Sandy Scales 2 Day Seminar - Unpublished Maureen McNaughton Pattern

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Sandy Scales Seminar

SPRING TAPESTRY INSPIRATION - Pattern #801

(Maureen McNaughton Pattern - (c) 2010)

April 16, 17, 2011

(BRAND NEW Maureen McNaughton Pattern, Never Published and Never taught in the Washington DC area.)

Seminar cost $120.00 for both days.

$60.00 Deposit required to reserve a seat.

Seminar includes complete pattern packet with pictures, paints, snacks and lunch - all provided by Pampered Palette. (Surface is an additional purchase, not included in seminar costs and available at Pampered Palette.)

Sign up today - limited seats available.

NOTE: MUST SIGN UP FOR BOTH DAYS. THIS PROJECT WILL TAKE TWO DAYS TO COMPLETE)

DECORATIVE PAINTING SEMINAR FEATURING SANDY SCALES

SEMINAR SPONSORED BY PAMPERED PALETTE

SEMINAR WILL BE HELD AT:

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GAINESVILLE, VIRGINIA

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RESERVE EARLY AS SEATS ARE LIMITED.

Washington DC Area Exposition and Exhibit - November 20 & 21, 2010

We are just over a month away from our November Washington DC Area Expo/Exhibit. The dates are November 20 & 21, 2010 at the Westin Tysons Corner. The above flyer, which was created by David Jansen for the event, gives all the information needed for the FREE event. Any one needing any additional information or if you have questions, shoot an email to david@pamperedpalette.com. We hope to see everyone there. What a great time to watch David Jansen paint an Armoire. Bring you cameras, tape recorders, camcorders and lots of questions.

Tatiana Sholokhova Zhostovo Style 3 Day Seminar

COMING TO PAMPERED PALETTE - JULY 2011

TATIANA SHOLOKHOVA ZHOSTOVO STYLE 3 DAY SEMINAR

JULY 29, 30, 31, 2011

SEMINAR COST $300.00 FOR THE THREE DAYS AND INCLUDES ALL PAINTS, MEDIUMS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS.

$100.00 DEPOSIT IS REQUIRED TO RESERVE YOUR SEMINAR SEAT

SEMINAR WILL BE HELD AT PAMPERED PALETTE
GAINESVILLE, VIRGINIA 20155
(703) 754-8141

TATIANA WILL BE DESIGNING A NEW TULIP PATTERN THAT WILL BE PAINTED DURING THIS SEMINAR ON AN APPROXIMATELY 8" X 7" METAL TRAY. THE ROOSTER PIECE PICTURED ABOVE WILL BE PAINTED ON AN OVAL WOODEN BOX.

VISIT http://store.pamperedpalette.com/ TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT TODAY. ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE SEMINAR SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO ME - david@pamperedpalette.com

BOOK NOW AS WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED RECEIVING RESERVATIONS. YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS SEMINAR. THIS WILL BE TATIANA'S ONLY VISIT NEXT YEAR TO THE WASHINGTON DC AREA. BOOK NOW.

Another Weekend Seminar

This past weekend we (Pampered Palette) along with Bev's Ceramics sponsored a Sandy Scales seminar at Bev's studio. We spent the weekend painting several of Maureen McNaughton's patterns pictured above (excuse the flash). Some of the individuals attending the seminar painted on ceramic bisque surfaces while others painted on wood surfaces. We even had some attendees that had never attempted stroke work previously. In all it was a good two days of painting. We are planning the next Sandy Scales seminar for December 4 & 5, 2010. For that seminar we will be painting two pieces, a Cabbage Rose & Holly pattern and a Summer Sweet Pea pattern. We are looking forward to that seminar.

Now next on our list of seminars is a weekend with David Jansen where we will be learning Rosemaling. That should be interesting and hopefully we will be able get through the pieces with our usual excitement and of course patience. We will see. Have to run out. Just wanted to share the pieces we completed this past weekend with everyone. Until next time, Happy Painting.

New Website and Online Store Coming Soon!

We are really busy trying to get our new website and online store constructed and rolled out. We do not know how long this will take but are hoping to get everything done this month. We are combining a lot of our websites into one very user friendly site. The new site will have a newsletter, a forum, the Pampered Palette website, the Pampered Palette Educational Network and our online store all in one place. Now how cool is that? Now some may ask why we are redoing our website/store? Well, we are trying to bring up a site that is a lot more flexible for us, more user friendly for end user, and more visually pleasing to the customer. We have been busy configuring and pulling data into the new system. Currently, all the products and prices have been included in the system. We now are trying to bring up the website information, forum and newsletter along with TESTING, TESTING, and more TESTING. It seems like we do not have enough hands to get everything done and find the time to paint as well. We expect that once the site is launched then everything will calm down a bit (we hope).

We are rolling out several seminars using one of our local ceramic studios space for the classes. Soon we will have our own class area completed. We have the room almost finished, painted and the flat screens mounted. We are currently waiting for some gadgets we need to pull everything together so that we can display different pictures on the three different screens or all the same picture. We have added a brand new camcorder where we can zoom into to see a flea on a fly's butt..........lol. We are really excited about the classes and the new space.

Do not forget about HOOT. We will be there with two booth spaces, 413-415, so if you are planning a trip to Ohio to attend HOOT, be sure and stop by our booths and say hello. We also would like to remind everyone about the Washington DC area Mini-Conference/Exposition scheduled for November 20/21 with our Special Guest, David Jansen painting an Armoire. What an exciting year we have planned. So, stay tuned for more news. Until next time, HAPPY PAINTING!

Well the SDP conference is over for this year. I think it was a lot of hard work for our tiny little booth but we had a great time. We met a lot of our friends from England, Canada, Australia, Turkey, Bolivia and the US that all stopped by to browse because they know us from Facebook. I thought that was really great. We sold all of the Heritage colorsets that we had stocked to sell and some of the new 19 colorsets. The Garden Parula DVD and Pattern Packet was a big hit as well with over 20 of those items sold............We also moved a lot of other DVDs, lots of mediums (sold out of some of them) and other goodies that we had. Now the show itself was a little small attendance wise but we still were very pleased with the overall results. We made a lot of new friends and hopefully now have a lot of new customers.......yeah!!!!!!

So, now we are home, what do we do next? Well we will be getting ready for HOOT. We have two booths at HOOT (will have two booths at SDP next year as well) so I need to get busy deciding what the booth will look like, what products will be in the booth, and the most important, what we will wear (I have an idea).

I have included some pictures of the event (our booth) above so that you can take a look. All went well. Until the next post, Happy Painting.

New Booth Backdrop For the SDP Conference

As always, times have been a little rough around here lately. We are getting ready for the SDP and HOOT Conferences so that means we need to determine what we are taking to the show. We have a booth at both shows so I decided last week that I would have a professional backdrop made for the booth. Above is a picture of the backdrop which we received yesterday via FEDEX. So it looks like we will be using the booth backdrop at the SDP show. YAHOOOOOO!!!! The backdrop is actually 8 feet by 8 feet so it should fill the booth very well. Now all we have to do is get ourselves and everything else to Wichita.

I am trying to get some painting done however with everything going on right now, it has been a little difficult to get into my painting area. We are having the classroom constructed which is taking a little longer than I expected. Well we now have walls and they are painted........now that is a start. This past weekend we had 18 cans (lights) installed in the ceiling for lighting and two 42" flat screen TVs. The TVs will assist the student during class to see brushstrokes, blending, or whatever as they are hooked to the camcorder. We are getting there.

For those that do not know, we two seminars scheduled already for June. I will be the instructor for the Fusion Blending seminar and we are bringing Sandy Scales for a two day seminar. Sandy will be providing instruction for two of Maureen McNaughton's patterns. So as you can see, we are a little busy and excited at the same time.

Along with all this excitement, we had our first decorative painted piece on ceramic bisque published in the Ceramic Artist Guild's e-magazine (Cerakanvas) which is read by over 66,000 individuals worldwide. The magazine is very professional and is packed full of fun ideas and projects. Check it out at www.ceramicartistguild.com . About a month ago, I was made the Ceramic Artist Guild's Special Ambassador for Decorative Painting. Well this month, I became a SDP Ambassador as well so now I promote both decorative painting and ceramics to both organizations. What an exciting time but very busy. Which reminds me. I have got to run so I can get some things completed. Who knows, maybe I will be able to paint some today......one can only hope. Until the next post, Happy Painting!