Meeting Minutes 9 Jul 2024

 Meeting Minutes 9 Jul 2024

Christmas in July- Round Robin with TJ Klajnbart, Sherry Weaver, Candy Entingh

22 were present – 1 guest- Carole’s neighbor and friend Deedee Tong

 

Welcome & Announcements:

**We welcomed Carole’s neighbor and good friend, Deedee to our meeting

**Details regarding the cost of the Suzanne Moore Workshop will be coming out shortly

 

 

Show & Share:

**TJ gave an overview of the International Conference in Davenport, IA, and of the class she took, Drawn Letters with Dutch calligrapher Elmo Van Slingerland.

**Tom had a full page of Foundational he used to letter another chapter of Proverbs.

**Candy showed us a new kind of rub-on and book cloth.

**Lynn brought some beautiful Italic pieces with lovely embellished Versals done in watercolor.

**Cecelia showed us how she added a translucent paper to paste paper she had to create sheets of stationery. She also had a back top with white lettering she had lettered, sent to Spoonflower, and turned into fabric she then made into a shirt.  She also created a monogram tag to sew into the clothes she makes. 

**Nancy brought a framed piece of Uncial and watercolor.

**Kathy showed us a medieval-flavored Bullock’s Oriole she painted and embellished in gold leaf.

**Karen created another ‘black book’ to use for Rennie Macintosh, and brought a guest book her aunt lettered in very fine Spencerian!

 

Evening presentation:

**Candy brought a sample of Lisa Engelbrecht’s Funky Letter ‘J’ which was then transferred to a blank card to color in with Christmas colors.  Markers or colored pencils worked well.  Each participant was free to design this or her own letter if they wanted, too.

**Sherry had 2 different Pop-Up cards, cut in the same fashion but decorated differently with cute Christmas stickers.  She came with directions and white cardstock for everyone and an assortment of stickers to share.  

**TJ had 2 different ornaments to make from upcycled Christmas card tops. One was a triangular-shaped ornament made from a square card top and the other was made by cutting strips of a horizontal card top and punching holes in the tops and bottoms to thread a ribbon thru.  Directions were given out to follow at home.