VALENTINES CRAFT DAY

Join us for Valentines Craft Day
Monday Feb. 4th 12:00

 Ruffle XOXO Heart Wreath

$8

This is a fun wreath made of 120 felt circles

and a cute arrow. 

You will need 120 long sewing pins and

a glue gun.

 Ruffle "FOREVER" board

$7

Make this bright and fun heart board complete

with wings.  You will need a glue gun.

   Glitter LOVE burlap banner

$4

This rustic banner will sparkle. It is whitewashed 

and painted with glitter paint.  

 Beeswax Ornament Demonstration

Want to learn how to make these intricate beeswax

ornaments.  Come watch the process.  If you would like to

make one for yourself, then the cost will be $3 

CONTACT MICHELLE VANCE if  you have any questions. 

More Christmas

Who wouldn't want to come feast at these tables.

They were decorated with gorgeous printed placemats and plates from Home Goods, and gold chargers.  Each guest felt special. 

It was fun collecting and harvesting all the fresh evergreens from the community.  At little nip and tuck from bushes and trees.  They were tucked into an artificial evergreen wreath as the centerpiece.  Each sister who made bundt cakes finished the table off.

These are traditional Williamsburg Colonial Apple Trees, although they are made of all kinds of fruits.  You can buy the forms online but we decided to wing it and make our own.  Hubby made a squareish shape that tapered into a cone shape.  Then he used finishing nails and nailed them in all over the form.  This gave me a base to skewer the fresh fruit on.  I used grapes and sprigs of evergreen to tuck in the gaps.  The pineapple was the finishing touch.  These are super heavy but beautiful and fun to make.

This was our food serving table.  We feasted on  Virginia ham, Roasted Potatoes, French Green beans and bacon and homemade rolls.

This tree was decorated by handmade beeswax ornaments in a pattern called the Tree of Life.

  I ordered the beeswax in blocks from a honey farm in Iowa.  I melted the blocks in a double boiler until the wax was melted but not runny(make sure the pot is something you don't want to cook food in again) .  I sprayed Pam spray into a Springerdale cookie mold and then poured the melted beeswax into the mold.  It takes about 5-7 minutes to cool and start to harden.  You CAREFULLY lift the ornament out before it has completely hardened.  Use a bamboo skewer to make a hole in the top while the wax is still warm.  It look gorgeous when you have lights shining behind.  you can really see the detail.  

Each sister got a beeswax ornament wrapped in a little brown bakery bag and string. 

We draped the ceiling to give it more ambience.  

It was tied to the basketball hoop and then draped over the wire suspended from the volleyball poles.  

The sisters were surprised to walk in and see even the ceiling decorated. 

  

SisterHood of Sisters

 Our mens choir came to carol us. 

Do I really have to talk????? 

We were even blessed to hear Maureen's amazing gift of music.  What a treat. 

A Few Pictures from Christmas

 

Sorry there aren't more pictures here, but I really was bad at taking pictures at this event. I hope you all had fun that were there -it really was a special evening.

This is a Before...

Here's a "sort of " after...

The gym was transformed with a false ceiling, and beautiful table decorations

 

 

 

There were carolers and soloists...

 

 

One of the beautiful tables.  The main decorating item was bundt cakes made by...

 You!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tree decorated with the gorgeous wax ornaments, thanks Michelle!

The beverage table was even wonderful