Dessert Evening

Despite being really late (after 11.00 pm) I wanted to share a couple of pictures of our Crafty Women's dessert evening. In my rush to grab the extra bits I needed to take along I forgot my camera and had to borrow someone elses, so I am lucky to have any photos to share.


I had set up 3 round tables and enough place settings for 6 at each table. I was thrilled to look around and see that they were all filled and then even more as we added 4 extra chairs when a few more ladies arrived. There were 22 of us in total - not bad for our first Christmas event!

We had a lovely mix of ages as well as a few new guests that hadn't been before and even one or two who were just visiting family and had come along for the fun.

After eating our fill of all the yummy desserts everyone had brought along to share we played a gift game. Everyone picked a number and took a turn at either opening a gift or taking someone elses gift. Each gift could only be 'snatched' twice and once a gift was 'snatched away' from the owner they could then open another gift so that everyone left with a gift.

Of course the best number to have is the last number because then you can have your pick of ALL the gifts that have been opened. This game is only fun if people 'snatch' the gifts they like the look of when they take their turn.

We all had a great time and the turn out was very encouraging as we head into the New Year and an exciting new programme of classes and events. The more members (and support) we have the more we are able to do, including some of the outreach I'd like for us to do to help others.

All in all it was worth the hard work and extra effort it took to put it all together. Now that my absolute last engagement of the season is over I can concentrate on getting my baked goodies and last minute gifts made.