Recap of March 10 Doll Club Meeting

What a great meeting we had this month! Yvonne led a "hands-on" demonstration; generously allowing us to use her molds and Ultra Light Sculpey - White. Mary also brought some great molds and everyone walked away with at least one sample to take home.

The Show & Tell table was a great hit and the dollar challenge dolls were all so unique and creative! What a talented bunch of women we have in this club.

We welcomed a new member, Kathi (with an i) :) and we had a lady from the YMCA, Deloris, sit in to see if this was something that she would like to attend regulary. We hope she comes back!

The challenge for April's meeting is "Name Tags!" Everyone should make a name tag to wear to each meeting - bonus points if it looks like you!

Also for April's meeting - we will be doing "Marbeling with Mary," as she leads us through a workshop on dying fabric using inks and shaving cream! An email and later post will outline the supplies you need to bring to the meeting.

I posted a couple of pictures below from our March class.

Yvonne's Workshop - March Meeting

February 10th meeting

I had such a nice time on Wednesday, hopefully we can stay in the new location. I'm looking forward to teaching the bracelett at Anthem in Florence the end of this month. Teaching others my love of beads always gives me so much. Sharing stories, ideas and thoughts fills my artist soul.

The cernit demonstration was very nice and I hope we can have other demonstrations throughout this year.

Here's to a wonderful group of talented artists, you all have touched me with your kindness & art.

Beadily yours
Susan E Feldkamp

bracelet class

Susan is teaching her wonderful bracelet here at Anthem at Merrill Ranch on February 26th. Some of you from the doll club are taking the class, too. My address, for those of you coming, is 6601 W Sandpiper Ct., Florence, AZ 85132. You will stop at the clubhouse on Sun City Blvd. where the class will be held. Susan is generously teaching the class for $35.00 person if anyone else is interested. This is an all day class.

Some of us are also interested in having her teach her cabochon class. Perhaps there is a more central location for that? Or we can do it here, also. Who else is interested?

CIFI

It was another good meeting. Loved the demonstration on making hands from Cernit. Thank you.

And look at those numbers grow!!! This is great and hearing everyone's ideas is so fun. The room works beautifully, too.

I'm delighted that some of you want to go to the doll conference in May. On your computer just key in Creations In Fiber, Inc. and the site should come up with all of the information regarding registration, classes with supply lists and hotel information. Browse it and if you want to go you may want to find a roomie or you may want to room alone. In the next couple of months we can set up carpools. It looks like 2 carloads. I have a big car with a large trunk and can take 3 more people comfortably. See you all next month.

Hi Ladies,

Great News!!! Dollie MaMa and the Fabric Floozies has another new location.

Day & Date: Second Wednesday of every month
Time: Noon-2pm (we still don't have to drive when it's dark, and we can bring our own food.)
Place: YMCA-Valley of the Sun Power Ranch Family YMCA
4546 East Haven Crest, Gilbert, AZ 85297
(It's in the Power Ranch Community, go to google maps for directions)
Same Great price of $5.00 per meeting, per month as long as we have 10 ladies in attendance.

We have lots of room to grow, light, bright and great atmosphere. We have more elbow room, a kitchen with refridgerator, and even a sink in our meeting space. The increased space will not only allow us to accommodate additional members, but also provide space to bring in other artists as instructors for seminars... which could even stimulate club growth by making other artists in the area aware of our group. We are able to extend our hours if we need to when we have an actual class with other teachers. Of course there will be a small fee of $25 per hour, when divided among us that won't amount to much. My goal as the club founder is to bring in fresh ideas and techniques that will benefit each of us. As our club grows, I also hope to obtain discounts and other benefits for club members with fabric stores and other merchants in the area.

Recap of January Doll Club Meeting

My house full is gone and now I can get back to playing.

We had a fantastic turnout 13 ladies, a lot of fun and such creative ladies we all are.
Some of us arrived early so we could have lunch and enjoy Lynda's great food.
We started out with introductions since we had quite a few new ladies, then show and tell was next. I then explained to everyone how I make my boobs for my dolls.

We started our first Round Robin this month, we have 10 participants, we all brought a torso, a journal and a box or bag to put our torso in. Yvonne expained and gave us copies of the guidelines and a list of the participants. We took photos with our torso because the next time we see our torso she will be a doll with her own personality.

Thank you all for coming and making this club such a success.

Our Next Meeting is February 10th, Noon-2pm. New Location: YMCA-Valley of the Sun Power Ranch Family YMCA, 4546 East Haven Crest, Gilbert, AZ 85297 It's in the Power Ranch Community.
Kathy will be showing us how to make clay hands and feet.

CHANDLER CENTER FOR THE ARTS HOSTS EXHIBITION

CHANDLER,AZ- She is Filled with Secrets: The Beaded Artworks of Christy Puetz. Exhibited Jan. 15 through Feb. 27, 2010, at the Chandler Center for the Arts, 250 N. Arizona Ave., Chandler.

An opening reception for this exhibition of small, colorful artworks will take place on Friday, Jan. 22, from 7-9 p.m. at the Chandler Center for the Arts. The reception is free and open to the public.

Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon-4 p.m. on Saturday. Admission to the gallery is free.