Silver State and Tole Decorative Painters December 2017 Please check out our Calendar on the new website. https://sstdp.org News from the President Hello chapter members, What a great year we have had. I know there has been a few bumps along the way and many members have had health issues, but chapter wise it s been a great year. So thank you so much for all who have stepped in and made such a difference. I ve couldn t have done all that has been accomplished this year without you all. We truly have such great members. I am looking forward to another great year, and wishing for a healthier one for you all. Since we are at the end of the year, please, if you have remaining receipts that need to be turned in, this is the time to get them into Barbara. She will be closing out our books for the year very soon. So all such receipts must be turned in by our December 9 th meeting. We will not be able to reimburse receipts dated 2017 in the new year. Our receipts and dates on them need to correspond for tax purposes. Thank you for understanding. I hope all of our members will be coming to our holiday party? I m looking forward to it. I know Mary Robinson and her committee has been working really hard to make it very special for us all. Plus we do have our traditional Board Ornament Raffle. So bring your money to buy some tickets. Next year we are off to a great start. Our calendar for chapter classes is all done. Cathy Frazier started passing them out at our last meeting. And signups for January have begun also. You don t want to miss out. Cathy will be teaching in January. It will be a very cute bunny on a little heart pillow by Deb Antonik. We all know what a great teacher Cathy is, so please sign up ASAP. For 2018, I have the board and committee chair positions filled already. Thank you again for your willingness to hold a position in our chapter. With that said, mark your calendars. January 5, 2018 at my house there is going to be a Transition Meeting and luncheon, starting at 10:00am. This is for past and new committee and board members. Those who have had the position will be passing their books over to the new person with instructions on how to do the job. And afterwards there will be a amazing lunch. Should I call it a feast? Put it this way, you will want to come hungry for this meeting. Then following lunch there will be our first board meeting for 2018. If any of you cannot attend, please give me a call as soon as possible. I hope you all had an amazing Thanksgiving. See you at the holiday party with bells on! Keep smiling. Be happy. Life is good. Hugs to you all, and cheers to a new year. Gwen
News from our Treasurer, Barbara Paetzel It is hard to think that we are coming to the end of another great year of painting and meetings with SSTDP. When the year ends it is also time for all officers and committee chairman to gather all receipts and complete the reimbursement vouchers, then give them to Gwen to sign off on. Remember this is the procedure you must follow if you want the Treasurer to write you a check. If you are in need of reimbursement vouchers I always have them available at the meetings. Thank you for your cooperation. Programs News Hello Ladies, Well it s hard to believe that the year is almost over. Time flies when your having fun. Our November Workshop was Great! Brenda Stott did a wonderful job of teaching us a beautiful Robin. Brenda is an awesome teacher and we are so thankful that she took the time to come here from Utah to share with us. Thank you Brenda!!! We have our Calendar all set for 2018. So check out the cool classes that we have chosen for you. In January I will be teaching a Heart that is held by an old up for this Paint-in, it will cost want to purchase my kit. The already applied to the fabric, rhinestones. I will have them Sign Up box will be at the any classes you want at that reserve a kit. Deb Antonick design, a Fabric Bunny rusty bed spring. If you would like to sign you $10.00 plus another $5.00 if you kit includes the fabric with the pattern thread, needle, rusty bed spring and available at the Christmas Party. The Christmas Party, so you can sign up for time. You can also give me a call and Well Ladies that s it for now I hope to see you at the Christmas Party. Happy Painting, Cathy Frazier A Reminder from Seminars by Sharon Shuster Just a reminder that Mark Menendez is coming October 19, 20, 2018, so get your colored pencils ready. And start looking for teachers for 2019!
Let s Party Reservations have been made for our Annual Holiday Party Sat., December 9,2017 10 A.M. till 3 P.M. Los Prados Golf Clubhouse, Las Vegas, NV. Installation of the SSTDP 2018 Board Board Ornament Raffle Gift Exchange Star Award Lunch Gift Exchange: (Please bring a wrapped gift, hand-painted by you, It may be any size up to 12x12, if you wish to participate in the exchange.) A Note for Committee members: There is one last committee meeting at Mary s on December 1 at Mary Robinson s home. 11 a.m. Please R.S.V.P. to Mary.
From the Webmaster to all of you Thank you so much for your thoughtful articles and for your quick responses to my many requests. Please send any news that you have for the January 2018 newsletter to Dawn Rivard on Dec. 20, at rivarddawn@hotmail.com She will be composing /editing our newsletter and managing our website. And that s no small task. She has done a marvelous job this year, unsnarling some of the messes I have made and creating a new website for all of us to use and enjoy. I know she will do her best. God bless her! Wishing you all a peaceful holiday and a happy new year. Patty Clark Sunshine from Evie I am hoping that no news is good news and that everyone is going to enjoy a peaceful, happy holiday. May I request we just say the following: I wish to extend to our members and their families a most peaceful, healthy and happy holiday season! Tole Month Tole Month kudos to everyone who participated in the Tole Month activities this year. And special thanks to those wonderful ladies who helped set and then remove them from the libraries. I could not have done it without your help. The libraries are anxious to have us again in 2018. Keep those brushes busy. Sheila Hughes December Birthday Wishes to Lee Ann Parkin 6 Kaye Singer 10 Dawn Rivard 24 Ways and Means from Mary Davis Hard to believe it is the end of 2017. Thank you again for all of your help with bringing raffle prizes & buying tickets. It was a very profitable year for our Chapter. We made $58.14 in November. Now it is time for the Christmas party. See you there. Mary From our Historian, Sheila Hughes The end of this year is close. If you have pictures to share, please contact me. Thanks for the help with picture taking. See you all at the holiday party. Sheila