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November 11th, 2009 by admin
The shoppers and drivers on Parkhouse Street on Sat 31st and Sun 1st Nov, thought Lisa Milne of L Clothing was crazy! The first with a Christmas tree in Ayr!! However she is not crazy she is very kind and the tree was part of our special weekend event in her fabulous store.
Lisa kindly donated 25% of each item sold during this weekend to Butterfly Events. We also had our memory christmas tree on display which all the customers thought was very moving, a chance to remember loved ones and people who are an inspiration to each of us. We raised a fabulous £400 through sales and £74 through donations which was fabulous for our efforts. Thank you to everyone who came in and especially to everyone who bought!!
If you have never been into Lisas shop, you must this weekend. She still has a few sale items from £20, unbeliveable bargins and also some stunning dresses for everyone.
Congratulations to the winners of our free prize draw which took place during the weekend, Andrew Johnson of Ayr who won L Clothing Vouchers. Eilidh Rankin of Ayr who also won L Clothing vouchers and lastly Fiona Baird of Crosshill who won a Begg Cashmere Throw. Well Done and thank you to all for taking part.
Lisa has again very kindly offered to donate 10% from each dress purchased for The Butterfly Ball 2010. Great excuse to flash the cash, you are donating to charity at the same time !!! Love it x
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October 26th, 2009 by admin
What another great success we had yesterday at our 3rd Butterfly Bazaar. I have been receiving great comments today from lots of ladies who were there. The Catwalk by Ayr College, produced by Maggie Rodman was wonderful, some fabulous talent in Ayrshire. Buller Reid went down a storm as did the shopping, you were all leaving with arm fulls. Thank you to everyone who came along, donated prizes or helped out in any way. We raised an amazing £8,500 more than ever before at this event. Thank you so much. Please email me with your comments about the day and I will add it to our book.
If you are interested in purchasing any of the items you saw on the catwalk or commissioning Maggie for a creation of your own, please contact her on magrod@hotmail.co.uk
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October 15th, 2009 by admin
Are you in need of a wee break? Will you be celebrating an anniversary, birthday or hen-weekend soon? Looking for that perfect Christmas gift? Or thinking of a suitable corporate package to thank your staff or client this festive season? If so I have the perfect get away deal for you, with money being very kindly donated by the Forbes Family to Butterfly Events, in aid of Cancer Research UK.
Woodland Bay Hotel is a treasured find on the stunning shores near Girvan on the West Coast of Scotland, with quite simpy breath taking scenery. Imagine being lulled to sleep and waking to the sight and sounds of gentle wave caressing the beach, taking part in outdoor activities which you have always dremt of, and sampling fresh, home-grown supplied morning and night. This brand new, family run, 16 room hotel offers all of this plus more, complete relaxation with a top class family service.
Fully refreshed, I am speaking from experience when my friend and I stayed recently and throughly enjoyed our weekend. We were greeted and shown to our spacious, ocean view, twin room by Michael. Our evening meal was pre-booked in the restuarant attached to the fabulous farm shop where we enjoyed a 3 course a la Carte treat using all hom-grown produce. We would recommend the fillet steaks! On the Saturday we relaxed at the local Pebbles Spa using all facilities and enjoying our spa treatments. In the afternoon we browsed the boutique shopping in the local towns and enjoyed a stroll along the beach. Ending the day with another fabulous 3 course meal, served by Patrick & Vivienne. Our Sunday breakfast was served until 11.30am giving us a long lie! Enough time to peruse the farm shop buying gifts before heading home to the husbands and kids! Only 1 complaint, we didnt book long enough, a week would have been nice, maybe the next time.
The surrounding area offers activities for everyone, young and old including rambling, shopping, fishing, golfing and horse riding. Never a dull moment along the Ayrshire Coast.
The Forbes Family of Woodland Bay Hotel , are big supporters of Butterfly Events and have kindly agreed to donate £10 for every 2 night package which is booked from now until Sunday 25th October, quoting BUTTERFLY, in conjuction with our next event ‘The Butterfly Bazaar’. If we manage to book 501 weekends they will double the donation to £10,000, which would be a massive boost to our fund-raising and for CRUK.
We need your help. Please tell everyone you know about this special offer, it is a fabulous deal, a perfect getaway for any occasion and you will be supporting Cancer Research UK at the same time.
For more information please log onto Woodland Bay website www.woodlandbayhotel.co.uk or call Gillian on 01465 710700.
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September 28th, 2009 by admin
L Clothing & Butterfly Events have teamed up to help you look glamorous in time for Christmas. We invite you and your friends to our special sale weekend on Sat 31st Oct, 10am-5pm & Sun 1st Nov, 11am-4pm. 25% of every sale item sold will be donated to Cancer Research UK.
Come along for a girly day out. Enjoy a glass of bubbly, free mini-make-overs, our Christmas memory tree and a prize draw whilst trying the collection of Evening, Occasionwear & Prom Dresses perfect for your 2010 wardrobe.
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September 23rd, 2009 by admin
We are delighted to report that Butterfly Events made it to the final 3 in the category Best Local Charity in the 2009 West Sound/fm Community Awards. The ceremony was on Thursday 8th Oct at Ayr Racecourse. Sharon from my committee and I had a great evening but unfortunetly we did’nt win. The trophy was presented to Woodroad regeneration in Cumnock, Congratulations to them. A huge thank you to everyone who voted for us.
For more information about the awards log onto www.westfm.co.uk. Our photos will be available soon.
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June 29th, 2009 by Lorna
This new event was a huge success at Lochside House Hotel.
Guests were entertained with a dance show by Cumnock Highland Dance School and a fashion show by Begg Scotland, 0290 of Cumnock, Jackie Jeans & AM Christies of Galston.
We had a fabulous lunch provided by the staff of Lochside and we enjoyed guest speakers including Rowan Main of Cancer Research UK, Fiona Lees of East Ayrshire Council, Philippa Whitford Breast Reconstruction Surgeon and Jen McGinlay of West FM.
Our auction was sponsored by Mums in Control Magazine and saw local editor, Nikki Niven play Auctioneer for the afternoon.
It total we raised a fabulous £1500 for CRUK.
Thank you to everyone who attended.
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June 29th, 2009 by Lorna
This new event was a great success on Friday 7th Aug, with 20 cars leaving from Prestwick Circuits. Some people were still searching for answers once darkening had fell. Thank you very much to everyone who came along. Congratulations to everyone for completing but especially our winners.
1st – “The Dream Team” 2nd – “Curry Queens” 3rd – “The 3 Musketeers”.
And the boobie prize went to – “Duns & Jennifer”
A special mention must also go to the girls from “Shiver me timbers” team, who dressed up for the occasion.
Thank you very much to Sharon Swan & Catherine Hutton for putting our hunt together, we really apprecaite it girls.
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June 29th, 2009 by Lorna
A great time was had by all at our first Charity Clay Pigeon Shoot on Saturday 5th September hosted by Craigengillan Country Sports Club. Thank you to everyone who came along and to the boys for helping me to organise the day.
After our 25 bird competition in the afternoon our winners were : – 1st place Sandy Gray with 22 point. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th place were a shoot off with both all competitors achieving 20 points. 2nd place was finally won by Steven Gray and 3rd place Jim Baird. 1st novice was Steven White with 13 points, winning a days pheasant shooting with the club. Bad luck to our Booby prize winner Alex Yates, whose sheet was filled with polo mints, so he was telling everyone after a few drams!!
We are definetly having this event again at the beginning of next year. If you are interested in coming along please get in touch.
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