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October 30, 2002
APRIL SOUND UPBEAT
By JJB
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Betty Bashen and Shoppers
Malkovi Family Prague, Jan. 2002
Jo Caviness
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April Sound
Ladies Association Craft Show
It gets better and better every year. The April Sound Ladies Association Craft Show, that is. This year it was an all-day event with the ASLA luncheon at mid-day. Over 30 crafters set up booths to sell their creations, and a lot of early Christmas shopping was done.
Barbara Tedesco had taken wine boxes and turned them into things of beauty, antiquing them and trimming with exquisite stencil designs. There is an interesting story behind her creations. A neighbor who is a wine connoisseur brought over a pine box that wine had come in, and asked her if she could use it. That sparked her idea for decorating them and soon she was urging him to take his wines out of their shipping crates and put them into his wine storage so she could paint the crates. The ones that weren’t grabbed up at the show are now on sale at Terry’s on the Lake.
Betty Bashen had a rack full of shirts and vests of her creation. Dozens of unique Santas were featured in Lorena Stanislaw’s booth, with Santa in a variety of colors and activities.
Jean Chancy never saw a rock she didn’t like. She gathers interesting stones and paints them to resemble animals. Her booth invoked a lot of conversation as shoppers picked their favorites.
Birdie Gilbert handcrafts unique baskets and she painted designs on a few of them. Susan Warzetha had baskets in her booth, which she trimmed with buttons and tiny clothespins and planted them with interesting plants. Rosemary Shields made fancy lady note papers, which she personalized with names as they were ordered.
Shirley Hawkins broke a lot of eggs and made decorative ornaments from the shells. Carole Labby is known for her creativity with machine embroidery and she was taking orders for shirts. Shirley Rothwell demonstrated her skill in the kitchen and concocted some homemade dressings and was passing out samples.
There is a lot of creativity in ASLA and we all enjoy the craft show and usually go away with bags of handcrafted items.
Walter and Madeline Novelly are world travelers, and have friends around the world. Recent visitors were from Prague, Czech Republic. Houseguesting with the Novellys were Michal and Marie Malkovi with daughters Katerina, 14, and Michaela, 13.
Michaela was born sightless, but has overcome many of the difficulties she encounters. She reads Braille with ease and has learned a lot of English. The Novellys found that Michaela could play the piano and was outstanding for her age. They invited a number of friends over to hear an impromptu concert, and she played numbers from several classical composers and then added a Czech folk song. Katerina then took her turn at the piano, followed by the girls in a piece together.
The Novellys took their guests for a tour of facilities for the visually impaired at HISD, visited Moody Gardens, rode the Bolivar ferry and visited NASA and Kemah. |
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