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All of us at Hurstbridge C.W.A, hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

ELECTION DAY STREET STALL

Well today was election day so we thought why not take advantage of good citizens having to get out of the house to vote by giving them the opportunity to view and purchase our lovely home baked treats to eat and craft.

All day Friday and Friday night we were busy making various goods for the stall, putting finishing touches to our craft and adding that last minute decoration to our cakes.

We set our stall up in Hurstbridge, just outside the butcher's shop. At first the trade was slow but by mid morning we had sold quite a few items.

All of Hurstbridge CWA turned up even our newest member Jessica.

The weather was perfect and we had a great time. (as usual) By early afternoon the customers had diminished and the local businesses were closing for the day, so we packed what was left up and headed home.

Yet another Hurstbridge activity successfully completed.

2007 A.G.M.

Well its that time of year again. Hurstbridge A.G.M.

We had the pleasure of the Diamond Valley Group President, Jenny Disney as guest speaker and all were in attendance, except for our Joyce who is recovering from a broken leg she sustained a while ago. We miss you Joyce!!!

Our committee has stayed relatively the same as last year with the exception of Denise taking over as craft leader.

Congratulations to Kerry for recieving "Member of the Year Award"
You do a great job each month Kerry!

It was a long meeting as Jenny invited comments on how we could improve our numbers and activities and of course we all had to have our say. We finished as usual with a great cuppa, thankyou to Tess, and a wonderful supper.

Next Month we will be celebrating our Xmas breakup at our usual spot.

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.

Xmas In July

This months' meeting has quickly come around. It was a craft night for us . Vicki showed us how to do a fancy hanky in a fan, and because this month's meeting was focussing on Xmas In July, we made a Xmas Bon Bon. The hanky required us to do accurate folding so that it would sit inside the fan.

All members bought along things that were xmassy for this month's competition. We had santas, angels and even short bread for supper. Thanks Helen they were delicious.

June Meeting

As always our June meeting was a busy one.

This month welcomes in our newest official members to Hurstbridge CWA. Denise Smith and Marjatta Jormakka. Marjatta entertained us with a talk about her homeland, Finland. She showed us some of the wonderful craft that they do and we looked at some interesting recipes from the cookery books that she brought.

Our competition for this month was bring along a project that you had done or are in the process of doing. Some of the articles were very interesting but my favourite was Tess' frog. You can see him in the picture. Marjatta knitted some fabulous socks. The perfect gift to keep our toes warm during our frosty winter.

The Wattle Festival is coming round soon and we need to get busy with our craft work and baking to sell at the fair. We are lucky again to get possession of the hall. So once more we will be baking our famous scones and selling Devonshire Teas.

So we hope to see you there. Drop in for a cuppa.