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Alot of you might not know but Tracy Moreau is Canadian, actually her and I are both Military Brats and went to High School together in Lahr, Germany. Here is a picture of Tracy welcoming her son home from Afghanistan. Glad to see he is home safe and sound Tracy. My heart goes out to all those families who have lost loved ones.

Fall Schedule

Good Sunday Morning,

All the projects are in the store and things are filling up fast. We have a great selection for the painter and the scrapbooker. Wendy is teaching some very unique books, a clear album and an album that is made up of old 45's. What great christmas gifts these would make for someone in your family.

I am also going to be doing a crop night on October 10th. For the scrapbookers in the area when you go to the website www.thepaintedpony.com if you click on workshops and mini-workshops you will find the scrapbooking and card making projects.

Fall Workshops

Hope everyone had a great Labour Day weekend, the weather certainly was beautiful. I hope everyone that sent kids back to school today was able to take a little time to enjoy the peace and quiet. I know I enjoyed that second cup of coffee knowing that it was just me and the dogs in the house, nothing like having the house to yourself for a few hours.

Today I have been busy painting Christmas ornaments for the schedule, which will be online Thursday evening. Friday all the projects will be in the store for you to see and register.

To celebrate 20 years, we will be having refreshments, free make n' takes, and a store wide sale on Friday and Saturday.

See you this weekend.

Hot off the press

Not to miss anyone, just in are 9 new books from Bob Pennycook, Laurie Speltz, Renee Mullins, Karen Wisner, Lynne Andrews, Joan Dixon, Jeanne Filler Scott, one by assorted Artists such as Debbie Cole, Leila Lundberg, Maxine Thomas and Bob Pennycook which is actually a calender.

This month we've had more new decorative painting books in than the whole year to date. These books have something for every skill level. Holiday Beliefs by Laurie Speltz is a great one for beginners or if you just want a few quick gifts or to items to sell at the upcoming craft sales. Festive Collection would be a nice gift for a painting friend a calendar and instruction book. As always Bob has put out a great book, though for those of you who are fans of Bob's you will be surprised to see that he is using Deco Art paints instead of Jo Sonja's. Does this mean that he isn't using Retarder? I'll have to sit down with a coffee and read through the books to see.

Have a great Labour Day weekend.

Paper Pictures

As promised though a couple of days late here are some pictures of the new Graphic 45 papers. You'll have to come in the store to see the rest of the line.

More New Papers

I just popped out to the post office to pick up the mail and my order from Graphic 45 was in. These are the most beautiful vintage papers, they are so beautiful that I just want to frame them and look at them. I think they are just crying out to be put on a small table. I will take pictures and post them tomorrow. Just had to let you know about them.

Back to work now.

Monday Morning

I hope everyone got a chance to enjoy the beautiful weekend that we had. Now this morning it feels like a fall day. I have to say though I would take this any day over the humidity.

For any of you who were in my class on Saturday, my tailbone was feeling much better yesterday, thank you for putting up with my moaning and groaning. Thank God it was better because I spent the day going up and down a chair painting my daughters bedroom yesterday. Ralph Lauren Derby Red, if I never use that colour again it will be fine with me. I have to say the room is going to look great except for the fact that we used the wrong product to fill the holes and it didn't sand very well, so as my daughter says it looks like globs of gum stuck on the wall. I told her to put it on thin and spread it out, but I am sure as you know that teenagers know everything. Oh well I am sure a few strategically place picture frames will do the trick.

We received the new Cuttlebug dies in the store the other day and they are flying out the door. So email me if you would like any held. The fall schedule is shaping up quite nicely, something in it for everyone, whether you are a painter or scrapbooker.