Meeting - Wednesday 7th July 2010

There was a twist on the "Summer Colours" theme tonight. And here are some of the photographs as evidence. Cocktails, flowers and chocolates to congratulate ourselves on our very busy month of June. We also had a new member join us to!

It was a very merry and relaxed evening. Ellie won the prize for the best floral arrangement of the evening which was judged by our Cocktail Waiter.

Meeting - Wednesday 13th January 2010

The guest speaker for January was Ann Lane from Stay Slim with Ann. Ann gave an entertaining and enlightening talk about her own battle with weight, keeping her weight off , becoming a lecturer for Weight Watchers and starting up her own weight management business.

With years of experience she was able to provide information about healthy eating in a relaxed, informal way. Ann provided a fun quiz and finished the evening with some saucy jokes which had our members in stitches.

Meeting - Wednesday 2nd December 2009

Christmas started early on Anglesey when Talwrn Lite WI held a minimal business meeting quickly followed by a tasty Christmas meal at The Bay Cafe in Benllech. Twenty-five ladies attended the dinner. The food was fantastic and we had a good laugh playing "Snatch Bingo"! Many thanks to Margaret for taking the meal requirements & payments and to Helen for arranging the game.

The photos above show everybody having a good natter. Ann our Treasurer was the proud winner of a pair of red gloves in the "Snatch Bingo".

Meeting - Wednesday 4th November 2009

Getting down to business...

November is traditionally "The Business" meeting of the WI year and at Talwrn Lite we were no different. As it was our first Annual Meetting we had an AFWI Advisor (Yvonne Tatum) in attendance to ensure we covered everything required. On completion of "The Business" we had refreshments of Pimms, Wine and Nibbles while completing a quiz.

(For those members that were not present at the meeting, please contact Delyth or Sam regarding the Christmas dinner arrangements).

AFWI Fashion Show - 9th October 2009

The Anglesey Federation of Women's Institutes held a fashion show in Talwrn Village Hall to raise funds for the Federation. Delyth Jones transformed the hall with a professional lit catwalk, delicate drapes and floral arrangements. Refreshments were served by gentlemen wearing evening (black tie) suits.

Stunning attire from the Menai Bridge boutique "Elsa" were displayed by five models. Some of the key features to be aware of for Autumn Winter 2009 appear to be tweeds, velvet trousers, large brooches and different shaped hem-lines.

Quiz Night - 8th October 2009

Gwyngyll Women's Institute invited the Talwrn Lite WI ladies to provide a team at their evening quiz, held in the Llanfairpwll WI hall. Thanks to Marge, we were called the "Talwrn Totties"! Talwrn Lite came joint third with three other teams. The refreshments were lovely - especially the cakes. Thanks for a great evening Gwyngyll.

Meeting - Wednesday 7th October 2009

Can you believe that a year has passed since the initial meeting to see if the village of Talwrn wanted a Women's Institute. At the October meeting, the members celebrated with Bucks Fizz and birthday cake.

At this meeting, fellow Talwrn Lite member Pam Holt provided a lively demonstration on making a no-cook cake which could be used at Christmas. In true Blue Peter tradition Pam unveiled a cake she made earlier and issued the challenge of "Guess the alcohol in the cake"!

Meeting - Wednesday 2nd September 2009

The first meeting back after the summer holidays and we were a chatty bunch - and that was before the wine!

Having whipped through the business (and there was quite a lot of it), we settled down to listen to our Guest Speaker.

The theme of this meeting was "Green Fingers" learning how to get the most out of our gardens, knowing what and when to plant and the best way to compost.

Yvonne Tatum provided a slide show about her garden. The initial barren garden she took on bares little resemblence to the garden of plenty it has now become. Discussing the problems with the local soil, how to protect vegetable crops from the strong winds, how and why we should to rotate crops and how insects and wildlife can be a friend to the vegetable gardner.

Yvonne kindly provided us with some of her huge marrows which we raffled and we also tried her home made raspberry jam which had a fantastic flavour and was great on the fruit scones.

Meeting - Wednesday 1st July 2009

To celebrate coming first with our co-operative piece on the theme of "A Gothic Wedding" at the Anglesey Federation WI Annual Show we raised a glass of champagne to the ladies who helped to make our first show exhibit such an achievement and applauded all who contributed in many and varied ways.

As it was summer we had pimms, strawberries and dips for refreshments.

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Our guest speaker for July was Benjamin Lee of Benjamin Lee Cakes.

Benjamin lives in our village. He started working in a local bakers in Llangefni, wanted to further his career so moved away to learn other skills. He has now returned to Anglesey and has been making speciality celebration cakes for some years. More recently he has purchased the Strawberrry Farm cake business and is moving it forward into other directions.

From listening and watching Benjamin demonstrating, it became apparent that he is a perfectionist and made his art look so easy. The Talwrn Lite ladies sat in awe watching him create a cake topper in the shape of a teddy and delicate rosebuds made from sugar paste.

We hope to invite Benjamin back in the coming year to demonstrate his skill with chocolate.

Meeting - Wednesday 3rd June 2009

It's hard to believe that we have reached the middle of the year already. I hope you're enjoying the sunshine and not suffering from the heat too much.

The meeting this month had several apologies - including one from our President, Delyth Jones. Delyth was not able to be with us as she was attending the WI AGM, at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Following the business side of the meeting we welcomed Rhian from Tlws Jewellery. Rhian gave an over-view of the company, detailing it's recent growth and the countries where the items are sourced from.

Rhian had a huge selection of items for our ladies to check out - some were silver, silver plated and some even recycled from items like quality street tins which were especially interesting.

If you missed out on the meeting, or you would like to see or purchase additional items, you can visit the Tlws web site http://www.tlws.co.uk/

Meeting - Wednesday 6th May 2009

Following the main business part of the meeting, we discussed our Annual Show exhibit. Some interesting ideas were thrown into the pot and our entry is really taking shape.

This month our Guest Speaker was Alison Chapman of Rhosmeirch who teaches patchwork techniques in Anglesey & Gwynedd.

Alison brought along bags of her stunning quilts. Showing us her early creations, works in progress and more recent projects, including bags and wall-hangings. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the Talwrn ladies will be joining her class in September!

Alison also provided us with a hands-on craft project. She demonstrated how to make cute bunnies and chicks from a face cloth and we also made a little draw-string bag from squares of fabric too.

Each member of Talwrn Lite received a free BusyLizzie plant to take home.

Meeting - Wednesday 8th April 2009

At this meeting there was quite a bit of business to be discussed, which unfortunately took quite a while to relay to the Talwrn Lite members.

With the AFWI Annual Show looming in June we thought we could benefit from some guidance on show etiquette. We therefore invited AFWI Chairman, Audrey Jones to be the guest speaker. Audrey has many years experience of entering and judging shows, so she was the ideal candidate to provide an insight into how to enter and present our show exhibits.

Meeting - Wednesday 4th March 2009

We have four new members join Talwrn Lite WI this month. With the number growing steadily we must be doing something right!

Following the business, the evening was all about "Pampering Yourself" and we certainly did that! With champagne, strawberries and Thorntons chocolates as well as the normal wine & nibbles, we had a fun and relaxing evening.

Sheila Phillips gave a short talk on aromatherapy and demonstrated a hand massage. Each member took it in turn to provide a hand massage to the person they were sat next to.

At the end of the evening each member took away a small bouquet of daffodils

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Are you interested in joining Talwrn Lite or would you like more information? If so please email: talwrnlitewi@yahoo.co.uk

Meeting - Wednesday 4th February 2009

So here's a quick update of this meeting.

At present we have 22 paid-up members. We had four new ladies attend this meeting and they seem positive about joining Talwrn Lite.

The pictures above show an accordian style mini book created using origami techniques, demonstrated by Sam Squires. These can be used as greetings cards, photo frames or mini books.

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How quickly has February arrived!

The meeting starts at 7:30 pm where business will be discussed for the first half hour.

We've had a little hic-cup with a speaker for this month, so this meeting is going to be a "hands-on" crafting session. At 8pm we will have refreshments and start creating a "special something" in paper.

Do you fancy coming along for a taster evening? If so, why not come along to see what Talwrn Lite is all about.

For further information you can email talwrnlitewi@yahoo.co.uk

Meeting - Wednesday 7th January 2009

Come and join in the fun at the January meeting called "Cash in the Attic". An expert will provide a talk and will advise on an item you wish to have valued.

The usual venue of Talwrn Village Hall at 7:30pm - Why not bring a friend with you - they may like to become part of the community too!

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Well what an interesting evening this turned out to be. The guest speaker for the night was Simon Bower, Auctioneer at Morgan Evans.

Simon provided information on the items we brought along to the meeting. He detailed the approximate age and value. Where the items were made and high-lighted little give-away marks that indicated the history of an item - some of which would normally go un-noticed by somebody like myself.

Simon gave an informal talk about the present state of the auction market and also asked us to guess the value of a decorative piece of jewellery. Now this could have been a cheap bit of costume jewellery, but it actually had a value of £20,000 - and no, we didn't mug him on his way out!

If you would like to attend interesting WI meetings like this, make new friends and learn new skills, then please email talwrnlitewi@yahoo.co.uk for more information.

Meeting - Wednesday 3rd December 2008

This festive meeting had a huge amount of apologies due to this horrible flu virus and tummy bug that has been doing the rounds.

After the business side of the meeting was out of the way, we cracked open the wine and created "beautiful" floral/candle table decorations and gift boxes too.

This was followed by a fantastic Christmas buffet which was enjoyed by all.

This turned out to be another late night, but was well worth the darkened rings around the eyes in the morning!

Meeting - Wednesday 5th November 2008

At the November 2008 meeting of Talwrn Lite WI we would like our members to get to know each other.

To do this we ask all members to bring a photograph of themselves when they were young along to the meeting. We will then need to guess who is who. There will be a prize for the person that can match the most names to the photographs.

Also at this meeting we would like our members to suggest activities, guest speakers, trips etc so that the diary for the year ahead can be planned and booked. There will be an idea box available at the hall for those ladies who would prefer not to speak out at the meeting.

All feedback is appreciated - it's your Women's Institute so tell us what you would like.

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This meeting turned out to be so much fun.

To mix everybody up and get us all talking to people we perhaps didn't know, we held a speed-date format get to know you session - it did exactly that! It's quite surprising what you learn about people. Obviously the wine made us slightly more chatty than usual, with the last of us leaving the hall after midnight!

The photograph game got a few of us guessing with Rachael and Pam being joint winners.

We had a whole host of suggestions for our 2008/2009 programme of events. Pam will have her hands full sorting out all the requests. For the lady who requested Len from Strictly...sorry, we are not able to help on this occasion, but who knows what we can do in the future!