January Craft Group

Despite the absolute downpour of rain which lasted all day, eleven hardy folk turned up (treading carefully in between all of the cats and dogs!) to spend a most sociable and enjoyable afternoon together! There was tea, some bead work and most of us were concentrating very hard on producing some 'shaker' cards. No, not deriving from an American religious group; instead more like a slim snow globe! We were all most impressed by the results, most of us bringing it home to finish off!

Here we are, concentrating hard!

Some members are off very soon the the mega craft fair in Exeter - I hope the weather will be better, and that they will have a good day out - and come back with some great new ideas for us to try! 

Brixham WI begins 2016 with a flourish!

Our meeting was buzzing on Thursday, with plenty of members and a record number of guests, many of whom joined us! Welcome everyone!
There was a wide variety of beautiful handmade craft entries in the competition: won by a simply stunning display of smocking on some gorgeous little dresses. The flowers were really lovely, too. We had a huge range of activities, visits and events described to us for this forthcoming year; sounding very exciting and varied, organised by our committee and by the Devon Federation.
Next month we have a speaker from Rowcroft Hospice and our competitions are to bring a garden flower and to make a hot water bottle cover! Hmmmm......
We have the craft club to look forward to on Tuesday and our New Year lunch at the Corbyn Head Hotel.

Happy 100th Birthday WI

Happy Birthday Everyone!

Relaxing and enjoyable afternoon with Brixham WI!

Thanks to Sandy's hospitality we were able to enjoy an indoor garden party! It had stopped raining, but was very grey, so we opted for an inside event! The table was spread with gorgeous food and there was lashings of tea on offer (thank you Sandy, Barbara and anyone else who was serving tea!) we had plenty of time to chat and enjoy each other's company, not to mention browsing the sale table. A big thank you also to the washing up volunteers, including Chris, only at her second WI event and already mucking in!
Our attention was drawn to two dates: Kingswear WI cream tea held on WI day, 16th September and the county Christmas shopping trip to Cheltenham on 3rd December.

Summer garden party recipe

Pecan Tassies

Tart Shells

1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened

3 oz cream cheese, softened

1 cup Plain flour

Filling

2 tbsp butter or margarine, melted

3/4 cup brown sugar

1   egg

1 teaspoons vanilla

1 cup pecan halves, finely chopped

 Icing sugar (optional)

1

Preheat oven to 350°F. For tart shells, beat butter and cream cheese until well blended. Add flour; mix until a soft dough forms.

2

shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place balls of dough into ungreased cups of a 24 cup mini muffin pan. Dip a tart shaper in flour; press into dough with even pressure until dough rises slightly above rim of pan. (Or use fingers to squish dough to form a cup!)

3

For filling, melt butter. Stir in brown sugar, egg and vanilla. Finely chop pecans and add to mixture, stir well.

4

 Put filling into each tart shell (do not overfill). Bake 20-25 minutes or until light golden brown. Remove from oven; cool in pan 3 minutes. Remove from pan to cool completely. Sprinkle with icing sugar, if desired.

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