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Windy Brushes Tales March—April 2010

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Don’t Forget:

To renew your 2010 Windy Brushes Membership

To send in your favorite recipes for our cookbook

To send in your reservation for the March meeting

To send in your nomination for Dedicated Service Award

White Elephant Sale, items for Caring and Sharing

Bring one of your pieces of art to the March Chapter Display

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President’s Message Hi Everyone… Congratulations to all who faced the freezing cold to come to the January meeting. We cer-tainly have been challenged this winter. Our meeting was most festive with snowmen flags table center-pieces made and painted by Chris Lee. Lindt chocolate snowball candy. Thanks Chris. The installation of 2010 Officers was a fixed Wheel of Fortune conducted by Sue (Pat Sajak) Jacobs and Barbara (Vanna White, aka “ Wheel Fixer”) Marshall. Pat McClone held the applause meter, and Judy King was prime time announcer. So many laughs! Sincere thanks for the creative installation ceremony. We are looking forward to publishing our Windy Brushes cookbook. We promise it will be filled with our favorite recipes, simple, and most affordable. We need the cooperation of all our members to pub-lish it. Please send at least three recipes to either Ronni Benedetti or Camille Anzelmo. A recipe submis-sion form is included in this newsletter. Please copy as many as you need. The deadline is March 15th as we hope to have it ready for Mothers Day. Don’t delay; we want everyone included. The 2010 Dedicated Service Award nomination form is in this newsletter. Please nominate a mem-ber who you think is deserving of our Chapter’s highest form of recognition. It should be mailed or sent to me, your President, as soon as possible. The Board is happy to announce that Jan Kuehne and Nancy Simpson are coordinating the imple-mentation of painting a quilt by Windy Brushes members. The information is in this newsletter. It will be a true work of art using Sheri Nelson patterns to paint the squares. Sincere thanks to Sheri who has granted permission to use her copyrighted work. It is most generous of her and an affirmation of sharing her joy of painting in support of the chapters of the Society of Decorative Painters. Mark Polomchak has donated his beautiful framed watercolor painting of the Chicago Water Tower to Windy Brushes. Many, many thanks, Mark. It is my hope to have a very successful raffle. Congratulations to Toni Girten who is a nominee for Treasurer of SDP. She will be installed at the Convention in May. Speaking of Convention, we will compile a list of members planning to attend in Wichita. It always seems impossible to get together but we can certainly try again. Jan Baier will be calling some of us to volunteer to display painted items in our local libraries. Per-haps you will be willing to make a call and see if your library is available and willing to host a display. We will have to tap the resources of our friends to loan a couple of pieces for display. The libraries must have locked display cases. This is a primary way to promote decorative painting. One last word in closing, please remember to pay special attention to our Sunshine section in the newsletter. A birthday card or cheery card to those under the weather is always appreciated. We want to remember our senior members who are finding it difficult to attend meetings, Helga Schulz, Coleen Gates, Dorothy Robertson and Doris Tomazewski,


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Windy Brushes—Proposed 2010 Budget WB Members: The 2010 Windy Brushes Proposed Budget Will be presented for approval at the March 2010 chapter meeting. Toni Girten, Treasurer

2009 Audit The audit of the 2009 finances of Windy Brushes was completed by Camille Anzelmo and Ronni Benedetti in January 2010. The regis-ter and the bank statements balanced. The recommendation was to urge any-one holding outstanding checks to cash them. Sincere thanks to Camille and Ronni for conducting the audit.

2010 Windy Brushes—Financials 2/17/2010

Submitted: Toni Girten-Treasurer Checking: $ 6969.32 Savings: $ 6944.92 Total: $13914.24 Checking Balance contains out-standing checks for future teacher seminar deposits. Expenses for Hotel Deposits and SDP Convention Ex-penses for President. tg

Windy Brushes Thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart. It was a wonderful 2 years as your President. Toni


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January 2011 Paint-In at Pheasant Run Windy Brushes will hold a winter get-away Paint-In at Pheasant Run in St. Charles. It will be a time to relax after the Christmas rush and enjoy the company of fellow painters while painting and enjoying a variety of fun activities. Mark your 2011 calendar for January 7-9th and look for information to come in the near future. Windy Brushes is looking for someone to Chair this event. Please see Dorothy Carbonara or Bettie Slazyk to volunteer for this event.

Thank you to our Webmaster, Jim Rupany I would like to thank and acknowledge our Webmaster, Jim Rupany (husband of Bev Rupany) for his support of our chapter. Jim does a great job of keeping our website updated. We will be revising the website as an ongoing project, when time allows. Thank you Jim. Toni

March 2010—Paint Program—Candle Wraps The paint program at the March meeting will be taught by Debi Gajewski. Debi does teach us-ing American paints. We will be using American paints which will be donated by Debi and Americana. The cost of the paint program in March will be $5.00, plus $1.00 per candle wrap. We are asking if members would like to paint additional wraps to be sold by Windy Brushes at the convention in Kansas in May at our Market Place table. Please sign-up at the March meet-ing, take the wraps home to be painted and please mail them back to Debi or bring them to the May 2010 chapter meeting. Debi will have additional wraps for purchase. Please make sure to mark on your reservation form if you will be participating.

Vintage Books—Debbie Cole, Chair Everyone enjoys browsing through our Vintage Books at each meeting. Our supply is

dwindling. If when the winter doldrums hit, do an inventory and bring the unwanted books to our next meeting. We all would appreciate it and our bookcases will be ready for more.

Thanks, Debbie Cole


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SHUTTERFLY—WINDY BRUSHES PICTURES Toni has set up a Shutterfly.com account for Windy Brushes of Northern Illinois, which allows all our members to have access to photos from past meetings, seminar photos, etc. This gives everyone the ability to download photos for use in our newsletter and for chapter members to access the photos. The photos are online, so it does hold the files on the website and doesn't take up space on anyone's hard drive, except those you choose to download. It also allows you to select the size of each photo that you wish to download. Address for this site is: http://windybrushesofnorthernillinois.shutterfly.com

Historian for 2010—Carol Buck

Carol Buck, Chair – Please remember to send any photos or mementos you would like to share with the Chapter and add to our historical scrape books, via email or snail mail. Thank you.

SDP UPDATE 2010 & 2011 CONFERENCES The 2010 conference and the 2011 conference will be in Wichita, Kansas. This would be a great time for everyone to go Home to the Heartland and see the wonderful heritage that is our Society. All members should have received the current issue of the Decorative Painter, which also included the convention booklet. Don’t forget to get your reservation in for a great week of learning and shar-ing.

2010 Officers—Installed at the January 9. 2010 Meeting President—Dorothy Carbonara 1st Vice President—Ann Johnson (Education Chair) 2nd Vice President—Bettie Slazyk (Programs) Treasurer—Toni Girten Secretary-Debi Gajewski

Ways and Means Well members, I am just back from Florida on a mission to find some unique and fun items to restock our Ways and Means inventory for our March meet-

ing. Members enjoyed all the great items at the January meeting, especially the totes, great for carrying your painting supplies, the Artists’ totes were also a

terrific buy. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the next meeting.

Mary Kay Fischer, Chair


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Reminder:

Reservations must be received prior to the date on the registration form to be eligible for the centerpiece drawings.

If you commit to pay at the door for your reservation and are unable to attend the meeting, you must still pay for your reservation. Thank you.

Windy Brushes of Northern Illinois

Poplar Creek Country Club 1400 Poplar Creek Drive – Hoffman Estates, Illinois

Phone: 847-884-0219

Saturday, March 13, 2010 • Registration, Coffee, Tea Service, Refreshments – 9:00

Meeting– 10:00 Lunch 11:30

Soup – Acorn Squash Bisque Entre – Pepper Steak or

Tenderloin tips braised with onions, red and green peppers, and mushrooms. Served over buttered noodles Vegetarian – Penne Alfredo or

Penne pasta tossed in a rich, creamy Alfredo sauce with asparagus tips Vegetarian - Fruit Plate Dessert – Chef’s Choice

• Centerpiece and Raffle Drawings Program – Immediately follows Raffle Drawings ................................................................................................................................................

Reservation Form for Luncheon/Meeting and Program Participation

Name: ________________________ Guest: ______________________

For Saturday, March 13, 2010, reservation due date and to be entered in centerpiece drawings is postmarked by March 6, 2010.

Number of Person(s) _______ @ $23.00 each for luncheon/meeting Amount Enclosed _________

MADE PAYABLE TO ‘WINDY BRUSHES’-Amount Enclosed _________________ Menu Entrees: Pepper Steak ________ Vegetarian ________ Fruit Plate ________

Dietary or Allergy Restrictions: _______________________________

See newsletter article regarding Debi Gajewski’s article for detailed information candle wrap paint program. I will participate in the program @ $5.00 per person, plus $1.00 per candle wrap

Separate Check enclosed for the Paint Program MADE PAYBLE TO ‘WINDY BRUSHES’-Amount Enclosed___________________

............................................................................................................... Please mail registration form, along with your check(s) payable to Windy Brushes:

Bobbie Good, Hospitality Chair % Girten

1066 Carpenter CT Elk Grove Village, IL 60007-3011

Email: [email protected] or Phone: 847-494-8318


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2010 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION The $15.00 annual membership fee in Windy Brushes of Northern Illinois entitles one to receive six informative bi-monthly newsletters and a Chapter membership directory. It also gives the right to participate in the meetings, programs and educational activities planned by the Chapter. It affords an opportunity to meet other painters throughout the area. • Renewal Applications for Windy Brushes membership received • after December 1, 2009 requires an additional $5.00.

ONE MUST BE AN SDP MEMBER TO BELONG TO A CHAPTER. • Name: _____________________________________________

Address: ___________________________________________

City: ________________________ __ State: ______ Zip: __________

SDP Membership #: _______________ (on mailing label of your DP)

Receive newsletter via e-mail Yes______ No _______ Home Phone: ________________ Bus. Ph: ____________________List in directory? Yes __ No __ Cell #: _____________________List in directory? Yes __ No __ E-mail: ____________________________________ List in directory? Yes __ No __ Birthdate: ______________ (Month & Day) Spouse: _______________(Name)

Teacher? Yes __ No __ Signature: ________________________________________Date: _________________ Check Amount $_______ (*See note below) New Member _____

Please make check payable to: WINDY BRUSHES Mail check along with your membership application to:

Camille Anzelmo, 1146 Grissom Trail, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007-3011

Please fill in all blanks, even if you are renewing and all information remains the same. Many of you belong to multiple SDP chapters. Do you? If yes, please list other chapters ____________________________________, _______________________________________

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SHARING AND CARING FOR MAY 2010

Suggested Items to Donate for the May Meeting for Service Personnel-Military

Here is the list: Visine

disposable razors gold bond powder...(this is like gold to them)

Small packs of wipes chap stick

small tubes sun blockers small packs sunflower seeds

Beef jerky Flavor packs for water bottle ( like Crystal Light)

small bottles or tubes sanitary gels lotion

tampons small deodorants small tissue packs

tins of mints hard candies individually wrapped

FUNDRAISER FOR 2010 Come one – Come all to help in our Windy Brushes 2010 Fundraiser. Dorothy has asked us (Nancy Simpson and Jan Kuehne) to co-chair a Painted Quilt project for our fund-raiser for 2010. At the March meeting we will have all the details plus… fabric backed with Freezer Paper, line drawings and colored pictures for those that would like to participate in this project. We have selected Sherry Nel-son designs for our quilt and needless to say Sherry was thrilled to give us the OK to use her designs. If you have never painted on fabric it will not be a problem because if you are not using fabric paints you can us acrylic paints with a TEXTILE MEDIUM. Just use a little mixed in your paints or put a small amount on the area to be painted or in your brush with your paint. If you are using textile medium use the medium SPARINGLY. A little goes a long way. Look for us at the March meeting. We will need all the help that we can, and it is a good chance to help our chapter. Thank you and see you at the meeting. Nancy Simpson and Jan Kuehne


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WINDY BRUSHES SEMINAR CALENDAR

Education Chair—Ann Johnson 2010 March 19-20 Marian Jackson, MDA - Colored Pencil –SOME SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE. Marian does not normally travel teach, so here’s an opportunity to learn that may never come around again. April 16-18 CANCELLED-Jillybean Fitzhenry – Acrylic—CANCELLED

Do you have those specialized Black Gold Brushes and wondered how to use them? Here’s your chance to learn.

Oct. 8-10 Jean Grommon, MDA - Oils (NOTE: DATES/VENUE HAVE CHANGED) Take some classes with a Master Decorative Artist without traveling out of state. 2011 Feb. 4-6 Mark Polomchak, Watercolor March 4-6 Sandy Scales – Acrylic – in the Maureen McNaughton style Oct. 21-23 Lynn Deptula - Acrylics

MARK YOUR CALENDAR-IPP SEMINAR SCHEDULE

2010 Feb. 12-14 Cheri Rol – oils Apr. 16-18 Arlene Linton June Sherry Nelson – oils 2011 Jan. 28 Nancy Simpson – watercolor Jan. 29 Sandy Braun – rosemaling Jan. 30 Lora Haberstroh – acrylics March 25-27 Karen Hubbard – acrylics Sept. TBA CONTACT:Theresa Krohn [email protected] / 219-730-5336 Bettie Slazyk – [email protected] / 219-972-9439

Mural Project at Barrington Athletic Club—Sue Jacobs, Chair

The mural at the South Barrington Club was completed by a small group of energetic group earlier this month. Many thanks to Ann Johnson, Barbara Marshall,

Chris Grable, Carol Miller, Chris Wood, and Sue Jacobs. We already got-ten rave reviews from the club. Be sure to go see it when we hold our next seminar at the club. We took pictures, but as this is in a long hallway it’s

best to see it in person.

Sue Jacobs, Chair

Raffles—Sue Jacobs, Jennifer Rader, Pat McClone, Judy King—Co-Chairs We have some very nice items we will be pulling from our storage unit for the January Raffle, so be sure to check us out at the January meeting. We will continue to use single tickets so the winners can be an-nounced quickly. Some members have discovered using address stickers speeds up the process. At the March meeting we will again have the White Elephant sale, so remember that when you do your Spring clean-ups. Thanks to the painters and shoppers at the Christmas Party, we had 64 beautiful items donated and we mad $1400.00! Sue Jacobs


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SHARING AND CARING – Barbara Marshall, Chair

SUNSHINE—Cindy Miller, Chair *Please remember the following members and their families: *Lynn Parsons (a member and Kathleen Crow’s Granddaughter), *Helga Schulz had surgery and is now home recuperating, WHILE JUST RETURNING HOME HELGA TOOK A SPILL! *Doris Burdick’s mom *Nancy Carley’s husband/Cheryl Putz’s father *Barbara Marshall on the loss of her mother-in-law, Pearl Beard *Nancy Simpson is home recovering from surgery. *Grandmas in Waiting—Linda Kinnaman and Kelly Lovewell *Keep those members that are homebound and unable to attend our meetings in your thoughts and prayers.

Remember to purchase your Windy Brushes’ Gift Certificates for that special painter in your life...a great gift for any occasion.

Please see Toni Girten for your certificates.

CHAPTER DISPLAY Chapter Display will be at the March meeting. If you have had time dur-ing this blustery season to paint something or have taken a class and haven’t displayed it yet, please bring it to the meeting. Everyone will love to see your pieces. You may just inspire someone to get out their supplies and start painting. As an added bonus, you will receive a free raffle ticket for every item you bring in to display. Thank you, Kathy

Hi Everyone, First I would like to thank all of you who contributed with the clothing for the Journey Shelter, I'm sure the donations are very appreci-ated. For our March Meeting, we will be collecting non-perishable food items for a local food pantry. Please remember to check the expiration date on the food. The food pantries will not except any out dated items. In this newsletter there is also be a list of items that our military personnel could really use.

Since Memorial Day is in May, we will be collecting for our military overseas. I just thought if you know in advance it would give you a little longer to get the items together.

Thanks to all of you and may God bless you, Barbara Marshall


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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

WINDY BRUSHES 2010 OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS

OFFICE NAME

President Dorothy Carbonara

First Vice President Ann Johnson

Second Vice President Bettie Slazyk

Treasurer Toni Girten

Secretary Debi Gajewski

Newsletter, Editors Toni Girten

Dorothy Carbonara

Membership Camille Anzelmo

Hospitality, Chair Bobbie Good

Ways and Means Mary Kay Fischer

Raffle, Co-Chairs Judy King

Jennifer Rader

Pat McClone

Sue Jacobs

Parliamentarian Billie Morrow

Publicity Kathleen Crow

May & December Raffles Betty Burns

Caring & Sharing Barbara Marshall

Lending Library Doris Burdick

Sunshine Cindy Miller

Traveling Display Jan Baier

Chapter Display Kathy Miller

Historian Carol Buck

Vintage Books Debby Cole

Website Coordinator Jim Rupany

Table Centerpieces/Favors Chris Lee

SDP Happenings Ann Johnson

Christmas Party Debi Gajewski

KELLY LOVEWELL 3/3 MARY KAY FISCHER 3/7 JAN PRITCHERT 3/7 MAXINE WALLISCH 3/10 KAREN SEEHAUSEN 3/17 WLNA STIER 3/19 MADONNA WILSON 3/19 DEBORAH COLE 3/24 JACK KNIAZ 3/24 RONNI BENEDETTI 3/31 LORA HABERSTROH 4/3 LENNEA BAUMGARTEN 4/13 DENISE TESON 4/13 SUZANNE ZEGER 4/14 MARY ANN WILKISON 4/20 HELGA SCHULZ 4/21 KATHLEEN CROW 4/23 JANE DRYNAN 4/26 KAREN PARISO 4/26


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Windy Brushes Cookbook Please - don’t forget to send in your favorite recipes for the Windy Brushes Cookbook. This will be a great fundraiser for the club and a very nice gift for friends, family and members as well. We would like to have every member submit at least three of their favorite recipes no later than March 15. The sooner you submit, the better, as it will take some time to put them all to-gether. We would like to have the book published in time for Mothers Day. Please use the form published in this newsletter on page 15. If you have any questions, please direct them to Ronni Benedetti or Camille Anzelmo, Cookbook Chairs at:

Camille Anzelmo, Cookbook Co-Chair [email protected] Please submit before March 15, 2010

Ronni Benedetti, Cookbook Co-Chair [email protected] Please submit before March 15, 2010

Chicago Cityscape Watercolor by Mark Polomchak Raffle Mark Polomchak has generously donated his Chicago watercolor painting to Windy Brushes. Mark rarely teaches this cityscape. We are fortunate to have received this beautiful painting for the benefit of Windy Brushes. I have asked our raffle committee to hold it until we reach a goal of $300 in donations for this work of art. Hopefully, we will reach this goal by the May meeting. Dorothy

PROGRAMS 2010 JANUARY – Linda Kinnaman's class "Beginners Lesson to Create Altered Books" was cancelled due to a low response and Linda was ill and unable to attend. MARCH – Debi Gajewski will be teaching a candle-wrapping project. It's going to be a fun project, which we will also be using to-wards our Market Place moneymaker. Debi will supply all paints and in addition to the $5 Class Fee there will be a fee of $1 to cover the canvas/Velcro she will supply. See her article in the newsletter. MAY – is the traditional Birthday Party meeting which includes our Art Show. Remember to bring an article you have painted in the past year. JULY – Members who painted projects at Convention will be teaching. SEPTEMBER - Barbara Urban will be teaching a "Fall Shirt". NOVEMBER – Painting program TBA. DECEMBER - Debi Gajewski is chairing the Christmas Party with centerpieces/favors painted in Folk Art depicting countries from around the world. It's a good year to be a PAINTER, plan on attending our fun classes. Bettie Slazyk, Program Chair


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Recipe Circle or if emailing recipes underline one category per form submission:

Appetizers & Beverages Soups & Salads Main Dishes Rolls & Breads Vegetables & Side Dishes Desserts Cookies & Candies Misc. Recipe Title Submitted by INGREDIENTS (Use abbreviations: pt. qt. pkg. env. c. tsp. T. oz. gal. doz. sm. med. lg.) DIRECTIONS • One recipe per form • Type or print clearly in ink. If E-mailing, use the attached format. • Attach/staple another sheet of matching size paper/s if more room is needed and label pg 1of 3, 2 of 3, 3 of 3, etc. • List all ingredients in order of use in the ingredients list and directions. • Include container sizes, e.g. 16 oz. pkg. etc. • Keep directions in paragraphs; do not list as steps. • Use the names of ingredients in directions, e.g. combine butter, sugar, vanilla, etc. Do not say “Combine the first three ingredients.” • Include temperatures and cooking, baking, and/or freezing times. • Use your same name consistently for all the recipes you submit. Just in case we have questions: Name: Home phone: Cell phone: Work phone: Please submit all recipes before March 15, 2010.. Copy this form as needed.


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1992 M. Dorothy Radloff 1993 Betty Bums 1994 Colleen Gates 1995 Misty Witt 1996 Lorraine Hill 1997 Connie Meisinger 1998 B.J. Kniaz 1999 Trudy Beard 2000 No nominations 2001 Trudy Beard 2002 Dorothy Robertson 2003 Michele O’Connor 2004 Mary Ann Giovannelli 2005 Cyndi Monroe 2006 Barb Cierny 2007 Antonia Girten 2008 Darlene Neuman & Barbara Marshall 2009 Sue Jacobs

NOMINATION FOR WINDY BRUSHES 2010 DEDICATED SERVICE AWARD

The Dedicated Service Award is presented for outstanding and dedicated service to Windy Brushes. The nominee should be a person of unsurpassed integrity who has demonstrated exceptional loyalty to Windy Brushes through actions, length of service, and the variety of tasks performed. The quality and results of service given should Be both measurable and recognizable. The nominee should have done so without undue consideration of personal gain. This award may be given no more than once each year. However, if no suitable nomination is submitted in any given year, the award need not be presented in that year. There shall be no announcement regarding the recipient prior to presentation of the award at the May meeting. Nominations may be made only by a member in good standing of Windy Brushes and shall be made in writing on this nomination form, I present the following individual who has given outstanding and dedicated service to Windy Brushes: Name: ______________________________________________________ Please use reverse side of form or attach information if necessary. Thank you. • History of service to Windy Brushes • Brief affirmation as to the loyalty and personal integrity of the nominee: • Has promoted Windy Brushes in the following manner: • Has promoted interest in tole and decorative painting by: • Other relevant information: _________________________________________ Signature of person making the nomination The nominee should not be notified of your intention to nominate. Nomination forms should be returned to the President at the March meeting or be postmarked by April 1st to

Dorothy Carbonara, 146 Royal Court, Bloomingdale, IL 60108

Past recipients of the Dedicated Service Award:


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