Ladies please go and check out Xenia’s Cake Creations -Tutorials ..........FB Page! Xenia is our demonstrator TONIGHT!

Back to our programme now after the Easter break. We hope you all had a lovely time and not too much chocolate! 😳🤫😉 Tuesday 10th April is our next meeting with Xenia Robeson as our demonstrator. Xenia is fairly local to us and we’re really looking forward to seeing her dem. “Cake painting without paint” is the schedule. What does that mean you wonder? Come along and see for yourself! If you haven’t already paid your yearly membership it is now due. Please remember cheques or cash to pay Corinne on the night and before the demo starts. Many thanks. Plus.... if you would like to join you would be most welcome. Remember as a BSG member you can take out the yearly BSG Insurance with us - and it’s slightly cheaper too! Doors open 7pm. Meeting starts 7.30pm. United Reformed Church Main Hall 164 New London Road Further details? Check out previous monthly posts if you need further information. All new faces (🤗) welcome! We’d love to see you. Visitors £6 BSG Members from any branch £4. Please remember your BSG Membership card. Refreshments included and available after the demo. Look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday!

Huge thanks to Alison for a great demo last night. The little converse shoes were so cute! Thanks for taking the time to make a few patterns for us to take home to make our own shoes! If anyone would like a copy please say so and we can arrange to photo copy them for you. Here are some photo’s of her items she brought along for us to see. How cute are those Owl shoes! Many thanks again Alison. 🙂 xx

We welcome Alison Squibb who will be demonstrating Baby Booties at our meeting TOMORROW, Tuesday 13th March. Please join us. Yearly membership is due so please remember to bring cash or cheques. Payment before the meeting begins if possible please. If you have paid online, have you advised Sandra and/or Corinne? BSG Membership: £24 Branch m’ship. £10 ChristChurch URC 164 New London Road Chelmsford CM2 0AW Time: 7.15pm to 10pm. Everyone is welcome 🤗. If you haven’t been to any of our meetings before we would really love to meet you so please come along and see what we have to offer you! 😁

Stunning 1st birthday cake by Joan Warlow of Artistic Cake Creations, one of the outstanding sugarcrafters in our branch! Superb Joan!

Hello Ladies. Please read the item below by Claire Green and if you are able to either purchase a box of her cupcakes, or, if calorie counting (😁) make a donation instead that would be brilliant! Claire is one of our own Chelmsford members and it would great to help her on her way raising money for the BHF. Good Luck Claire from us all! 🏃🏻‍♀️ 🏆 🥇. xx

Our next meeting is this coming Tuesday, 13th February. As most of you are aware the Committee decided to incorporate this into a workshop making roses for the upcoming Region 7 exhibition on 8th September. Even if you haven’t made roses before it doesn’t matter as there should be enough hands available to help you. Some make roses in various ways and hopefully you will get the chance to look, learn and have a go. Please remember to bring along a small non-stick board, a small non-stick rolling pin, firm pad and a few tools such as dog bone, ball tool etc. A good quality plastic bag may also come in useful. Please note : NO large tool boxes as there just isn’t room. Thank you all very much. Look forward to seeing you on Tuesday. Drive carefully.

The wonderful Eddie Spence MBE has announced his retirement. We here at Chelmsford have been very lucky to see Eddie in action many times and some of us have been to his classes all arranged via his long standing friendship with Jo Flight and her family, who we sadly said goodbye to nearly 5 years ago. We wish both Eddie and Tracy a very happy retirement. Thank you so much for showing and teaching us your love of RI🙂 💕 xx Eddie’s Announcement via FB: Further to the notice on Tracy Spence Facebook page. I would like to thank everyone for their kind words. It is with great sadness that I have finally had to make the decision to fully retire from teaching due to my health. I cannot believe the distances some of you travelled to learn from me. I always found it emotional saying goodbye after classes. I have thoroughly loved every minute of my career, met so many lovely people many who have gone on to be become dear friends and even tutors . Thank you for all the enjoyment fun and laughter . One book, one DVD ,several appearances on TV ,Four Lifetime Achievement Awards , 9cakes for The Royal Family And a M.B.E from The Queen . Not too bad a career for a wee lad from the slums of Edinburgh. 😊 I know you will all keep The Art of Royal Icing Alive . "If you love what you do you never have to work ". This has been my motto through out my career and it never let me down. Many many thanks. Much love, Kindest regards Eddie and Tracy Spence. 💖.x x x