Macmillan's Biggest Coffee Morning

On Friday 27^th of September I was privileged to be part of Macmillan’s Biggest Coffee Morning at Rag’s Restaurant in Bridlington. This is one of Macmillan's biggest fundraising events were people across the UK hold a coffee morning. All donations on the day are made to Macmillan and in 2012 115,000 people signed up, raising a record £15 million.

My contribution to the event was some lovely home baked goods to go with coffee which I hope people enjoyed! I made Raspberry Swiss Rolls and Lemon Drizzle Slices!

I also had my own stall alongside the local gifting shop Serendipity; we all had a lovely time and met some great people. All in all Rags Restaurants event raised £340.88 which I think is an amazing amount of money going to a very good cause.

 

Here are a few pictures of my stall

 

 



 

And here is Serendipity's Stall

 

Charity Exhibition for a Good Cause!

From Saturday 5^th October till Sunday 20^th October The Riverside in Sheffield will see the special exhibition ‘Don’t Judge a Dog by its Collar!’

This exhibition is a charity fundraising exhibition in aid of Rain Rescue a small pet rescue charity in Sheffield saving the lives of hundreds of abandoned and abused cats and dogs since 2002.

All artworks have been donated by artists from Sheffield and the UK and I am very happy to be amongst those artists who will be exhibiting.

All work will be on sale via auction and works can be bid on at the exhibition or via the facebook page www.facebook.com/RainRescue and money will go directly to the charity. So please give generously it is a really good cause!

All are very welcome to the Preview which will be on Saturday 5^th October were you can meet the dogs and listen to live music!

Venue:  The Riverside

1         Mowbray Street

Sheffield

S3 8EN

 

 

Lots of Previews!!!

It seems this weekend that everyone along the Yorkshire Coast was having art previews and so for the art lover out there, there were lots of previews to choose from!

Friday 6^th September was also the evening of my group exhibition at Ga11ery Eleven in Filey; the ‘untitled’ exhibition is an eclectic mix of anything from seascapes to liquorice Allsorts! The atmosphere was amazing as the gallery was full to the brim; I haven’t been to a preview this packed out in a while so it was great to be part of.

Ga11ery Eleven owner Fiona - Having a good time before doors openned!

 

Lots of lovely wine and nibbles!

 

The exhibition is featuring some of my original artworks alongside my gifting range. Also exhibited is work by Wendy Tate, Caroline Thompson and many more. The exhibition is now on display until Saturday 30^th November!

A mixed of my original art work and gifting range!

My Eco Bags in Baubles!

Artwork by Caroline Thompson

 

This weekend I also visited another preview on Saturday 7^thSeptember featuring the work of two lovely artists Angela Chalmers and Bren Head amongst others at Gallery Forty-Nine in Bridlington. I attended university with Angela so I am very familiar with her beautiful works but I haven’t seen Bren’s work many times before. I was captivated by the haunting beauty of her work and certain areas where the paint layers were striped back and reapplied which gave amazing texture. ‘Bodyscape’ is now on until 28^th September.

Bren Head

Angela Chalmers

 

If you didn't make the previews then there is plenty of time to go and view the exhibitions!