Volume 36 Issue 5

The Village Painters is an affiliated chapter of the National Society of Decorative Painters

September/October

Web page http://www.villagepainters.net

2013

The Village Painters’ Board

President

Linda Christopher (734) 420-2018 lindachristopher@ gmail.com

Vice-President

Laura Schumont (734-459-2828 schule2@yahoo.com Secretary Ruth Vernacchia

(248)-348-4251

rvernacchia@comcast.net Treasurer Kathy Fischer (734) 429-5328

fischerk@umich.edu

Newsletter Editor Sandy Freese (734)729-0252

sfreese2582@gmail.com

Membership Loretta Huebler

(734)459-4098

lhuebler@wowway.com

lhuebler@wowway.com

VILLAGE NEWS AND VIEWS

PRESIDENT’S CORNER

Let's all give a standing "O" to Kathy Shefke and Connie Vasilnek for the

outstanding August picnic. I would say they accomplished their goals. When I

arrived at home that evening I was ready to start saving money and pack my bag

for a trip to one of the fabulous places displayed!

There are still four openings on the Board for 2014. Newsletter, Historian,

Christmas Party and Nominations. It's a wonderful way to be part of a smaller

group and help determine the future course of the organization. In all of these

positions you will have the support of other board members, especially from the

wonderful lady who is currently in that particular position. In addition, the

Newsletter Chair will be given a copy of Publisher and two brains to pick; both

Sandy Freese and Sheri Redd.

Paint With Us! on October 19 is right around the corner. We will accept

registration until the next General Meeting on October 3. Registration forms

are on our website and very shortly the supply list will also be there. We will

have both the registration and supply list available for you on October

3rd. Please bring one of your first projects that you painted so our guests can

see that we have all started at the same place and how they can grow. I would

also like to ask for raffle donations. Raffles have been very popular in the past

so we would like to continue. Your donations would be greatly appreciated. I

am asking for volunteers to help set up and take down as my arm is back in its

sling and I now have a new device on my knee. I am afraid I will not be much

help that day.

Congratulations to Barbara Reinholz who placed 2nd in Portraits and 3rd in

Seasonal at the HOOT 2013 Art Show. The portrait, done from a vintage

photo, was a bridal scene with a woman holding a bouquet of roses. Her

seasonal piece was a Bobbi Takeshima Halloween pattern; a jack-o-lantern with

a black mask. Kudos also to Connie Vasilnek who submitted a piece; it was

Noah's Ark done on a chest. No ribbons for Connie this year, but we

congratulate her on having the courage to submit a piece and represent our

Chapter at HOOT.

Lastly, remember to save some pence for the Rewards Seminar in early 2014.

Linda

**General Meetings are held at the

Livonia Senior Center in Livonia **

General Meetings

6:00 pm – 6:45 pm social period

6:45 pm — business starts 2013— Oct 3

Minutes from the last General meeting can be found

on the website.

Board Meetings Plymouth Library 6:30 pm 2013—Nov 11

Calendar of Events 2013

Sept 28– Rondi Bur, Peggy Trabalka pattern

Oct. 19—Paint with Us

Nov 9—Sandy Tyo

Dec 5—Christmas Party

Dec 6,7,8– Maureen McNaughton

Future Seminars —Save the Date!!!

April 12, 2014—MI Mixer hosted by Great Lakes

May 12-17, 2014—SDP San Diego

June 21-22, 2014—Debra Houts

Aug 23 & 24—Lydia Steeves

Sept 19,20,21 2014—Sherry Nelson

Oct 17,18,19 2014 Fall Retreat

June 6,7 2015—Jamie Mills-Price

Registration forms can be found on the website or at

the General Meetings.

October After Meeting Project

As seen in Decorative Painter Magazine

Vol 2, 2013, page 115 by Diane Bunker

Just in time for the holidays to give as gifts or wear

To those special gatherings – jewelry made from a spoon.

And more good news – Only a few supplies to bring with you to the general meeting in October. The cost for these Projects should be under $5 for both pieces !!!!

Supplies needed to bring: Cash, Black & White Paints,

Recommended -- Americana Dura Clear Varnish (SATIN),

Americana Faux Glazing Medium, Plastic box with Lid big

enough to store pieces in to transport home while drying,

Brushes: # 10 & # 14 Shaders and 18/0 liner (keep in

mind, you are painting on a spoon, so SMALL brushes are

Necessary), and your basic painting supplies.

Please email Laura if you plan to stay and paint so she will know how many surfaces to bring.

Hospitality Sez....."Happy Fall season everyone!Hope to see you at the October meeting, and if you care

to share some of your delightful snacks ...we'll give you

a big 'Thumbs-Up' (just like on Facebook).

See you Soon,

Barb & Diana

The DAC live auction did very well recently as did

all the seminar events.

Please check out the web-site for allthe latest

news and great shopping ideas.

DAC Liaison: Diana

Village Painter August 2013 Financial Report

INCOME Amount Difference $ 5,196.48

Education 2013

$

5,649.60

Membership

$

273.00 Checkbook Balances

Other

$

60.00 Checkbook Balance on 1/1/13

$

9,152.01

Spring Fling 2013

$

11,990.00 Checkbook Balance on 9/10/13

$

14,348.49

Ways and Means

$

598.00

$

5,196.48

TOTAL INCOME* $ 18,570.60 Village Painter Financial Health

Checkbook Balance on 9/10/13

$

14,348.49

EXPENSES Certificate of Deposit

$

10,064.00

August Picnic

$

280.20 $24,412.49

Bank Charge

$

19.88

Christmas Party

$

250.00 *Note: Income is high due to Spring Fling

Community Service

$

54.95

Corporation Expenses

$

170.24 Kathy Fischer

Donation to SDP

$

500.00 Treasurer

Education 2013

$

5,428.30

Education 2014

$

800.00

Historian

$

138.91

Membership

$

63.97

Newsletter

$

144.88

Pence

$

17.83

Publicity

$

42.40

Ret - General Meetings

$

240.00

Spring Fling Expenses

$

4,836.98

Treasure Boxes

$

54.06

Treasurer

$

27.60

Ways and Means

$

173.53

Website

$

130.39

TOTAL EXPENSES $ 13,374.12

HAPPY

BIRTHDAY !!

September

Doreen McClain 8th

Cynthia Williams 12th

Connie Vasilnek 24th

Sandy Jelen 27th

October Ruby Cler 7th

Karen Copeland 7th

Dawn Billiau 20th

Nancy Stanford 22nd

Gail Barton 23rd

Paula Atkinson 24th

Nominations

Here is the Ballot for 2014 that you willl be

voting on at the Oct. meeting. As you can

see, we still need a few more volunteers.

Karen Copeland

Nominations

Slate of Proposed Elected Official

Officers and Chairpersons

President - Linda Christopher

Vice President - Linda Morgan

Secretaty - Ruth Vernnachia

Treasurer - Kathy Fischer

Newsletter - ___________ Open

Ways and Means - Laura Schumont and

Char DeBaske

Education - Diane Stiller

Historian - ___________ Open

Sunshine - Cathy Uhring

Memory Boxes - Michelle Handley

Treasure Boxes - Pam Hypnar

Website - Sheri Redd

Secret Pal - Dawn Billiau

Library - Nancy Silver and Teresa Palmer

Christmas Party - __________Open

Audit - Sandy Tyo

Hospitality - Diana Winn and _________

Open

Nominations - __________Open

By-Laws - Gail Barton

Pence - Susan Rhodes

August Picnic - Sally Thirjung

Membership - Loretta Huebler

Community Service - Pat Butler and Rondi

Bur

Paint With Us Chairs - Linda Christopher

and Diane Stiller

Spring Fling - Karen Capshaw President Emeritus - Diane Stiller

Spring Fling 2015

Date for Spring Fling 2015 is April 11 with set up on the 10th. At the July Board meeting the members

suggested we look into a new venue for the Spring Fling to accommodate more tables and room. Sheri Redd looked

into several places. The best two were Italian American Club and Laurel Manor.

At the August General meeting the membership discussed moving to Italian American Club, Laurel Manor, staying at

Gross Ile CC or going to Crystal Gardens. The majority voted to go to Crystal Gardens for 2015. Located at 16703

Fort Street, in Southgate. They will have enough room and more tables. (Crystal Gardens also served us while at the

GICC.)

Karen Capshaw, Chairperson

Spring Fling Hostess 2015

1. Cathy Uhring, Barbara Broadley 14. Linda Morgan

2. Darlene Greenwood, Sandy Tyo 15. Denise Robert

3. Paul Atkinson 16. Maureen VanBuhler

4. Sally Thirjung 17. Michelle Handley

5. Gail Barton 18. Barbara Reinholz

6. Laura Schumont 19. Diane Stiller

7. Laura Schumont 20. Diane Stiller

8. Karen Capshaw 21. Rondi Bur

9. Connie Vasilnek 22. Rondi Bur

10. Connie Vasilnek 23. Sheri Redd

11. Linda Christopher 24. Sheri Redd

12. Linda Christopher 25. Ruth Vernacchia

13. Village Painters’ Table (Christopher VP Hostess) 26. Ruth Vernacchia

“Painting from nature is not

copying the object; it is realizing one’s

sensations.”

“Painting is damn difficult—you always

think you’ve got it, but you haven’t!”

Paul Cezanne, artist

P.S. I couldn’t have said this one better

myself!!

Education

Diane Stiller

Arlene Linton’s seminar was stellar! It was very interesting to learn the various steps in creating the lace and how to effectively use her brush. The

conference room at the Best Western was spacious and very well lit. Instead of projecting the image on a screen, I set up the 40” TV to test it out.

Everyone thought that the clarity and color of the image was better, so I will also be using it for the Maureen McNaughton seminar. We raffled off

two pieces painted by Arlene. Donnah Jakubowski won on Saturday and Linda Morgan won on Sunday. Their pictures are in our photo section.

Nineteen individuals registered in total; 18 on Saturday and 12 on Sunday; 5 were non-members; 1 was from Ohio.

Seminar financial results:

$1,180 revenue - $2,381 expenses = $1,201 loss - $120 pence + $61 raffle = $1,260 cash loss.

The education budget was originally going to contribute $500 towards the cost of the seminar, plus whatever amount of pence was turned in. How-

ever, we needed 25 registrants per day to break even. The actual cost of the seminar came in $300 less than projected costs. We would have spent

$520 less had we been able to use the Livonia Senior Center; however, no dates were available in the last half of 2013. Despite the loss, the Educa-

tion budget is still within its budget for the year.

The next seminar is Rondi Bur’s (the Peggy Trabalka pattern) on September 28. Please note that this seminar will be held at Greenmead Historical

Park in Livonia at the Friends Meeting House. All the registrants have been given their pattern and prep instructions, as well as, a map of Green-

mead. Peggy Trabalka’s books and patterns will be on sale at the class.

Please remember to purchase your Subway lunch from Joan Mueller.

A big thanks to Nancy Silver and Leslie Williams for submitting teaching projects for 2014! At the August meeting members weighed in on the

decision as to which projects to choose and the following ones will be scheduled for 2014. I am working with Nancy and Leslie on the dates.

These 2: Leslie Williams Nancy Silver

I am planning to have members help to select the projects for Lydia Steeves at the October meeting.

Since Maureen McNaughton’s seminar will be the last held in the United States, I would like to do something special to acknowledge her influence

on decorative painting. I would like members to bring projects that they have painted using Maureen’s patterns and we will set up a special Show

and Tell table in her honor.

Paint with Us! 2014

In 2014, the annual Paint with Us! Event will undergo a significant change. Paint with Us! classes will be held multiple times during the year, in-

stead of just once a year. At the October meeting Linda Christopher and Diane Stiller will ask for volunteers to form a small committee to suggest

ideas and to help develop the program for 2014. Diane is interested in submitting an application to SDP for a grant to cover some of the costs. We

would like to provide all of the painting supplies, including paint and brushes to the students. We are asking all of our members to think hard and

suggest or submit projects that would be suitable. We are also looking for instructors. Some of the projects that we were thinking about would be

painting on T-shirts, sweatshirts, or pillowcases; glass blocks; real (or not) pumpkins; gourds; banners. We would like to share our love of painting

and hopefully attract new members.

Here’s a sample of what our members brought to the August, 2013 General Meeting

Show and Tell

Barbara Reinholz Char DeBaske Sally Thirjung

Diana Winn Sheri Redd Sheri Redd Connie Vasilnek

Linda Morgan Connie Vasilnek Joan Mueller

Louise Brown Peggy Mack Diane Stiller

Memory Boxes

Peggy Mack Char DeBaske

Treasure Boxes

Leslie Williams These four: Linda Morgan

Arlene Linton Raffle Winners

Saturday: Donnah Jakubowski Sunday: Linda Morgan

Sandy Freese - Editor

2582 Muirfield Drive

Westland, MI 48186

Next General MeetinG

October 3, 2013

Livonia Senior Center

15218 Farmington Rd.

Livonia, MI

Social period 6:00 pm

Meeting 6:45 p.m.

See you there!!

Next General Meeting