Presidents Message

Hi Ladies!

April Showers are here. A perfect setting for the bunny panel that Judy taught last month.

That was so much fun! We had a lot of fun surfaces that were painted on and they were all beautiful.

Thank you so much Judy!

We are looking forward to Jillybean this month. Please keep in mind that we are a week earlier than usual because

Of the Salt Lake Marathon. Jillybean also mentioned that if you are painting the giraffe picture and are a beginner

You can choose to paint just the baby giraffe. He is really cute and she has seen many do this if they feel

Overwhelmed at the thought of painting both.

If you did not sign up for Jillybean, hopefully you can stop by and look at the retreat projects and sign up for

Them, as retreat is just around the corner. Kay needs to know as soon as possible if you would like the toads

And how many. They are just too cute to believe and we know you will want more than one set for your garden.

We also need to begin getting a number for retreat. Who is coming and what you want to paint, so please

Take a minute and stop by and say hi either this month or next.

Next month is the UFO painting class. I know that not many of us have UFO’s around. Ha Ha. It will be fun to

See what everyone brings to work on. Maybe we can get some ideas for future painting classes.

Hazel will be teaching a beautiful metal table that comes with chairs in November and you need to stop by to

Take a look at this. The table is available at IKEA if you are interested. You may want to pick this up soon as I don’t

Know what the availability is on this item. I have also seen this project painted on a lazy susan, which is equally beautiful,

If you prefer.

We look forward to seeing everyone this month!

Happy Painting.

Lisa

March Project

Our meeting last month was filled with all things bright and beautiful, including a few new faces.  We were so excited to meet and greet Karen Johnson.  She has recently moved to Salt Lake City from the Columbus Ohio area and she sought us out.  So welcome Karen, we hope to see you every month!

Jan, Loreen, Shonnie and Karen

Thanks to Judy for teaching this fun Bunny design from Jo's recent O'Hare's Garden box.  It was so much fun to see all of the surfaces and all of the creativity. 

Judy

What would we do without the hard work and dedication of our business leaders, Jolene and Loretta?  Thank you ladies for keeping the books straight and all of us in line.

Loretta - Jolene

We gathered!  
We painted!  
We ate!

Lisa, Kay, Betty R

Do you remember the joke?  It was so funny!

Another honored guest

Ava

Life just doesn't get much better than this for a Saturday activity.  Thanks to all who came and participated.  We missed those who didn't make it and look forward to seeing you during Jilly's seminar next week. 

Don't forget Jillybean's Seminar scheduled in just one week. The giraffes will be taught on Friday and the white rose will be taught on Saturday.  We are really in for a treat.  Hopefully we'll see you all there.

March 2014 UGHA Minutes

At 9:10 a.m. President, Lisa Peck, welcomed everyone.  She introduced two new ladies:  Mary Ann, who is a friend of Glenna's from Las Vegas and Karen Johnson who has recently moved here from Ohio. 

Lisa gave some time to Betty Van Pelt who talked about two teachers for 2015 that we might consider.  They were:

Sherry Nelson---paints with oils---could come the first weekend in October

Mary Ribbit (?)---who teaches a silk scarf done with permanent Sharpies and alcohol.  She could come the 3rd week of September for a two day seminar. It was suggested by Kay that since Betty had taken the class, along with other Guild members, that perhaps Betty with the help of the others could teach the scarf to our Guild instead.

Lisa then talked about the seminar coming up on April 11-2 with Jillybean.  This class had been moved from our regular 3rd Saturday because of the difficulties related to the Holladay marathon route.   Jillybean well teach the Giraffe painting on Friday and the White Rose on Saturday.  We will leave with finished pieces.  Decoart pays airfare and Jillyberan donates her painted teaching pieces to the chapter for raffle.  Paint will be provided.  Please support this seminar. Golden Spike Chapter has been notified of this event also.

May 17 will be a UFO day.  There will be an excellent luncheon provided.  Please come even if just to visit.

Kay showed the cement toads being offered for retreat.  The price of the mother and baby will be $30.00.  Additional babies may be ordered for $5.00 each.

June 19-20-21 will be our annual Retreat at Jolynn's cabin.  More details to follow soon.

August will be our Summer Social at Kay's backyard.  It will be a tea party and there will be a "Fascinator" contest.  Kay will bring one to show.  Make your own for that night.

Our Service Project will be to the Women's Guild.  Bring dresses or suits that you no longer need to donate to this worthy cause.  These women need nice clothing to wear on job interviews.  Bring these items to the summer social in August.

Bill Bayer will be our guest artist on September 25, 26, 27.  His charge will be $85.00 per day.  He asked if we have a snapshot of Utah scenery we'd like to paint.  Send to him and he will use it for a class.  He brings canvases already prepped.

Hazel showed her table she painted at the Provo chapter meeting.  This will be taught at our November meeting.  The tables are $20.00 and can be purchased at IKEA.  They are metal.  They can be found on Aisle 11 Bin 1.  (I know this to be correct because I have already purchased mine.).  There is a Lazy Susan at IKEA that could also be used for this pattern.  Hazel said to be creative and fun.

Loretta had to leave early, so if we need to take care of finances, please do so.

Shonnie suggested we have list of paint needed for classes early so if we need to order paint, we will have time.

Turned the time over to Jolene for Raffle and then to Judy for the class.

There were 17 members  and 2 guests present making a total of 19 in all.

Respectfully submitted,

Kay Salisbury, Secretary, UGHA

Points of Interest

The projects for our Retreat will be on display during Jillybean's Seminar next week.  I will be posting the pictures of each project on April 15th.  I will notify everyone when they have been posted for viewing. 

Don't forget our May meeting.  This is the first UFO we have had in a long while.  Dust off the old forgotten projects and bring them with you to finish them up.  I remind you again, that if you don't have any unfinished projects, I have plenty to share!