November 2013 Meeting

MeetiMeeting Minutes 12 Nov 2013

31 present (6 guests-Jean, Thurman, Linda, Barbara, Lauren, Connie)

Welcome & Announcements:

**Cecelia began by reminding us that our meetings start at 6:30.  Candy will open the doors at 6:00, we can come in anytime after that, welcome and announcements will be from 6:30-6:45, demos from 6:45-7:00 and our presentation from 7:00-8:30.  Clean up will be from 8:30-8:45 in the hopes that we are out of the door for the janitors by 9 PM. 

**Meeting themes for 2014 will start with Jan thru March featuring the Foundational hand for beginners and intermediate.  April is TBD and May Colored Pencils.  15 minute in-house demos will be Versals in Jan, Gothic in Feb, Copperplate in Mar, Uncial in April, and Pointed Brush in May. 

**4-week classes are $60 for 4 lessons, and after all 4 are attended, the guild will reimburse each student $20. Feb dates are Thurs 6/13/20/28 3-5 pm and 6:30-8:30 pm with Cecelia teaching brush lettering for beginners and intermediates in her home.  Cheryl will teach Italic on Tuesdays in Mar in her home. Cecelia will teach Gothic in April and Cindee will teach Uncial in May.

**Workshops booked for 2014:  January 25/26-Jill Berry teaching Painted Papers (16 students/$75 each)  March 22/23-Yves Leterme teaching Modern Versals open to all (16 students/$75 each)  March 2425/26 Yves Leterme’s Master class (10 students/$110 each)

**Save your Thanksgiving and Christmas card tops to send to St. Jude’s so they can make them into other cards for sale.

**Our annual Christmas party will be at Deb’s.  Start time is 6:30.  Please bring food to share and 25 cards if you’d like to participate in our card exchange. 

Demo:

**Cecelia used the camera/projector to demonstrate samples of Foundational hand with a Pilot Pen and showed us the difference between the basic round style and the waisted version with a manipulated angle. 

Presentation: A Cut Above

**Kay showed a variety of cards and projects she cut into letters and shapes to create a foreground.  She passed out black cardstock to fold into a card and then we cut tree forms out and slid marbled paper in behind it.  Some opted to cut a horizon and/or add a moon.  It was important to keep the borders connected to the interior forms in order to stay connected.  Some good ideas for Kay came from a book on stained glass.  It was a great make and take night!  Thanks, Kay!

Presentation: A Cut Above

**Kay showed a variety of cards and projects she cut into letters and shapes to create a foreground.  She passed out black cardstock to fold into a card and then we cut tree forms out and slid marbled paper in behind it.  Some opted to cut a horizon and/or add a moon.  It was important to keep the borders connected to the interior forms in order to stay connected.  Some good ideas for Kay came from a book on stained glass.  It was a great make and take night!  Thanks, Kay!