The Big Lunch: Eating, singing, crafting & socialising in Altrincham
The Big Lunch is a fantastic venture from the people who set up the Eden Project. The idea is for people living near each other, but not necessarily usually spending time together, to get to know each other by enjoying a lunch and other sociable activities – such as crafting!
Here we are in Altrincham joining in the fun thanks to Trafford Housing Trust and the lovely Hub community centre. Children and young people were quite taken with the latest Rubbish Revamped CD crafting, the Flying Fish and the Fish on a Stick.
Flying fish ~ the workshop went swimmingly...
Button bracelets were much in demand too – with all ages and both genders.
The cool male accessory of the summer - a Rubbish Revamped button bracelet
The icing on the cake – after a delicious *free* barbecue, salads and cakes – was the lovely Vicki Duncan, youth worker extraordinaire, picking up her guitar and singing some tunes. It even stopped raining for a while…
Blissed Out with Buttons – and with bubbly!
Yes indeed, those are champagne flutes you see before your very eyes on the crafting table. A nice coincidence for the last in-house Rubbish Revamped workshop of the summer, it was Lynne’s birthday and her two accompanying friends, Louise and Debbie, brought a bottle of champagne. This was saved until ‘half time’ when we stopped for cake (yep, with candles) and were moving on from the slightly fiddly button heart decorations to the more soothing button bracelets. Do admire the results below.
“I wish I’d done this months ago! I have thoroughly enjoyed the evening, meeting nice people and going away feeling satisfied with my small but beautiful achievement. Thank you Danielle!” Karen
“I’m very un-crafty and creative but it didn’t matter… Lovely friendly, relaxed and supportive environment” Anna
“Made a lovely birthday evening! Such a lovely atmosphere. I have never done anything like this before and found it very relaxing. Thanks for a great evening. Had a laugh too! (Now hooked!).”
Jazzy button bracelets - all the rage this summer
Really sorry to all of you who could not get a place on this session. The workshop will definitely be available again in the Autumn/Winter programme. Can’t wait that long? Get a group of mates together and host your own Rubbish Revamped button party – email me at rubbishrevamped@googlemail.com for a quote. I’m also working on Blissed Out with Buttons: The Bag. Oh yes, there is no end to the excitement available from button crafting.
Bin there, done that
Hopefully many of you are supporters of the Big Issue magazine (sold by homeless people in the UK, for those of you visiting the blog from foreign parts!). If you missed last week’s edition, here is a copy of the Rubbish Revamped article, “Bin there, done that”. The article is full of ideas for using rubbish creatively and decoratively in the garden, as well as offering other thrifty gardening suggestions.
Boot and ball planters
Rubbish Revamped: The Blog 