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Join us at one of our bi-monthly meetings and join in on the fun!
HOMDA meetings are held the 2nd Saturday of Feb., April, June, August, October and the 2nd Saturday of December is our annual Christmas Brunch meeting. We invite you to be our special guest if you are visiting the area. Membership is open to everyone! Our dues are $12.00 a year if you join before Jan 1, and $20/year if you join after Jan 1.
2011 meetings will be held at The Holt United Methodist Church., located at
Our chapter activities are too numerous to mention them all. Over the years we have..... Fundraisers for Santa quilts resulted in one of them being in the permanent Santa collection at the Programs for 2011 We have an exciting year planned this year. At the last meeting we voted that each week we would paint a project immediately following the bi-monthly meeting. The meeting will be from 9-10 and our project will be from The following is the line up for this year. Julie - Feb meeting Kathy - April meeting Becky - June meeting Chris - Aug meeting Feb meeting painting on a navy blue sweatshirt with Julie Tews We will take a navy blue sweatshirt and turn it into a jacket. We will use fabric paints and glitters to create a Mr. and Mrs. Snowman on it. I will include snowflake buttons and sparkly trim for them to take home to finish off the jacket. Will be fun for everyone! You bring your own sweatshirt washed with no fabric softener in it. No sign-up will be needed, the Cost is $5.00 just to cover buttons and paint. Supplies needed would be blow-dryer and shirt board and either white or yellow graphite- tracing paper- they can use a piece of cardboard covered with foil if you don't have a shirt board- and regular painting supplies April Watercolor Batik on Rice Paper with Kathy Driggs Poinsettia Batik on Rice paper: June Merry Christmas sign on a wooden shelf with Becky Hilbert This is a beautiful Merry Christmas Sign painted on a wooden shelf. More details to follow on this project. August Christmas Photo Album with Chris Keppel This is a beautiful hand painted bird and tree on a canvas photo album. Sure to be a hit as a Christmas gift. More information will follow on this project.. October Painting on Wine Bottles with Sandy Young Make sure you save your wine bottles Cost will be $2.00 to cover some of the paints and you bring your own wine bottle, painting supplies, masking tape, paper towels and normal painting supplies. I will send a bit of prep instructions later in the year.
We have Show & Tell at every meeting, have silent auctions, a UFO competition (unfinished project) to inspire members to finish projects and many fun activities at all our meetings – raffles, make-it and take-it day, teach a friend to paint, and have teachers from around the country come to teach classes several times a year! (see our Upcoming Special Events page).
Teachers we have had in the past include Pat Lentine, Judy Ribitch, Mark Polomchuk, Bess Daniel, Lynn Deptula, Judy Diephouse, and Kelly Hoernig, Maxine Thomas, and Cheri Rol to name a few.
For 2011 we have Sonja Richardson, Prudy Vannier, and Lynn Andrews scheduled.
Plus we will be hosting the Michigan Mixer in March, which is a mini-convention for all our Michigan Chapters.
The following is a list of the programs we have scheduled for our regular monthly meetings. Take a look at the lovely projects we have scheduled!
This project is a beginning level project to learn how to do batik, using wax to "preserve" each watercolor layer you paint.
The cost is $10. which includes rice paper, watercolor paints, wax, permanent pen, pattern, and a matte to display it.
Painter should bring tape, #6 or#8 round brush, bubble palette, if you have one and basic painting supplies.
