Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Enriched

The women's organization in our church meets every so often to have an "Enrichment" night. Last night was the first of 2009. Sometimes we have speakers that teach us first aide and CPR, or how to make a 72 hour kit for emergencies. Sometimes they teach us about breast cancer or what's new in children's literature. Sometimes we have a craft night. I like to call craft night "group therapy".
We had some refreshments.

We made pincushions from felted wool.


This is the one I made.


We made Valentines cards and tags.


There was a candy making demonstration. This is rocky road fudge. Delicious.


We covered these little boxes to put the yummy candy in. There was layered mints, coconut creme, and peanut butter filled chocolate, and of course the fudge.

We made some fun things and chatted. We laughed and got to know each other a little better. We truly were enriched.

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17 comments:

  1. Maryjane-The Beehive CottageJanuary 28, 2009 at 2:57 PM

    Oh Sue, what a wonderful Enrichment Night you had! Your Enrichment Leader put a lot of love and time in preparing this one! I will share this with my RS Presidency that I am serving with. Great post!

    Hugs,
    Maryjane

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  2. Lewaina@cliffsideranchJanuary 28, 2009 at 3:02 PM

    OK, I so wanted to come to that! Couldn't you post some instructions and recipes?????Ours is tomorrow. I always look forward to going no matter what they are doing, but my favorite would have to be the "group therapy" kind of nights:-)♥Lewaina

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  3. NolaJanuary 28, 2009 at 3:33 PM

    That rocky road fudge looks irresistible. Any chance you have the recipe handy?

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  4. SueJanuary 28, 2009 at 4:13 PM

    Hi Mimi Sue,
    Just love your pin cushion,I like the word Enrichment night, it seems like you all had fun.
    Our women have named our monthly meeting as the Queen Bees
    Blessings,
    Sue

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  5. GRAMSJanuary 28, 2009 at 4:31 PM

    Oh look how much fun you had. We're having a program this time so no fun crafts. I'm jealous. Janis

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  6. AubreyJanuary 28, 2009 at 8:11 PM

    I'm so jealous! WE never did anythingthat fun when I was in the ward. It was always service service service stuff--which is good, just not therapeutic when you do it over and over and OVER. I WANT one of those pincushions BAD (was it difficult to make?)and I would like to know the trick to making those boxes look so professional (for my orange fudge) and all that food looked divine. Was that all Tiff's doing?

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  7. CharlotteJanuary 28, 2009 at 9:10 PM

    What fun...I loved the pin cushion you made...so cute. ANd how nice is it to spend a fun night with the girls.

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  8. Remodeling GuyJanuary 28, 2009 at 9:58 PM

    Wow...you got both my wife and I's attention with that post! She was impressed with the cupcake pin cushion, and I was checking out the rocky road creation!

    Thanks for your comment on my guest post at Nesting Place!

    Remodeling Guy

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  9. Alison HallJanuary 28, 2009 at 11:00 PM

    I MUST have one of those pin cushions!!!!!!!!! Were they easy to make? How might one, oh, say, clear out here in Cali, get my hands on the pattern instructions?????

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  10. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2009 at 4:27 AM

    That looks like SOOOO much fun, fellowship AND enrichment!! You guys packed a whole lot of projects into one evening! Every thing was darling---or yummy looking! I'll bet you guys had a wonderful time. Thanks for sharing. Dana

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  11. M.L. @ The House of WhimsyJanuary 29, 2009 at 11:04 AM

    Wow! I loved everything!!! I'm so glad you took pix for us to see.

    I ordered the Grungeboard from the Internet, but I've seen it at two different specialty Scrapbook Stores here. I was just too lazy to drive all the way over. I don't think they sell it at Michael's.

    And I loved learning that your daughter served a Sign Language Mission. My oldest son was son into Sign Language at one point, that I thought maybe he would too. But he ended up serving in the Micronesia/Guam Mission.

    Have a great Thursday! : )

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  12. ClareJanuary 29, 2009 at 11:17 AM

    That fudge looks so scrummy!!

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  13. Beth at AuntiesJanuary 29, 2009 at 4:58 PM

    It looks like it was well planned with alot of love and the sisters well rewarded. Your pincusion turned out darling! The food looked yummy. I really enjoy enrichment nights and look forward to them:)
    The fudge recipe and the layered mints recipe would be so appreciated! Is it possible for you to share them?

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  14. ShabbyInTheCityJanuary 31, 2009 at 6:21 AM

    What a fun church!

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  15. AnnieJanuary 31, 2009 at 7:17 PM

    Alison and I had so much fun making the pin cushions. Thanks for the instructions...

    What a fun enrichment night! I'm taking notes!

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  16. JanieceJanuary 31, 2009 at 8:11 PM

    Oh my stars...I LOVE IT!

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  17. DonnaFebruary 2, 2009 at 5:58 PM

    Hi Mimi Sue,
    It looks like you had a lovely, enriching time with your friends. Such cute crafts and that fudge looks so good!

    Hugs,
    Donna

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