Nov
27
So it’s time for badge designs again this year the Scottish Senior Section camp gets two badges – a camp one and a challenge one. I’ve been tasked with designing both. The main camp badge is a Scottish/ Senior Section theme so I’ve come up with a neep (turnip), Westie… …and map designs (needless to …
Oct
30
Some excellent badges and challenges from Girlguiding North West England. Including a great sweet challenge!
Sep
10
It was SS100 last weekend so I got to see my badge design in a real badge! I’m really excited about just how pretty it turned out. The residential was a huge success and I’m already looking forward to SS11
Jul
25
I went down to Legoland with friends this week and it was great. Even better I saw Lego versions of my favourite things!
Jul
12
Two books read over the weekend; Jill, The Lone Guide by Ethel Talbot was written in the 1930s I think. It was really interesting as the girl couldn’t go to a local unit due to distance – 6 miles! Anyway she was a trooper and didn’t let that get her down or the run of …
Jul
04
Alison Irving (my mate and current Assistant Scottish Senior Section Adviser) recommended I buy this. In fact she said she’d been unable to put it down. According to the Girlguiding Scotland website: “This is Jenny Ramsay’s record of a very special time in her life when Jenny and her young Guiding friends from across the …
Jan
31
This months Lones newsletter is all about craft and the envelope ended up being more crafty than I expected. I failed miserably to buy A5 envelopes or bring home the A4 ones I keep stored at work so instead I had to come up with a envelope – a recycled Hello! magazine came to the …
Dec
21
The time has come for the SS100 badge to be designed. This year it’s on the West Coast but it’s main thing is to mark the 100 years of Girlguiding. So the badge was to reflect this (say goodbye to my puffin plan). I decided to limit the options a lot more this year – …
Dec
20
Camp blankets and badges are serious things in the world of Guiding and Scouts. Despite my involvement for the past twenty years it’s only in the last two that I’ve made the camp blanket (hand sewn of course). I was asked about what badge is my favourite – this one is I’d love it to …
Nov
01
I was at a Guiding event in Edinburgh the other week and I have a travelling bear (part of the centenary fun) anyway I made said bear a green beanie hat and a green sling bag. Though more excitingly from a Guiding perspective was that the bear is named Dinah after the current Scottish Chief Guide and at the …
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