GREAT NEWS!!!!

Great News!...

I was in East York WAl-MART and they are setting up an area in the craft area for bolted fabrics and a cutting table. YEA!!!!




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Christmas in July!

Molly is enjoying her Summer!
and we're getting ready for Christmas!

Yes...that's right! We will start our first Christmas planning meeting on July 6th, at 9:00 am, and the magic begins! If you have been thinking of joining us, this is the perfect time. Everyone is welcome. July meetings will be discussing what we will be creating and changes needed and how to make our bazaar better.

At this meeting, we are to bring ideas for craft projects. Many of which can be found in craft books or magazines, at craft stores and many ideas are on-line. Books are in in craft room for your use also. If you need help for ideas, ask another crafter to work with you.

We also have lots of crafts donated by Trinity UM church. Many of these items will need "tweaking" to make them an eye catcher for our bazaar. (A dap of this, a touch of that).

For those of you who would like to join and have questions, just ask a crafter! We are a group of approximately 12 christian inspired women, who meet weekly and have a wonderful time. Read our Mission Statement in the left column of this blog. We start each meeting in a circle of prayer and have a short business meeting and start crafting . Our meetings are every Wednesday from 9:00 am to noon. If you can not make it every Wednesday, join us when you can. If you do not feel you can craft, we will show you that you can, with loving, guiding hands. We share love and laughter and have a wonderful time when we craft. Sometimes, we are even surprised of the wonderful items that we create!

We hope to see new faces in July! God is with you always...have a wonderful Summer!...as you can see, Molly is!


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Thanks for Supporting our Spring Bazaaar!

Birds in the Bush!
As you know, Molly always likes to be included
in the blog postings. Here she is on her window
seat at the bedroom window, which looks out
onto the neighbors bush, which is a wonderful haven for the birds.
On this early Spring day, is was fully adorned with wrens, to
Molly's delight!

Enjoying shopping for some
ribbon necklaces.

Aileen and Pastor JP.

The boys are on break.

A Super Dedicated Kitchen Helper!

Carole making sure everyone is taken care of.

The room is filled with an array of crafts and people.

An assortment of our homemade jams

Chickens, and bunnies, and more...oh my!

A table filled with floral arrangements.

Jerry...what would we do without him?

and his lovely wife, Ruth:
helping arrange the candy counter.

A huge Thank You to all our Bethany Bakers...
For the first time, we did not have to go home
after the end of the first day and have to bake more!

I had 2 pictures of Khris in the kitchen welding a rolling pin over Jim's head but unfortunately in my excitement to get the shots, I moved and they came out too fuzzy. Without their help and expertize, we would not have raised the monies that we did. Everyone loved the All You Can Eat Breakfast Buffet and our luncheon. We had a choice of 4 very special soups. Boy! can they ever cook!

Also A Big Thank You to our President, Carolyn Weidemann, she put her organizing talents to work. She worked up a schedule and we all knew what we were to do. Great organization!

Each time we have a bazaar, we enjoy it more and always enjoy talking to our friends and making new friends. It's a wonderful opportunity to witness for our Lord and Bethany!

We will be taking off for a much needed rest until August, and then we will have a planning meeting for our Christmas Bazaar. If you have been thinking of joining us, we would love to have you! It's an oportunity to get out of the house and enjoy laughter and christian fellowship.

We raised over $2,300. With that, we will be purchasing a new refrigerator (much needed), helping to support the Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets with a gift of $500, and the balance given to our Safe Access Fund.

Thank you to everyone and may the Lord Bless you with a wonderful Summer!





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Spring Tea and Easter Bazaar!

After our last big snow,
Molly was on her window seat,
when a red wren, flew onto the
outside screen on the window!
She was beside herself with excitement!

A Sampling of "Cake Pops"
the NEWEST bakery sensation!
Created by Dee...We will have them
at our bazaar!

Easter Bonnet Bunnies
handcrafted by Dee

Daffodil Chimes
Handcrafted by Dee

Spring Floral Basket
handcrafted by Dee


"Miss Molly" Bunny
Handcrafted by Dee and Betty

Spring Topiary
handcrafted by Betty

Indoor Bird houses
handcrafted by Dee and Betty

Small Spring Floral Pots
Handcrafted by the Imagineers

Strawberry Wreath
Handcrafted by Khris

Spring Wreath
handcrafted by Dee

Spring Blue Bonnet Wreath
handcrafted by Dee

Gerber Daisy Heart Wreath
handcrafted by Khris


Our Spring Tea and Easter Bazaar will be held on Friday, April 8th and Saturday, April 9th from 8am to 3pm on each day.

We will be serving a breakfast buffet and a Tea luncheon of soup, sandwiches, assorted desserts, hot or cold tea, etc. on both days.

Come see our large array of Spring and Easter Crafts including, wreaths, floral arrangements, bunnies, and so very many one of a kind crafts!...and...

We will have Attic Treaures, which are always fun to shop for and...

Our Bethany Bakers will be busy baking fresh homemade baked goods,
including, fruit and nut breads, cakes, pies, cookies, apple dumplings,
Our exclusive "Cake Pops", fudge , candies and more!

Bring your friends and family to this special event!

Christmas Bazaar and New Officers for 2011-2012

Carolyn is our New President.
Here she has 2 tables filled with hand knitted items.


At the end of the day!
Millie and Ruth are just plum tired out!
Ruth is our new Vice President.

Looks like our trees were pretty well
cleaned off of ornaments!

Susan and Shirley are busy wrapping
gifts that were selected by the
children in our Secret Santa Shoppe!

We had great help in the kitchen!
Jesse not only enjoyed the food but helped
us in the kitchen.

Congratulations to our new officers:

Carolyn Weidemann, President
Ruth Helfrich, Vice President
Carole Alwood, Treasurer
Deb McCauslin, Secretary

With a HUGE THANK YOU!
to
Khris Lehman who served as our President 2009-2010
Khris did a wonderful job and brought new ideas that
have helped us continue to do good things for our
church and community in the name of our Lord.

We also Thank Vi Harrell, who served as Vice President, Ruth who served as Treasurer from the beginning of our Guild, and Carole Alwood who served as Secretary.

We gifted $700 to the UM Women for the Thanksgiving and Christmas
food baskets and we gave an additional $2,000 for the concrete
project at the rear of the church.

We have started up for our Wednesday meetings, but so far,
the snow seems to be coming in the middle of the week , and we have missed
3 meetings, so we are all to a very sloooow start!

We invite all the ladies to join us every Wednesday, (weather permitting),
at 9:00am to Noon in the Social Room. Don't be afraid if you,ve never crafted, we will
guide you to being an imagineer!




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The Angels came.....

Til Death, do us part...

Dear Viewers...

Two days after my last posting my sweet husband, George, died suddenly on November 23rd. My life is now forever changed. Part of me is missing and I am in deep mourning. George was a wonderful man, husband, father and grandfather. I will forever miss him.

I will be taking a hiatus from craft guild in order to grieve my loss and learn how to restart living again...and I also will be spending more time with Molly, my cat, who is also grieving her Daddy.

I thank everyone who is surrounding me with love and pray, which means so very much to me, but all I can feel now is terrible pain. Please continue to pray for my healing as I feel as if I am lost in a cold dark forest and I need my husband to find me.


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The Craft Guild "Thank You" for your generous support at our Christmas Bazaar and Dine In Event. We "Thank" our Bethany Bakers, who always come through for us. It is my understanding at last count, that we made over $2,600, of which $2,000 will be going to the outside project fund.

We are asking for the first Friday and Saturday in December for future Christmas Bazaar's as we can no longer hold a one day - 12 hour event. We ask for your prayers that this prayer can be answered.





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Christmas Bazaar & Dine-In Event!

A ceramic tree with lights and garland.

Ribbon trees.

A lovely blue bottle
with cardinals and lights.

3 Glorious Kings!
I only had time to make one set, so if you want them, come early!
They are made of scrap book papers.
And they were inspired from paper towel tubes.
They are bedecked and bejeweled.

Something different for your door or wall.
We have another one titled
"Goodwill To All"

We revived an old craft fro the 20's and 30's.
These are Victorian paper dolls.
We dressed them in lovely gowns made
of material, ribbons and flowers.
They are lovely!

Molly follows me everywhere and
when I am on the computer, she lays on
her bed in the window and enjoys watching
the birds and squirrels. On this day,
she was treated to a bush filled with birds!



Oh so Cute...with a bird on his head.

Happy Holidays...
this frosted bottle is filled
with lights.

These are lovely blue bottles
with lights inside.
This one features the Nativity.

Have treats for cats and dogs.
Shown is a hand painted jar
with treats inside. Here Kitty...Kitty!

Our Christmas Bazaar and Dine-In Event!
Friday, December 3rd from 8 am to 8 pm.

All you can eat breakfast buffet served 8 am to 10 am., featuring:
quiche, hash brown potato casserole, fresh fruit,
muffins, orange juice, coffee and tea.

Lunch and Dinner featuring:
Cream of Corn chowder
Hamburger Vegetable Camp soup
Chicken salad and Ham salad sandwiches
served with fresh Cranberry salad.
Your choice of assorted Desserts and Beverages.

For the first time!
Secret Santa Shoppe for the children.

Crafts...Wreaths...Floral Arrangements...Snowmen...Santa's...
Ornaments...small gift baskets...Jewelry...
hand knit items...and sooo much more!

Baked Goods...Jams...Candies
Attic Treasures and soooo Much More!!!

This will most likely be our last posting prior to our bazaar.
If you have any questions, please call the church at 843-2922
and Joann will help you.

We look forward to seeing you at the bazaar!
Our biggest and best ever!!!




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