Firstly, apologies for the radio silence on this blog – don’t
you hate it when work gets in the way of life?! Haha
This year has certainly got off to a great start for our WI.
We’ve had some fab meetings and for those who haven’t been able to make it
along here’s a little recap:
February we had the informative talk from the British Red
Cross.
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| Book binding fun! |
March Claudia a curator from Kensington Palace came to speak
about the role of portraits and photography in how we see royal women. Looking
back at Elizabeth I forward to Diana Princess of Wales, it was fascinating to
see how these women used these forms of media to tell their own story and
convey their power. For anyone interested, Diana: Her Fashion Story is on at Kensington Palace until 2019 and new
items have recently been added so it’s a great excuse to go. Claudia also spoke
about Queen Victoria whose reign saw the move from paintings to photography –
the exhibition Victoria Revealed, again at the palace, opened earlier this year
and is one not to be missed. If you do go to the palace be sure to try and see
the new tiaras and jewels on display, some of which have not been on public
display before – a sparkling day out.
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| Some more fantastic craft club creations |
April was book
binding. This has always been popular at craft club so it seemed like a great
idea for one of our monthly meetings too!
Away from craft club
and our meetings, there have been some fab events we were invited to attend.
When the London Transport Museum held one of their late events, focusing on
women in this suffrage year, we offered up rosette making at our stall which
was hugely successful – I don’t think we had an empty table all night. Following
this we were asked to be a part of boutique store Revival Retro’s Thursdate
event. This is a regular event they hold which usually entails trying on,
buying things we don’t need but are oh so pretty and a cocktail or too. To coincide
with International Women’s month, we were invited along for rosette making
again with the lovely Revival ladies, again a great evening!
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| The Rodin exhibition |
The Rodin exhibition
at the British Museum was a fantastic day out once again. We’re hugely lucky
that we get complimentary tickets for events at the British Museum, just one of
the perks of being a member of our WI!
This month we will
be having a quiz so as well as nibbles to share be sure to bring your grey
cells! The next craft club we will be card making so if you've got a birthday or are just super prepared for Christmas, come along and have a go!
In June it is the
AGM in Cardiff. I’ll be going along to the meeting and I’m so excited! I’ll be
reporting back, both here and in the meeting and I’ll be posting plenty of
pictures from the day.
See you all soon!
