Hi Everyone,

Thought it was about time I brought the TOG website up to date.....We have taken lots of photos since Christmas..So lets get to it !!!!!... and remind all of you what we have achieved during these last few months.

Jennifer’s Art Table

Marilyn’s Jewellery Table

Craft Table

The Crafters did an excellent job with this next project.

Faux Pattern Tiles

Poundland had their New Years Sale so I was there early to pick up the frames for a quarter of their original price.....25p each.....I picked up a dozen and got back home with this project in mind.

We had some plain old white tiles in the corner of our shed.....out they came with a tile cutter. My whole day was spent cutting out more than 400 little mosaics ready to use in the project.

First job everyone had was to pick up enough tiles and place them into the frames to see if they would fit.

We used some beautiful papers from a design book to cover up the boring white tiles and bring them to life.

It was great fun right from the beginning....The results were outstanding!!

GROUTING TIME !!!!!

Hooray !!!! Everyone finished .....take a good look at these !!!

Painting and Decoupaging Old Tins

As usual I was on the lookout for something we could upcycle at TOG, when ' lo and behold ' I came across a lady at a boot sale getting rid of a box full of old rusty metal tins.....I brought them home to see if they could be saved.......Unfortunately in all the excitement of preparing them to be painted I forgot to take a picture of them in a poor state......But let's just go from there!

First things first.....Before actually painting the tins everyone had to make their very own ' White Chalk Paint .'.....The chalk paint sold in the shops is very expensive so we made our own version with one part plaster of Paris to two parts white emulsion paint......it worked out very well.

The following week all the tins were dry and ready to be decoupage......We printed the word ' FLOWERS ' on tissue paper on an ordinary printer and used some lovely shop bought tissue with birds on to represent the beginning of spring......Let's see how everyone got on.

At the end of the day Christianne brought in a few plants she dug out of her garden that morning. She planted them into some of the tins for the raffle.......think Ann might have sold a few more raffle tickets that day!!!

Lisa’s Ukulele Group…..’UkeCan’

The Ukulele Group practice on Wednesday but also join sister group 'Don't Fret ' ( Guitar group ) on Sunday afternoon..... come along, have some fun, and play or learn to play the guitar or the ukulele with us......beginners welcome!!!.... We are a friendly bunch so come, give it a go!!!

Meet Lisa....