OLD BAG LUNCHEON On January 8th, 2010, Sherrie Bieber and her committee presented an OLD BAG luncheon. Enjoy these photos of the festivities! (Click on the photos to enlarge)
This was a fund-raising event in which the attendees donated a slightly-used handbag which could be sold, with proceeds going to the club. Sherrie did an overhead presentation on the history of the handbag  Emilie Palmieri served as Chef for the day Champagne punch was served
 Sherrie and Shirley Kelly, who was in charge of beverages
Lunch was a delicious green salad – with chicken
 2 Sheet cakes – with chocolate roses!
 Evangeline
Evangeline Lewis set up an interesting display of old handbags that members lent to the club
One of our members also lent us several pieces from her collection of Judith Lieber handbags. (You can go to judithlieber.com to see more of these beautiful bags) ============== Each table (of 10) had a centerpiece done using the same “handbag” to be incorporated into the the design. Attendees voted for their favorite table arrangement, and prizes were awarded to the top 3. Congratulations to the talented winners!  Winners Left to right: Lise Baklid (1st), Bonnie Newman (2nd), and Caroline Basler (3rd)
 First Place Lise Bakliid
Second Place Bonnie Newman
Third place Carolyn Basler
The winners had a choice of the above handbags as prizes
Above are the remaining 7 table centerpieces
 Susan Stizza won the contest for the “oddest item in your purse” – with a pop-up turkey timer
The above 3 tables were bags for sale |