The Hometalk Meetup that loved on junk and Africa!

I was privileged to host a 'gardening with junk' demo table most recently at
It was a wonderful girl's night out of food, shopping, speakers and fun, all for a good cause! Come check out a little taste of Africa (and junk) with us!
Be sure to click the blog link to take in the entire event!

This meetup was a fundraiser to purchase mosquito nets in Africa to help reduce the spread of malaria. It was a life saving cause I was very privileged to be a part of.
My part was to host a demo table talking about junk in the garden. Here is a sample I threw together with a burlap sandbag.
My sweet little sidekick Teddy helped me prepare some junky toolboxes. Tip: add some rocks, sticks and moss to help enhance your planter boxes. The smallest details add the biggest impact!
We're here! Everyone learned about the helpful Hometalk community. Isn't it cool you don't require having a blog in order to share here? I sure think so!
My table was loaded with junk and plants and a burlap bean sack tablecloth. Let the demo begin!
Neighbour Torrie helped to junk up some small kettle planters. Spanish moss was used to cover the soil. They were so cute!
Here's how they looked once I set them in the garden... http://www.hometalk.com/1359436/when-old-kettles-turn-into-rock-gardens
The event was totally sold right out with approx 50 gals in attendance!
We even had an African missionary among us! Brenda Tjosvold spoke to us about her 30 years as an African missionary. Her speech was absolutely riveting and had us in stitches for most of the night!
There was even African shopping opportunities! Each table was geared to directly help African artists. The craftsmanship was outstanding.
This was a dessert event so we had the tastiest treats, decked out in African style. The place was filled with pattern, plants candles and all things Africa. Gorgeous!
Go Janice! This gal is an artist and had brainstorm after brainstorm so I loaded her up... I can't wait to see what she creates. :)
Hometalk provided the guests with a little challenge of sorts... each were given a rolled up sandbag to encourage creativity. Let's cross our fingers we can show a few creations on Hometalk. Coming soon!
The sandbags got a little special branding for the event. Visit the prep of the sandbags at: http://www.funkyjunkinteriors.net/2013/04/a-little-burlap-sandbag-encouragement.html
And drumroll...the event purchased 120+ mosquito nets! Hurray!! https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/TicketingCatalog.aspx?EventID=89272&LangPref=en-CA&Referrer=https%3a%2f%2fsecure.e2rm.com%2fregistrant%2fsessionExpired.aspx%3feID%3d892
Donna at Funky Junk Interiors
Want more details about this and other DIY projects? Check out my blog post!
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  • Debra D Debra D on Jun 14, 2013
    Hi Donna, I always love to see what you are up to. It's always interesting. I love the kitty, Teddy, in the first pictures! He looks just like one of my boys, but mine has yellow/orange eyes. Sweetest one of my bunch. Keep up the good junk!
  • Valerie Valerie on Jun 14, 2014
    What a wonderful post! And the best part of it was the donation of the mosquito nets - I am sure that not many Americans are aware of the enormous toll this disease still takes in some parts of Africa. In South Africa our biggest killer is tuberculosis, it has become multi-drug resistant and is becoming more and more difficult to control, especially when large doses of medication are required over a long period of time. And your comment about Hometalk - I, too, am not a blogger (or even on Facebook!!!) so that has become my favorite way of sharing posts and finding out about the various inspiring projects that people are making.
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