If you have successfully painted them white, maybe you could sparkle them up now by dipping or rolling the teasel heads in PVA glue then cover them in glitter. Then tie 3 or 5 stems together into a nice bunch with a piece of red or gold florists ribbon (or anything else you can blag for free somewhere).
Daryl2, yes I think that is going to be the best solution. I have just brought some of the silver sprayed ones indoors to see how they look in the artificial light but they really do not have very much of a sparkle. However, your brilliant idea that I roll them in PVA glue then add glitter is a great suggestion and may eliminate the need of paint dipping.
I have been soaking a teasel in household bleach for about an hour and it has changed to a lovely cream colour. However, it may well disintegrate before christmas which will not be very fair to anyone buying a bleached teasel.
I will buy some PVA glue and glitter tomorrow and let you know how I get on with it. I'm totally useless at art and craft work and have decided it's more my idea of fun to dig or weed the garden.
However, tomorrow, one of the horticultural members is instructing me on how to 'build' christmas wreaths ready for the fayre and I am quite looking forward to that.
Hi BB, I am Chair of a society with around 100 members, subs. only £5p.a.
Our biggest annual money spinner is our Spring Plant sale. Members donate plants which they cultivate at home, and which we sell. We invite professional growers who also set up stalls. They pay us a fee. Not sure how much, but say £25 each. In a good year we might raise £475 net, less when spring weather is poor.
Our annual flower show loses up to £250.p.a. in spite of very good turnouts. We don't aim to make a profit on this. This year's coach outing made a surplus of £250, with a full coach at only £2O per head, including garden entry.
Meetings lose £3-400, depending on cost of speakers. Members get these free in their subs.
Every other year we have an open gardens event. We have 2 villages ( 25 to 30 gardens in total) and over 2 Sundays we can raise £3,500 net, all of which goes to charity. Seems to me that you should keep the proceeds for yourselves. Money comes from tickets, cream teas, and money raised in individual gardens e.g. Pimms.
You could also have special money raising events. A well organised quiz night with food and drinks could bring in £1000 in one night. How about a "hundred" club... with a monthly draw. You share out half the proceeds and keep the rest.
We have a bank balance of £4,000 and as long as we break even over the year we are content. I hope this gives you some ideas, even if your scale is smaller.
Hello , I'm president of our village garden club , we do seem to struggle each year but seem to keep going , 8 meeting a year with speakers generally about gardening but not always £1.50 entrance for members with £2-50 annual fee , about 50 members
We do an annual village produce show in July which makes a small profit if we get advertising for the programme and a good raffle
You seem to have been given lots of ideas for the Christmas fare so best of luck
please tell us how you got on ,always looking for new ideas our severals ?
How about selling bunches of Holly, Ivy, pinecones and other greenery that people can buy to make their own wreaths etc. Just tie them with twine and sell them in bunches. They won`t cost anything, if you have time to go out for a ramble and collect them.
When we were on the farm the travelling men used to come around asking for holly 'for the children's hospital.' Fat chance of the berried holly getting further than the nearest market!
Sorry, Angela, I was only teasing. Round this area it's Christmas trees that wander away at this time of year.
Up early this morning cutting ivy, lleylandii , laurel and many variegated bits and pieces of shrubs from garden. Made my first christmas wreath today. As I said before, I don't have a creative bone in my body, unlike fellow horticultural soc. member who has done it many times before and was a superb instructor.. Was so pleased to see the finished wreath and if nobody wants to buy it on Satuirday then I will!
Purchased the pva glue and glitter for the teasels but probably wont have time to get to grips with them until Thursday. Tomorrow we have to go all out, all day, making wreaths and I definitely have to get a move on with my creative efforts. Quite an exciting challenge really.
All the baskets of small bulbs, probably about 30, are looking healthy and just need some moss to cover the compost. A kind person has donated about 20 christmasy cactus in wooden frames - really can't describe them. Hopefully, we will have another two members join us tomorrow to help with the wreaths. I now understand why they are so expensive to buy as they are fiddly and time consuming to make. However, if we ask too much for them they won't sell. That's the problem with art and crafts which will have a short 'shelf life'.
Many thanks for all your helpful suggestions and interest and, somewhere on Saturday, I am going to incorporate the flower quiz which was on another thread. Just can't remember, at this moment, who I have to thank for that.
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If you have successfully painted them white, maybe you could sparkle them up now by dipping or rolling the teasel heads in PVA glue then cover them in glitter. Then tie 3 or 5 stems together into a nice bunch with a piece of red or gold florists ribbon (or anything else you can blag for free somewhere).
Daryl2, yes I think that is going to be the best solution. I have just brought some of the silver sprayed ones indoors to see how they look in the artificial light but they really do not have very much of a sparkle. However, your brilliant idea that I roll them in PVA glue then add glitter is a great suggestion and may eliminate the need of paint dipping.
I have been soaking a teasel in household bleach for about an hour and it has changed to a lovely cream colour. However, it may well disintegrate before christmas which will not be very fair to anyone buying a bleached teasel.
I will buy some PVA glue and glitter tomorrow and let you know how I get on with it. I'm totally useless at art and craft work and have decided it's more my idea of fun to dig or weed the garden.
However, tomorrow, one of the horticultural members is instructing me on how to 'build' christmas wreaths ready for the fayre and I am quite looking forward to that.
Hi BB, I am Chair of a society with around 100 members, subs. only £5p.a.
Our biggest annual money spinner is our Spring Plant sale. Members donate plants which they cultivate at home, and which we sell. We invite professional growers who also set up stalls. They pay us a fee. Not sure how much, but say £25 each. In a good year we might raise £475 net, less when spring weather is poor.
Our annual flower show loses up to £250.p.a. in spite of very good turnouts. We don't aim to make a profit on this. This year's coach outing made a surplus of £250, with a full coach at only £2O per head, including garden entry.
Meetings lose £3-400, depending on cost of speakers. Members get these free in their subs.
Every other year we have an open gardens event. We have 2 villages ( 25 to 30 gardens in total) and over 2 Sundays we can raise £3,500 net, all of which goes to charity. Seems to me that you should keep the proceeds for yourselves. Money comes from tickets, cream teas, and money raised in individual gardens e.g. Pimms.
You could also have special money raising events. A well organised quiz night with food and drinks could bring in £1000 in one night. How about a "hundred" club... with a monthly draw. You share out half the proceeds and keep the rest.
We have a bank balance of £4,000 and as long as we break even over the year we are content. I hope this gives you some ideas, even if your scale is smaller.
Hello , I'm president of our village garden club , we do seem to struggle each year but seem to keep going , 8 meeting a year with speakers generally about gardening but not always £1.50 entrance for members with £2-50 annual fee , about 50 members
We do an annual village produce show in July which makes a small profit if we get advertising for the programme and a good raffle
You seem to have been given lots of ideas for the Christmas fare so best of luck
please tell us how you got on ,always looking for new ideas our severals ?
Billie
How about selling bunches of Holly, Ivy, pinecones and other greenery that people can buy to make their own wreaths etc. Just tie them with twine and sell them in bunches. They won`t cost anything, if you have time to go out for a ramble and collect them.
Angela, are you advocating theft?
Welshonion, You know I don`t mean that,
Sorry, Angela, I was only teasing. Round this area it's Christmas trees that wander away at this time of year.
Up early this morning cutting ivy, lleylandii , laurel and many variegated bits and pieces of shrubs from garden. Made my first christmas wreath today. As I said before, I don't have a creative bone in my body, unlike fellow horticultural soc. member who has done it many times before and was a superb instructor.. Was so pleased to see the finished wreath and if nobody wants to buy it on Satuirday then I will!
Purchased the pva glue and glitter for the teasels but probably wont have time to get to grips with them until Thursday. Tomorrow we have to go all out, all day, making wreaths and I definitely have to get a move on with my creative efforts. Quite an exciting challenge really.
All the baskets of small bulbs, probably about 30, are looking healthy and just need some moss to cover the compost. A kind person has donated about 20 christmasy cactus in wooden frames - really can't describe them. Hopefully, we will have another two members join us tomorrow to help with the wreaths. I now understand why they are so expensive to buy as they are fiddly and time consuming to make. However, if we ask too much for them they won't sell. That's the problem with art and crafts which will have a short 'shelf life'.
Many thanks for all your helpful suggestions and interest and, somewhere on Saturday, I am going to incorporate the flower quiz which was on another thread. Just can't remember, at this moment, who I have to thank for that.
Let's us known how you get on
Best of luck for Saturday