ArTea Party 2: Thanks and Photos

Below is some photographic evidence that ArTea Party took place earlier this month at The County Arms in Wandsworth. Guests and hosts alike enjoyed a fun afternoon of tea, cake, art, raffle prizes and tombola - what better way to spend a Saturday afternoon in March!

Together we raised over £230 for WFTC which will be put to good use on upcoming projects taking place in the borough soon! Keep and eye out, stay up to date and find out how you can be a part of the Wandsworth Fairtrade Campaign here.

A HUGE THANK YOU goes out to everyone who took part behind the scenes and on the day: the planners, creative bunting and hat makers, eco artists and bakers - those cakes were delicious! - Wandsworth Guardian for covering the event, Chris Gray for his patience in taking such great photos, our extremely generous sponsors - Divine Chocolate, The Co-operative and Abel & Cole - family and friends for their immense help and support, WFTC of course, the helpful folk at The County Arms for lending us their fabulous venue and last but by no means least all our ArTea Party guests for coming down, eating cake, having fun and supporting the cause - it was lovely to meet you all - Cheers!

See you at the next one!

Photos by:
Thomas Woods @ Woowar & Rose Woods | Edited by Racheblue
Chris Gray @ Pikture Perfect

ArTea Party in Green Guardian

Wandsworth Green Guardian - purveyors of all things eco minded in South London visited ArTea and have reported back here.

The hard copy will be out in print this Thursday - 12th March. It is delivered free to residents and can be read online here.

Co-op Sponsorship

The Co-op have rather generously agreed to sponsor ArTea Party Wandsworth and with their vouchers we will be able to heap many more lovely Fairtrade goods into the prizes - so a huge thank you to them!

The Co-operative group are well known as avid supporters of Fairtrade and their supermarkets have been selling Fairtrade marked food products for many years, long before it became fashionable to be seen as having ethical values!

Supplies vary from store to store but over all The Co-op stock over 50 Fairtrade branded products plus around 150 of their own brand which is the largest Fairtrade range to be found in any of the UK supermarkets. If your local store doesn't seem to stock all of the Fairtrade items you'd like to buy - ask them to stock more. The Co-op are good at listening to their customers.

Discount: Remember to look out for the 20% discount on Fairtrade marked goods in Co-operative shops over Fairtrade Fortnight.

From: Co-operative Food
"We believe in social responsibility and self help, so we want a better deal for growers and producers in developing countries. This is why we stock Fairtrade products in all our stores, and in more shops than anyone else.

We were one of the first major retailers to sell a FAIRTRADE mark product in our stores back in 1994, and in 2000 we developed our Fairtrade range well before any other major retailers had thought to support the Fairtrade movement. See our Fairtrade track record."

Your Invitation

Abel & Cole Sponsor ArTea Party

The lovely folk at Abel & Cole are sponsoring ArTea Party Wandsworth by donating delicious organic food produce. Their generous voucher will help ensure lots of lovely goodies for you to win in our raffle prize.

Abel & Cole have been sourcing organic and ethically produced food for over 20 years and delivering it to an increasing group of savvy eco consumers in and around London and the South East. Consumers who keep coming back for more. If you've not yet been enlightened towards the delights of receiving an organic fruit and veg box every week visit Ecomonkey to find out why Abel & Cole are the sensible choice for any consumer:

10 Reasons Ecomonkey Loves...Abel & Cole

ArTea Creative Spaces

We still have a few places left to fill at ArTea Party Wandsworth so if you make, craft and design art (whether it is functional or aesthetic, fashionable or quirky) in an ethical and sustainable way, are keen to sell your work and fulfill the criteria below, then go ahead and drop me an email asap.

Application criteria:
The Artist must live and/or work in South London
The work should either be crafted by hand from ethical and/or sustainable materials or demonstrate a clear ethical and sustainable message
The cost of a table/stall is £5
20% of all sales will be donated to WFTC (see previous posts for details)
Artists must be able to attend at least one of the planning meetings (next / final meeting 2pm Sunday1st March, SW18 (contact for venue details))

Apply by email detailing fulfilment of the above criteria asap.

2nd Party Planning Meet Tonight

7:30pm in the conservatory of The County Arms, 345 Trinity Road (Wandsworth Common end), SW18 (map link)

Anyone who would like to be involved in ArTea Party is welcome to come along to our meet up tonight - (see artisan criteria below).

See you there
Rache x

ArTea Application Deadline Extension

The deadline for application to be a part of ArTea Party Wandsworth next month has been extended until Saturday 7th February so there is still time to apply for a spot in our eco art & craft exhibition sale.

Application criteria:
The Artist must live and/or work in South London
The work should either be crafted by hand from ethical and/or sustainable materials or demonstrate a clear ethical and sustainable message
The cost of a table/stall is £5
20% of all sales will be donated to the ArTea Party II cause (see previous posts for details)
Artists must be able to attend at least one of the planning meetings (next meeting Thursday 5th February in the conservatory, The County Arms, Wandsworth SW18)

Apply by email detailing fulfilment of the above criteria before 11:55pm 7th Feb 09.

Creative Talent Request

There is still time to be part of the Wandsworth Fairtrade Tea Party extravaganza that will be ArTea Party II this March! But the deadline is Sunday 1st February so get your skates and creative thinking cap on and apply by email today!

ArTea Press Release Jan09

The ArTea Party Wandsworth Press Release is available for download here