Last Thursday we held our abcd winter event and it was a great night as aways. We had our best turn out yet, with 36 of us (35 women and one brave guy!) enjoying a chat over drinks and some great pub food. As usual Steph from Bondville did an awesome job as co-host and co-organiser. Amongst other things Steph handles the mailing list and facebook and is a natural born mingler!
At the meet up we have goodie bags, which are optional and lots of fun. It’s not all about the goodie bags, but they are eagerly anticipated! The idea is that people can contribute something to the bags for others to remember them by. There was some serious thought, creativity and generosity that went into the contents of the bags. This is what I found in mine (the captions are listed clockwise from top left):
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| Some of the beautifully packaged goodies. Janette, My Sweet Prints |
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| My goodie bag. Sasha, Faint Impressions Heather, Heather Keiko Jessica, Oscar & Ruby |
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| Pauline, Sophisticated Yum Sally, Jambo Chameleon Vesna, My Little Jedi Amy, Badskirt.
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| Kirsten, Lilypad Designs Tessa Down That Little Lane Kamilla, Kareena and Fran, Ministry of Home Economics Pauline The Party Studio |
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| Anastasia, Anastasia Drawing & Dreaming Helen, Helen Edwards Ditty, Ditmeister Suzanna, Mon Tresor |
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| Kate, Another Donkey Design Fiona, Fiona Kate Anni, Milk & Honey Photography Siobhan, Beaspoke Quilts |
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| Suzy, Floating World Design Saffron, Saffron Craig Steph, Wedding Ideas Australia and Bondville Roberta and Peta, Rowantree Design |
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| Kamilla, Little Originals Bec, Honi Design |
Thanks to everyone who came along and made the night the success that it was. In addition to those listed above, we also had the pleasure of the company of: Suzi (Urban Road), Sophie (Scoops Design), Ginevra (Ginevra), Kasia (Laikonik), Luz (Feltisimo), Emily (The Style Workshop), Steph (Moobear Designs), Melissa (The Art of Teddy Bears), and Geoffrey.
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