Holcombe Brook and Summerseat WI

We enjoyed an enlightening talk and demonstration from commercial advertising photographer Ian Clegg on Wednesday, 6th May. Ian has recently partnered with a ceramic artist to explore how photography and ceramics might be combined. This has led to critical success and exhibitions both locally and abroad. Ian showed us the ceramic pin-hole camera he has created and took some photos of the group and location. All in all a very thought-provoking evening!

The April meeting saw the group try their hand at creating a scrapbook layout. The session was led by Nicola, one of the members, who is a keen papercrafter. The range of layouts produced bore witness to just how creative a group we are!

Our first attempt at creating a group project resulted in a beautiful string of bunting. The grand unveiling at the April monthly meeting was met with a host of oohs and aahs! Each member embroidered one of the letters and decorated a flag so the end product would spell out the name of our WI. It will no doubt be used for many years to come and will decorate both our meetings and any future show displays. Special thanks must go to Ailie, Karen and Alison who did the prep work and final assembly of the bunting.

I feel like we should have a sound effect on this blog post. A drum roll, cymbal clash or something to celebrate that we've ( finally !) taken the leap and created a blog. Woo hoo! So thanks for joining us and by way of introduction, I'd like to tell you a bit about who we are and what we do. We are the Holcombe Brook and Summerseat branch of the Women's Institute (part of the Lancashire Federation). We are a cross-generational WI and our members range from stay-at-home mums with young families to women who work full-time and retired ladies (and just about every combination in-between). We are quite a young WI - we were only established in 2012 so we are learning the ropes and still full of enthusiasm and energy!