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Hi Everybody
I hope you are all looking forward
to a fun filled Jubilee Weekend and I hope that the weather stays good for all
the street parties that are going on and for the Queen's Jubilee
concerts. I will tell you all about my special trip to see the Queen
later in this newsletter, but first I need to talk about tonight and
tomorrow.
First for tonight -
If there are any woodturners or
carvers amongst you - we still have a couple of places left for tonight
workshop dedicated to using the Jo Sonja's Paints and Mediums on your wood.
Vicki Nicholson will be teaching
such things as:
Smoked Marbling
Iridescent Crackling
and Tortoise shell
This picture is a
sample of Vicki's carving and use of Jo Sonja's. As you can see, Vicki
uses her paints and mediums to bring out the best in the wood - she does not
loose the beauty of the wood.
The original
is currently in the shop - come and take a look. It is gorgeous.
Vicki ran a
training day for some of the Woodturning and Carving Demonstrators and during
the day we discussed the problem of keeping the appeal for the turned wooden
piece with the younger market. It was felt that the use of colour &
faux finishes would make the modern bowls of more interest to this market.
So that is for
tonight - now for tomorrow!!
We have ONE place left on tomorrow
afternoons Glass Painting workshop.
It will be run from 1pm 'til 4pm and
will cost £25 per head (all materials and refreshments supplied).
Payment due at time of booking.
I have just spent a week training
with Vicki and I can assure you she is a stunning teacher. I
have learnt so much from her and I am looking forward to sharing it with
you all over the coming months. But we will not get her back here for a
long time - so make the most of this opportunity.
Now, let me get back to my visit to
the Palace - what a great day it was!!
For those of you that are not in
the know, I will refresh you - GC has retired from 42 long years providing a
service to the local Authority and, because of his length of service he was
asked to represent West Berkshire at the Queens Diamond Jubilee Garden
Party!!
And, of course, I had to force
myself to get dress up and go with him!!!
Well, the sun shone (probably
something to do with the posh umberella I brought!) and it was stonking hot -
so the dress was shown off to it best. Mind you GC was wilting in his
suit, shirt and tie.
It was so exciting walking through
the front door of the Palace with all the other invited guests, oh what a
beautiful place it is and the gardens are just gorgeous!!
We only saw the Queen from a distance,
but it was brilliant to be part of it - to be part of the atmosphere and
excitement. The Queen looked wonderful in an Apricot outfit. She
is so tiny but lovely.
Unfortunately we were not allowed
to take camera's in with us and we were not supposed to use our mobile
phones, so we left them all in the hotel - which meant we did not get a photo
of us in our finery until we got back the following day. But I
don't think we brushed up too badly.....
So now all is back to normal,
excitement over and a long weekend to look forward to. Remember that we
will not be open on Tuesday, 5th May (it is a bank holiday!) and also,
remember that the Promarker Class has been moved from this weekend to next
weekend (the 9th June) same time, same place.
Have a good weekend and
remember to get your name down for that glass painting workshop.
Lynn and the Girls.
  
Look at our beautiful new
roses. They are gorgeous.
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Friday, 1 June 2012
Newsletter - 1st June 2012
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