Grand Gourd Patch will be gathering in January on the third Wednesday of the month we will be sketching on our gourds a image and complementing the entire gourd with patterns that relate to the image they have chose. Wood burning the image and adding color and add designs that complement. Had a CHRISTMAS party and played games and shared food and gourds we finishedr. Everyone received a prize great time with fellow artist thank you all for attending...Joanne
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Just a little update on jl gourding Jan 18th. We will be doing only one project - rain stick taught by Bobbie. It was brought to my attention that we would have a lot to carry in doing two projects, as well as a Christmas gift exchange and munchies, so we could do the air dry clay faces in Feb. Only heard from two gourders on attending Jan 18th. Please let me know soon so I have an idea of how many will show - hope to have 8-10... i know its a little early, and i won't know until the day before if the weather will be bad that day for cancellations, so will keep you updated if we have to cancel because of weather.... so get your snake gourds cut and cleaned and fill in any blemishes on the out side with the wood putty, and let dry and sand and you are ready to start... it will save time doing this prep before class.... Hope to hear back from some of you.... Rita that means you.... lol LuAnn
Snow, snow, snow and cold, cold, cold has cancelled the gourd meeting for this month. We will do the “duck” in February. Hopefully we will have a few workable ‘garage’ days between now and then to work on a gourd. Lyn would like you to do as much as possible ahead of time if you can. Hopefully you have a gourd that will work – cut the hole out of the back and cut out the wings. If you don’t have a gourd that will work, Lyn does have some. Let us know if you need one of hers. Hopefully the weather cooperates for us in February. Will look forward to seeing you then.
Tis the Season-
HOLIDAY PARTY AT : 7995 Gator Trail NE Rockford , Mi 49341 TIME: 11am - DATE: December. 18. (Wed) For all Artists and Gourders at my studio. Bring a painting, gourd or piece of art work to share. Small gift for prizes ($5.00) or hand made gift instead. Bring passing dish and I will furnish the rest. LETS CELEBRATE TOGETHER ! RSVP : 1 616-884-5185. Cel:1 616- 644-0056 Joanne Peltz Julie Glover has sent along lots of photos of the ornaments that the Sauble Points Patch made for the fund raiser tree at the Shelby Library this year. Enjoy the eye candy!
Minutes of MGS Annual Meeting in Lansing On November 16, 2013 at PF Changs. Those present were : Charlie and Rita Heller, Charles and Jan Rogers, Tammy Braunscheidel, Bobbie Smith, Sharon Berg, Liduina Fedewa, Barb Buck, Andrea Thornton, Kathy Priest and Dee Jones. After introductions, visiting and a great lunch at PF Changs the meeting was started. Tammy reported on the Meijers Garden show. Attendance was down this year, but the show ran smoothly, and the kids table was again a big hit this year. Demonstrations of wood burning, colored pencils, egg shells, and the making of rain sticks were done by our members. Twelve of our MGS ladies helped run the booths and talked with people. Eight people sold gourds for a total of $342.00. Tammy also spoke about the show at the Botantical Gardens in Ann Arbor. Not enough volunteered to work this show, so we had to cancel. This would be a nice educational opportunity for the MGS as there is no charge for tables, and if people want to sell their gourds there is no cost involved. Tammy urged members to please think about this for next year . It involves a Saturday and Sunday, but you could bring your camper to stay in or it might be possible to stay with Tammy. Bobbie Smith mentioned that she will check on the Flywheelers show in South Haven for next year. This is in September. She will get information to see if people are interested in selling their gourds. There is a table charge. Charlie Heller mentioned that Kalamazoo has a big craft show at Wings Stadium if people want to check it out. He did not have a lot of information, so you would have to check it out online. There will be a fee for that show. Patch Reports: Bobbie reported that Rockford has a monthly meeting, usually on a Weds. At Joanne Peltz house. Some of the things they have done is pine needle rims, Zentangle, etc., also just working on their gourds together. Andrea reported that St.Johns meets every other Friday. Usually they have 5 or 6 people. She started people from the bottom up with growing, cleaning, and decorating. Tammy reported that Rita needs some relief from some of her responsibilities, as she has been doing so much for the MGS for a long time. Tammy ask for volunteers to handle some jobs. Sharon Berg volunteered to do the newsletter on a quarterly basis. Some of the suggestions would be tutorials on how to do a certain project, tips and shortcuts to make things easier. Members also want to see pictures of gourds and projects. The next newsletter will go out to members, hopefully the second week of December. If you have pictures, news, or information about members, or things you are working on, please email me. Jan Rogers with the help of Charles will be Membership Secretary as well as the new Treasurer. MGS will also have a facebook page. Gourding Weekend. Members wanted to have a gourding weekend where we could have members teach different techniques and projects. Tammy will check with Somerset Beach Campground in Jackson. Sharon will check with Margo Bowden of Newaygo, to see what is available there for the spring, possibly sometime in June. Hopefully, we will have information for the Dec. and April newsletter. There was no treasurers report available, but Rita stated that we have around $500 available. Some of this could be used for the gourding weekend. The meeting was adjourned. Sharon also reported that one of our members, Pat Corson, of Middleville passed away sometime in October. Respectfully submitted by: Sharon Berg, Secretary MGS ANNUAL MEETING
Date: Saturday, 16 November 2013 Time: 11:30am Location: PF Chang Restaurant Eastwood Town Center 2425 Lake Lansing Rd. Lansing, MI 48912 (517) 267-3833 Come join in - Visitors welcome It'll be gourd to see you! Michigan Gourders met at the Jackson Carnegie Branch Library on November 9th 2013. We had 4 members participate. The gourding techniques we did were Zentangle, taught by Bobbie, and alcohol inks and 91% alcohol used to decorated gourd bracelets that Bobbie cut out for us. Every ones turned out different. The group went out to lunch at a new Mexican restaurant, and Tammy B brought her famous apple cobbler for LuAnn Alexander's birthday, that was coming up. It was VERY good. We also discussed what we are going to do for the Decembers 14th meeting. Enjoy the photos below of the tangled bracelets. LuAnn, Patch Director 9th November 2013 is our next meeting at the beautiful old Carnegie Library.
Bobbie will be teaching a class in the art of 'doodling with a purpose' - come along and learn this peaceful, zen-like art form. You don't have to be an artist to learn this - if you can draw these ... ( ) ^ ~ ` [ ] \ or | then you are already "there"! This type of doodling requires only one stroke at a time and it is surprising how fast those little strokes can turn into works of art! Bring along gourds you have worked on or are at present working on for "gourd n' tell" and also bring along questions and ideas to share with everyone. Having a problem with a technique? Just ask and someone is sure to have an answer and be able to help you out - that's what gourd friends are for! As usual we will head out for lunch at a local eatery. Hope to see you At The Library beginning at 10am. This Saturday is our Gourd Meeting
Hi Everyone, Just talked with Lyn and Saturday will be here before we know it 1. Bring ornaments finished, or needing to be worked on, for the Shelby Library Tree. Wanda will let us know the set-up date and time. 2. Cookie Walk at the Lutheran Church – December 7th, 9 a.m. – 12 N. We can have an 8’ sales table for our gourds for $20. So we will discuss who is interested. Of course we will be enjoying our potluck and ‘show n telling’ about our ornaments and any other pieces being worked on. Also, bring your ideas on what you’d like us to be working on from January through May. Looking forward to a fun time Saturday -- See you then! PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND ON SATURDAY SO WE AREN’T WORRYING ABOUT YOU ON THE ROAD, ETC. |