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Dear painting friends,
Before we all get too busy with the holidays, I wanted to wish you all
the very best and hope that you will enjoy this special time with family
and friends.
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Our webmaster Vikki has been busy decorating our web site to welcome
you for a visit. So go grab a cup of cider or glass of wine and read all
about what we have in store for you.
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GIFT CERTIFICATES
Make gift giving easier for your family this year, with a gift
a certificate from maureenmcnaughton.com. You can use them for
anything on our website - from those special packets on your Wish List,
brushes and even towards a
2006 seminar registration. |
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MAUREEN’S GALLERY
This is a new addition to our site.
Many have written to see if I ever sell my
paintings. I have been selling framed paintings here in our studio for the
past few years. But, now we will have them available on our site for
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Each one has been framed with a mat and
frame, often embellished with a special touch. Keep checking
this page on the site because new
paintings will be added from time to time
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NEW
PACKETS |
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I hope you will enjoy four new packets that we’ve just added to
the site. I know that many of you are painting gifts this year for special
friends and family. Please let me know how they turned out.
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630 Bird of Paradise Pair |
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Tropical flowers are hot right now in home decor. So, these packets comes
just in time.
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671 Tropical Flower |
675 Morning Glory Tea
I painted this design on the Settlers Teapot from Painters Paradise.
But a good friend painted it on a wood knitting needle case and it was
stunning! Wouldn’t that make a wonderful gift, filled with knitting
needles, a stitch counter and a gift certificate from a wool shop? |
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685 Pink Trillium |
Pink Trillium and Petite Violets - this is a new design that has
only been taught one time.
But, that one time was a great time and everyone loved it!
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BREAST CANCER FUND RAISER |
It was an honor and a privilege to be asked to design
a special painting for the
Society of Decorative Painters, which will be used as
a fund raiser for Breast Cancer Awareness. The painting is now
traveling in the SDP booth to the various trade shows,
where they are selling tickets
for a chance to win the painting. SDP is also having special pins
made from this painting and they will be available for purchase on
the SDP web site and at the 2006 Nashville Conference. All proceeds
are going to this worthy cause, which has touched so many of our
lives. Keeping checking when the pins will be available at the SDP
website:
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www.decorativepainters.org
We will also have a link to their site as soon as the pins are available.
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PILOT PROGRAM AT THE 2006 NASHVILLE CONFERENCE
I
hope that many of you will be able to take part in this special “technology” pilot
program class on Strokework Poppies that I will be teaching on Tuesday
8am to 12 noon at the 2006 SDP Conference in Nashville Tennessee.
In this
class of 75, I will have two wonderful assistants, Sandy Scales and
Sally McAloon. Both of these talented teachers have studied with me for
years and have been travel teaching my techniques across the USA for
some time now. This is so exciting!!! We will have an audio-visual set up provided
by Painters’ Paradise and run by David Schein. Each person will
receive a battery operated light that clips onto their surface. Beam
me up Scottie- this is so cool!!!
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THE BRUSHSTROKE HANDBOOK |
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I am happy to tell you that we can now
take your advance purchase orders for an autographed first edition copy
of my new book, “The
Brushstroke Handbook.” |
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I can’t begin to tell you how I am looking
forward to the release of this book, because I know that it will be a book
that you will refer to again and again. It will have a hard cover with
an “inbound spiral” - just perfect to lay nice and flat on
your table. Each project uses just one or two strokes, and will be painted
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I know it will be a wonderful teaching tool for those of
you who are looking forward to teaching
strokework to your students, and
it will also be perfect for self study.
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It is a larger book, at 144 pages, and has over 50 projects.
Each project can be easily completed in an afternoon.
Order your copy today at just $26.99 US.
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 GUEST TEACHERS 2006
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Ros Stalcop
June
16-18
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I have chosen the projects! And my goodness how difficult
it was to narrow down the choices. We are so thrilled to be able to give
you the opportunity to study with three of the top teachers in decorative
painting today:
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David Jansen MDA
September 8 - 10
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Claudia Nice
October
13 - 15
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Advance booking is available
on line now, for 2006 & 2007 reserve your spot today !! |
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GUEST TEACHERS 2007
Our guest teachers will be:
Helan Barrick MDA - June 22 to 24
Brenda Stewart CDA - September 21 TO 23
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I will leave you with a few special recipes and painting tips. Look
for the January Newsletter which will announce next year’s seminars
and I hope to welcome many of you here next spring.
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Warmest wishes for a wonderful holiday season, filled with
laughter, love and sharing.
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Maureen, Jim, Graeme, Laura and Mary |
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RECIPES and PAINTING TIPS FROM FELLOW PAINTERS
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MACARONI AND CHEESE
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Sometimes, with all the fancy meals we have at this time
of year, some old fashioned comfort food really fits the bill.
From Nancy Focardi, Marathon, NY
"This is the easiest Macaroni and cheese recipe I have ever found!!!!! And
sooooooo good!! "
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8 ounces of spring shape macaroni (or any other weird shape that
will hold cheesy stuff)
8 ounces sharp cheddar cheese
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can milk
1/2 cup of bread crumbs
1/2 stick of butter
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While the macaroni is cooking (according to directions) Grate the
cheese.....
Drain macaroni, add soup and milk, mix well. Add 3/4 of the cheese
and mix again.
Pour all into a buttered 8 X 10 baking dish, sprinkle the rest of the cheese
on top. Cover that with bread crumbs and dot with the butter. Put under broiler
for about 10 minutes or until crumbs are golden brown.
If you would rather it can bake in a 350 degree over for 30 minutes |
FROM JAN TRICKER'S MOM
Jan's Mom Win is a very special lady and she often bakes banana bread for
our seminars. I have to confess that they don't all get downstairs |
Banana or Pumpkin Loaf
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1/2 cup sald oil
1/2 cup water
1 cup banana or pumpkin
1 1/2 cup sugar
1 2/3 cup flour
1 Tbs baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 tsp Nutmeg
1 cup raisins
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Mix wet ingredients together. Mix dry ingredients togther and add to
wet ingredients. Add raisins last and fold into mixture. Spray a loaf pan
with Pam and pour in the batter. Bake at 325 degrees F for approx 1 1/2
hours
You can add chopped nuts. It is the raisins that keep the loaf moist. You can
double the recipe to make two 8" loaves. Enjoy!
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PAINTING TIPS |
From Old Mill Decorative Painters
To clean your brush basin. Fill brush basin with very hot water. Drop in
one or two denture tablets and let sit over night.
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From Jo Lutness at Painter's Paradise
Prepare for students, or ask them to bring a sheet of labels with their
names printed on each label. As students purchase supplies they can put
a label on it to identify it as theirs, and they can also put themon
their class notes and photos. Also, ask each student to put one of the
labels on the front of the table. When teacher is standing behind the
student to help, she can see their name. |
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