August Meeting and Paint In

No newsletter this month.  I think the above caption says it all.  I know you all had a great time last month finishing up with our Christmas in July.  Thanks to Sue, Jackie, and Janice L. for teaching us their cute ornaments.  I am proud to say I finished all of mine. 

This month we will have Debbie Bryan teaching us jewelry making.  We will also celebrate our birthday so there will be cake and ice cream for dessert and lots of door prizes. 

I think we will have a board next year and we may have a new place to meet.  I have asked Jackie to be President and I think she just might do it.  I have also contacted the Library and there is a good chance we will be able to use their meeting room...I had to submit an application and let's pray it goes through.  The good news for the folks from Alabama, it is just two blocks from Hobby Lobby.

I had planned to bring in my sled that I plan to teach but couldn't find it anywhere.  After looking back I realized I sold it last year so I will attach a photo.  Here it is base coated in black:

 

And here he is base coated in cream

 

Same design and basically same colors. I will bring in these photos and will give you all the info at the next meeting.  You will need to basecoat your box, sled, plaque or whatever you decide to paint on before class, and trace on your design.  There will be no charge for this class.

Now, let me tell you what I am making this month.  I love vanilla and I go through a lot of it but have you seen the prices for those little 3 ounce bottles?  Well, I bought a big bottle of vodka,

Then I added about 20 vanilla beans that I cut up the center and I used Madagascar beans but any old vanilla bean will do.  Who knew that there were so many different kinds out there?  So now you can see the beans in the vodka.  If you noticed that there was a bit of vodka missing - you are right.  But since I am not fond of alcohol, it wasn't me drinking it.  I was afraid it would overflow when I put the beans in it so I removed about half a cup and poured it in another container and started a smaller bottle of vanilla.  If you would like to do this you will need to store the vodka in a dark place and then shake it once a week.  It is already turning a dark color but it will take about 4 months for it to be regular vanilla.  The best part about this was the smell of my hands - so vanillaee..(I know it isn't a real word).  This was found on Pinterest.

I hope you enjoy the video I am posting for you.  It is a simple little tea rose. 

Until Saturday.....

A Tea Rose with Donna Lee Video

I thought you would like to see a simple basic tea rose painted by Donna Lee.

Happy Fourth of July!!

Hope you all had a great day with family and friends.  We will host our Christmas in July this Saturday so come prepared to paint.  We have three projects planned, Sue will teach an oyster shell Santa, Jackie will teach a snowman, and Janice will teach a snowflake.  I hope you received your newsletter by now.  In it I said we were planning our birthday party but we decided to delay the party until August.  Several things have come up that makes the change necessary.

I am including pictures of the projects planned for October with Janice Miller.  We need to decide whether you want to paint the butterfly or the paint palette on the tote.  The other project is the rooster.  Jane will not be at the meeting but the sign up sheet will be.

I have provided you with several photos of the items we will paint Saturday, unfortunately, I could not get Janice's uploaded.  I will keep trying,

please bring your Elmer's glue or Aileen's or a glue gun.

Well, half the year has come and gone....why is it the older we get the faster time flies?  Will we ever

have the time to complete those projects we have stashed or paint all the things we have stuffed in our closets, under the beds, in Rubbermaid containers?  I think not.  What I have found is that we get to a point in life when we have to tell ourselves that we need to let go...let go of every Decorative Painter I have saved since joining NSTDP in 1985,  let go of all those cute little wood pieces I planned to paint one day, let go of those two bins of flowers and all that fabric and some of those hundreds of bottles of paint and.......oh, gosh, I'm exhausted and I haven't even started yet so I will start letting go tomorrow....I will let you know how it goes.

I will see you Saturday, bring your regular painting supplies, a pot luck dish, and a few one dollar bills.  We will start at 10 am.

Brenda