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

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

Come and spend a night in and around our tipi, enjoying pizzas and drinks and good tunes with friends. We have a choice of four different delicious pizzas (vegetarian options available), a range of local drinks, spirits and snacks and some Smores to toast on the fire. We are hosting these evenings on the following dates:

Booking is essential so please get in touch to secure your spot and time. We hope to see you there!

Come for a Wildlife Wander with someone from our knowledgeable team to see some of the amazing wildlife that Summer brings to Insh Marshes.

The breeding season for birds is coming to an end, however there is still plenty of other life to be seen on the marshes and in the meadow. Colourful wild flowers include sweetly scented orchids, which attract beautiful butterflies and dragonflies. We will lookout for the scarce Scotch Argus butterfly which feeds on flowers like the sunshine-yellow Rock Rose.

Some areas may be rough underfoot. It is unfortunately not suitable for wheelchairs or buggies, and we recommend sturdy footwear.

Come for a Wildlife Wander with someone from our knowledgeable team to see some of the amazing wildlife that Summer brings to Insh Marshes.

The breeding season for birds is coming to an end, however there is still plenty of other life to be seen on the marshes and in the meadow. The heather should be in full flower and field gentian may be coming into bloom. Wild flowers like knapweed and scabious provide nectar for butterflies. We will lookout for the nationally scarce scotch argus butterfly which breeds on the reserve and can be the most common butterfly to be seen in August. Dragonflies like black darter and the impressively large golden ringed may also be seen.

Some areas may be rough underfoot. It is unfortunately not suitable for wheelchairs or buggies, and we recommend sturdy footwear.

Kingussie High School Parent Council invite you to a family ceilidh featuring Black Rock ceilidh band at the Duke of Gordon Hotel on the night before the 30th Kingussie Bikeathon.

With support from Wildland, we’re raising money for this year’s Bikeathon charity, Blood Cancer UK and celebrating the big anniversary!

Tickets available from Kingussie High school office.

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.