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Greetings Cards Workshop

John — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 02:12:37 +0000

It was another active weekend for the children with Somboon holding a greetings card workshop here at Stratton House.
It was a very well organised affair with 3 tables set out and the children arranged and each given a particular job.
Somboon had clearly put alot of thought into the workshop and did a great job instructing and assisting the children with some wonderful results.

Also helping were Nok and Pap, two friends of Somboon who had volunteered to come along to do some mural painting with the kids.
It was a very popular activity and we hope to hold more of these on a regular basis and hope that members of the public will then purchase these beautiful cards, helping to boost our funds and continue helping these and many more disadvantaged children.

Home Made Cards in The Making

John — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 04:48:23 +0000

Also this weekend the children were treated to a craft workshop from our good friend Somboon. Armed with various types of paper and card, stencils and decorations he held all the childrns attention as he gave the first lesson in how to produce some simple but beautiful homemade greetings cards which we hope to be able to put on sale soon to help raise money to continue our work.

An Afternoon in Buak Hard Park, Chiang Mai

John — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:11:31 +0000

Friday 11th Nov
Take a day when the schools are closed and House Mother has her day off and you get a day when I can’t get much of my own work done.
Thankfully the kids slept in till nearly 9am, giving me my first lay-in for ages. But then it was up and at it preparing breakfast for the hungry threesome.

As it happened I had a plan to go into Chiang Mai later in the day to purchase a paper guillotine in order to make a proper job of the greetings cards we are producing.

This being the case I figured it work work well to take the children in to town as well and take them to Buak Hard Park for a couple of hours.

So a deal was struck where I gave them some more card designs to work on quietly in the house if they wanted, whilst I got a little admin stuff done, or else they could play outside and not worry about having to be quiet.

I could have guessed the result.
They elected to do more drawing with Boon.

Somboon has always been a keen sketcher himself and he loves to pass on hints as to how the children can improve their skills.

It has been a delight to see how well Boon connects with the kids and how they are keen tolisten to his instruction.

I think he calls on his days as a Novice Monk and uses methods used by the elder Monks on him.

So after lunch, ably produced by Somboon, we headed into town and to DK Book store where I got my paper cutter, envelopes and a few more accessories to enhance future designs for the cards.

That done it was off to Buak Hard Park as promised.

This is a lovely spot on the bottom left hand corner of the Old City that, as well as a sports courtyard and large ponds, has a walking path all the way around and a childrens play area at the far left side of the park.
This may well become another regular as if affords a safe play time for the kids whilst the adults can watch from a distance and get some relaxation time.
I was most impressed with how well Jack made friends with other boys there.

When he first arrived at Stratton House just a month ago he was very reluctant to interact with others on our trips out.

For more photos please visit our photobucket album here.

More Art

John — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:05:09 +0000

The children are still churning out the pictures. Yong is the most enthusiastic and shows a blossoming skill.

I have been selecting the best of the drawings by all the children, along with the best photos to date, with the intention of producing postcards and greetings cards that will be on sale soon in our online shop which is being worked on by our webmaster Ally. Having seen the prototype I’m quite excited.

We will also do our best to find some local outlets who may sell these items for us within the local community.

Its getting a bit close for comfort but we will also be seeing if the children would like to produce some handmade Christmas cards.

We have to say a big thanks to Ally for all her hard work and also for now having sponsored our website for the next 5 years as well as donating 1000 baht a month to cover our internet expenses. Cheers Ally.