NY - 6TH ANNUAL FLOWER CITY GATHERING (ROCHESTER)

[Auntielauri]

Saturday, October 5th, 2013
10 am – 5 pm
Parkminster Presbyterian Church
2710 Chili Avenue
Rochester, NY 14624

This event is being hosted by:
Lauri (Auntielauri) and
Carolyn Weichenthal

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Our Gathering now has it's own email address!! Please send any emails to:

[email protected]


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Please note that this thread is our primary method of communication, so please refer to it often to be kept up to date on any additional or updated information.

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Cost $30.00, due by September 21, 2013
Includes:
Morning snacks & coffee
Catered lunch
Beverages
Desserts
Goodies for everyone
Door prizes
Group projects

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This gathering is limited to the first 75 paid registrations.

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We would like to use the name tags we used last year as our "official" gathering name tag. Please annotate on your registration form if you do not have one or need a new one or have yours from last year.

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Registration Form:
Please see the bottom of this post for the registration form to print and send with your payment.


Please send your payment to:
Lauri Patnode
149 Spruce Avenue
Rochester, NY 14611

There are no refunds, however you may offer your spot to somebody else.

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Supplies: Please see post #2 for supply list. Please check back for updates for updated supplied needed.

Shoebox Project Information:
This is the only mandatory part of the day and will take place first on our schedule.

**Please have your shoe box completely prepared and ready to go when you arrive for the gathering. If you do not arrive with a completed and ready to go shoe box project, your table mates are not obligated to allow you to do the project they have prepared. Prepared means having all of the elements of your preplanned project prepared and ready for your table mates. Tossing a bunch of random supplies on the table and instructing people to "create whatever they would like" is not acceptable. Please be considerate of others and extend the courtesy of having your shoe box project ready when you arrive. Thanks!!**

*Your shoebox project can be anything stamped*

• If you are making a card, we will make FULL cards using at least one embellishment (ribbon, brads, buttons, etc).
• Quality CS is a MUST!
• Please have all card pieces pre-cut.
• Please bring stamps or other items for your project
• Please include instructions (aka: recipes), tips and any other important information.
• Please bring four extra completed shoe box projects. You will use one as your sample at your table, two for hostess gifts and one for a door prize.
• You may make other projects keeping in mind it should not take more than 10-12 minutess to complete.
• We estimate having approx. 8 people at each table and will give final numbers when we have a final count.

****AFTERNOON PROJECT****
We will not be doing a mini album as our afternoon project this year - I think we've pretty much beat that to death and are moving on to something new!!



Swaps

Marsie is our swap hostess. You can also feel free to email her at the gathering email and I will forward it to her. Please follow the requirements below and if you are joining the SU only, please use only current SU products. Please note that if you sign up for a swap and do not fulfill your commitment, you will not receive any swaps from the others in your group.

We will have 6 swaps:
1. Card front – SU only
2. Card Front – NVR
3. 6x6 recipe swap
4. ATC – Artist Trading Card
5. 3D Item swap
6. Rolodex card swap (card size will be 4 x 2 5/8 – the same size as the SU!/Sizzix Big Shot die)


Swaps are not mandatory – you may participate in as few or as many as you would like. Please remember to showcase your best work using quality products. You must use at least two layers and one embellishment on each swap – thanks!!

Handmade Gift Exchange
We will exchange handmade gifts. Please be sure that your gift is handmade. It does not necessarily need to be something to do with paper crafting. Please do not bring a gift that has not been handmade. For those wishing to participate, please bring a handmade gift with a value of approx. $5.00. Please be sure your gift is wrapped with your name so the person who receives it knows who to thank!!


Donations

We are going to be donating cards to the Journey Home Hospice this year. Please read about their organization here:

Journey Home Inc - Rochester, NY

They are in need of thank you cards and general use cards only. Due to the nature of their organization, cards such as birthday, get well, new baby, wedding and those for specific holiday holidays (which could not be used as thank you cards) etc. are not needed. If possible, it would be helpful to donate an envelope with your card. We will again have a special prize drawing for anybody who donates cards to this cause. We will be using proceeds from the raffles to purchase stamps to donate as well. Just an FYI – their logo is a butterfly!!

We are also having a 2nd special prize drawing for anybody who donates something for the Journey Home’s wish list:

Journey Home Inc - Our Wish List

You will receive 1 tickets for the drawing for each item off of the list that you donate.

The reason that we have chosen Journey Home as the recipient of our donations is because of the incredible work they do. I have a personal friend, Kim Lucas, who volunteers there – not only does she volunteer there, but her Mother passed away there as well. It is truly an amazing place for people to be able to live out their last days. When Kim’s mom was there, there were gracious enough to let my sister use their kitchen to make to make a home made fettuccini alfredo dinner for several people with no questions asked as their goal is for everybody to feel like they are at home – patients as well as guests.

Hope to see you all at the gathering!
Lauri and Marsie

[Auntielauri]

Please bring a BASIC SUPPLY KIT to include:
*scissors
*adhesive, both wet and dry
*pop dots or foam dots
*cutting tool with scoring blade
*ruler
*heavy duty adhesive like scor tape or red
sticky strip
* 12 HERSHEY NUGGETS FOR ONE OF OUR GROUP PROJECTS

[Auntielauri]

1. Beth S. (teach 57123) - PAID
2. Heather Marshall (quilling queen) - PAID
3. Joanne Ventrilla (jmventrilla) - PAID
4. Gayla Noel (snowcountry 311)- PAID
5. Patricia Mitchelson (scraphead) - PAID
6. Terri Croteau - PAID
7. Michelle Bair (Michelle B.) - PAID
8. Mary Rodgers (marypsych) - PAID
9. Sue Pratt (smp59) - PAID
10. Cindy Thayer - PAID
11. Nancy Baker (njbaker) - PAID
12. Judy Goodyear (judygoodyear) - PAID
13. Tammy Clark(tamstertc) - PAID
14. Kathy Denny (2xGrammy) - PAID
15. Maria Suben (maria3) - PAID
16. Sandy Olsovsky (Grammieo) - PAID
17. Debbie Bennett (debnn2001) - PAID
18. Sue Dean - PAID
19. Becky O'Donnell (kewlkat) - PAID
20. Marilyn Dyjak - PAID
21. Stella Sciolino (Stellabella2) - PAID
22. Robin Allison (NYTripletMommy) - PAID
23. Nancy O'Meal (nmart) - PAID
24. Stacey Todd (Stace220) - PAID
25. Linda Tarolli (Lindylou1220) - PAID
26. Jen Tarolli - PAID
27. Martha Dolan - PAID
28. Rose Skalski (rosern) - PAID
29. Michelle Teter - PAID
30. Betty Tucceri - PAID
31. Lisa Cauwels - PAID
32. Ginny Stevens-Chase (ginnysc) - PAID
33. Marie Oberg (ma'am) - PAID
34. Donna Bertolino - PAID
35. Marion Andrews - PAID
36. Marcy McClain (mmclain1003) - PAID
37. Sherry McClain - PAID
38. Nora Hampton - PAID
39. Jenny Marapese
40. Kathleen Dean
41. Melissa Holsopple (miss) - PAID

[Auntielauri]

CLOSED - FINAL COUNT IS 16 (NOT INCLUDING YOURSELF)

1. Nancy Baker
2. Judy Goodyear
3. Sue Dean
4. Cindy Thayer
5. Mary Rodgers
6. Marilyn Dyjak
7. Becky O'Donnell
8. Nancy O'Meal
9. Stacey Todd
10. Rose Skalski
11. Sandy Olsovsky
12. Beth Schreiber
13. Gayla Noel
14. Sue Pratt
15. Carolyn Weichenthal
16. Tammy Clark
17. Sheila Foster

[Auntielauri]

CLOSED - FINAL COUNT IS 17 (NOT INCLUDING YOURSELF)

1. Nancy Baker
2. Sue Dean
3. Joanne Ventrilla
4. Becky O'Donnell
5. Debbie Bennett
6. Stacey Todd
7. Rose Skalski
8. Kathy Denny
9. Patricia Mitchelson
10. Stella Sciolino
11. Ginny Stevens-Chase
12. Marie O'Berg
13. Michelle Teter
14. Martha Dolan
15. Gayla Noel
16. Sheila Foster
17. Melissa Holsopple
18. Heather Marshall

[Auntielauri]

CLOSED - FINAL COUNT IS 12 (NOT INCLUDING YOURSELF)

1. Nancy Baker
2. Judy Goodyear
3. Cindy Thayer
4. Joanne Ventrilla
5. Becky O'Donnell
6. Robin Allison
7. Patricia Mitchelson
8. Stella Sciolino
9. Ginny Stevens-Chase
10. Beth Schreiber
11. Gayla Noel
12. Tammy Clark
13. Heather Marshall

[Auntielauri]

CLOSED - FINAL COUNT IS 11 (NOT INCLUDING YOURSELF)

1. Nancy Baker
2. Judy Goodyear
3. Joanne Ventrilla
4. Becky O'Donnell
5. Kathy Denny
6. Patricia Mitchelson
7. Stella Sciolino
8. Ginny Stevens-Chase
9. Beth Schreiber
10. Gayla Noel
11. Jenny Marapese
12. Kathleen Dean

[Auntielauri]

CLOSED - FINAL COUNT IS 12 (NOT INCLUDING YOURSELF)


1. Judy Goodyear
2. Cindy Thayer
3. Joanne Ventrilla
4. Becky O'Donnell
5. Robin Allison
6. Rose Skalski
7. Stella Sciolino
8. Beth Schreiber
9. Michelle Teter
10. Gayla Noel
11. Tammy Clark
12. Nora Hampton
13. Lauri Patnode

[Auntielauri]

CLOSED - FINAL COUNT IS 4 (NOT INCLUDING YOURSELF)

1. Nancy Baker
2. Becky O'Donnell
3. Patricia Mitchelson
4. Gayla Noel
5. Lauri Patnode

[Auntielauri]

**REMAINS OPEN - ANYBODY WHO BRINGS A HANDMADE GIFT IS WELCOME TO EXHANGE**


1. Nancy Baker
2. Judy Goodyear
3. Sue Dean
4. Joanne Ventrilla
5. Becky O'Donnell
6. Robin Allison
7. Linda Tarolli
8. Rose Skalski
9. Patricia Mitchelson
10. Stella Sciolino
11. Marie O'Berg
12. Beth Schreiber
13. Michelle Teter
14. Terri Croteau
15. Gayla Noel
16. Tammy Clark
17. Sheila Foster
18. Heather Marshall

[Auntielauri]

We will do a Secret Sister again this year if there is interest. There will be information forms at the registration table for those wishing to participate.

We decided as a group last year that the minimum secret sister requirements are as follows:

-a card on her birthday
-one card for each season (winter, spring, summer, fall)
-a papercrafted gift with a $5 value at the reveal at next years gathering

We want to keep it simple, so please feel free to do as much as you want, but above would be the minimum.

If you have a Secret Sister from last years gathering, please don't forget to bring her a papercrafted gift as stated above for our reveal!!

[Auntielauri]

If any of you would like to bring garage sale items, please feel free, but at your own risk. If there is enough of an interest and somebody would like to coordinate a schedule to monitor the items for sale, please let me know.

[Auntielauri]

UNLOVED/UNWANTED SWAP.

Patricia Mitchelson (scraphead) is leading this.

PLEASE SEE POST #20 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

[Auntielauri]

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[arlenevita]

Me! Pick me! I'll do NVR and Rolodex...thinking about ATC.

[Quilling_Queen]

Im in...

[jmventrilla]

I'm in. Will sign up for swaps when I get back from trip.

[snowcountry311]

I'm in~

[scraphead]

me too, count me in

[scraphead]

Lauri, want to do an "Unwanted/Unloved" box exchange again?

UNWANTED/UNLOVED

We have done this swap the last couple of years, it was fun, for people who have not exchanged the box before, what it is is a medium mailing box from the post office, any of the two medium works, you would FILL it with things you no longer use or want or have doubles of, please fill the box with items, not peanuts or filler. PLEASE do not put broken items in, if it does not work no one else wants it I know someone received two broken punches last year which is not fun for them. When you arrive at the gathering you will be given a ticket for each of your boxes you bring, do not put your name on them, just a mark so you will not pick your own box to take home. There is not $ amount min or max, you may put items worth more than you get back. Paper crafting items only.......You can bring as many as you wish.


1. Pat Mitchelson
2. Pat Mitchelson
3. Nmart/Nancy
4. Robin
5. Robin
6. Kathy (post 9
7. Ginny/Stella (post 100)

[SUNNYBELL]

meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee in too

[Auntielauri]

Quote:

Originally Posted by scraphead

Lauri, want to do an "Unwanted/Unloved" box exchange again?

Yes, that's fine. I left a blank spot for it in the beginning of this thread, so I will go and add it now
Lauri

[JudyGoodyear]

Sign me up too please.
Also please sign up Tammy Clarke
Thanks, Judy Goodyear
Will sign up for swaps after we get home from convention

[marypsych]

Laurie, please sign me up, I'm at the SU convention, then out of town till 8/6, so I'll have to send in my registration and $$ when I return. Thanks!
Also, please sign up Sue Pratt, she will send in $$ upon returning to Rochester next week.
Also, Cindy Thayer wants to be signed up and has sent her check to you today.
Mary Rodgers

[njbaker]

Yep!! Me too!
Thanks Lauri!

[2xGrammy]

Hi Lauri,
I will definitely be there!! So looking forward to a wonderful day of stamping and spending time with all the great stampers!
Kathy Denny
(2xGrammy) actually it's 3xGrammy but they can't change it! :(

[Michelle B.]

Hi Lauri! I have a guest coming also. Please mark her name with mine. Terri Croteau. We'll send in the registration forms asap. (fyi my last name is Bair, no 'L' thanks)

[Auntielauri]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michelle B.

Hi Lauri! I have a guest coming also. Please mark her name with mine. Terri Croteau. We'll send in the registration forms asap. (fyi my last name is Bair, no 'L' thanks)

Michelle,
I'm so sorry for misspelling your last name! My name has no "e" and people are constantly spelling it wrong, so I know how frustrating it can be.
Sorry
Lauri (with no "e"!!)

[grammieo]

Save a spot for me. I'll be there.

[grammieo]

Lauri, there is no hot link for the Journey Home wish list.
Sandy O

[dbenn2001]

Hi Lauri,
Please sign me up. I can't wait! Always love this day.
Debbie B.

[Auntielauri]

Quote:

Originally Posted by grammieo

Lauri, there is no hot link for the Journey Home wish list.
Sandy O

I just looked and don't even see a wish list on their web site. Let me look into this and I will post what I find out.
Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
Lauri

[Auntielauri]

I forget to mention in the original post that we will not be doing a mini album as our afternoon project this year - I think we've pretty much beat that to death and are moving on to something new!!
Lauri

[lindylou1220]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Auntielauri

I just looked and don't even see a wish list on their web site. Let me look into this and I will post what I find out.
Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
Lauri

I found this:

Stamps

Large Rubbermaid Containers<o:p></o:p>
Paper Goods- paper towels, toilet paper andtissues<o:p></o:p>
Antibacterial Liquid Soaps<o:p></o:p>
Hypoallergenic Baby Wipes<o:p></o:p>
Wegmans, Sams and OfficeMax Gift Cards<o:p></o:p>
Tall Kitchen Garbage Bags<o:p></o:p>
Small Garbage Bags<o:p></o:p>
Lysol- Spray<o:p></o:p>
Swiffer Wet Jet Refills-Floor and Dusters<o:p></o:p>
Kitchen Clorox cleaner<o:p></o:p>
Windex<o:p></o:p>
Snacks & Diet & Regular Soda <o:p></o:p>
Post it Notes<o:p></o:p>
HE only, Detergent with Bleach<o:p></o:p>
Sponges<o:p></o:p>
Napkins<o:p></o:p>
Colored Paper for Copier<o:p></o:p>
Paper Clips, Tape, Pens and Pencils<o:p></o:p>

Pretty sure "stamps" means postage stamps! ;-)

[marypsych]

Lauri,
Please add Sue Dean to the list of your event's participants. She is at her cottage and internet is spotty at best. She said she would send in the registration next week when she gets back home. Thanks! Mary Rodgers.

[Auntielauri]

Quote:

Originally Posted by lindylou1220

I found this:

Stamps

Large Rubbermaid Containers<o:p></o:p>
Paper Goods- paper towels, toilet paper andtissues<o:p></o:p>
Antibacterial Liquid Soaps<o:p></o:p>
Hypoallergenic Baby Wipes<o:p></o:p>
Wegmans, Sams and OfficeMax Gift Cards<o:p></o:p>
Tall Kitchen Garbage Bags<o:p></o:p>
Small Garbage Bags<o:p></o:p>
Lysol- Spray<o:p></o:p>
Swiffer Wet Jet Refills-Floor and Dusters<o:p></o:p>
Kitchen Clorox cleaner<o:p></o:p>
Windex<o:p></o:p>
Snacks & Diet & Regular Soda <o:p></o:p>
Post it Notes<o:p></o:p>
HE only, Detergent with Bleach<o:p></o:p>
Sponges<o:p></o:p>
Napkins<o:p></o:p>
Colored Paper for Copier<o:p></o:p>
Paper Clips, Tape, Pens and Pencils<o:p></o:p>

Pretty sure "stamps" means postage stamps! ;-)

Where did you find this?? I looked and looked and came up with nothing - you rock!

[lindylou1220]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Auntielauri

Where did you find this?? I looked and looked and came up with nothing - you rock!

It was in a PDF on their website. Let's see if I can find it again...

Journey Home Inc - Donations Needed


Below the DONATE link is a "Please go to our wish list..." with the wish list opening to the PDF.

[SUNNYBELL]

i'll be doing SU, NVR, Rolodex, Handmade item, SS

[Kewl Kat]

Yes, I'll be coming but have to finish up my gathering for August 25th first.

[scraphead]

Quote:

Originally Posted by lindylou1220

It was in a PDF on their website. Let's see if I can find it again...

Journey Home Inc - Donations Needed


Below the DONATE link is a "Please go to our wish list..." with the wish list opening to the PDF.

hi Linda Lou, are you coming to the swap? Hope so.