WELL, WELL yes we brought a WELL

Girls i have something exciting to tell you.

You know how we were trying to raise enough to buy a rickshaw or two at the last workshop - well we raised more than that. So instead of being able to just help out one or two families I opted for a whole community..

Just waiting for paperwork to arrive but we purchased a WHOLE WELL for a community in India. We even got a little plaque on a wall nearby to tell them we care.

I asked them to write the following;

"MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS"

Crop 4 A Cause Ladies

Geelong July 2009

I know to many of you it may not feel like you actually did or gave much, but together we can truly make a difference and you can not underestimate the value of your part in this.
Thank you so much to all of you who were part of this past workshop.


WHAT's NEXT;
Things as you know have been a bit busy with work and so i haven't organised another workshop as yet for between now and Christmas - though the Christmas one is fully locked in - 12th December up in the Church function room (numbers will be limited to 90) - will give you further details as I get them on this.
If you are interested in just having a couple of get together crops (no kits - just come and scrap - minimum cost) - money will be put towards the Christmas Workshop - leave a comment under this. I will keep checking and if we have enough responses i will arrange another one. If you have other suggestions - feel free to leave those comments too.

Hope to catch up with you all soon
Mel

For those of you wondering where the registration form is. You can now download it from here.

On the day you will receive a copy of the new Kaisercraft Magazine which includes many projects and layouts. Therefore we are going to offer you one kit of your choice at a reduced price. You can only order ONE kit This kit WILL NOT be for sale on the day so if you are interested you do need to pay up front.

This kit is an ADDITIONAL $20 - though product included adds up to $35
You will get 6 sheets of paper from chosen range, and the following to match
- Diecuts
- Black and White Rubons
- Coloured Rubons
- Chipboard Alphas
- Alpha Stickers (choice of Boy or Girl for Child's Play)
and A5 folder to keep it in.

There will be all other products for sale on the day such as embroidered badges, brads and clear acrylic stamps if you wish.

Payment and notification of which collection you would like needs to be made prior to Sunday night. You can email me details if you wish.

PLEASE NOTE - Sunay is cut off and this offer is not available after that date.

thanks

mel

Workshop Update

Just letting you know we have approx 15 places left for the July 11th Workshop.
If you know of someone who hasn't yet put their name down please get them to get in touch with me as soon as possible.
Will email all confirmation out by the end of the week with final details of the crop.
If you have any queries email me at davmelk@dodo.com.au
For those of you who have only given me your names please deposit money as soon as possible reserved spots will only go to those who have paid.

Registrations Filling Fast

51 places filled,
only 29 places left
Still working out costs for additional kits but make sure you get your name down if you don't want to miss out
Mel

Don't Miss Out

OMGosh
Can't believe how fast you girls have been putting your names down.
To avoid disappointment - get your names and money to me asap.
I checked my emails and bank account tonight and started a list thinking maybe a few of you might have paid and golly gosh - we have already filled up half the workshop.
I have 40 names and only 40 spots left to fill
Thanks for all the support.
More details will follow shortly (still waiting on some details and been a bit busy - soorrrry) but just wanted to let you all know how the registrations are going.
Its going to be so nice to be up in the function room - its freezing here today and know it will be noice and warm
Looking forward to catching up with you all
mel

Christmas in July - Workshop

Hi Ladies
Registration forms still haven't been made up because I am still awaiting confirmation from Loraine but are still hopeful that she will come down for the day. So some final details are still being organised
BUT
you can put your names down for the next crop by emailing me at davmelk@dodo.com.au and depositing $35 into the normal bank account or cash to myself - which is the cost of the scrap and chat option.

Details: Saturday 11th July
Time: 10am - 10pm
Where: Barrabool Hills Community Function Room (its finished - the view is gorgeous)
$35 - Scrap and Chat
There will be the option to purchase your choice of one of the new kits but this is one of the details we are still working through. It may just be that I have them there on the day to sell.

Therefore if you are planning on coming please let me know as soon as possible now and when i have your payment I will send out a formal registration form but I know many of you are worrying about missing out on a place so if you want to pay the $35 I can get your place confirmed and we will sort the rest out later.

Being up at the church in the new function centre I would probably prefer people to bring along projects to do that require NO paint as there is no paint allowed in the room - I hope this isn't going to cause too much problems
Also you will need to prepurchase anything that is not inthe new releases with exception of pearls and rhinestones etc as there won't be a shop as such.

Just for those of you who were disappointed they never won the cricut last time - I am pretty sure I have got another one lined up for this workshop - so you can have another try.

More details to come - but if you want to pre-register and prepay - now is the time
I am only booking 80 places first and then will see how I can set it up to fit more later.

any questions let me know
Mel

C4AC Workshop - What a Day !!!! and some sad news.

It was great to see the place packed and everyone having so much fun. We managed to raise over $2000 for the lady (Linda and her family) we were supporting. Thank you soooooooo much to you all for making the day the success it was. Along with the highs there were a few lows. As mentioned at the crop Mr Kennedy wasn't doing too good so we really appreciated Carolyn stil coming in and working, so we could have the outlet shop open during the day/night especially knowing her dad was so unwell. Just to let you all know too, that Stan Kennedy passed away this morning. You may not realise but he came along to every workshop and totally supported what we were doing and if he wasn't in hospital he would have been down at some stage to show his support again . He is someone who we are all going to sadly miss but the world is so much richer for him being here. For those of you who pray and even those of you who don't please keep us all; David (my hubby), Carolyn, Linda, Mal(his brother and sisters) and Margaret (mum and wife)in your thoughts and of course us other halves and the kids.
So now that you know the reason why these photos are a bit delayed on getting uploaded here they are finally for you to enjoy and have a giggle at once more..

Well as I mentioned it was a fullhouse.

Scrap Your Bra - one of the competitions we ran - this one belonged to Diane Rowe - wish i had a better photo but she literally scrapped the photos onto the bra and all around the back band .

We had mega fantastic, wonderful, great prizes during the day - Cricut, Zutter, Crop o Diles
and tooooooo many others to mention. Thank you so much Raqual (Chandon Craft), Marisa (Create on Garden ) for helping out with the donations.
Cindy Bishop (who by the way came all the way down from Queensland just for the day) - won the cricut amongst other things - sure hope she brought a HUGE suitcase.... thank you sooo much for making that huge effort but it was so lovely to meet you. See you again in June when I come up.

Julie and Leanne

And this is the bra that had the highest total votes - Cindy Bishop (QLD)

Again thanks Cindy for coming down. 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize getters got gift vouchers from Bras and Things. Something little to replace those ones that they scrapped up.

Amongst all those women we had a loyal supporter - Simon Davies who says he is not a scrapper but you can see for yourself and be the judge of that - he even has his own blog so you can go here and check out what he has been up to. Thanks for coming Simon.

And as I took just way too many photos to post them all, here are a few collages that gives you a closer look at what we got up to on the day. These are only some of the entries for the BTP, Card and Layout challenges. Congratulations to the winners but a huge thank you to you all for the effort you all put in to make these gorgeous creations. It is you guys that have made the day such a success by being involved and taking part but most of all having fun. I loved all your work and I have taken away soooo many ideas. If you have taken some photos that you think we could share with everyone please feel free to email them to me at davmelk@dodo.com.au and i can post them up for you.

The "hooters" parade - this was a great laugh. OMG some of these bras would have taken a week, longer than scrapping an album. Others had a bit of a personal challenge to completing them as the breast cancer issue was close to them.

We have raised over $2000 so far with more to come. Thank you again Raqual for all your help, donations, encouragement. Without you it wouldn't have been half the success it was. Also thanks to everyone who pitched in and helped set and clean up too. It sure makes the job that much easier when you aren't the only one doing it. You are little angels in disguise.

Thank you again to you all for your efforts in creating these bras- these are simply gorgeous and so much work has gone into making these. Hmmmm now to think what we can do for the next one in July.

Dont forget we have a mini crop this Friday night - 8th May (6.30 - 10.30)

- $5 at the outlet again. If interested leave your name with one of the girls at the Outlet

All money will be going again toward supporting this local lady and her family in Geelong.