Christmas Celebrations & All That Jazz

Our objective this year was to send our parcel off to the Pembrokeshire guild in late October, so that they would have our gifts in time for Christmas. The theme of our gifts to them was bookmarks with quintessential Canadian fibre or embellishments..... Rene packaged up the parcel and got it in the mail with assurances from Canada Post that we were sending it in plenty of time. It still hasn't gotten to them and it is now after New Years... You can count on Canada Post to be on time (not!). Go figure!

In the meantime that didn't stop us Canadian girls from celebrating our Christmas with our annual potluck and gift exchange.
We decided that we would all make Art Hats for our gift exchange and so there were quite a variety, with everything from the sublime to the rediculous, as they say. But don't ask me which is which... that would be too unfair. It was a lovely day, hosted be the wonderful and very gracious Rene. With the exception of Anita all the gals whoexchanged hats are in the following pictures. I have to appologise to Chrissy as I promised to get a picture of Anita in her hat and post it here but suffice it to say that Anita is not co-opperating on that score and so I will hopefully post one later of Anita in her hat.


Group photo!



Our gracious hostess Rene G.



Mary T. looking like a day skiing in the cross country fashion wouldn't go astray.



Marion J. looking like a flower in her garden hat.



Sharon K. reminded us of Jackie Kennedy with her lovely curl peeking from her Peace River landscape hat.



Faye E. smiles radiantly in her lovely chicken bonnet.



Marjo W. looks glorious in her seashells by the shore hat against the beautiful afternoon sunshine.



Lauralee L. looks spritely in her Tam O Shanter.



Chrissy looks marvelous in her Thistle shapeau!