Flitting about the summer gardens, and I, the Blog Fae, have been all amiss with managing the posts. But today, the rain has sogged my wings and I thing a good time to catch up with this sort of thing...
The oven dilemma. Hmmm. The oven seemed to spike quite a bit during Kathleen Dustin's class. Should we buy a new one, or get a good thermometer and monitor it for a while? Let's do that. Meanwhile, if anyone sees a good convection oven on sale, let us know.
Maggie brought exciting news. Julie is having a 2-day Face Cane Class in Charlotte. It's a good thing I didn't get these minutes typed promptly! Since the meeting Cheryl has to have knee surgery and the class is being delayed. New time TBA. Cheryl – have a smooth event and a speedy recovery! For those who like to prepare, Julie always uses Kato clay, so start your conditioning early. Now might not bee too soon!
Lots of books are being added to the library, courtesy of Mary Lee's husband Glenn, who donated her wonderful collection. Pat is cataloging bit by bit as she gets the time, so we should have new surprises every month for a while.
Welcome back old friend! Christy Ray Buck from days of old returned, bringing two friends along as a treat.
Suzanne came `round the mountain! The road is open again and we were glad to see her. After a grueling attempt, Suzanne realized maybe she wasn't quite ready for the wholesale jewelery business, but she did bring some beautiful work. What she didn't bring with her was Marilyn. Somebody was off shaggin' in Myrtle Beach.
Commercial Pause: Did you know that members can bring in stuff to sell if they give 10% of the proceeds to the guild? Well, I didn't. Guess I need to study the by-laws more closely. We did have a tablefull of great stuff on sale – and it wasn't even Clay Day. Just goes to show – there's never a bad day to show up at a guild meeting.
Back to our regularly scheduled program – Barb D brought greetings from Barb VL. OK folks – all at once now, Hey Barb! She did a stupendous demo on basic beads. We all (well except Teresa) had fun trying new bead ideas. Suzanne jumped right in there and showed us how to melt plastic onion bags into beads. Strange! Barb also brought her prized gem – a 25 cent ring she gussied up with PC.
Teresa wowed us all with Dandy Lion, her creation from the Wendy Froud workshop. She also came away with the grand prize – a foot made by Wendy herself. Wish I had gotten a picture of that Dandy Lion character. Sure hope he comes back to visit again soon. He was the best! I think I've developed quite a crush.
Christina made 2 pins after seeing Maggie's demos. Pat brought lots & lots of pens, plus some of her Mom's quilt work.
Last but not least was some good reading. Barb brought us copies of Sandra's article on polymer clay from the Town Crier plus a copy of Tamara's article on TBI from the Citizen Times.
The June meeting is only 10 days away. We're back to the 2nd Saturday of the month, so don't get confused. We want to see everybody there!
-In case anyone might forget, that was written by guild secretary Bridget, who in her creative fervour forgot to sign this one...
the blog fae
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