ScrapMates Enfield - Dec 3rd Crop Chat

[AJ]

Chat thread for those attending (or not) the next crop - to refresh your memories, details are below.


Next Crop run by ScrapMates will be on Saturday December 3rd from 11am - 5pm.

Future Crop dates: 1st Saturday of each month

Crop location: Christ Church Hall, Chase Side, Enfield, London EN1

Other information: Ample parking, disabled access to premises, ten minutes walk from Enfield Town train station, also accessible by bus. Children welcome.

Please let us know if you are tempted, or pm with expressions of interest and details of how to reserve your space or indeed if you want further details. We look forward to welcoming you - If you are new to scrapbooking or an experienced cropping queen, come along for some cropping fun!

[Michelles]

I will bring some mince pies( with or with out cream?)

[mafswife]

just checking in fellow nutters!

[mummygina]

Hi fellow nutters. I think as its xmas we should get some mince pies, krispy kremes, and a bottle of wine each whilst we crop! I'd really like to see the kinda lo's we'd do under the influence of wine and the spirit of xmas. especially my mum, give her a glass of sparkling water and she'll get tipsy! Well i hope you are all well. looking forward to the next crop-only a few weeks away now!

[mafswife]

oooh yes Gina - for sure!!

[ldnkiwiscrapper]

hehe, found you all!!.

i'll bring something....dunno what yet!!.

hows everyone going on the challenge??

[Michelles]

what is the challenge please

[mummygina]

I cant do the challenge this month-actually i've forgotten what it was! I have a xmas journal to do, loads of lo's, MIL's album to finish, and SIL's xmas album to start and complete. So far we have mince pies, krispy kremes, bottles of wine (ann to provide-LOL!!), i'm gonna bring a chocolate yule log (if i rememer), so so far looks like its gonna be a great day!!

[AJ]

what is the challenge please

People were provided with a mini calender (like the ones that kids use to make mummy a calender at school) and told to inspire us.

Only i cant find mine????????????????? :blink:

Michelle PM me your address and i will get one and post it to you.


yummy food so far, will we actually get any scrapping done???

[mafswife]

Michelle - if you are going to Lilys on Saturday we can give you one then

[AJ]

doh why did i not think of that!!!! you can see whos the brains.!

[Michelles]

see you there

[kiwinuk]

Hi, I'm actually coming to the crop this month. How can I get a mini callender to do the challenge. And how do I get a form to register

[AJ]

you can get the form from the website www.scrapmates.co.uk

and the calendar from rymans for 20p.

ann says that she is not bringing the wine as she does not drink (yeah right!)

Michelle if you get a chance can you bring photos or cd of the first scrapmates crop please :D

[ldnkiwiscrapper]

ann says that she is not bringing the wine as she does drink (yeah right!)


:unsure: hmmmm....does that make sense??? :blink: :lol:

is she not bring it cos she'll have drunk it before hand???

hehe!!.

[AJ]

sorry it was late when i posted originally i have corrected the post, ann says that she does not drink!!!!! all i can say is yeah right we believe you ann.

[Michelles]

have just emailed you pics sorry not great

[AJ]

who did you email them to michelle, me, ann or scrapmates?

[Michelles]

scrapmates

[mummygina]

Some how i dont believe Ann!! Especially when she clearly says on her public profile that she loves red wine!! How can I ever trust you again Ann LOL he,he,he!! Personally i too think its an excuse for her to drink it all herself!!

[AJ]

Some how i dont believe Ann!! Especially when she clearly says on her public profile that she loves red wine!! How can I ever trust you again Ann LOL he,he,he!! Personally i too think its an excuse for her to drink it all herself!!

You can trust us all, we are lovely!!! :lol:

[mummygina]

I know you are all lovely-so can we have some white wine as well as red Ann? LOL

[Leisel]

Does anyone have a car key qk die that they could bring?

[Leisel]

ps - can't be drinking wine as have to drive home!!

[mafswife]

Neither can I Lesley - unless I get hubby to drop me off and then I don't think the 4 of us + my stash will fit in the car, nor a big truck come to think of it!!!

Red & White wine sound good - but will check with Church we are ok to consume alcohol on their premises... might be worth adding now that Dec kit is a winter themed star book and quite detailed!!!!

[ldnkiwiscrapper]

if the church hall has problems with alcohol...there is a pub over the road that we could pop over for one xmas drink at the end of the day??!

i'm well on the way with this months challenge.

[mafswife]

I like the pub idea - only not sure about my daughter! Might get hubby to pick her up early!!

[AJ]

oh dam i wll have george with me. but some pubs do allow children, will have to ask some local people (gina, racheal, michelle???) to do some research all in the name of scrapmates of course.

[nip]

did someone say pub ?!?!?

[AJ]

yeah nikki's back!!!

[nip]

Not back yet - will be tomorrow morning

...and I'd like to retract the comment about the pub after last nights little detour !!!

[mummygina]

OK-you've got me intriged! Where is Nicki?, and what is this about a pub and a detour? hmmmmm, sounds interesting!!

[nip]

Hello Ladies

Got back from Singapore this morning
The detour was on my last night there and involved lots of alcohol

[mummygina]

Wow Singapore-that sounds fantastic!!! I kinda had a feeling the detour you spoke about would be alcohol related. Lets just say the world pub gave it away LOL!! Hope you had a great time and took loadsa photos to scrap.

[ldnkiwiscrapper]

oh nikki, i hope you're got photos to bring to the crop....i used to go to Singapore all the time as my father was a pilot in Brunei and we had to change planes, and generally have a few days in Singapore. would love to see what it looks like now.

i have uploaded my 1st challenge pic....got broadband back this morning!!. where do you want me to send it to for the website....if you still do that is?

[AJ]

of course we want it, can you send it to the scrapmates@hotmail.co.uk address please.

cant believe that we are all meeting up again a week on saturday, where does the days go????

[mummygina]

Tell me about it. where do the years go? They fly by so fast-no wonder i feel and act like a 12 year old!! Is it nearly crop time already. I'm gonna smuggle in a some EMVA cream sherry in my drinks flask. purely in the interest of keeping warm of course!!

[ldnkiwiscrapper]

6 sleeps til crop day!!.

is there an oven in the kitchen...i havent been in the kitchen yet!!. was thinking of bringing some sausage rolls?

[ldnkiwiscrapper]

scrapmates ladies....let me know if you got the email from me, with the challenge LO on it??
thanks!

[mummygina]

Bazzill nut, i have been in the kitchen many times, but to be honest i cant recall if it has an oven in it! What with it being a kitchen though, surely it must have.

Mmmmm, sausage rolls-sounds lovely! Cant wait to get some actually lo's done-all i have been doing for the last 2 weeks are christmas cards and calendars to give to family as gifts, as well as my first ever journal (from scratch!!).

[AJ]

scrapmates ladies....let me know if you got the email from me, with the challenge LO on it??
thanks!

sorry rach, yes it was received safe and sound, thank you :D

Also i cant remember seeing an oven, either will ask ann and nikki. :blink:

[ldnkiwiscrapper]

well, i could always cook them at home before i come, but we'd have to eat them cold. at this time of the year, warm would be nicer!!.

[AJ]

nikki says she is sure there is as there is a gas hob with 6 rings, so we assume there is an oven? you live local we could always send you home to cook them if there is not!

[ldnkiwiscrapper]

lol, and by the time i walk back, they'd be cold again!!!>

have just about finished my challenge offering as well!!.

[nip]

I'm sure one of us can drive you there !!!!

[nip]

....was a joke...

[nip]

...honest....

[AJ]

hee hee!!!

[Michelles]

shame :lol:

[mafswife]

you lot are def mad! think there is oven - be nice to warm the mincepies too

[nip]

ooo, I'll bring the carol sheets

[mummygina]

You lot are flippin loop da loop! If you guys do something like that to me, i'd expect to pay half price for the crop + i'd expect a small charge for the electricity i'd use too for heating up all these mince pies and sausage rolls LOL!!

[mummygina]

I was gonna write that that was a joke, but i need the cash LOL!!

[mafswife]

hee hee Gina!!

Am off to Nickis tonight to steal a calendar - some of us leave this challenge lark to the last minute!!

[mummygina]

Tut tut tut Anne. not a very good example to your crop mates are you LOL!! Fancy leaving your own crops challenge til the last minute-he he he!!

By the way is *calendar* code for a bottle of red wine!! If so, i'm gonna have, hmmm sorry get a calendar tonight too!!

[nip]

now theres an idea !!

[ldnkiwiscrapper]

sweetpeanut, what are you like!!

[AJ]

By the way is *calendar* code for a bottle of red wine!! If so, i'm gonna have, hmmm sorry get a calendar tonight too!!

i am having a rather large calender moment tonight :lol:

[mafswife]

if you can't spell my name right mummygina-gossip-queen! then you can't play with us no more.....! :D

[mummygina]

if you can't spell my name right mummygina-gossip-queen! then you can't play with us no more.....! :D

:lol: Sorry about that Ann, but like i said, i was having a few *calendars*. well thats my excuse anyway :lol:

To make up for it Ann, i will try to persuade my friend to attend the crop this week. I'll be seeing her later today, so with any luck, you'll get a cheque for £30 and not £20 this week-that does make up for my spelling mistake :P

[mafswife]

oh ok will forgive you I suppose!!!!!!

[AJ]

4 sleeps and counting!!!!

[Michelles]

yipee :lol:

[ldnkiwiscrapper]

i've finished my challenge....hehe!!.

now, to start think about what i'm going to do at the crop, other than eat, drink, and be merry!!!!.

[Michelles]

be merry,drink and eat?

[ldnkiwiscrapper]

errrr....crop????





hehe!!

[Michelles]

crop what is that? :lol:

[ldnkiwiscrapper]

ummmm.... :unsure: ......crop is where you go to.......ummmmmm :blink: .......eat, drink and be merry :lol: :lol:

[Michelles]

ok i understand now thanks :rolleyes:

[ldnkiwiscrapper]

hehe.....are you coming on saturday michelle, be nice to see you.

ohhhh.....btw, i saw you on tv when you were at hamleys with your son....in fact it was him that caught my eye...i was thinking 'i know that boy', but couldnt think why, then i saw you.

[Michelles]

yup ,still living down the shame.we will be there with our mince pies

[nip]

Evenin'
Looking forward to seeing the finished challenges - might get round to doing one myself.
Finishing the kit this evening - have to say, its pretty FAB !! All down to Ally and Ann - I was on holiday

[mummygina]

oh ok will forgive you I suppose!!!!!!

Oh go on-please!! :)

[AJ]

so our michelles is famous!!! will have to remember to get an autograph.

i never get anything done at crops, i prefer to sit, drink tea and stuff cakes whilst having a chat.

[mummygina]

Sorry scrapmates, but my mate will not be able to attend this month (no baby sitter available to look after her little one!), but is hoping to attend next months! The cheque for me and my mum will be sent tomorrow!

[cowbags]

I'll be there!!! I'm bringing my mum (Evelyn) and my sister Gemma with me.

Do you want me to bring anything?? Tree, decorations, choir sheets???

Caroline
xx

[mummygina]

Please dont bring any choir sheets LOL!!! Tree is a good suggestion, and maybe even, a turkey with all the trimmings!

[Lily_My_Lovely]

Oh phooey... I can't come... will you save me a kit tho girls??

[mafswife]

of course Lily - and a mince pie!!

3 more sleeps - really should do the challenge I guess!!

[mummygina]

2 sleeps left until the munchies-sorry the crop LOL!!

[ldnkiwiscrapper]

me thinks there might be more munching than cropping this saturday...hehe!!

[mummygina]

Well it is Christmas Bazzill Nut.as they say 'Tis the season to be jolly, la la la la la la la la la, eat what you want now and then next year worry LOL!!

[ldnkiwiscrapper]

good plan...me likey!!

[mummygina]

Do you like that little ditty, it's all my own work.I'm quite proud of it-may use it in a lo!

[AJ]

ok, you lot have defintely lost the plot!

[mummygina]

ok, you lot have defintely lost the plot!

Me knows this, though my shrink says there has been an improvement in my behaviour (please note, its a very, very slight improvement!).

Oh no, i have forgotten to get a yule log. I'll have to wait til hubby comes home and maybe i can pick one up then. I hope i dont eat it by tonight though :lol: :lol:

[Michelles]

:rolleyes: so slight we have not noticed :rolleyes: .Just keeping saying to yourself "i will not eat the log i will not eat the log"

[mummygina]

I'll give it a try Michelle, though there are no guarantees that i'll be able to resist the temptation! I LOVE yule logs!

Mind you, i've now asked hubby to try a pick one up on his way home, so i have a feeling i'll be bringing in something entirely different, if anything.you know what men are like LOL!!

[nip]

Do I need to bringing any scrapping stuff or should I just stick with the serviettes ?

[AJ]

both of course!
i will try and get something done for once, or just sit, chat and eat as usual. choices choices!

[mummygina]

can we have platters as well please-if possible! I've got a feeling we're all gonna have the munchies LOL!!

[AJ]

speak for yourself, some of us are on diets!!!!

[Michelles]

Ally please do not swear :lol: :stop: :lol:

[mummygina]

wrong time of the year for diets hun, you do know its christmas dont you-mince pies, christmas cakes, choccies, yule logs, christmas puds, loads of booze, turkey dinners with all the trimmings! If you can stay on a diet during this time of the year, your a saint. rather you then me though, bring on the yule logs........

[mummygina]

Ally please do not swear :lol: :stop: :lol:

ROFLOL :lol: :lol:

[Michelles]

Is the dough nut man needed?

[AJ]

Ally please do not swear :lol: :stop: :lol:

its true, i am trying to not gain any weight over this christmas.

gina i dont like mince pies, or christmas cake/pudding. although love yule log. :wub:

[ldnkiwiscrapper]

evening fellow crop-mates!!.

sausage rolls in fridge ready for tomorrow. just have to pack my scrap stuff.....will do at least one thing tomorrow!!!
got me chrissy earrings out as well!!!

looking forward to tomorrow!.

[mummygina]

Well Ally, if you really must insist on dieting at this time of the year, all i can say is this: Means they'll be more yummy goodies for us LOL!

See you ladies/fellow nutters tomorrow!

[Michelles]

the three of us will see you tomorrow with bmince pies,cava and xmas crackers

[ldnkiwiscrapper]

thats the spirit sweetpeanut....ally, should i bring you a carrot??? :lol: :lol:

[mummygina]

I'll bring you some muesli if you want ally

Michelle, love the sound of the cava and the mince pies-sounds scrummy!

Speaking of spirits bazzill nut, do you think that i should maybe try and smuggle in spirits in my bumble bee tool box LOL!!

[ldnkiwiscrapper]

i was thinking of visiting the offie on the way, with all this talk of drinks....i was bringing a bottle of coke!!!.

[Michelles]

better make it diet :P

[mummygina]

ROFLOL Michelle you crack me up, i have to stop laughing. my sides hurt!

[ldnkiwiscrapper]

better make it diet :P


i'll bring her a diet(i hate that word) can of coke, and a fat 2L bottle for me and anyone else that thinks diet is a swear word :lol: :lol:

[mummygina]

I think diet is a swear word, the way i see it is that any word that makes you starve yourself and begins with die is BAD LOL!!

[AJ]

I think diet is a swear word, the way i see it is that any word that makes you starve yourself and begins with die is BAD LOL!!

:lol: :lol: :stop: now, i am trying to be good but i am sure that i can be persuaded to eat yule log, gina did dh buy one on his way home????

[mummygina]

Sorry to disappoint you ally, but no he didnt. He couldnt find any apparently-flippin men! I had a go at him and said he should've gone to more shops until he found us some! I've had to sit him down and explain that when i say i need something (especially chocolate!), he must obey me!

Anyway, my dear sweet mother will try and locate some tomorrow so that we can try and satisfy our yule log cravings! As you are on a diet Ally, will it be a thin slice for you?

[ldnkiwiscrapper]

i think we should just let her look and smell.....we wouldnt want to be responsible for her falling off the wagon so to speak, now would we?? :blink:

:lol: :lol:

[ldnkiwiscrapper]

Ann, i just saw your post on the wizard/sizzix/other thing thread.....is it possible for you to bring it to the crop, or is it to big/precious(hehe) to bring?. i really want to buy a cutting tool and am puzzled by the choices!!!!.

[AJ]

As you are on a diet Ally, will it be a thin slice for you?

gina define a thin slice???????????? if it is anything like my thin slice it means cut the log into two :lol:

[mummygina]

You know something ally, we are on the same wavelength, but mine is not to cut it at all LOL!!

[mummygina]

OK ladies, i will bid you a goodnight and will see you tomorrow-i doubt many of youll log on (get it yule log LOL) til tomorrow nite, so lets hope we had a great time and had loads of scoffs, they're should be more helpings as Ally is on a diet!!

[mafswife]

deary me - bonkers you lot - what have we created in started this crop!!!?!!

Will do my best to bring Wizard but may not have the room - too many goodies to give away!! See you all tomorrow xx

[Michelles]

gooooooooooooooooooooood morning

[nip]

Is it morning already ?!!!

[AJ]

see you all in a few hours!

[Michelles]

i will be there if i can get my fat butt out of bed. :P

[AJ]

surely the temptation of this food will get you jumping out of bed????

the kids kicked me out of my bed at 6.30am.

[Michelles]

mine are still asleep as they went to bed very late last night

[mummygina]

good morning ladies! only 2 1/2 hrs left. just got to bath, and feed dd and then its 'me' time-yippee

[mummygina]

dd also got me out of bed at 6.30am. wait til she's older-i'll get her back for getting me out of bed at these ridiculous times. i'll wake her up early in the mornings to go and make me some tea, see if she likes it he,he,he!

[ldnkiwiscrapper]

lol gina!!!.

morning everyone.....cor, theres been lots of posts on here this morning!!. i've only just woke up....the joys of only working with kids...i dont get woken early any more....just puked on!!.
off to spruce up and pack up and walk on over via the offie!!.

[mummygina]

I remember the days when i used to roll out of bed at 10 o'clock on the weekends-bliss, and i used to consider that early. kids really do change your life hey, oh well, wouldnt change her for the world, and on that note, i'm gonna log off and put her in the bath. we've got a party to go to tonight, so i wont be able to bath her when i get back later. Its gonna take me half an hr to wash her hair lol, its gone wild!!

[ldnkiwiscrapper]

ok, happy bath time and i'll see you in a couple of hours!!

[ldnkiwiscrapper]

THANK YOU!!!. :wub:

thanks for the lovely book i won in the competition...i'm really chuffed to have won....i win nothing usually!!.

had a great day as usual!

see you on the january thread!

[mafswife]

You are more than welcome Rachel - Jan thread here (http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?p=1484706#post1484706)