Web site: http://scpcg.org

Demo by Lynne on Miracle Mold compound
Election of Guild Officers
Library discussion
Traveling Exhibit: Sharon will be accepting submissions per her emailed request
The Milford Fine Arts Council's Holiday Handcraft Boutique is 11/28-11/30 and 12/4-11/7
The Traveling Exhibit will be in Milford for Dec.
Fliers will be at the Boutique about the TE and this is a great opportunity to showcase members' work.
Raffle Chain Raffle for a set of flower caned salt and pepper shakers donated by Lynne
Show-and-Tell

We invite you to mail or email a high-quality image--high resolution digital is acceptable but a jury-quality slide or transparency is best--of your work along with a 100 word INSIGHT telling us how and where you find the best markets for your work, and a completed 2004 INSIGHT survey (which can be filled out online at http://www.craftsreport.com/commonfiles/2004insight-survey.html

Submissions and images, including a padded SASE, can be mailed to insight@craftsreport.com or mailed to:

Insight
The Crafts Report
Box 1992
Wilmington, DE 19899

Call for Beads for a New Slide Show! The National Guild is sponsoring a new slide show—A Showcase of Wondrous Beads—and you’re invited to submit work for the show. The rules are simple:

1. Please submit a slide or slides of your favorite beads. (For the sake of this show, a bead can be no larger than one created by a piece of clay the size of a golf ball.) Please fill out and sign a release/description form below for each slide you submit.
2. If you wish to have the slides returned, please submit an SASE with the correct postage.
3. Please submit all slides by January 15, 2004.

A panel of clay artists from several northeastern polymer clay guilds will decide which slides to incorporate into this show. Our goal is to have the slide show ready for the Guild Convention in June! If you have any questions, please feel free to write or call Connie Donaldson (connied233@aol.com).

Send your slides to:

Connie Donaldson      
1156 Valleyview Drive 
Lawrence PA 15055
724-746-0662

Lucille Schacht built the Bottles of Hope website for us at
http://bottlesofhope.org/
There is a link to the Bottles of Hope messageboard on the Delphi Forums
http://forums.delphiforums.com/boh1/start

MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 2003 MTG OF SCPCG

10/18/03

Meeting called to order at 11:17 am

Demo by Marie H. on Bead Crochet & Using a Bead Spinner

14 members in attendance, 2 guests

Lynne will be doing the November Demo.

Reminder the December Meeting will be held on the 2^ND Saturday, December 13. It will be the annual Pot Luck Luncheon & Tag Sale

*Please bring items to donate for the Tag Sale! Anything that is polymer clay or craft related is ok.

Leigh Ross’ Millennium Garden Bead Workshop was loads of fun! Lynne is hosting a Flower Cane Swap to continue the Millennium Garden fun. If you would like to participate, please let Lynne know. You need 1 flower cane divided into 5 pieces at least ½ inch in diameter and 2 inches long. The background of the cane needs to be CFC-06 Premo Bleached Translucent. Please provide different canes for each group you wish to join. Max 5 groups. Due by November 30^th. Sign up by Oct 31. If you would also like some leaf canes, just send in 1 to 5 leaf cane segments and you will get the same number of other people’s leaf canes back.

Bottles of Hope: A volunteer from the Danbury Cancer Ctr runs the Bethel Relay For Life. She is attending the NE Conference of RFL organizers. She would like to bring a BOH to each area coordinator at the conf. The theme for the 2004 Relays is "Hope". PLEASE make some BOH & get them to Tracy before the end of the month. Even sending 1 or 2 would help.

Tracy is also looking for an assistant for BOH who would compile a national polymer clay guild contact list for BOH. We would then be able to use those contacts when we get letters/e-mails from Girl Scout troops etc. who would like to do something with BOH but may need a bit of help getting started. Tricia H has volunteered to take on this position.

Nominations of Guild Officers

President – Sharon Mihalyak

Vice President – Debbie Goodrow or Lynne Schwarzenberg

Treasurer – Sue Rankin

Secretary – Libby Mills

The officers serve a 2-year term, ending December 31^st. The new term begins Jan 1, 2004. Elections will be held at the November meeting. A ballot will be mailed out to all current members so that anyone who cannot attend the Nov meeting may vote by e-mail. Members attending the Nov meeting will cast their vote in person.

Since there are 2 candidates for the position of Vice President, Lynne & Debbie will each write a short summary of what they have done for the guild and what they would like to do for the guild if elected. This will be included in the ballot.

Terry has suggested that we put the list of new officers and committee chairs on the website and then occasionally in the newsletter so that all members know who is involved in different activities of the guild. A lively discussion followed.

Raffle Chain- Lynne won the last Raffle Chain raffle & is providing a lovely pair of Salt & Pepper shakers done in the Millennium Garden Style. The raffle will be drawn at the November meeting.

The BOH Workshop Kit – Lynne had a major job cleaning & repairing the 5 pasta machines in the kit as they had been improperly cleaned & reassembled before. Big thanks to Lynne for taking on the job. Items needed for the kit include: more acrylic rollers, saran wrap, snack size baggies, copies of the BOH messages & brochures, extra C-clamps, oven thermometer.

We can always use donations of canes.

Jeanette Tang had surgery yesterday and we are circulating a get well card.

New Haven City wide Open Studios continue. Check it out if you are interested. Sharon has details or you can look in the Advocate.

Meeting adjourned at 2:42 p.m.

Submitted by Libby Mills