Reminder: October will be here before you know it! Bring in your donations for the bead jar – any kind of beads will do. Be thinking about what you want to bring in to auction off. I donated my kitchen sink to Habitat for Humanity when I remodeled, and I know many of you will be disappointed, but maybe something equally quirky will show up?
In appreciation for all of Pat's work building the World's Best Polymer Clay Library, we gave her a gift certificate to take her family out to Nona Mia – a really yummy Italian restaurant on Patton Avenue. Mmm – makes me hungry!
Fun Ideas:
- How about a retreat? We've been talking about this for the last couple of meetings. We need to ask Sharon about the place her beady friends go in TN and Barbara McGuire about the place she's used somewhere in NC. Barb D says we have a few sheckles in the coffer and could maybe find somebody (who was that crazy lady?) to coordinate the food.
- Who's going to be the next guest instructor? We talked about Judy Belcher and Heather Campbell. Bring your ideas to talk about at the September meeting.
- Julie is still planning to do her face cane class on a weekend when the Panthers are not playing. She's moved into her new house. Maybe soon we'll get a date?
Library Additons:
Our VHS tapes don't seem to be getting much use. We're talking about getting some new titles on DVD. Suggestions include Sarah Shriver, Lisa Lichtenfels, and Jana Roberts Benzon. Also, we decided to subscribe to Belle Armoire Jewelry and Art Jewelry. We have a lot of old magazines that don't get checked out and are planning to offer them at the auction in October.
New Project:
Bridget has agreed to start a photo album for our guild. Bring in any photos you have from past classes, your work, demos, or our guild members. Remember – she said photos, not computer files. If you can't get it printed, it won't get in the book. Ask her husband Bob, who never gets to see any vacation photos `cause they're still on the computer (if they even make it out of the camera chip).
- Teresa has been working on Theology papers for school. She didn't even bring any of her buddies with her to the meeting. Too bad. We had a fella drop in to check out our guild and he was really interested in sculpture. Teresa's on her way to Iceland for a vacation that sounds like a great adventure. She'd better bring some photos back!
- Maggie created some wild bracelets from cotton gauze. They look like they're still soft. Must have been the optical delusions month.
- Marilyn brought samples of word made using the canes she demo'd. She also brought the bracelet she made from the Helen Briel article in Polymer café – gorgeous!
- Amy brought in work she has done in faux abalone. It was hard to tell it from the real thing. She's teaching a mica shift class and brought some samples she is using that were absolutely amazing. You couldn't believe the pieces were flat until you touched them. They had so much depth from the mica shift.
- Suzanne brought us some donut pendants and some potato vases (oops! I meant to say spud vases), using the lost potato method. Those TN gals come up with the whackiest ideas. She's writing up a storm. She has a greencraft necklace made from recycled chandelier parts, something in Bead & Button, and an article in the latest Polymer Café.
- Barb D brought her finished birdhouse. Absolutely beautiful!
- Pete has been obsessed with lizard tails. We convinced her to do an ad-hoc demo, so we should see a bunch of them in September. Here's her technique:
- Chop, smoosh, roll, twist, fold, roll again, reshape, roll in one direction into a cone. Cut the big end off. Slice down the middle, open up, shape & bake. She said she thinks it comes from Carl Allen's Jacob's ladder technique. Julie Piccarello also teaches it. You can get Carl's tutorial plus a lot of others at this site: http://polymerclaycentral.com/masterindex.html#lessonsprojects.
- Cheryl is really progressing with her faux lampwork. She's giving Pandora a run for their money.
- Christine has done some beautiful work with the U-cane Julie demonstrated. She's covered an Altoid tin and made a necklace with 3 color schemes that is very nice.
Pat had 8 X 10 pieces of glass to give away. You never know what you'll miss if you don't make it to a meeting. There were also a lot of Papercraft magazines given away, but I'm not sure if Pat or someone else brought them. It gets a little crazy at these meetings sometimes. I worry about spraining my neck as it whips back and forth to catch all the action.
See you guys on September 11th!! There are a few folks we've been missing, so come on back and see us! Not to drop any names like Sandra & James & Julie!!!
-Bridget, Crazy Pen Lady
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