The next brilliant Sething event will soon be upon us

 

 

 

 

It is indeed that time of year again when the champion Bread Golfers re-emerge from retirement to take up the worlds biggest bred golf challenge – held every year in no other than Kingston – upon – Thames.

Test your golf skill by hitting dough balls towards a floating hole in the river on Sunday 18^th November 2012.  No experience is necessary, just a £5 dough-nation, and a trio of bready balls are yours to thwack from the riverside at Kingston into the Mighty Thames. What better way to spend your Sunday afternoon but in the company of new friends and sporting legends!

The British Bread Golf Open 2012 takes place on Sunday 18^th November 2012 at O’Mahony Square (next to Woody’s Bar) Kingston KT1 1HH between 1pm and 3pm.  Golfing attire encouraged.

This quirky event is in-aid of the brilliant charity Creative Youth; Aniela Zaba, Artistic Director of the Charity said:

CREATIVE YOUTH is a charity born from The International Youth Arts Festival (IYAF) which was established in 2008 with the ambition to create a festival of national importance, showcasing youth arts (5-26yrs) of the highest quality. This year’s festival saw 7000 young people participating in the 26 day festival which transformed Kingston into a blaze of colour, spectacle and joy.  Creative Youth works throughout the year to support and mentor creative young people who wish to develop skills and successful careers in the arts and related subjects. We are always seeking out the most innovative, original and high quality projects and therefore to be involved with the world renowned sport of Bread Golf is the perfect partnership”

Chief organiser of the event Robin Hutchinson said;

 Is there a better way to end a year of fantastic sporting achievement than the British Bread Golf Open 2012? Now in its third year this event is already ranked up with the FA Cup, the Grand National and cheese rolling. Come along and take part and you might end the year as a world champion.”

Further information about the event can be found at www.seethingwells.org

It’s Movember!

So why not join in with the fun by making your very own Edwardian Style Moustache at the next Craft Inn?

Monday 5th November at The Lamb Surbiton* 7:30pm onwards.

*73 Brighton Road, Surbiton, KT6 5NF

If you don’t fancy making one you could always buy a pre made one in my Folksy shop. (More items coming soon)

The Seething Halloween Walk

And yet again the State of Seething brings us another wonderful event!

On Sunday 28th October we welcomed families frm in and around South West London to join us on our annual Halloween Walk. An air of terrifyingly good fun was drawn upon the streets as Surbiton as the infamous Mr Smoke led the prossession.
Children and adults alike were mesmerised by the wonderinfly alluring tree of screaming apples and were amazed by the wisdom of the talking tree.

This is the event in pictures.

 

Take with you Halloween bugs.

The other day whilst searching for a few ideas for Halloween kids workshops I came across these little critters. They would be great to occupy the kids over the weekend – and even better they would be a perfect accompaniment to the Seething Halloween Walk (if you are in the Surbiton area that is)!

All you need to make them is;

• Orange and Green wool
• Black Craft Foam
• Two googly eyes – you can buy these from any craft  / arts / kids shop
• 1/2″ green pompom (try to match with the colour of the wool) – you can buy these from any craft / arts / kids shop
• 5″ square of cardboard –
• Glue and a clothes peg
• A pair of scissors.

And here is your how-to guide:

Make two pompoms from the orange and green wool. First the Green and then the orange.

You make a pompom by wrapping the wool around the 5″ square of card. You need to wrap the wool around the card at least 100 times so you have a thick layer of wool! Once you have done this take 6″ of your wool and use this to capture your wrapped wool.(See diagram below) Tie off and cut trough the layers of wool. You can now remove your piece of card to use again – pat down the fluffy wool ball so it looks more like a mop.

Repeat the above process again but with the following changes. Taking the orange wool begin to wrap as before around the 5″ square of card, wrap the orange wool around 50 times then as before, take 6″ of your wool and use this to capture your wrapped wool. Tie off and cut trough the layers of wool. You can now remove your piece of card to use again – pat down the fluffy wool ball so it looks more like a mop.

Now take the black craft foam and cut out one pair of feet – you can use the image below as a template if you would like.

Then cut (using the below template) your witches hat.

Glue the two long sides of the cone together. Use the clothes peg to keep the material together as the glue dries.
Once the glue has dried add the cone to the circular base shape.

Attach the foam feet to your bug. The best way to do this is with a needle and thread – giving your Halloween creature spooky dangly legs.

Finally glue on your googly eyes and tiny pompom nose.

Et Voila.

 

 

Halloween Make; Steam Punk (Avitator Costume)

So it is that time of year again, HALLOWEEN! This week I will be giving you a few hints and tips to make your weekend and costume the absolute bomb!

First off lets start with some Steam Punk – although you and everyone else that watched the Paralympic opening/closing ceremonies will have seen all the re-worked industrial Victoriana going around, not everyone will know how fun Steampunk is to make and how awesome it can look!

So just for you is an idea to take and mold to what ever bits of ‘junk’ you have lying around. It is an invitation to get your creative side out!

Check out this super cute kid in his hand-made Steam Punk Aviator costume. All it has taken is some a little ingenuity! If you click on his image you can find out exactly how he made his outfit.

Once you have made it (or anyother) and you are stuck for somewhere great to go, why not check out these two events happening this weekend in SOuth West London. Friday 26th Halloween 6 at The Lamb in Surbiton and Sunday 28th Seething Halloween Walk. See you all there!

A short community message from the state of Seething.

The State of Seething cordially invites you to become a part of the Halloween walk on Sunday 28th October from 5pm – 6:15pm (or there-a-bout)
Those who join in will share in the delights of all things Seething, a large dose of family friendly community spirit. As always ALL ARE WELCOME.
The Seething Halloween Walk is hailed as an hour (and a bit) of fun and Halloween mayhem.
Fancy dress is encouraged! Get on your scariest clothes (or come as a fairy, princess, cowboy or whatever you want).

The walk will start outside The Lamb public house in Surbiton and parade down to St Andrews Square where there will be talking trees, jacket potatoes and lots of laughs.

All welcome – this is a family event!

A great day was had by all at Seething Sunday!

Photo’s courtesy of Nicholas Orwin

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I simply HAVE to get this book!!

Make and do with Perri

Because cross stitch is great, but sometimes it’s SO frickin’ slow to do.

Luckily, this book by Jacqui Pearce (the lady behind Pearl and Earl and a shed load of other things) is published tomorrow.

 

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Prepare yourself for the Suburban Skiing experience!

The Villagers of Seething ask you to bring with you an Urban Cowbell. What is an Urban Cowbell I hear you all ask?

Well; luckily enough I am here to answer your questions and take you through the making of this strange and wonderful musical instrument; step-bystep!

The Urban Cowbell takes used tin cans and unwanted utensils and turns them into instrments of splendor.

So how do you make an Urban Cowbell?

Step 1: Take an ordinary used tin can (Ring pulls are best as they are less sharp!)

Step 2: Drill two holes in the top of the can and add some string (or anything else that will form a handle that you have to hand)

Step 3: Take an unwanted Utensil, hit the tin can with the unwanted utensil et voila!

The villagers of Seething are very much looking forward to seeing you all with your Urban Cowbells this Sunday from 11am at the base of St Marks Hill in Surbiton.

If you would like top ski, you can still register by emailing suburbanskiing@yahoo.com

Up coming events in Seething – Seething Sunday delivers slippery fun and warms hearts!

Please allow me to introduce you to the wonderful realm of Seething! Within the Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames a group of slightly crazy, increasingly passionate and effortlessly creative people have been for some time producing hair brained schemes to raise money for charity, and to bring the community together.

From over sized board games to festivals and parades this group of merry Seething folk have successfully developed a long list of annual community events. Exploring local histories, the folk of Seething adapt, develop and create events that focus on community involvement.  With each Seething project important messages are delivered; that of the importance of celebrating achievement, supporting the local community and local business as well as sharing in the joys that creating and making can bring.

The next Seething event has been running for four years and thus I am given the greatest pleasure of introducing to you this duo of crazy, exciting and most of all fun community events to take place as part of Seething Sunday on Sunday 14^th October. This year we will be raising money for two brilliant charities; Shooting Star’s Children’s Hospice and Creative Youth.

The first of this duo turns the science of traditional skiing on its head and celebrates the new international craze of ‘Suburban Skiing’. Surbiton Ski Sunday is an annual event located on St Mark’s Hill in Surbiton and invites members of the community to attach over-sized ice cubes to their feet in an attempt to be the fastest ‘skier’.

Chief organiser of these magical events’ Robin Hutchinson said “Few people will be able to resist smiling or laughing when they see people skiing down St Mark’s Hill in Surbiton with ice strapped to their feet. Last year no World Records in Suburban Skiing were broken but following the magnificent displays at the Olympics we are expecting records to tumble.”

This hilarious and utterly fantastic event will commence at 11 o’clock on the morning of the 14^th October coming to an end at around 1 o’clock in the afternoon at which time members of the realm of seething (of which we all are) will be invited to join a parade en route to celebrate and re-enact the tale of the Kings Soup.

This new ‘folk tale’ was published in 2010 by Homage de Fromage. The Kings Soup encompasses the concepts of all the projects within the realm of Seething and highlights the positive difference an individual can make through their attitude to where they live and how they respond to others. The story’s themes are those of greed and selflessness, of the joy of making rather than owning, of the benefits of locally produced food as well as of the value of community celebration and sharing.

And so in the afternoon of the 14^th October, people are invited to bring along a leek or a potato and together the community will build a giant table and prepare, make and share the King’s Soup.

The villain of this ‘folk tale’ is a selfish King who is feared by his people because he takes everything that is good. However, although his Palace is full, his heart is empty. Through a series of events he tastes a simple, lovingly made soup that changes his heart. He learns to appreciate the sense of achievement and joy that growing, creating and making can bring. Through this he begins to understand the value of friendship and community.

Robin Hutchinson – chief organiser of this event went on to say “… what a great way to round off a morning of exercise than by coming together to make and share soup and remember why community is important. We hope as many people as possible will come along to join in the fun.”

All events created by the folks of Seething are open for anyone to take part. You are invited to register for the skiing before the event and you can do that by emailing suburbanskiing@yahoo.com

You can read more about other projects we have produced by visiting our website: http://www.seethingwells.org

You can also follow us on twitter:  @stateofseething

You can buy this amazing folk tale by following this link !