Guess who's coming in January????

Ros Stallcup - yippee. I have taken from Ros several times and truly enjoyed the experience. I am sure you all know who she is - she has authored more than 18 books - Gran's Garden. We have yet to select the photos because we just completed the booking transaction but I will post them as soon as they arrive. The dates are 30-31 January 2010. Seats are limited and we will open registration to non-members after 1 October. So, you know what that means, register now to ensure you have a seat in this seminar. We have already received interest from several out of town painters. If any one of you would like to offer our out of town guests a place to stay during this seminar, please let me know so I can coordinate with Linda. This will be the first seminar of the year and Linda is checking on several others - one being Margot Clark, possibly Jeanne Downing, or Connie Parkinson. If you have a particular artist in mind that you would like to have a seminar with, please let us know. Linda makes every effort to bring in artist that are a little different and will offer something new for you to try whether it is acrylic, oil, or watercolor.

Please keep checking back with us for updates. Until then, keep painting - we will need your ornaments for the craft show at Wright Street Methodist Church.

September Paint In

Actually it is going to be 29 August due to the holiday weekend but we will still be meeting and painting. I will be teaching an ornament that I know you will enjoy painting. I wasn't able to put together a project with everything going on at home (Allen was hospitalized with a collapsed heart valve) but I will be able to do the little ornament. I have completed the newsletter and it has been sent out but you may not get it before the meeting. So, bring your regular painting supplies and I will furnish the paint, pattern, photo, and surface. Cost will only be $3.00, the class fee for the club and the cost of the surface. Lunch will be pot luck. We will start at our normal time of 10 am. There are several things on the agenda we need to discuss during the meeting, i.e., craft show, Peggy Harris, quilt raffle for next year and the new board. Please come prepared with comments and suggestions. Look forward to seeing yall.

Painting with ACDA

Our chapter hosted the second part of our ornament paint in last Saturday. Unfortunately, I was not able to participate but I understand everyone had a great time and we had members teaching that had not taught before. On 15 August, the Azalea City Decorative Artists will host the second part of their ornament paint in. While I do not know what everyone is teaching, I am going to teach a Santa on a 6" clothespin. Too big to put on the tree but they are really cute to clip Christmas cards to. Hope you can join us - if you want to ride with me, call or email me and we can carpool.