October 26th 2011. Create Your Own Kitchenalia.

November 6th, 2011

Written by Clare

On a rainy Wednesday night, a few of our members met in the Waterend Barn for a night of fun and creativity. Hosted by The lovely Helen Burridge, we were there to create our own Kitchenalia, and Helen was going to show us how.

Kitchenalia is apparently defined as ‘cooking equipment, and other items found in a kitchen’.

Arriving to find a tea towel with a potato on the table, I initially wondered what Helen had in store for us, but all was soon made clear as she demonstrated how we could use the potato to cut shapes using cookie cutters and then use the shapes to stamp a design onto the tea towel. Having realised what we were to do, everyone soon embraced their inner child, let their creativity loose and got going.

I began cutting hearts and stars and decided to include a Christmas Tree to give my tea towel a festive feel. I used the potato stampers to create a design, and then nervously decided to go freestyle with my paint brush and paint lettering onto my tea towel.  Emma showcased her passion for hearts and created a wonderful heart design. Laurie explored the concept of  Gingerbread children and their journey home and Monika initialed her tea towel. Louise and Angela used a variety of shapes to create their design.

It was lovely to spend time chatting and sharing company with everyone as we created our masterpieces. It was also great to be able to do something crafty away from the kids and not have to worry about little hands spilling stuff, ransacking paint, and using paintbrushes on themselves rather than the canvas.

Thanks to Helen for visiting and sharing your talents with us. We hope you come back soon. Here we all are displaying the fruits of our labour….