Around my Valley

All things wonderful is happening in and around us in July 2012.

The National Arts Festival will be in Grahamstown from the 28th of June to the 8th of July 2012.

The Wonder Market will be in Umhlanga on the 1st of July 2012.

The Vodacom Durban July will be held on July 8 at the Greyville Racecourse in Durban. 

The Oyster Festival will be hostel in Knysna from the 6th to the 15th of July 2012.

From the 10th to the 14th of July there will be a Clarens Quilt Retreat in the Eastern Free State. There will be quilting, crocheting and knitting classes on offer. For more info e-mail Alae Grabe.

From the 14th to the 15th of July 2012 the Franschhoek Wine Valleys annual Bastille Festival will be held. Tickets/coupons can be got via webtickets.

From the 26th to the 29th of July Port Elizabeth will be hosting a Homemakers Expo at the Moffet on Main Lifestyle Centre.

From the 27th to 29th of July 2012 the George Cheese Festival will be hosted. 

The Queensburgh Orchid Club is holding its annual show at Kloof Town Hall in Kloof in KwaZulu Natal.

Delheim Wine Estate is heating up weekends with their Jazz and Cheese Fondue every Sunday until August 5 2012. Bookings are essential Call 0218884607.

Something else I picked up in my wondering : in July you can enter for the Kludi Design Awards for 2012. You can show off your flair for kitchen and bathroom design and win a trip to Austria to meet with the Kludi Design and Development teams. Entry forms can be gotten here.

 Some planning to do for July 2012. So enjoy. Will keep it updated as we go along.

Creative Evening

We all had so much fun. The pom poms we're up. The candles burning, the food ready, the friends arrived. The conversation started. The laughter had my stomach muscles working overtime. The girls made their little birds. We made so much fun about our little birds, some more than others. Now we can't wait for next month. I'm sharing a few memories of the evening.

Pom Pom Tutorial

My little Pom Pom Tutorial. It's so easy to make and do. The difficulty factor is non existent. I can't wait for hubby to put it up this evening.

The Invite

My invite to my little Creative Evening. I took one small little paper bag, with a white gel pen wrote my invite, closed it up and sent it off with all my blessings.

Creative Evening

I invited my girls, they accepted, now it's getting organized for the evening. Actually it's this Friday and I want everything to run creatively smoothly. It's a challenge. I gave myself a small little budget, extremely small and want to do everything myself. In between running around for kids, work, husbands, friends, rugby, hockey practices, family, birthdays I think I'm getting there. It's a challenge. It's exciting and I'm very much looking forward to the evening. All the supplies and food are sorted. Getting hubby to do some fine tuning tomorrow evening. Made a few tutorials to share during this week. Got my mind sorted about how I want the blog to go and what makes me happy. It's going to be great fun.