August 2008

Relax & Have Fun!
Just in time for summer, this issue is chock-full of fun ideas for entertaining and decorating your home, both indoors and outdoors. Whether you’re vacationing at the beach or relaxing in your own backyard, take time to play with paints and let your imagination go!

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June 2008

Special Occasions!
As we head full swing into spring, many of you will be celebrating Mother’s Day and Father’s Day or attending milestone events like graduations, showers, and weddings, all of which offer opportunities for the decorative painter to create personalized gifts for special family members and friends. The focus of this issue is to inspire you with designs created for a variety of special occasions. So, while you watch the buds bloom and listen to the harmony of the birds, take some time to create a few pieces for those close to you.

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April 2008

Happy New Year!
Now that the holidays are behind us, we can get back to basics with our regular-featured columns. In this issue, Jill DiMaria and Maria Grimanis take the fear and confusion out of floating by thoroughly explaining the technique and guiding you step-by-step with an easy-to-understand worksheet. You’re so wrapped up with the hustle and bustle of everyday living that special birthdays or holidays arrive and you never finished the gifts you painted for family and friends. Sound familiar? Read how others have successfully managed to schedule painting time into their busy lives.

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Welcome Winter!
Welcome winter with our favorite seasonal designs. From last-minute Christmas ideas to looking ahead to Valentine’s Day 2008, the projects in this issue will keep you busy and promise to chase away those winter blues! For the sled collectors out there, you won’t want to miss our Santa and mill scene sleds—they’re very different from anything we’ve featured before. We’ve also included a few more ornament groupings as they make such wonderful gifts.

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