Not-A-Newsletter June 2007

=====Suggested agenda for July 21, 2007

Demo - Karen Tenny - Fire/Ikat cane
Klay Karma Recap
Bead Bazaar discussion - Pricing your work, distribution of display cards & inventory sheets
Clay and Hinges Challenge... due at July meeting
Raffle chain raffle
Show and Tell

=====Looking Ahead

August Demo - Holly Lapinski - Beaded Cabochon
September Meeting will be SECOND Saturday of the month
September - Guild Anniversary/Gala on Saturday, September 29th from 12-4 and Member Exhibit
October Demo - Michelle Pini - Creating a Lightweight Hairclip
Oct 6 & 7 "Better Beads” workshop with Tracy Holmes and Dan CormierCost for guild members $160. $170 for non-members.
Please register with Libby. (libzoid at gmail dot com)
Bead Strand beads (2) to be turned in by November meeting. They are to be black clay base and textured. Bead Stand will be raffled off at the Jan Meeting

SCPCGuild 10th Anniversary
Saturday Sept 29 from 12-4pm
Savin Rock Conference Center West Haven
"Open House" for members' friends and family and past members
Display of members' work:
Please bring 3-5 pieces of your most prized work to the September meeting and we will plan the display and select pieces to exhibit.
The room seats 65 and is on the boardwalk.

=====Call for Bottles of Hope

Debbie has asked for us to put in a desperate plea for BoH. She’s been personally trying to keep up with the requests at Yale, and she can't.. Could everyone (who comes to the meeting, at least) perhaps make just 2 bottles each? (more are welcome, of course!)

We also need canes and cane ends for the BOH teaching box. They don’t need to be spectacular, any canes you can donate would be much appreciated.

=====Announcements

Guild Gallery
Have you seen the new Gallery?
If you have any jpgs (preferably not giant size files) you would like included in our new gallery, please email them to Libby (libzoid at gmail dot com) or Jenn (dgthree at ducknrun dot com).

=====Congratulations

Congratulations to all the Progress & Possibilities '07 winners.
Pictures are available at:
NPCG Website
We want to brag about the following winners who are SCPCG members:
Personal embellishments - including jewelry, buttons, purses, and anything wearable
* First place and Best of Show: Lynne Ann Schwarzenberg
Miniatures
* First place: Michele Raffaele
* Second place: Michele Raffaele
Beads and bead sets - any object or related sets that are pierced by a hole, not finished jewelry
* First place: Lynne Ann Schwarzenberg
Great Work!!!!!

=====Travelling Exhibit

July - Killingworth Library
August - North Bridgeport Library
September - East Haven Library
October - North Haven Library

===== Classes

Diane Villano will be teaching the following classes:
October 18, '07, Bottles of Hope Workshop at Art Fest to Nurture the Soul, Cromwell, CT, 3:00-6:00, free to conference attendees. More info at www.artfest4thesoul.com

Lynne is teaching her 8 From 1: Intensive Flower Caning Workshop in Chester, CT on August 18-19 at Marilyn Malcarne’s studio space. The cost is $150 plus $5 materials fee. If you would like to sign up for one of the remaining couple of seats, please contact Tricia Hamel at tjhamel@peoplepc.com

Building Better Beads with Dan Cormier & Tracy Holmes
October 6th & 7th at St. Paul's in Wallingford
Cost is $160 for SCPCG, NYPCG and NPCG members.

===== Minutes

MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 2007 MTG OF SCPCG
06/16/07
Meeting called to order at @ 11:50 am
12 members in attendance.
Demo on Cookie Cutters by Loreen.

Discussion of possible locations for Guild anniversary. It will be an open house for friends, family and old members. A selection of member work will be displayed. Please bring up to 5 pieces and any related display items to the September meeting so we can work out a display. There may only be enough room to display a few items per person.

September will be a busy month. The guild meeting is on the 8th. The Bead Bazaar is on the 15 and 16th, and the open house will be on the 29th. The workshop will be October 6th and 7th. Publicity for the Bead Bazaar was discussed. If you have a website please put up a notice about it. Make sure you have your work ready for the August meeting.

To see pictures from the Bead & Button show, check Libby's blog at www.libzoid.net Congratulations to Lynne who won first place! Diane taught her fish class and took 3 classes. She passed around the woven Viking knit chain she made (taught by Anne Mitchell). Manifest Beads in Milford may hold a class on this in the fall.

Dan Cormier and Tracy Holmes will be teaching the "Building Better Beads" workshop on Oct 6th and 7th from 10-5pm at St. Paul’s.
If you have any old canes that you don't need, please bring them in for the BOH kit.
Show and Tell followed.
Meeting adjourned at 2pm.
Respectfully submitted by Christy Sherman, Secretary SCPCG

Respectfully submitted,
Lynne Ann Schwarzenberg
Newsletter Lady, and General Polyphile
riverpoet@adelphia.net

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