This week our letter to the neighbourhood comes from a medical research scientist. Collect your copy from the butcher shop window.

Unfortunately the fabulous Alphington Open Studios weekend has been unable to run this year, but local artist Bridget, who is part of this annual event, contacted us to let us know that she will be having a weekend opening at her house as part of the Australian Ceramics Open Studios.

Call in this Saturday or Sunday, 22-23 November, to admire and/or purchase works by Bridget Foley (ceramics) and Avis Gardiner (jewellery and sculpture).

30 Smith Street, Alphington from 10am- 6pm.

We’re super excited to let you know that we will be holding our annual Christmas Makers Market this year.

If you are a local maker and you’d like to book a stall you can do so on our website. Click here. They cost $20.

If you are a local shopper … COME ALONG!

This will be an outside event on the corner, in the garden and along the footpath at ACC. It will include the stalls (of course) along with a community BBQ and some lovely Christmassy craft activities for kids and their adults.

Put the date in your diary.

From this week we’ll be having morning tea on the corner on Fridays (weather permitting). It will be a fairly simple event. A chance to catch up over a cup of tea or coffee - with something to eat.

Friday is traditionally our community morning, with gardening, craft and cooking activities to join in from 10am. Come along then if you’d like to be part of community craft, would like to help with our latest community art project (maybe make up jars for Craftberry Jam or wrap books for Blind Date with a Book) or feel like doing a bit of community gardening. Come along around 11.30 if you’d like to have a neighbourly chat over a cuppa.

Cheers!

If like my family you are losing track of your face masks through the week as you wash them; you can top up your supply with some new ones from the ACC!

Lovely volunteers have made some great face masks from beautiful fabrics and they are for sale at our front door.

Stop by anytime when we are open and pick a few up for $10 each.