Crop's in Central FL

[SunshineCamper]

Central Florida croppers just an FYI we have a crop group "Sunshine Scrappers" that meets the second Sat of the month in Oviedo. It is a no frills crop bring whatever you want to work on (scrappin, cards etc) basically a girls nite out away from the kids and significant other.

The website is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sunshine_Scrappers_FL/


St. Alban's Cathedral
3348 State Road 426
Oviedo, FL 32765

http://www.stalbansfl.com/Rental/kimsey_hall_parish_house.htm
We are NOT church related. We rent the facility. No Sunshine Scrapper is a member of the church.

~What are the hours of the crops? 12:00pm-11:00pm-unless otherwise noted Come anytime...

~When do you crop? We meet the second Saturday of every month. This way you always know when the next crop is going to be. It's also away from all the major holidays...Christmas, Thanksgiving, etc. *NOTE: the church has the right to reschedule our crops.
~Do you pay a fee? YES, $6.00 for ONLY the crops you attend. There is a table set up for paying your $6.00. Please write your name in the notebook as paid and place the money in the moneybag. *This is an honor system. Please grab a purple Sunshine Scrappers name tag-we’d like to get to know you. We’ll be wearing ours so you can get to know us.

~What's does my crop fee money pay for? The money pays for the use of the church ($75.00 a month) rental fee. We purchase supplies to run the crops. This would include paper plates, paper towels, dish and hand soap, napkins, plastic ware, tablecloths, prizes, etc. (just to name a few). If we have anything left over at the end of the year (January-December) we have a big party at the December Crop. Your money goes to St. Alban’s or directly back to YOU.

 

[DisneyIsTerrific]

That sounds fun. Sure wish I loved closer so I could join y'all.

 

[SunshineCamper]

Stephanie-here's what we're doing for our December Crop- this one is worth the road trip with all your local scrapping friends


10th Annual December Crop 2010
Merry Christmas!

December 11th- is our BIGGEST CROP OF THE YEAR! We have a lot of fun planned this month so you may have to read and re-read this newsletter.
It’s our 10th (yes, 10th) Annual December Holiday Crop. We will have our very loved “Charlie Brown” Christmas tree with our handmade tree skirt, wreath, ornaments, our traditional dinner, prizes, and most of all holiday crop time with our Sunshine sisters.
Our “Charlie Brown” Christmas tree has ornaments representing our Sunshine Scrappers family. Some ornaments are store bought and some are handmade. Feel free to make an ornament for our Christmas tree and bring it in December. It’s a Sunshine Scrappers annual tradition.

THE FUN!!!
Please dress festive, (wear your favorite Sunshine Scrapper logo shirt), santa hat, socks, etc. Show your Christmas/Holiday spirit the Sunshine Scrappers way-there will be a prize for MOST spirited!!! If you had a logo embroidered on your shirt please add your name to the SS logo list under DATABASE. Your name will be added to a drawing to receive your $6 back-we will be handing your $6 back to 8 lucky logo buyers. We’ll also take a group photo before dinner. So look cute… LOL The photo will be displayed on the home page of the Sunshine Scrappers website for an entire year. It’s a tradition!

“STOCKING “A” GIFT” for a Sunshine Sister:
THIS OF COURSE IS OPTIONAL!!

1) Bring a stocking (your own or buy one-you are keeping YOUR stocking)-a general average size Christmas or Holiday stocking. This
can be a plain stocking or you can be creative and decorate it with your own
style. (We will have a prize for most unique/creative stocking). DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME ON YOUR STOCKING-PLEASE

2) Buy a scrapbooking related gift (it can be a gift card) under $15. It must be wrapped. PLEASE NO NAME ON YOUR GIFT. If possible keep the gift the size of an average sized stocking (in other words so it will fit into the stocking)

3) When you arrive at the December Crop place ONLY your stocking in the
"stocking area" (not sure where that will be yet-LOL). Probably by the tree
somewhere.

4) Throughout the day (probably once you arrive) place your wrapped gift
into any one of the stockings without a gift inside (NOTE without a gift already in it).

5) After the group photo and dinner-we'll go pod by pod to get YOUR stocking with a gift from a Sunshine sister placed in it.

A prize will go to the “most creative stocking”. Unique and creativity count.

MORE FUN!!!
*We will have DOOR PRIZES throughout the day. To earn a “door prize” we are playing SCRAPPY. I’ll set random times with a timer and when the trimer goes off and you have completed a page or project you win a “SCRAPPY” (a stuffed bear). You must show your project or layout (1 or 2 pages) to the group. We might get inspired by your creativity. Once you win a “Scrappy” you will hold Scrappy (our stuffed bear) until the next person wins-then you throw Scrappy to the next winner. (basically passing the bear) Once you receive Scrappy-you and Scrappy can go to the door prize table to pick a door prize. YOU MAY ONLY WIN ONE DOOR PRIZE or Scrappy. We are trying to make it as fair as possible for all Sunshine Scrappers to get a chance at winning.

The doors open at noon no earlier. We want the room to be festive when you all arrive-it’s Christmas after all.

THE TOAST! Back by popular demand-we will be having a toast. Yes, you asked what happened to the toast last year so we are bringing it back. You asked and we listened.

**December Crop Fee- as with every December crop your crop fee ($6) will be donated to the church as a thank you for allowing us to crop each month. If you would like to donate more then please do. St. Alban’s would make sure it was used in a positive way. *The big crop room cost $185 to rent-they are only charging us $75.00-thank you St. Alban’s!!

Janet’s Annual Cookie Exchange:
We have an annual Christmas cookie exchange every year. It isn't
mandatory for you to participate but it's always fun for those who do.

Here are the guidelines:

1. Sign up under "Database". Include your name and what kind of cookie
you are making. The cut off date to sign up is December 6th.

2. Make one dozen cookies per person signed up. So if there are 15
people signed up, make 15 dozen cookies. Include yourself in the
count. It makes it sooooo much easier to redistribute the cookies.

3. Place each dozen cookies in either a zip lock bag or a cello bag
you can get at Mikes or Joann’s (they are in the cake decorating
section).

4. Attach the recipe to each bag and don't forget to include your name.

5. Bring them to the crop in a large container so you will have
something to carry all your goodies home in.

6. Please, only home baked cookies.

We will have a table reserved for the cookie exchange. Happy baking!

Janet

We need YOUR HELP!
Before you leave the crop can you please help us out by cleaning your area/table? Empty your trash bowl and pick up any paper, scraps, food etc. Please fold your chair and table (if you are the last scrapper at your table) and place in appropriate spot. THIS IS A BIG CROP AND COULD USE A LOT OF EXTRA HELP-ESPECIALLY WITH TRASH!

FOOD & DINNER: PLEASE SIGN UP ASAP under DATABASE-for the December Crop food item you are bringing by 12/8. Janet (dinner coordinator) has a list of traditional food items we need for our dinner. Dinner is at 5:30p-ish. We’ve asked Father Ralph to join us and bless the food before dinner-Thank you Father Ralph!
WHAT’S ON THE MENU? We have found that having a
designated menu helps us have a balanced dinner. So when you sign
up, choose something from this list FIRST. Once the list is filled,
you can bring something of your choosing. **Please try to bring your dish in something disposable; it helps so much with clean up.

APPETIZERS
3-4 people, each one brings enough for 10 people

TURKEY/HAM
provided by your crop fee
with the help of Lisa Torres and her DD-thank you!

MASHED POTATOES
3-4, each one bring enough to feed 6-8 people

GRAVY
2-3, bring enough to feed 10 people

SWEET POTATOES
3-4, each one bring enough to feed 6-8 people

GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE
2-3, each one bring enough to feed 10 people

OTHER VEGETABLE DISH
3-4, each one bring enough to feed 6-8 people

SALAD AND DRESSING
3-4, each one bring enough to feed 6-8 people

BREAD AND BUTTER
3-4, each one bring enough to feed 10-12 people

DESSERTS
 Pumpkin pie -3 people
Pecan pie -3 people
 Christmas cookies
Chocolate candy (must have chocolate)-like hershey kisses

DRINKS
please continue to bring your own
(Coffee “bar”-we have 2 coffeemakers-bring coffee and creamer)

Now, when we have every spot taken, you can bring *whatever* you'd
like. Of course, if you want to bring more than one thing, by all
means, do it. Thank you…

<<<<JANUARY 15th (the third Saturday) is the crop. Mark your calendars!!>>>>

We’d like to thank you consultants, reps, etc. for donating to our Biggest crop of the year. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! 

Merry Christmas!
Happy Holidays!!!!
Have a happy and safe holiday season!
Stacey Gonzalez- Sunshine Scrappers Founder

 

[LindaBabe]

If you're still doing this in January of '12, I'll be there it's not "That" far from Kissimmee.

 

[SunshineCamper]

We've been together for 10 years so we'll be cropping the day and night away. Come anytime...