Posts for May, 2023

We will be using Waves & Wild’s Cool Time Lunch Bag pattern. This is a large lunch bag which we will make with inside bottle pocket

We will learn how to cut material using pattern pieces
We will sew in a zip, construct our bag and use binding to finish our seams.

What’s Provided
Lining material
Zips
Straps & Binding
Equipment
Haberdashery

You need to bring
-0.5m Fabric (Slightly heavier fabric than cotton works best e.g. Denim, Cotton Twill, Canvas. We will provide suggestions)

BOOKING
Please book your place online – you can book multiple sessions & for multiple children.
No payment will be taken via our website. After booking you will receive an invoice (applying any discounts or split payment dates), your place is not confirmed until this invoice is paid

Once booked we will send you:
An invoice – this must be paid once received
Emergency Contact & Health Forms
Material Choices Form

The workshops which combine outdoor experiences with yoga, mindfulness and connection to nature are designed to make the outdoor and action sports space accessible to more people. During the two days, participants will learn the basics of route planning, navigation, and safety in the outdoors, as well as enjoying shared meaning-making, storytelling and yoga sessions.

We will be using the NEA pattern from Apple Green Cottage. This is a great unisex bag, ideal for carrying all your bits and pieces on a day out

We will learn how to cut material using pattern pieces
We will create our straps & two pockets before completing our bag

What’s Provided
Cotton Twill fabric (main body of the bag)
Equipment
Haberdashery

You need to bring
– 2 Fat Quarters (one for the front pocket & one for the inside of the bag)

BOOKING
Please book your place online – you can book multiple sessions & for multiple children.
No payment will be taken via our website. After booking you will receive an invoice (applying any discounts or split payment dates), your place is not confirmed until this invoice is paid

Once booked we will send you:
An invoice – this must be paid once received
Emergency Contact & Health Forms
Material Choices Form

Have fun & be creative!!

Mini Crafters is all about creative fun! Each week has a theme & is full of easy crafts and games.

Fantasy week is all about imaginative crafts – with a different magical creature each day:
Monday – Fairies
Tuesday – Unicorns
Wednesday – Dragons
Thursday – Mermaids
Friday – Monsters

All activities come with a range of options and are suitable for boys & girls – we encourage everyone to use their creativity and make it their own!!

All materials are provided. Where ever possible we will do our crafts outside!

BOOKING
Please book your place online – you can book multiple sessions & for multiple children.
For Mini Crafters you can book for individual sessions (£12 each) or select the full week for a discounted price (£50).
No payment will be taken via our website. After booking you will receive an invoice (applying any discounts or split payment dates), your place is not confirmed until this invoice is paid

Once booked we will send you:
An invoice – this must be paid once received
Emergency Contact & Health Forms

Scottish landscape artist Shona Cammack is exhibiting a new body of original landscape paintings at the High St Merchants Gallery & Cafe in Grantown-on-Spey, from 1st June – 14th July.

Shona lives on the edge of the Cairngorms National Park and is a keen hill walker and outdoors enthusiast. She is inspired by the high mountains, rivers and pine forests of the Cairngorms as well as the more rugged landscapes of the west coast. She collects inspiration for her paintings while exploring these locations, often painting outdoors and working directly from the surroundings.

The paintings in this exhibition are inspired by her surroundings in the Cairngorms and recent trips to the Isle of Skye.

The exhibition will be open Wed-Sat 10am-4.30pm, Sunday 10am-4pm.
June 1st – July 14th.

See more of Shona’s work on her website at www.shonacammack.com and Instagram/Facebook @shonacammack_art

Original local art & gifts, jewellery making demonstrations, felting demonstrations, card making, booking signing and photographic prints, tombola…come and see us…there is something for everyone

Exhibition of locally produced textiles for sale

Kingussie Festival of Words – a couple of days to think about words, one way or another. A couple of talks. Three workshops. A live poetry event.

Some poems, songs, stories. And a couple of events for the younger ones. Oh, and a poetry competition.
All on this year’s theme – Immigration and Emigration.

More info. in programme leaflet available locally, on facebook soon, and most importantly on our eventbrite (link to the right!) where tickets can be purchased too.

A collaboration between artists Elizabeth Reeder and Amanda Thomson, Cairngorms Connect and people who live or work in or visit the Cairngorms.

A commonplace book is a collection of writings, images and documents gathered by people to show a place at a particular time. They could be considered scrapbooks or like a Scottish Kist – where things that are valued are communicated to and kept for future generations.

We plan to create the first Cairngorms Connect Commonplace Book, including submissions from anyone who wants to write down or photograph or draw something of this place that they’d like to share with others.

Do you want to offer something to the commonplace book but don’t know where to start? Are you interested in writing or photography or drawing or simply sharing something of what you know of this place? You don’t need to be a writer or an artist, just someone who loves the Cairngorms and has something to share with others about this place.

Come along to one or more of the workshops where Elizabeth and Amanda will offer some ideas of where you might start. The workshops will be a great place for them to answer any questions you have about the project too.

Tuesday 6th June, 6-7:30pm, online
Monday 10th July, 6-7:30pm, Loch Garten Nature Centre
Monday 7th August, 6-7:30pm, RSPB Insh Marshes

Workshops are free but places are limited so please register to reserve a space.

No previous creative experience is necessary, and all ages* and abilities very welcome.
*under-18s must be accompanied by an adult.

It is important that all people have equal access to Cairngorms Connect events. We are happy to provide for your requirements, wherever possible eg. BSL interpreters, off-road wheelchairs, adapted bikes etc. If have any accessibility requirements, please get in touch.

A collaboration between artists Elizabeth Reeder and Amanda Thomson, Cairngorms Connect and people who live or work in or visit the Cairngorms.

A commonplace book is a collection of writings, images and documents gathered by people to show a place at a particular time. They could be considered scrapbooks or like a Scottish Kist – where things that are valued are communicated to and kept for future generations.

We plan to create the first Cairngorms Connect Commonplace Book, including submissions from anyone who wants to write down or photograph or draw something of this place that they’d like to share with others.

Do you want to offer something to the commonplace book but don’t know where to start? Are you interested in writing or photography or drawing or simply sharing something of what you know of this place? You don’t need to be a writer or an artist, just someone who loves the Cairngorms and has something to share with others about this place.

Come along to one or more of the workshops where Elizabeth and Amanda will offer some ideas of where you might start. The workshops will be a great place for them to answer any questions you have about the project too.

Tuesday 6th June, 6-7:30pm, online
Monday 10th July, 6-7:30pm, Loch Garten Nature Centre
Monday 7th August, 6-7:30pm, RSPB Insh Marshes

Workshops are free but places are limited so please register to reserve a space.

No previous creative experience is necessary, and all ages* and abilities very welcome.
*under-18s must be accompanied by an adult.

It is important that all people have equal access to Cairngorms Connect events. We are happy to provide for your requirements, wherever possible eg. BSL interpreters, off-road wheelchairs, adapted bikes etc. If have any accessibility requirements, please get in touch.