THIS ISSUE INSIDE OUR MISSION NEXT MEETING INFORMATION

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1 MARCH 2017 Volume 9, Issue 3 President s Message By Barbara Fowler Another great painting time under the tutorage of our own Stephanie Pooler in dabbling in the water with koi fish. A bright and alive watercolor painting emerged and most of us finished our work before we left. That is truly a good feeling. The more I get the more I receive and one more watercolor for me to put into my home was my good feeling... In looking forward we are anticipating our 2 day seminar, March 25 and 26, with Mark Menendez. Again, the first day is the "Golden Iris" done in oils and the second is a prisma colored pencil piece of "The Cardinal." It's not too late to sign up and the form is in the back of our newsletter. Please send it to Stephanie Pooler as directed. An Affiliated Chapter of Society of Decorative Painters INSIDE THIS ISSUE President s Message 1,2 Program Calendar 3 Birthdays 3 Ways & Means/Quilt Update 4 Treasurer s Report 5 Secretary s Report 6 March Seminar Sign-Up 7 June Program Sign-Up Membership Form 9 Many of us have received our new national membership card and it has been difficult to print. We discussed this in our meeting last Saturday. Thanks to Michelle Mueller who told us they will always send you a paper one upon request. So I took it to heart and heard from them immediately. Just request from SDA 's newsletter with the card that you need it. Our meeting time for the chapter business is at 9 a.m. Our time for painting is at 10 a.m. for our regular painting times. Seminar days will start at 9 a.m. This past month we had a devastating fire ravage over 5,500 acres in Indian Lake Estates and River Ranch. Twelve homes were burnt to the ground and about 100 structures as well which could include cabins, etc. If anyone wants to donate needed items for these families, contact Care Center in Lake Wales at You can bring in items (Continued on Page 2) OUR MISSION CRDA s purpose is to teach, inspire, and share the creativity of decorative arts. Where? NEXT MEETING INFORMATION Cypress Gardens Mobile Home & RV Park 1951 Lake Daisy Road Winter Haven, FL When? March 25, 2017 What time? 9:00 AM

2 Page 2 CRDA Newsletter MARCH 2017 (Continued from Page 1) to the thrift stores or to their office, designate who it is for please. Keep in mind to sell those raffle tickets for our quilt which will be raffled off on May 19th during our Daytona conference. If you know of any event we can get a booth to sell them, contact Vicki Alley please. She with the aid of Lynda Jeskey sold about $ two weeks ago at the art festival in Frostproof. If you need more tickets, please contact Vicki as well. :) As a reminder, we voted to change our yearly basket luncheon date and place to October 28th at the Cypress Gardens Mobile Home and RV Park at 1951 Lake Daisy Road, Winter Haven, Florida. The clubhouse where we have been monthly meeting will be decorated for the season and the food will be prepared by a gourmet chef--what more can you ask?! So--all of us will be diligently preparing for art projects for the repurposed basket luncheon that includes a silent auction and an auction where excitement flies! Again in case you missed this from last month: April's meeting will be full preparing for our May Conference in Daytona (May 17-20). We will be working on items to promote our chapter while there. Everyone--come on and enjoy doing and finishing projects as well. We also need donations of fabric, dominos, etc. May we hope many will register to go. It's right in our backyard in Daytona, Florida. We encourage you to register for our Society Conference. The excitement and fun enjoyed by all in learning new project techniques and making new friends as well as seeing the old ones, all here in sunny Florida. A beach delight with sea breezes and great food, may I add...and don't forget the shopping at the different booths. My own art-craft room is bulging now, but there's always room for more! Right?!!! :) May 27th is scheduled for our charity painting as well as sharing what we did at the conference. Looking ahead and anticipating great things for our chapter's involvement, please consider the many items of interest and participate. See you March 25th and 26th! Sincerely with the paintbrush in hand, Barbara Fowler President Ways and Means Table: Do you have some painting books or pattern packets you will probably never use? Or you have used them and won t be using them again? Bring them in for the Ways and Means table. And don t forget your birthday surprise for the table. Your birthday only comes once a year, bring something special, painting related and gift wrapped, for the Ways and Means table.

3 CRDA Newsletter MARCH 2017 Page Board Members President Barbara Fowler First Vice President Stephanie Pooler Second Vice President Barbara Layton Secretary Bonnie Rand/ LaMoyneMeek Treasurer Suzi Mills Ways & Means Chair??? March April 22 May 27 June24 July 22 August 26 September 23 October 28 November 11 December Mark Menendez Golden Iris, Oil (Saturday) The Cardinal, Colored Pencil (Sunday) Table decorations for SDP Conference No Meeting Vicki Alley No Meeting No Meeting TBA Repurpose Luncheon Bobbie Campbell Christmas Party Newsletter Editor??? Please contact Stephanie Pooler if you are interested in teaching a class. We re on the Web! Visit us at: Pam Caley March 7 Linda Whitfield March 12

4 Page 4 CRDA Newsletter MARCH 2017 Ways & Means/ Wings over Florida Quilt Update By Vicki Alley We displayed the quilt at the annual Orange Blossom Festival in Frostproof a few weeks ago and sold $242 dollars worth of raffle tickets!! Remember, if you have somewhere in your neighborhood or town where we can display the quilt and sell some raffle tickets, let me know. We have about 2 more months till the conference in Daytona where will be announcing the winner. Let s sell, sell, sell!! There are several FREE bonus projects available on the SDP website? Just go to decorativepainters.org and then log in to the Members Only section. To do this, click on Member Login at the top of the screen. You will need your SDP membership number and your last name (that part should be easy!) in order to log into the members only section. Once logged into the special section you will find a link to the bonus projects on the left side of the screen. Spend some time looking around while you are logged into the members only section. There is a ton of information here including the current and several past issues of the Decorative painter that can be viewed online. Another highlight is the Online Video Library which contains over 20 videos of Tips & Techniques, Demos, lessons & Projects, and Certification Program Tips. There are also downloadable instructional materials to go along with the Lessons & Projects videos! Check it out today you will be glad that you did!

5 CRDA Newsletter MARCH 2017 Page 5 Treasurer s Report By Suzi Mills

6 Page 6 CRDA Newsletter MARCH 2017 Secretary s Report By Bonnie Rand PRESIDENT BARBARA FOWLER CALLED MEETING OF CRDA TO ORDER AT 10:05 STEPHANIE POOLER ADDRESSED THE PROBLEM OF NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP FOR OUR MARCH SEMINAR. THERE WAS A LENGTHY DISCUSSION ON PROS AND CONS OF CANCELLING. AFTER FIGURING OUT EXPENSES OF CANCELLING AND EXPENSES OF PROCEEDING AND PAYING EXTRA COSTS TO MEET OBLIGATIONS OF CONTRACT, IT WAS AGREED TO HAVE THE SEMINARS AND MEET THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE CONTRACT. WE WILL REACH OUT TO OTHER CHAPTERS TO TRY AND GET MORE PEOPLE, BUT WAS MENTIONED THAT MARK WILL BE TEACHING IN 3 OTHER CHAPTERS IN OUR AREA. VICKI ALLEY BROUGHT HER JUNE PROJECT OF POTTED FLOWERS DONE ON A CLIPBOARD. THERE WERE SOME OPENINGS FOR THE REMAINING YEARS CLASSES. WE NOW HAVE VOLUNTEERS FOR THOSE CLASSES. MEMBERSHIP CHAIR BARBARA LAYTON SAYS WE NOW HAVE 26 MEMBERS. SHE WILL POST THE LIST ON OUR WEBSIGHT. VICKI ALLEY WILL FIND OUR PASSWORD, AS EVERYONE SEEMS TO HAVE FORGOTTEN IT. BARBARA BROUGHT UP A DISCUSSION ON WHAT OTHER CHAPTERS OFFER THAT WE MIGHT THINK ABOUT ADOPTING SOME OF THE IDEAS. DISCUSSED WERE DECORATIVE DOLLARS, BINDERS TO KEEP CHAPTER INFO IN, AND HOPE BOXES. SUZI MILLS READ THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR LYNDA JESKEY MADE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE NEW BUDGET. IT WAS SECONDED AND APPROVED BY MEMBERS. THERE WAS A DISCUSSION OF THE NEW SDP CARDS AND ALL THE PROBLEMS PEOPLE WERE HAVING TRYING TO PRINT THEM OUT. IT WAS MENTIONED THAT YOU COULD CALL THE MAIN OFFICE AND THEY WILL MAIL YOU ONE. OUR QUILT WAS DISPLAYED BY VICKI ALLEY AT A RECENT CRAFT SHOW AND MADE ENOUGH MONEY THAT ALL OUR EXPENSES HAVE BEEN COVERED AND ALL TICKETS SOLD NOW WILL BE ALL PROFIT. THANKS VICKI. OUR BOOTH AT SDP WILL DISPLAY THE QUILT AND SELL TICKETS. A DISCUSSION ON PREVIOUS PROJECTS FOR MAKING MONEY FOR OUR CHAPTER FOLLOWED. THE DOMINOS HAVE BECOME A PROBLEM, AS WE CANNOT FIND STAMPS SMALL ENOUGH TO FIT. THERE WAS A SUGGESTION OF BUYING SMALL TAGS AND MAKING PINS, AND BUYING SMALL GLASS BOTTLES AND FILLING THEM WITH SAND AND SEASHELLS. STEPHANIE BROUGHT IN SOME BRUSH HODERS SHE IS MAKING AND LYNDA JESKEY HAS VOLUNTEERED TO HELP MAKE SOME ALSO. THIS WAS ELECTED TO BE OUR PROJCT FOR THE CONVENTION, ALONG WITH THE QUILT. ANYONE WHO SEWS, PLEASE CONTACT STEPHANIE OR LYNDA ABOUT HELPING ON THIS PROJECT. THEY TAKE ABOUT AN HOUR TO MAKE. THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 11:35

7 CRDA Newsletter MARCH 2017 Page 7 MARCH 25-26, 26, 2017 Seminar with Mark Menendez Saturday, March 25, 2017, 9AM-5PM Sunday, March 26, 2017, 1PM-5PM Golden Iris, Oil --- $75.00 The Cardinal, Colored Pencil --- $75.00 Includes: Canvas Includes: Paper Paint & Solvent Colored Pencils Pattern Pattern Please bring oil brushes and regular Oil painting supplies. Please bring pencil sharpener, eraser, and Regular colored pencil supplies. MARCH SEMINAR SIGN-UP Name: Class Fee: $75.00 Golden Iris, Saturday, March 25 $75.00 The Cardinal, Sunday, March 26 $ Both Projects Complete this form and send with class fee payment (make checks payable to CRDA) to: Stephanie Pooler, 120 Beck Street, Winter Haven, FL Seminar Location: Cypress Gardens Mobile Home and RV Park 1951 Lake Daisy Road, Winter Haven, FL 33884

8 Page 8 CRDA Newsletter MARCH 2017 June 24,, 2017 Potted Posies Taught, with permission, by Vicki Alley This project is adapted from a design by Chris Thornton Deeson called Backdoor Guests are Best. The project will be done on a clipboard that will be base coated prior to the class by Vicki. Listed below are the paints and brushes needed to complete the project. Please bring either these DecoArt America colors or any colors you have that are close to the colors listed. (The design is 7 years old and you may not have these exact colors) Sign-up/payment deadline: June 3 Supplies Needed: DecoArt Americana Paints: Bright Orange Bubblegum Pink Canyon Orange Evergreen Mistletoe Olive Green Razzleberry TerraCotta Warm White Yellow Light Brushes: #6 Flat, #12 Flat, #1 Script Liner Basic Acrylic Painting Supplies JUNE PROGRAM SIGN-UP Name: Class Fee: $20.00 Chapter Member $25.00 Guest Complete this form and send with class fee payment (make checks payable to CRDA) to: Stephanie Pooler, 120 Beck Street, Winter Haven, FL 33884

9 CRDA Newsletter MARCH 2017 Page 9 Please print: 2017 Membership / Membership Renewal Form First name: Last name: Address: Snowbird address: Home phone # Cell # address: SDP Membership Number: (Required) How many years have you painted? Birth date: Month Day Skill level: Teacher Home studio Business studio Distributor Your preferred medium: Oil Acrylic Colored Pencil Watercolor How are you able to work and help our chapter grow? Setup and breakdown at meeting Teach a project Prepare food or clean up food Assist a teacher Paint for the Ways & Means CRDA dues are $20.00 to be paid when joining or renewed before the start of the new year. ($50.00 must also be paid to the Society of Decorative Painters) Checks for chapter dues are made out to CRDA Mail to: Barbara Layton 149 Club Villas Lane Kissimmee, Fl Membership paid: SDP Confirmed: Membership packet issued: Roster updated: