Yesterday twenty-one lovely ladies headed out to the  Aspendale Gardens Community Centre  .  They spent the day making cards, chatting, laughing and generally getting covered in glitter.  It was all for a good cause – Hazel Hawke’s Research and Care Fund.

Table #1 hard at work

We raised just over $600 and lots of ladies went home with a prize  – all of which were generously donated by Stampin’ Up! demonstrators, Contours gym, friends and of course Stampin’ Up! themselves and their big box of goodies that they sent out.

Look at all those prizes!

I can’t go any further without thanking mum for her tireless work in the kitchen all day and making sure we were all fed and watered. She’ d also made a heap of her yummy slices and her friend Meg had sent up some gorgeous mini quiches and sausage rolls, which were the hit of the day!  She had two enthusiastic helpers in Ellie and Briannan who ran many messages to the nearby supermarket to get anything that we may have run short on (tomato sauce, anyone?).

Look what we made!

Everyone  made twelve cards and a box to keep them in. After settling into the projects, everyone was putting their own twist onto their cards to make them truly their own. I’d put an area aside down the back for glittering to try and contain it to one area, but we all know what glitter is like and everyone was suitably covered by the end of the day!

Forging a friendship at the glitter table

I love this photo of Veronica and Amy.  These two lovely ladies met for the first time on Sunday and when I came to glitter the table, they were chatting as if they had been friends for years!

I can’t thank everyone enough for all their love and support yesterday. I have been amazed, humbled and I am truly grateful for all the enthusiasm that was shown for the projects and cause yesterday.  I have more photos of the day and pictures of all the projects to share also. But they will have to wait, as tonight is going to be an early one for me as I don’t have anything more to organise/pack /write up!

Big, thankful hugs,

Michelle

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