Carolyn McLean What’s nicer than crafting with friends in the cool, air-conditioned SaddleBrooke One Craft Room 3 on a 104-degree day? Creating three different holiday designs to get a jump on December. Twelve members of the SaddleBrooke Paper Crafters met on Saturday, July 16, to celebrate Christmas in July, hosted by Karen Latham, Sue Skeen,…
Carolyn McLean The SaddleBrooke Paper Crafters recently held a Valentine’s Fun Shop, coordinated by Marlene D’Ambrosio. A Fun Shop is a dedicated workshop, usually held once a month, apart from our monthly meetings, to learn new or unusual techniques with a limited number of participants. The instructors, Ann LaPerre and Roberta Hafvenstein, guided the club…
LaVerne Kyriss Put on your masks and buckle the seat belt in your golf cart or car. It’s time to visit the SaddleBrooke Fine Art Guild’s spring art show. This year it’s going to be a little different. The show is set for one day, March 27, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Taking a…
Carol Thompson SaddleBrooke Paper Crafters met on Oct. 5, for a special event to celebrate World Card Making Day (which was started in 2006 by Paper Crafts magazine). The event is an annual affair held on the first Saturday of October as a way to help crafters get a jump start on holiday card making. Organized…
Make a difference in the lives of little girls around the world on November 3, 2018 from 7:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. at the Oro Valley Church of the Nazarene, 500 W Calle Concordia. Dress a Girl Around the World is a national organization with members around the world sewing dresses for little girls living in…
Make a difference in the lives of little girls around the world on November 3, 2018 from 7:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. at the Oro Valley Church of the Nazarene, 500 W Calle Concordia. Dress a Girl Around the World is a national organization with members around the world sewing dresses for little girls living in…
Carol Chiarello So maybe this month I should be calling this Crochet Club News?! We have several members who are experts at crochet and recently we set aside some space for ladies who wanted to learn the art of crochet. We offered a simple crochet scarf or lap robe pattern that were designated as charity…
Carol Chiarello Our members have been treated to some interesting visitors lately. Holly, the new owner of local yarn shop Birdhouse Yarns, stopped by to introduce herself and to share her store’s philosophy. She wants to help! She will even help you if you come in the store with a project made of yarn…
Carol Chiarello Our year is off to a busy start. We held a class called “Advanced Ravelry.” This fiber arts website is a helpful tool for getting ideas about what to knit, sharing photos of things one had made, keeping track of books, yarn and other tools, and being able to post information to…
Eve Fly The first SaddleBrooke Arts and Crafts Fair was held in 1994. Humble beginnings. The brainchild of two residents who knew of the many talents of their friends and neighbors. They also knew of the need to expose these talents to the rest of their community. Now, twenty-five years later, The SaddleBrooke Arts and…