Not all expensive things come in small packages

Rose Garden by Monika Jones

Dee-Dee Patrick The Rug Hookers of PebbleCreek have introduced you to Monika Jones in a previous article (March 2014). Monika is one of the original members of the group and the member who gives us more visibility through her classes and original designs. However, Monika even outdid herself recently. She was commissioned to create a…

A pillow to give you comfort

Rayma Scalzo Our PebbleCreek Breast Cancer Discussion Group has a supply of heart pillows made by the Estrella Mountain Quilters. They will be given to any woman undergoing surgery for a lumpectomy or mastectomy. The pillows have been designed to bring comfort while recovering from surgery. They are placed underneath the arm where the surgery…

Poinsettias already?

Laurie Overson It’s that time of year again, tinsel and bells and poinsettias. Well, at least the poinsettia part is true. Yes, it’s already time to begin planning how many of our beautiful T.T.T. poinsettias you will want to order this year. Our annual fall fundraiser will begin the latter part of this month and…

PebbleCreek Hiking Club diary

Left to right: Barb Boullear, Clare Bangs, Neal Wring, Ed Bobigian, Bill Halte, Pete Williams and Lynn Warren, photographer

Lynn Warren Congratulations are in order for Pete Williams, president of the PebbleCreek Hiking Club, who needed just one more mile to reach a major milestone and on July 14, reached and passed 5,000 miles on a short hike with six other PC hikers in the Agua Fria National Monument at the Badger Springs exit…

Mud pies and water based clay

From clay to a head bust

Roxie Forrest The temperature is sizzling in the PebbleCreek Ceramics Room! Our kiln rooms have been reaching record temperatures bringing members’ projects to life. Our teachers have been keeping the chairs warm with bodies and working with students in designing and perfecting their works of art. Alas, it is not nearly as warm as being…

Hikers escape the heat

Clare Bangs, Bill Halte, Pete Williams and Lynn Warren, photographer

Lynn Warren The temperature in Phoenix soared to 116 degrees on July 24 but four PC hikers found a unique way to escape the heat by going on a scenic and refreshing hike along West Clear Creek just southeast of Camp Verde. Although 10 miles, the hike was reasonably easy but required crossing the creek…