P resid en t ’s Messa ge

J a n u a r y 2 0 1 9 N e w s l e t t e r

Silver State Tole & Decorative Painters

Inside this issue:

Programs 2

Birthdays 3

Holiday Party

Recap

3

Hello Chapter Members,

Hope Everyone had a happy holiday

season. We all enjoyed the wonderful

holiday party at Los Prados. Thanks goes

out to the Holiday Party Committee. You

did a fabulous job. It set us in the mood for

a joyful season.

Welcome to all the new members. We

are so happy you are joining the chapter.

We are looking forward to a wonderful year

of painting and friendship with all our

members.

Our outgoing board has done a

wonderful job and are to be congratulated

on their service.

Please read your newsletter faithfully so

you are well-informed. The website has all

the information that should guide us

through the coming year.

January is a

business meeting.

The project is a

pansy basket,

wood on a glass

bowl. Please do

your prep work so

this project can

be accomplished

in one day. I look

forward to teaching this class with all of you

who have signed up.

The board will have their first

meeting January 4. The meeting is at

Gwen’s. If you have any questions please

call Sheila at 702-658-2383.

Here we go on another fun filled year.

Happy new year 2019!

Sheila Hughes

Jan. 12 Project:

Pansy Bowl

Designer: Gig Smith Burns

Teacher: Sheila Hughes

Fee: $10

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H os pit al i t y

Happy New Year!

How do you celebrate the beginning of a

new year around the kitchen table? One

memory I have is about black eyed peas. My

mother-in-law, Phyllis, loved them with

honey and thought it was good luck to eat

them on New Year’s day. Not me! No

amount of honey could make them tasty! I

learned that I could skip them after there

were grandchildren at the table. Then the

attention was more on them and less on me!

Sneaky of me, wasn’t it?

Do you have any delicious traditional

New Year’s foods? If you would like to bring

some snack or treat for our meeting on

Saturday, January 12, take this as an

inspiration and please bring something

yummy for sharing.

But you can

keep my share of

the black eyed

peas! Sweet treats

or savory snacks.

Finger foods would

be appreciated, but

it is not necessary

to bring forks,

spoons, plates, or

napkins. I will take

cake of those items.

And don’t forget to bring something to

drink for yourself. Thank you very much.

See you in January with paint and

brushes, I hope!

Patty Clark

2019 President Sheila

Hughes

2019 Hospitality Chair

Patty Clark

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Pro g r am s Hello Fellow Artists!

I cannot tell you how excited I am as new programs

director to be able to help you through your artistic

journey this coming year. Not only am I thrilled to be a

part of SSTDP, I love the sisterhood and comaraderie we

share through being a member. We help each other stay

passionate about our favorite pastime, wouldn’t you

agree? Glean ideas, share successes and failures, develop

friendships. So let’s get started. 2019 here we come!

First, take one more look at our beautiful calendar

for the coming year, even download it on your phone or

computer for clear, crisp images. We need motivation,

right? Put a big fat star on your personal calendar for

those classes that get your creative juices flowing.

(Choosing ALL of them is perfectly acceptable, even

encouraged.) Peruse your stash for surfaces and set them

in a prominent place in your craft space. Then get on the

web and find a few pieces for those you don’t already

have.

I found the grooved, snowman tree for Gwen

Palmer’s October class on the Artist’s Club website,

www.artistsclub.com. I found the surface for Kaye

Singer’s July workshop, Mrs. Whoo-ligans, on the Bear

With Us website, https://www.bearwithusinc.com/. I

also found the tall, holly-topped board for Linda Sharp’s

November workshop on the Bear With Us website as

well.

We also have an invaluable resource in our President

Sheila’s husband, Mark, who cuts wood for us. We so

appreciate him! Watch for further information here

regarding upcoming months’ surface availability.

In January we will be having our business meeting

with a paint-in taught by Sheila Hughes. It is a lovely Gigi

-Smith Burns pattern with pansies and a bird house.

Class fee is $10. Sheila’s flowers are amazing, and it will

be great to learn from her. The wood is available from

Sheila, but first you must sign up for the class.

The prep instructions you will receive upon signing

up. This is most conveniently done for all of us at the

previous month’s chapter meeting. That being said,

PLEASE NOTE: How I r oll a s prog ra ms cha ir

will be convenience and order! I don’t do chaos well. As a

busy mom of eight (yes! 8) with teenagers still at home,

and weddings and grandbabies coming up, I won’t be

able to run around distributing prep sheets. Please get

with me EARLY to sign up and get your prep sheets. I

WILL mail prep sheets if necessary, or you can pick them

up at my house, if you are paid up to TWO WEEKS IN

ADVANCE of class. An easy way to remember is, if you

haven’t paid by the last Saturday of the preceding month,

or December 29 for Sheila’s

class, you will miss the class!

Again, payment is best done

at chapter meetings, but you can

pay up to two weeks before class

and still get a prep sheet. This is

not only more convenient for me

and you, but for the teacher as

well, who needs to be able to

plan her class accordingly. And

patterns not picked up at class

time will be held until I see you

again next chapter meeting, not

mailed. Thank you for supporting me in this!

February 9 will be a workshop taught by Cathy

Frazier, fee $15. The little house with the frame around it

is a delightful design by Trudy Beard with spring

blossoms and a bluebird. The frame and insert is

available from Sheila. If you think you would like to

order, please contact Sheila right away so it can be picked

up at the January meeting along with your prep sheet.

In March, Shayron Monahan will be teaching an

inspiring American eagle design by Barb Halvorson, fee

$15. Begin planning your surface now for this class, it can

be painted on a wide variety of objects.

In April, get excited for our Basics 101, Round Robin!

It’s going to be lots of fun with freebies and make-it take-

it projects, fee $10. We will need to change the signup

deadline for this one to one month earlier than usual, or

February 23, so we can plan on extra time for shipping or

shopping at Creative Painting Convention for teacher

supplies and brushes. Don’t forget to sign up at the

January or February chapter meeting for this one!

That being said, take time to paint what speaks to

you personally. I don’t want to be director of one more

thing for you to do. When you look at your surface stash

and patterns, do you still see that one project you want to

finish, or that pattern you’ve been dreaming about

painting? Keep the dream alive and go for it! Here and

there, in between responsibilities and when you need it,

take time to paint. That’s how our painting dreams come

true, one stroke at a time.

That’s all for now, see you at Chapter!

Judy Gibson

2019 Programs Chair

Judy Gibson

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Ho l i day Pa r t y N o t es — T ’w as t he N ig ht B e fo re

Ch ris t m as

Just some quick notes to you all about the holiday

party. Thank you again to my wonderful, amazing

committee. You were the best group I could have asked

for.

Yes, it was a lot of work that lasted most of the

year! Whew! But look at the fabulous results! We had

such a fun, fun time.

The Holiday Party is really the highlight of the year,

so I hope whoever takes on the duty of chairperson, has

super helpers like I did. I will be there to give advice and

help with painting to whoever it is and so will other

members, I know. We have such fun brainstorming,

painting, and getting to know each other at those

meetings.

One more time I just

want to list their names:

Beth Buckwald, Terry

Boyd, Toni Downen,

Mary Kate Erickson,

Cathy Frazier, Pat

Gettemeyer, Judy

Gibson, Liz Herald,

Sheila Hughes, Sandy

Kilgour, Barbara

Paetzel, Gwen Palmer,

Pat Serrano, Kaye Singer,

and Nanette Hilton.

Patty Clark

B irt hd ay s

Carmela Favre—Jan. 3

Louise Solheim — Jan. 10

Jan Green — Jan. 16

Evie Vaccaro — Jan. 21

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