THE BIRMINGHAM C ALLIGR APHY GUILD ’S NE WSLE T TER

October, 2007Issue #1

Upcoming Birthdays

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by sending a specially

addressed envelope

and card to the

birthday person!

Pat Blair Visits BirminghamPat Blair, The White House Calligrapher, conducted a won-derful workshop on Spencerian Script in Birmingham on September 15th and 16th. The twenty lucky participants received folders with their name written in Spencerian script and fl ourished 20 different ways! We concentrated on “whole body movement” with the oblique pen and fl ourishing our work. On Saturday night, many pulled themselves away from the AL/Arkansas game to view a slide show of Pat’s work at the White House and learn secrets of the trade.Don’t worry Pat, your secrets are safe with us!

Welcome to our fi rst Guild Newsletter!

We are interested in making this newsletter the best that it can be! If you have any ideas, hints, sample artwork,techniques that you would like to share, please send an email to Eve London atlondone@bellsouth.net and it will be included in the next guild newsletter.If you would like to join:Dues: $20.00 to Birmingham Calligraphy Guild..Mail your dues to Melinda Sapp: 2320 Derby DriveBirmingham, AL 35216

Oct. 1- Joan Jacobson

Oct. 5- Melinda Sapp

Oct. 8- Suzan Bishop

Nov. 6- Moya Minns

Nov. 18- Eve London

Dec. 23- Donna Hacker

Dec. 25- Marilyn Stirrett

Sorry- Dues Paying Members Only!

Includes Schedules, Birthdays, Upcoming Events, Pictures and Nibbles

Mark your Calendars

Atlanta - Friends of the AlphabetGOTHIC with Carrie Imai - Oct. 20 Nashville - Nashville Calligrapher’s GuildGilding with Rosemary Buczek - October 20 and 21, 2007Roman Capitals with Peter Thornton -November 3 and 4, 2007 and March, 2008 Pensacola -Gulf Coast Calligraphy GuildAnnie Cicale, Caroligian - October 27-28, 2007 Orlando- Scribes of Central FloridaCarol Pallesen - January 25 Monoline Majuscules January 26-27 A World Within Covers Jane Harrington April 25-27US EventsCamp Cheerio-Michael Harvey & Monique Lallier | March 16-21, 2008Denis Brown & Yves Leterme | May 4-9, 2008

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Upcoming Workshops:

Feb. 23 & 24- Mike Kecseg Pointed Pen VariationsApril 5 & 6- Peter Thornton Drawn and Decorated LettersJune 2- 6- Annie Cicale and Carol Pallesen Painter’s Books 5 Day Workshop

Letters Mingle SoulsConference in Chicago July 19-28th

Next Meeting:The Birmingham Calligraphy Guild will meet Tuesday evening October 9, 2007 at 6:30 PM in the art room at Briarwood School (off Acton Road)Please attend the business meeting to join in discussing, volunteering and help-ing make the Birmingham Guild one of the most active Calligraphy Guilds within 5 states!Directions to the meeting?Call Louise Meridith at work: 967-8786, cell- 529-7080

Mike Kecseg:Pointed Pen Variations

Offi cers of Les EnlumineursThe slate of nominated offi cers and chairs are:

Pres. - Louise MeredithVP - Dana Jacobson

Treasurer - Melinda SappSecretary -Bettie PerkinsNewsletter -Eve London

Website - Deb WarnatMembership - Mary Ann Morrow

Workshop - Suzan Bishop (Dana and Mary Ann assisting)

This slate will be voted on at the October 9th meeting

I sincerely want to thank you for al-lowing me the opportunity to attend Pat Blair’s workshop. It was fabulous! She is one of the teachers who I have most wanted to learn from firsthand. I feel very blessed, not only by being there to hear and see her, but to be around all of you in the Bham guild as well. You are a terrific, friendly, and well-organized group! It is al-ways fun being among like-minded letter lovers! I’m already looking forward to my next workshop there. Thank you again for everything!

Sincerely,Donna Hacker

Kentucky

Barbara Close

Jean Formo

Eleanor Winters

WE HAVE FUN AT OUR

WORKSHOPS!TRY ONE...

YOU’LL LIKE IT!

REGGIE NEWS!

HOT OFF THE PRESS: The Reggie Ezell Workshop (2009) made the

booking quota of 15! There are 16 registered at this time. Sev-

eral more places (4-5) are available! Stay tuned for more information!

Directions to 32 Vine Street:Mountain Brook Board of EducationFrom I20:

Take the Montevallo Road Exit. Travel west on Montevallo Road aprox. 2miles.Turn right on Euclid Ave. Go 1.3 milesTurn left on Vine StreetFrom The Summit: I459:

Take US-280 W 2.6 miles. After passing Cherokee Road on the right, take a slight right on Cahaba Road. Take another right at the stoplight onto Mtn. Brook Parkway. Travel 1 mile and take a left on Overbrook Road(.8 mile)Take a right at the stoplight onto Montevallo Road S.Sharp left on Church Street. Take a right on West Jackson Blvd. This turns into Vine Street. The Board Building is across from Crestline Elementary.Downtown:

Take the Red Mtn. Expressway (South).Take 21st Street Exit. Take a left on 21st. Take a left and quick right onto Fairway Drive at the stoplight. Fairway becomes Country Club Road, then Euclid Ave. Take a right on Vine Street afte passing the clock tower.

New Facilityfor workshops

Nibbles (recipes from the guild)

Ingredients:1 package Pillsbury Classic Fudge Brownie1/4 cup of butter or margarine, melted4 oz cream cheese, softened1 egg1 cup powdered sugar1 cup Jif Creamy Peanut Butter1/2 can Pillsbury Choc. Fudge Frosting

1. Heat oven to 350 F. In a medium bowl, beat brownie mx, melted butter, cream cheese and egg 50 strokes with spoon until well blended.2. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets to make 24 cookies. Smooth edge of each to form round cookie.3. In a small bowl, mix powered sugar and peanut but-ter with spoon until mixture forms a ball. With hands, roll rounded teaspoons peanut butter mixture into 24 balls. Lightly press 1 ball into center of each ball of dough.4. Bake at 350 for 10 to 14 minutes or until edges are set. Cool on cookie sheets for at least 30 minutes.5. Spread thin layer of frosting over peanut butter portion of each cooled cookie.

Peanut Butter Brownie Cookies(Deb served these at the Pat Blair Workshop. They were out of this world!) Thanks for the recipe Deb!