August 2nd, 2011
IDAL Roundup
The International Decorative Artisans League Convention was quite a success! Attendance was somewhat low, with just over 200 artisans attending, but with a renewed interest in stencils we had a busy booth and I was thrilled that both my classes were sold out! Before too much time goes by (just where DOES that time go?) Iwanted to share a bit of the action….
In addition to my classes and booth, I was asked to do some demos on the trade show floor. I came up with a couple of new concepts that I thought would be fun to share: a crackled Greek goddess on patinated gold leaf and a colorful paisley pattern done with metallic foils. Both of these were done using some new Modello masking stencil patterns that we’ve just added.
Unfortunately, with all that was going on I never DID get to the large Greek panel I had planned, which will have to wait for another day, but I did manage to finish the large paisley canvas which I just love!
I am loving the large scale of this and think it would be ab fab done as a headboard or across a tri-panel floor screen, or ????
Walking around the trade show floor, it was very exciting to see my Royal Design Stencil and Modello masking stencil patterns used abundantly in other booths.
Artist David Lusk had a particularly elegant display in Golden’s Proceed booth!
Michelle Delgado, of Wonderfaux Studios had a super cool rusted plaster sample using our Grand Damask stencil.
My faux buddies Krista Vind and Cindy Everett filled their The Studio Destin booth with iCoat floor and countertop finishes featuring our Modello stencil patterns and also had lots of stencil samples showing for their wall and cabinetry classes. This tabletop was a huge hit!
Besides the trade show, we were well represented in the classrooms as well! Lottie Banner and Micki Coles used a variety of Royal Design Studio stencils in their “Cracked Up” class.
If all these fabulously inspiring photos are making you sorry you missed the International Decorative Artisan’s League Convention, fear not! There is always next year…..July 2012 in Reno, NV.
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August 2nd, 2011 at 10:02 am
Hey Melanie,
You should know that our registered attendance numbers were slightly up from last year. You’re right, just over 200 people registered for classes… but an additional 270 people attended the Expo!
~Julie
ps — LOVE the paisley…
August 2nd, 2011 at 1:40 pm
beautiful finishes , LOVE the new paisley and the Greek Goddess! pretty cool to also see all the other finishers and their creativity with Modellos etc! Melanie, you are the best, and everyone agrees!!!!
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August 3rd, 2011 at 7:48 pm
Melanie:
Love the giant paisley panel. The size of the pattern is perfect. When is this one available?
August 5th, 2011 at 6:05 am
I love the Paisley and the colors! It was great to see you at convention. I look forward to doing more with your stencils!
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