'The World Is Your Oyster' Exhibition and HHCG AGM.

Trying to take successful photos of an exhibition like ours is impossible.
Too many reflections, 121 entries. You couldn't favour one piece over another as they are all so different in style and technique.
I noticed that the members of the public who came to view were struggling  to choose a favourite to vote for.
"It's all so good," they say.  "We don't want to choose."
Going by the signatures in the book  (254)  our visitor numbers are down this year.
However, sometimes it's hard to catch the visitors as they disappear out of the door without signing our book.
Someone has suggested taking a tally and I think that's a good idea for our future exhibitions.

Personally, I thought this was one of our better exhibitions. 

It was more on theme than usual and the colours flowed. 

There seemed to be just the right amount of framed pictures this time, making it easier for the 'hanging team' to place them at a better height for viewing.

Our visitors paid us great compliments on the diverse range of crafts. 

For this years group project, 'Under The Water,' we worked with artist Anushiya Sundaralingam and made some pieces of felt.

Judy Cinnamond's Mermaid

Yesterday it was our AGM and pot luck lunch. As usual there were some lively discussions interspersed with the business side of things!

Jennifer Lindsay was the deserved winner of the Visitors' Choice Cup this year with 'Jenni Choo' - a lace and bead embroidered high heeled shoe.

It was displayed in the glass cabinet on the top shelf.

 The job of flower arranging for this years exhibition was passed to Bernadette, from Anna who is one of our founder members.
It was our Pearl Anniversary and I'm not sure if Anna has been arranging the flowers for all of those thirty years. If so, it's quite an achievement.

                  A cheque of £540 was presented to our chosen charity - Children's Kidney Fund NI.

Our ladies are also creative in the kitchen and our meeting was followed by a delicious pot luck lunch.

We have our last meeting next Thursday 12th June before the Summer Break.