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Welcome to the web site of the Iowa Decorative Painters. This chapter meets most often in Des Moines, Iowa, but has members from the entire state of Iowa and surrounding states. Instructors teach in oils, watercolor, acrylics, and heat-set oils, and use many types of surfaces. You are most welcome to join this chapter, or visit a meeting, or participate in a workshop or class. Please contact us with questions, or to receive more information.

All paintings or images on this site are protected by the copyright law. Thanks for stopping by and enjoying our creations!

IOWA DECORATIVE PAINTERS SPRING FLING 2012 UPDATE

MAY 4, 5 & 6

SIGN UP EARLY TO RESERVE YOU SEAT….March 1^st Deadline 2012

It’s that time of year again when we all strive to have a fun filled week end and sign up for our “ SPRING FLING”   just outside Ida Grove and at Marilyn’s Chick- A- Torium .

Friday – 6 pm / 10 pm – Leah Drews – Acrylic Coffee Latte Sign Fee: $15.00 and bring a 12x16 canvas

Saturday’s Class with Marilyn Koth will be a Santa from the Pipka   Shamrock Santa Fee$22.00

Sunday AM – Watercolors with Ken Harskamp Pen & Ink-

   Fee $15.00 –he will give us a supply list after sign ups…

*THESE CLASSES ARE OPEN TO ANY PAINTER AND YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE A MEMBER OF IDP TO COME.

RESERVATIONS DO NEED TO BE IN BY MARCH 1^ST2012 TO IOWA

DECORATIVE PAINTERS..

WE WILL PUT IN NEXT NEWSLETTER #’S FOR HOTELS &B&B, ETC.

YOU MAKE YOUR OWN RESERVATIONS.

SEND YOUR CHECK   made out to:

IDP

% Joyce James

303 –11^th Ave. Sully, Iowa #        .



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Membership Changes:

  Sandy Lenz              slenz1@windstream.net

  DJ Hall           New phone #            641-449-3727

Greetings from Iowa Decorative Painters

From Randi Lincoln, editor.

Hope everyone had a great Xmas Holiday!!

This is a recipe from Leah that she brought to the Angel class last July. Very good!

HEALTHY BANANA BREAD

1/2 cup oleo

1 1/2 cups sugar

2 eggs

1/2 cup lowfat cottage cheese, small curd

1 tsp. soda

3/4 tsp. salt

1 cup mashed bananas

2 cups flour

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease loaf pan.

Beat together oleo, sugar, eggs, cottage cheese. Add mashed bananas.

Add soda & salt to flour, beat flour mixture into first mixture two minutes.

Stir in walnuts.

Pour into prepared pans. Bake 50 minutes until toothpick in center

comes out clean.

You can also use 2 - 8" cake pans, bake 40 minutes.

Freeze two over-ripe bananas. They will be liquidy and easy to use. I

always have some ready to go. I use 2 large bananas even if they

make more than 1 cup mashed.

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Memory Box information from DJ:

The Memory Box program seems to be taking a back seat for the last year or so. They are not requested near as much as they used to be. I think I have given out less than half what used to be given out. I put a number of 67 on this year's deliveries. Mostly to Mercy and Methodist.