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!

March Update

For those of you who will be painting the Bunny Panel need to bring your piece based in with Sea Grass and have your pattern transferred on to the surface.  It will be to your advantage if you can have the rabbits and basket sketched in with Brown Earth. 
Suggested JoSonja paints are: 
Mulled Rose          Napthol Red Lt          Red Violet
Rosewood             Purple Madder          Tiger Lily
Orange                  Gold Oxide                Turners Yellow
Yellow Oxide         Raw Sienna               Moss Green
Brilliant Green       Teal Green                Olive Green
Aqua                      Sapphire                   Paynes Grey
Amethyst               Brilliant Violet            Diox. Purple
Prov Beige            Brown Earth              Expresso
Oakmoss              Husk                          Titanium White

Presidents Message

Hi Ladies, 
I am sorry that I am late.  By brain is not here for some reason.  I really missed everyone last month.  New York was fun, but very cold an dsnowy. I am really looking forward to Judy teaching this month.  I really love the bunny panel from JoSonja. I am also looking foward to seeing everyone. I can't wait to see what everyone is voting on for the Jillybean seminar. If you haven't seen the pictures or voted then make sure and stop in to our chapter meeting to look and vote on your favorites.  We get to choose two and they are all so fun!
Again, I am sorry I am late.  Happy painting and we will see you at chapter meeting on March 15! 
Lisa

February Meeting

It didn't take long for the fun to begin.  Plenty of visiting and getting caught up with all that is new and bright, eager to put the winter behind us and look forward to the upcoming Springtime.   The project that Nola has prepared for us to paint is just the ticket to usher in Spring!

Before we got started with the monthly matters of business and of course the raffle drawings we had a little show and tell.  Sandra Boyer brought the quilt top she has painted and assembled.  This is one of JoSonja's patterns.  This is absolutely beautiful! Thanks Sandra for sharing this with us.  

Loreen (AKA Vanna)

OK ladies, it is time to paint!

And paint we did.  This was such a laid back, happy project to paint.  As for me, I thought about my cute little 6 year old Ellyse (granddaughter) who loves animals, the entire time I was painting and my thoughts of her continued on through the completion of this piece. Guess you know where my little bunny resides.  

Thank you Nola for providing a wonderful project and a delightful day of painting.

Loretta hard at work 

and

Jolene hardly working?

Kay and Pat painting with a purpose

Velma is delighted just watching her daughter paint. Jan is painting with the intent to get this project finished before going home.  

This was such a fun project. We were taught by a fabulous teacher Nola Phillips, surrounded by great painting partners and a fabulous lunch.  It was so good, we should do it again this month.  What a good idea!  Here is what's on tap.  Mark your calendar for Saturday 15 March.  We'll conduct business at 9:00 and start painting about 9:30.