Sydney Owls Had a Hoot!

The Sydney chapter of the Brown Owls met last night for the first time and we had a great night. Thanks to all of you who made it, and for those who didn't we look forward to meeting you next time.

We had 10 crafty girls at our meeting and we shared lots of laughs, craft ideas, tips and shops, and yummy food. Amy made the cutest owl button gifts for us all, and Jess baked up a sweet storm. Amy and Bell did a fantastic job putting together 21 're-stash a crafter' packs. And we all got creative.

Wednesday nights seem to suit everyone, so our plan for future meetings is to make it the first Wednesday of every month**, and we will rotate venues between Lower North Shore, Inner West, and Inner East. We will confirm venues as soon as we can. This is our plan at the moment:

1st April - Inner West
6th May - Inner East
3 June - Centre House, Lane Cove
1 July - Inner West
5 August - Inner East
2 September - Centre House, Lane Cove
7 October - Inner West
4 November - Inner East
2 December - Centre House, Lane Cove

**If you were unable to make it last night and Wednesdays don't suit you please let us know and we will work out some other day(s) that we can rotate.

We discussed the idea of having some guest crafters attend our meetings from time to time to teach us new skills. Suggestions were crochet, needle felting, and book binding. So we'll be working on getting that happening.

Our crafty librarian Jess took notes last night and will post about our plans in more detail later.

We can't wait for next month!

Sydney Brown Owls - tomorrow night

Hello Sydney Brown Owls!

We have emailed you all, but thought we'd repeat the info here - just in case.

We are very much looking forward to getting our group together tomorrow night for our craftalong - 7pm til 10pm.

The venue is:
Centre House
178 Longueville Rd
Lane Cove.

It's a brick house just past the traffic lights at the intersection of Austin Street.

If you're coming on public transport there are a lot of buses that go along Epping Road - get off at the intersection of Epping and Longueville and walk down past the shops. It's less than a 5 minute walk. The buses in the city leave from behind QVB at 'section C' bus stop. Make sure you get a bus that goes via the freeway. It will take about 15 minutes and your stop will be the first one after the freeway ends.

You can see the original post about our meeting, which includes a map, here.

Bring your craft project, or we'll have owl-themed kits available for $5.

The cost for this venue is $5 each. We'll discuss future venues tomorrow night - we're open to suggestions, so have a think about it in the meantime. We will be rotating the venues between east, west and north, and we'll also meet on a different weekday each month. That way we hope to be able to accommodate everyone.

Also, don't forget we'll have a "re-stash a crafter" table set up, so bring your donations along. More info about that here.

That's about it for now. We can't wait to meet you and get crafty!

Until tomorrow,

Jess, Bell, Amy & Lisa
Sydney Prefects

Attention All Brown Owls! Restash a Crafter!

Hello to all of you!

I'm sure you are all aware of the dire situation we face in Victoria at the moment. Many, many homes destroyed. Many, many precious people lost. So many people have lost so much. We're channeling our sadness into positive action via Handmade Help.

This is a call-out to all Brown Owls. PLEASE - could you make up a 're-stash a crafter kit' and either send it to Mike's - or bring it to the first Brown Owls meet in your state - so that we can distribute these to crafters who have lost their craft stashes (and their homes).

It's very important to be keeping people busy at the moment. Knitting or crochet or embroidery might be just the trick for some people in these trying circumstances.

As Brown Owls it is our responsibility to help others. So either bring your excess craft items and make up the kits at your meet (or in the case of Melbourne, just donate them in the donations box on the night and we'll make them up - (maybe even on the night!)).

Please rally those you know for donations too.

We're sure you are all already working on your Handmade Help donation too, aren't you?! There is absolutely no rush with that one - just make something beautiful - it might become someone's new family heirloom.