For your painting pleasure…..a very special Saint Nick on a another new ornament. Catch it while it is on our weekly e-packet special and stock up on the ornaments while the buy six, get one free offer lasts. Saint Nick is also available in a hard copy packet.

Season of Joy, this week’s E-packet special, is a brand new design painted on a new ornament. We have everything on our web site needed to paint this project….the packet, ornament, paints, brushes, mediums, and the stucco writer.
Order today to take advantage of the discounted E-packet price and a special deal on the ornaments.

We have put three e-packets on special for you this week.
Please go to web site to see the other two – S. Claus and Frosty Friend.
Choose one, two, or all three! The discounted price on these will be valid for one week.
Get an early start on Autumn painting projects with this Friday’s E-Packet Special – Katie.
Each week we will be featuring a new E-Packet at a discounted price. The discount is valid for one week.

This Friday E-Packet Special is Blackberry Delight.
We will be featuring a new E-Packet each week at a discounted price. This discounted price will be valid for one week.
Look for more packets to be added soon.
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Join Brenda for a great painting experience and paint her Christmas Cheer Santa in a special event on Monday, August 13.

She is also teaching Hildy and Friends on Tuesday, August 14.
See you there!
Visit the web site to see new items and features. . . . 18 new e-packets, limited time web specials and a new chapter spotlight section.
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The tree is trimmed, the halls are decked, and the stockings are hung….now we can relax and enjoy family and friends throughout the remainder of the holidays. The quieter traditions at our house include curling up with a cup of tea or hot chocolate, listening to glorious Christmas music and reading Christmas books from our 40 year collection. We will head to our daughter’s home in Richmond tomorrow for our traditional family celebration. Our wishes are that each of you will have a blessed Christmas and will find time to reflect on the birth of Jesus..the ultimate gift from God to all of us.

Be sure and watch for another newsletter in early January announcing new items, and winter web sites sales.

Fabulous Fall Web Site Drawing
Anyone placing an order of $25.00 or more will be included in a drawing for a:
$25.00 Gift Certificate
or
$10.00 Gift Certificate
We will be drawing for 2 each of these certificates, so you have 4 chances of winning!
Winners will be announced on the web site and contacted by e-mail or phone.

September came and went in a rush and October is almost half gone. We kicked off the month with our last 2011 seminar here in Williamsburg. After that seminar, we traveled a bit in Pennsylvania and then headed to Long Island for a wonderful seminar with the DAWN chapter. This weekend, we are headed North again for a seminar with the Buffalo Snowbirds chapter. Then we will head home for a couple of weeks before heading to Kentucky to paint with the Kentucky Decorative Artists. In between all this travel I have been working on submissions for the 2012 HOOT show and new designs for the 2012 Williamsburg seminar program.
I am so excited that DecoArt has made it possible for us to offer a writer set for the stucco. This is great news for all of you who have been waiting for the availability of the product in order to complete your Holiday Dimensions projects. Check out the tips and more page for detailed instructions on use and care of the writer set. I love working with the stucco in this manner and have a lot of new ideas for using it. We also now have the Paper Effects Golden Gold writer on the web site, so everything for the project is readily available to our customers.
I hope each of you are enjoying some nice October weather and feasting on a gorgeous bounty of autumn color. This is certainly one of my favorite times of the year, and I never fail to be inspired to paint by nature’s autumn display.