Volume 35 Issue 3

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

May/June 2012

Web page http://www.villagepainters.net

2012

The Village Painters’ Board

President Diane Stiller (313) 832-1058 dianestiller@sbcglobal.net

Vice-President

Linda Christopher (734) 420-2018 lindachristopher@

Hotmail.com

Secretary Ruth Vernnachia

(248)-348-4251

rvernacchia@comcast.net

Treasurer

Kathy Fischer (734) 429-5328 fischerk@umich.edu

Newsletter Editor

Sandy Freese (734)729-0252 sandra2582@wowway

.com

Membership Loretta Huebler

(734)459-4098

lhuebler@wowway.com

VILLAGE NEWS AND VIEWS

President’s Corner

It’s hard to believe how fast time flies. Have you been hearing the

words “Spring Fling” and “nominations” more often? Our Nomina-

tions Committee is already hard at work trying to fill Board positions

for 2013. Don’t run away when you see them coming. Please

seriously consider filling a position. It’s a wonderful way to get to

work with so many of our members and get to know them better, as

well as, help shape the future of our chapter. Please contact Linda

Morgan, our Nominations Chair, to express your interest in

participating on the Board.

Did I mention “Spring Fling”? Sandy Tyo has already held her first

Boutique Paint-In at Connie Vasilnek’s house. Sandy and Karen

Capshaw were instructors and led us through three projects apiece.

Sandy went all out with a Cinco de Mayo theme. There were lots of

prizes and a great big spread of delicious food. Everyone had a

really fun time. Sandy is planning another Paint-In sometime in the

Fall. If you haven’t been to one, you won’t want to miss it. Fifty-

one pieces were painted by fifteen members. Thanks to Connie for

hosting, Sandy and Karen for all their hard work as instructors, and

the following members for attending: Denise Rogers, Dawn Billiau,

Paula Atkinson, Denise Robert, Loretta Huebler, Diana Winn, Susan

Rhodes, Darlene Greenwood, Char DeBaske, Diane Stiller, Linda

Christopher, Michelle Handley, Linda Morgan, and Janis Creswell.

Please check out the Tips and Tricks section of our website. Sheri

has finished uploading suggestions made by members to the site.

Please continue to submit suggestions to Sheri. Remember, this will

only be as good as your contributions make it.

Please make the following correction in your Village Painters 2012

Directory. Joyce Kuzera’s email address is kcorky1@aol.com.

Hope to see you at the June meeting. You won’t want to miss the

Zen Tangle demo.

Diane Stiller

Paula Atkinson came prepared to have a really good

time at the Boutique Paint-In with its Cinco de Mayo

theme. “1 tequila, 2 tequila, 3 tequila, floor!”

Debra Houts instructed this Brenda Stewart design at

the Rewards Seminar.

“I DON’T LIKE TO SAY I HAVE GIVEN MY LIFE TO ART. I PREFER TO SAY ART HAS GIVEN ME LIFE.” FRANK STELLA, ARTIST

**General and Board 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

2012 — June 7, August 2, Oct. 4,

Minutes from the last General meeting can be

found on the website.

Board Meetings

6:30 pm

2012 — No July meeting, Sept. 6, Nov. 1

Happy Birthday!!

MAY

Debi Keeling 10 Jan Kaplan 23 Sheri Redd 25 Joan Mueller 26

JUNE

Laura Schumont 9 Prudy Vannier 11 Silvery Gale Cope 17 Nancy Wheeler 18 Peggy Mack 26 Gale Copple 30

Here’s a sample of what our members brought to the April, 2012 General Meeting

Show and Tell

Denise Robert Karen Copeland Char DeBaske Rondi Bur

Carol Sneary Nancy Spradlin Loretta Huebler

Memory Boxes

Cathy Uhring Karen Capshaw Diana Winn Diana Winn

Louise Brown Char DeBaske

SDP Gift Tags for 40th Anniversary

Ruth Vernacchia Linda Christopher Maryann Muir Maureen VanBuhler

Michigan Mixer – Flights of Fantasy

Trowels were painted as favors for everyone Table Centerpiece

Spring Fling Boutique Paint In – May 5, 2012

Classes taught by Sandy Tyo

Classes taught by Karen Capshaw

Vice President’s Corner Education

The board has decided to make some changes in

how we issue pence to make it easier for every-

one. You will no longer have to fill out a voucher

for any pence.

Please look for the sign up sheets at the Show &

Tell table and also for the sign up sheets at the

Snack table. I will collect those sheets and issue

pence from them. Memory and Treasure Boxes

already do this, please make sure your name is

inside the box. Library and Website chairs will

give me your name if you earn a pence with them.

If you serve on any committees it will be the

responsibility of the chair to report to the pence

chair the names of people who have worked with

them. We are hoping this will not only help in

making issuing pence easier but it will also help

track how we are giving pence out.

I will have the voucher forms there at the next

meeting, but they will be phased out.

Thank you for your support in this matter.

Linda Christopher, Pence Chair

2012 Seminars & Events May 19, 20th Janice Miller

June 7 Mtg Karen Bumstead,

ZenTangle Project

Sept. 8 Fall Placemat

w/ Sally Thirjung

Sept. 21,22,23 Fall Retreat

Oct 4 Mtg Paul Atkinson,

Paper Folding Project

Oct. 13 Paint With Us

Oct. 27,28 Lynn Andrews Seminar

Nov. 10 Winter Placemat

w/Rondi Burr

Dec. 6 Christmas Party -

Dearborn Inn

2013 Mary Wiseman, Violets

Registration forms can be found on the website or at

the General Meetings.

Fall Placemat

Winter Placemat

Lynn Andrews

Faith, Family, and Friends

and Happy Harvest Plate

Paint With Us

2013 Mary Wiseman

Seminar, Violets

Date TBD

“It doesn’t make much difference how the paint is

put on as long as something has been said.

Technique is just a means of arriving at a

statement..” - Jackson Pollock, artist

Memory and Treasure Boxes

Thanks so much to all who participated in the

General Meeting paint-ins for Memory and Treasure

Boxes. Our Memory Box supply has gone from six

to fifty-eight boxes. Twenty-five Memory Boxes

were delivered to Providence of Southfield in

March. Forty Treasure Boxes were recently sent to

Shriners

Hospital in Ohio.

Sixteen more patterns have been added to the

Treasure Box Library. We've also started compiling

a pattern library for Memory Boxes and have a total

of twelve patterns so far. More are needed. If you

would like to contribute a Memory Box pattern,

please make two copies and bring them to the June

General Meeting.

Thank you all for helping keep Village Painters'

Memory and Treasure Box Programs alive and

thriving!

Karen Copeland Linda Christopher

Memory Box Chair Treasure Box

Chair

The August Picnic

The August Picnic committee would like to

remind everyone that August is fast

approaching and will soon be here. Everyone

is encouraged to bring a dish for potluck.

The theme this year is "A Country Picnic".

The proper attire is denim and/or gingham.

One of the activities is a painted neckerchief

contest. These neckerchiefs will be voted on

during the meeting, and a prize will be

awarded to the artist with the most votes.

Ladies, let's get those neckerchiefs painted.

There will be an example at the June meet-

ing for you to see. Another activity will be

the annual trunk sale which will be held

from 5 PM until 6 PM. Dinner will be served

at 6:15 PM . Let’s get painting!

Cathy and Diana

Ann Fogg Seminar Expenses, April 21,2012

Revenue:

29 members @ $15.00 $435.00

2 non-members @ $30.00 60.00

Raffle 42.00 $537.00

Expenses:

Ann Fogg $250.00

Extra students:5@$10 50.00

Pattern Packets 133.00

Mileage; 73.8 @ .55 40.60

Raffle piece 30.00

Room rental 60.00 $563.60

Net Profit/Less $-26.60

Less Pence -90.00

Net cash profit/loss $-116.60

The Village Painters

present

The Spring Fling

Join us at the Grosse Ile Country Club

on Saturday, April 13, 2013

$20 per ticket

11:00 am - Social Time

for viewing tables, baskets, silent auction pieces and shopping the Boutique

1 p.m. sharp- Lunch

Raffle, Live and Silent Auction to follow

The Spring Fling Committee is excited to present our bi-annual FUNDRAISER. The size of the event will

be dictated by the involvement of all of our members. It is an awesome event and is great fun! You won’t

want to miss it! The luncheon fee of $20 will entitle you to lunch, a chance at the table centerpiece, a table

favor and one chance for the basket raffle. Additional basket raffle tickets will be sold in the following

manner: 11 tickets for $10.

Paula Atkinson is in charge of Baskets. (paulawog43@aol.com) You can set the theme for your bas-

ket. The only requirement is that there be at least one painted item in the basket and that all items be new

or unused and look new. Please make the basket something you would like to receive. We have a list of

ideas for the baskets or for your table themes. The unwrapped baskets will be due at the general meeting

directly prior to the luncheon on Thursday, February 7, 2013 unless specific arrangements are made with

Paula. The Committee will then inventory, photograph, wrap and give them a bow. Please provide a

typed list of the items in your basket by email to assist in the preparation of the inventory. The items

don’t have to be expensive... Just use your imagination and your painting talents. For that matter, you

don’t have to use a basket … just some sort of a container to hold all your wonderful “stuff.” Maybe the

container will be your painted item.

Basket Ideas:

Coffee-Lover Chocolate Tea-Drinker Dogs Cats Gardening

Wine/Cheese Americana Books Tools Mother’s Day Jewelry

Cookie-Lover Chef Baker Painters Candles Body & Bath

Theater Sports Children Beach Bird Houses Puppets

Birds Sewing Butterflies Light Houses Golf Fish

Party Stuff Angels Michigan Frogs Candy Stationery

Nautical Cards/Games Camping First-Aid Scrap-Book Rubber Stamp

Snacks/Nuts U of M Mich. State Babies Children’s Art Easter

Silent Auction Our aim is to have items with a value of $30 or above. Pat Butler

(patbutler9@gmail.com) is in charge of the Silent Auction.

Boutique Sandy Tyo (brushqueen414@yahoo.com) is in charge of the Boutique. Our guests will be looking for items for teachers, mothers for the upcoming Mother’s Day, and to decorate their homes and

give as gifts. They absolutely love the ability to purchase the favors from the different tables. They will

be sold outright. Please contact Sandy Tyo if you would be willing to have a paint-in for a small group in

your home or have ideas for items we can paint.

Loretta Huebler (lhuebler@wowway.com) is the chairperson for the Tables. We encourage you to

paint extra favors to sell in the boutique. Each hostess will choose the theme for their table. We will also

maintain a waiting list for guests who would be able to come at the last minute. Loretta will be the person

to turn to when you either need a guest or have extra guests. The tickets will be passed out at the February

2013 General meeting. Your guest names will be due by March 7 so that the name tags can be prepared.

Please email the names of your guests to Loretta by March. A check made payable to the Village Painters

for the guests at your table will be due at or before the April 4 meeting. We know that there may be last

minute changes.

Karen Capshaw (paintdrop@aol.com) is in charge of the volunteers for the day of the luncheon. It takes many hands to have a successful Spring Fling and sometimes we have to multi-task. Please contact Karen

and volunteer to assist on the day of the luncheon.

The largest round tables that will seat 12 - 13 ladies are approximately 72” wide. The oval tables will seat

10 – 12 and are 72” long. The round tables for 10 - 11 are approximately 66” wide. A white fabric table-

cloth and napkins will be on each table. We have at least 11 (white, cream, red, burgundy, light purple,

dark purple, hunter green, light blue, navy blue, pink, black) different colors of napkins available. The

napkins will be brought to the February meeting so that you can advise which color you wish. Over-lay

colored table cloths look wonderful on the tables if you would like to make one or bring your own. The

Club also has a black over lay cloth if desired.

1. It will be a sit-down, served lunch.

2. As a hostess, the minimum requirement is that you must have a painted centerpiece which will be

raffled off at the end of the luncheon for the guests at your table and provide a favor to each of the

guests at your table. The favor can be a purchased item or something hand-painted. You can create

any design and get as detailed or elaborate as you wish. It is an awesome sight to see each different

table. Let your creative juices go!

3. Being a hostess for your table entitles you to a free ticket…a savings of $20.

4. Each hostess for a table will be in charge of her remaining tickets. The hostess can invite anyone

she wishes. If you do not fill your table, overflow guests or Village members will be added. Please

be sure to call Loretta Huebler to keep her advised of the needs of your guests. We will advise the

date by which the money and names of your guests are required so that name tags can be prepared.

5. Each guest will receive a ticket for the luncheon and one for the basket raffle. Obviously they will

have more chances to win by purchasing additional Basket Raffle tickets which will be sold before

the luncheon begins. Basket Raffle tickets will be sold for $10 with 11 ticket stubs.

Have Questions? Contact Chairperson, Karen Capshaw paintdrop@aol.com or call 734-397-2543. The day

will be here before we know it so let’s get those paint brushes moving!

DUE DATES

Silent Auction: Please advise Pat Butler patbutler9@gmail.com of the name of your donation and its size.

You may bring the painted item to Pat at a general meeting. Contact her to see when it is best for her to re-

ceive it. The latest time would be at set up on Friday, April 12, 2013 or early on the morning of the lunch-

eon, April 13, 2013.

Charity Basket Items: Thursday, February 7, 2013 Paula Atkinson paulawog43@aol.com

Boutique Items: Thursday, February 7, 2013 Sandy Tyo brushqueen414@yahoo.com You may bring

priced items to set up on Friday, April 12, or early morning of Saturday, April 13. Please advise Sandy.

Spring Fling Committee April 13, 2013

Chairperson Karen Capshaw

Liaison GICC/Crystal Gardens Gail Barton

Tables Loretta Huebler

Boutique Sandy Tyo

Silent Auction Pat Butler

Basket Raffle Paula Atkinson

MC Sally Thirjung

Treasurer for Luncheon Susan Rhodes

Volunteer Chair Karen Capshaw

Raffle Ticket Chair Susan Rhodes

Pence Chair Sally Thirjung

Printing Facilitator Linda Morgan

Sandy Freese - Editor

2582 Muirfield Drive

Westland, MI 48186

Next General Meeting

June 7, 2012

Livonia Senior Center

15218 Farmington Rd.

Livonia, MI

Social period 6:00 pm

Meeting 6:45 p.m.

See you there!!

Next General Meeting

“I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.”– Vincent Van Gogh, Artist