art overseen by our very own Anne Crawford, This was a huge success and a fun-filled time enjoyed by all.

A group of our members showing off their finished canvases…

Even one of our sponsors Liz from ASDA got into the swing of things..

Sessions held every Tuesday afternoon, Eastfield Community Centre

BIRTHDAY WISHES Margaret and June celebrated their birthdays this month in August.

Community Garden.

Our vegetables are sprouting well……… we will be harvesting our wheat and grinding it to flour sometime in August. This is a joint venture with other members of Camglen and our aim is to bake some bread.

Our garden now….

 

 

 

 

 

Congratulations to  our Muriel Fleming on her video with VASLAN for their volunteers week (who are one of our contributors) in which she gave an insight to what working in the garden meant to her wellbeing.

 

We welcome any volunteers who can spare a few hours a week to help, even those of you who are not ‘green-fingered’ can help in pulling out weeds or even just brushing up around the site to keep the area nice and tidy thereby a joy to sit out in.

 

CRAFTING WORKSHOPS

At some point in the month, Jane, will be bringing in sample books which have fabrics, beads, yarn etc – these are from Jane’s earlier college days doing Fabric & Design and hopefully will give us more crafting ideas.

Carol has now secured some old household keys and hopes to introduce our members to the art of making wind chimes – date to be confirmed.

 

Forthcoming events -

AUGUST

Tuesday 1^st – Flower Arranging – by Stems of Burnside

Tuesday 8^th – Chatty Crafters will be hosting a workshop of various crafts including knitting, card making and Wreath Making, to Members of 6VT Youth Café from Edinburgh supported by Community Rail Partnership and arranged with Suzie from Rail 74.

 

Tuesday 22^nd – The Musical of 42^nd Street  - Meeting outside Theatre Royal,

Just off Buchanan Street Bus Station,  at 7.00 pm

 

Herb Garden     –           Date To be confirmed

Pam’s Cumbrae Creations – Date to be confirmed