Tag: crafting

Yarn Connection Service Projects

Marlene Jolly Yarn Connection is a knitting and crocheting group that meets at SaddleBrooke Ranch in the La Vista Room at La Hacienda. This year, our members decided to focus on a donation project of knitted and crocheted items for various service organizations. The groups included: Project Linus—comfort blankets and shawls for children of all…

Ranch Piecemakers quilt raffle tickets on sale

Cheryl Murray Do you feel lucky? You don’t need a lucky charm or a four-leaf clover; you just need to buy a raffle ticket (or two, or ten, or twenty) to have a chance of winning this year’s Ranch Piecemakers raffle quilt. It is breathtakingly beautiful, and it could be yours. This quilt embodies everything…

Create mosaics this summer

Join Mosaic Guys in the Glass Center on Wednesday, June 19, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. to create this 10” x 12” mixed media mosaic using both porcelain and glass tiles to explore depth and dimension with mosaic art. Learn nipping and fitting techniques related to both materials and discover the joy of combining…

Creative Arts Center now open

SaddleBrooke Ranch recently hosted an open house for residents at the fabulous new Creative Arts Center. This was their first opportunity to tour the new facility, explore the different rooms and visit with the chairs and monitors for each club. The new Creative Arts Center is designed to further enhance the overall lifestyle experience for…

SaddleBrooke Arts and Crafts Fair March 3

  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…

SB Paper Crafter’s fun shop

Photo by Karin Menghini

Carol Thompson Once again the SaddleBrooke PaperCrafters held another very creative Fun Shop. In August 15 members participated in a Card-in-a-Box activity. Each one of us brought a finished card and a kit with supplies to make three others. We exchanged kits, made the cards and came away with three completed new cards! Fun Shops…