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	<description>Painting: Cheaper than Therapy</description>
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		<title>New Items and Conference Photos on the SDP Website</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s New on the SDP Website and Blog?
Banquet photos in the Gallery on the Blog &#8211; Select &#8216;View with PicLens&#8217; to view as a slide show.
Conference Photos on the Blog &#8211; you have to see these!
Lovely new items in the Boutique Shopping Cart and some Special Value items.
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		<link>http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=1124</link>
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		<title>Attention Advertisers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In order to coordinate with a number of program deadlines as dictated by SDP&#8217;s bylaws, the mailing schedule for The Decorative Painter has changed. To help plan your advertising campaigns, I am making you aware of the new publishing schedule.
2010 schedule:
Issue #1 mails approximately the last week of February.
 Issue #2 mails approximately the last [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=1115</link>
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		<title>Issue #2 of the 2010 Decorative Painter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now Online in the Members Only section
In This Issue:
Issue #2 of the 2010 Decorative Painter, the decorative artist’s ultimate information and creative source, is arriving now in mailboxes around the world. SDP’s full-color magazine features 144 pages of tips, trends, educational material, and lots more, including such informative features as an interview with Sharon Hamilton [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=1033</link>
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		<title>More prize winners and Volunteer of the Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[* Congratulations to the winner of our quilt fundraiser drawing. Lupe Steffen of Missouri is the lucky winner of &#8220;Flowers: From A to Z.&#8221; Way to go, Lupe!
* We LOVE our volunteers!! This year&#8217;s Volunteer of the Year is Winnie Sutton. Many thanks to Winnie and all of our 2010 Conference volunteers!
* It&#8217;s one of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=1014</link>
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		<title>2010 Certification Passing Entries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CDA Still Life&#8230;

Kimiyo Yano, CDA, Kagoshima, Japan
Mitsuko Katsumoto, CDA, Chiba, Japan
Yukari Iwabuchi, CDA, Osaka, Japan
Hiroko Kitagou, CDA, Tokyo, Japan
Fumie Nishimura, CDA Hokkaido, Japan
Yu Chan Tsai, CDA, Chia Yi City, Taiwan
Fumiko Harada, CDA, Hyogo, Japan
Tomoko Amei, CDA, Toyoma, Japan
Emiko Fujii, CDA, Hokkaido, Japan
Yohko Arita, CDA, Saitama, Japan
Kyoko Shiba, CDA, Chiba, Japan
Kazuyo Ishimura, CDA, Kanagawa, Japan
Hiroko Morisawa, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=1004</link>
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		<title>Your Newly Elected Board and Nominating Committee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following members were elected to the SDP Board of Directors and Nominating Committee Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at SDP&#8217;s Annual Meeting.
Newly-Elected Board Members:
Sue Bowers, Vice President/President Elect
Toni Girten, Treasurer
Karen Allen, Board Member-at-Large
Donna Frost, Board Member-at-Large
Tim Mulvey, Board Member-at-Large
Newly-Elected Nominating Committee Members:
Phyllis D. Gibbs CDA
Cheri Rol MDA
Wendy Watson
Proposed Bylaw Changes:
Here are the results of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=996</link>
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		<title>New TDAs Announced</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Four SDP members have received their Teacher of Decorative Arts certification as announced today at SDP&#8217;s 38th Annual Conference and Expo in Wichita, Kan.
Congratulations to the Society&#8217;s newest TDAs:
Megumi Ikawa TDA
Chikako Katayama CDA, TDA
Naomi Kumagai TDA
Ginko Otaka MDA, TDA
For information on the Teacher Development Program, visit www.decorativepainters.org.
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		<link>http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=992</link>
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		<title>2010 SDP Scholarship Recipients</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The SDP Foundation presented two scholarships at the 38th Annual Conference and Expo in Wichita, Kan.
Congratulations to our 2010 SDP Scholarship recipients:
Individual Scholarship: Vicki Alley
Individual Scholarship: Andrea Harris
Visit www.decorativepainters.org for information about applying for an SDP Scholarship.
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		<link>http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=987</link>
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		<title>2010 Service Award Recipients Announced</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Past President Darla Foreman presented the 2010 SDP Service Awards at the SDP Annual Meeting, Wednesday, May 19.
The SDP Service Awards, the Society&#8217;s highest honors, are presented to individual and business members who have made outstanding contributions to the organization and the decorative painting industry.
Congratulations to our 2010 Service Award Recipients:
President&#8217;s Commendation Award
McCormick-Armstrong, printer of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=982</link>
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		<title>Class Confirmation Reminder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With SDP&#8217;s 38th Annual Conference less than 10 days away, please remember to bring your class confirmations with you to Conference.  Keep in mind  that your Class Schedule  Confirmation is your  admission ticket to all  classes and events. If you did not  receive an email giving you  instructions about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=958</link>
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