VIVA LA FESTA!!!!!

At Last the Wattle Festival has come round. We had all been extremely busy baking at home and doing lots of crafty items to sell at our trading table. We had a wide range of items including coat hangers, father's day gifts, baby items, biscuits, preserves and cakes
We spent Saturday morning setting up our displays at the community house including a display of our own handicrafts. We also spent time on getting the kitchen ready for the Devonshire teas.
It turned out to be a beautiful sunny Sunday, so we were expecting a crowd. At first it was a little quiet but as the day went by there were lots of interested customers around willing to buy our goods

Besides our wonderful craft and bakery items we also did our famous Devonshire teas.
As usual we were extremely busy in the kitchen preparing and baking. Our team leader was Joyce who bakes the best scones ever. The highlight of the day was when Denise had an accident with the Mixmaster showering cream not just on herself but all over the floors and walls. Our scones were so popular that customers purchased them before they even came out of the oven. One particular customer came back three times that were so delicious.
By the end of the day ten very weary ladies went home happy with the knowledge they had a very successful day indeed and probably thinking about what they might consider doing for next year’s Wattle festival.

Don't you think our scones look just sooo scrumptious!!!!!

WATTLE FESTIVAL PREPARATIONS

This week's meeting was centered around the preparations of the Wattle Festival preparations. Everybody is busy with craft and baking and we hope we have a fine turn out. As ususl we will be selling our famous scones so we hope to see you there.
The night was also a soup fundraiser for the Donkey Shelter. Donna made pumpkin soup to sell.
Our competition for the night was our favourite cleaning tip. As we were so busy with our preparations we never got around to that so I decided to post a few interesting tips I sourced from the internet.

Dishes
#Pour 1/4 cup vinegar to your dishwasher rinse cycle for streak free, sparkling dishes everytime!! If you do dishes by hand, sometimes glasses seem to have a sour smell. A little vinegar in your rinse water will help get rid of it.

Refridgerator
# Cut lemon into half and put it in the fridge to eliminate any kind of odor.

Ant Repellant:
#To keep ants out of the house, find where the ants are entering the house and sprinkle a "barrier" of cinnamon or any type of ground pepper to block their way. The spices are too hot for the ants to cross.

Chimney:
#To keep your chimney clean, throw a handful of salt on the fire.

Stainless steel surfaces:
#Stainless steel sinks, work-tops and equipment can be made to sparkle by wiping with a vinegar soaked clothStainless steel surfaces.

Stains on Clothes
#To remove fat or oil from clothing, rub talcum powder into the stain and wash as normal. To get oily marks from shirt collars rub in shampoo before washing as usual, it will dissolve the oil as it washes. To remove white deodorant marks from clothes rub in white vinegar before washing on the hottest setting allowed for the garment.

Jewellery
#To put the sparkle back in your jewellery (not opals or pearls) soak it in a solution of one fizzy indigestion tablet in a cup of warm water, then rinse. Dull silver can be cleaned quickly and easily by rubbing gently with a make-up cleansing wipe. Then wipe with a tissue.