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July 2015 Scribnote


Our April meeting, which was held on the second Saturday due to Easter weekend, was attended by only 6 members, but 5 of them brought their marbling papers to the meeting so there was plenty of eye candy for the one member who didn’t attend the workshop, but also for the rest of us who did not get to see everyone else’s papers.  I made a couple of accordion books and two cards with my papers and am delighted with them. On April 23, Pat West, Connie Wendt and I got on the South Shore and went to Chicago for the day to see the calligraphy exhibit at the Newberry Library downtown.  The work is always inspiring and jaw dropping!  We had a great day together and got on the express train to return in two hours.  Unfortunately for two ladies sitting near us from Kalamazoo, they missed their stop at Dune City and had to ride to South Bend and return on the train to get their car two hours later!

We had 11 members and one new to be member, Kathy Doyle, at our May 2 meeting. Pat West gave a demonstration on watercolor trees which we got to try.  Pat gave us lots of ideas and suggestions on how to first draw and then paint them.  Now we need to go home and practice, practice! Thanks Pat! At our June meeting, Barbara Fedder did a demonstration of a pamphlet book.  She was pressed into service by Maureen who had to be out of town for her granddaughter’s graduation. Thank you Barbara! We also discussed who we would like to have for our next instructor and came up with a few names that Anna Schlemma and Renee Tuveson will research.  It is very difficult to bring in an instructor that is very far because of the cost of flying them here, but possibly we can piggy back onto another guild that is having the same instructor and share the cost of the flight.  We will keep you posted!

As mentioned in a previous blog, former member Henni Akkerman passed away in February.  Her daughter, Ellen, called Maureen Trubac to see if the guild would be interested in taking some of the supplies that Henni hadn’t used.  There was watercolor paper, frames, mat board, nibs, etc. Those supplies were offered to the guild recently and the monies gleaned from those items will be put into either a scholarship or something we can buy in Henni’s name.  The board will discuss the pursuit of that item.

We decided at an earlier meeting not to have a meeting in July.  There are too many things during that month including vacations and visitors vacationing at our houses, as well as the holiday weekend in early July.  Our next meeting will be at my home on August 1, 2015 with a picnic and book exchange.  This is always one of the highlights of the year, so plan on joining us.  There is always a surprise raffle as well and you don’t want to miss it!

See you in August.


Cindy Bowles – Cindy Bowles of Grand Rapids, Michigan,  has recently become a certified Zentangle instructor and has offered to come to South Bend to teach us the art of zentangling.  Some of us have dabbled in this art form, but now we are going to have some real instruction.  The Zentangle one-day workshop will be on Saturday, October 3, 2015, at Christ the King Church from 9 till 4 Cost will be $40. for members and $55. for non members.  Supply list will be distributed at the August meeting to those who register.  Maureen will take reservations accompanied by a check at the August meeting.



Yokepencompany.com (This site has pen holders for sale, but also has lots of links to different calligraphy blogs and has a drawing every month for oblique pen holders.  They also have practice sheets to download)


http://ashowofhands2016.com/ (2016 International Calligraphy Conference in North Carolina)


August 1– Annual Picnic and Book Exchange at Ginny VanderHey’s. The exchange will be a handmade book. Bring a dish to pass.
October 3 –     Zentangle workshop with Cindy Bowles

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