Kit Davey, Interior Designer
18 Years in business - Over 2,600 homes transformed!
Newsletter: Fall 2007
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Contents:
1) Quote
2) Websites to Visit
3) Art Sale/Open House Invitation
4) Recipe
5) Green Tips
6) Guatemala Donations
7) Art Class in Guatemala
1) Quote of the Quarter:
"If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done." Anonymous
2) Websites to visit:
- Want to help the environment and encourage green businesses? Greenopia is the “urban dweller's guide to green living” and lists over 1200 independently reviewed Bay Area businesses in 50 categories. You can also order a printed version of the guide at www.Greenopia.com.
- www.greenbiz.sccgov.org is a website which lists Certified Green Businesses in Santa Clara county.
3) You are invited to My Art Sale-Open House!
Please come to my annual Art Sale and Open House on Sat., November 10th from 12 to 5 pm. You are welcome to tour my home and also to shop for jewelry, paintings, sculpture pieces, greeting cards and other works created by artisans who set up tables throughout my home. Bring your friends! Location: 1539 Granger Way, Redwood City.
4) Recipe
Kit's Low- fat, Low-Sugar Chocolate Cheesecake Mousse
Ingredients:
1 ½ cups chocolate chips (Nestlé's Chocolatiers are the best!)
½ cup Splenda
1 ½ cups non-fat sour cream
1-½ cups Non-fat cream cheese
1 tsp vanilla
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
Directions: Melt the chocolate chips in a large double boiler. Remove the boiler from the stove. Using a hand-held blender, mix in the remaining ingredients. Spoon into parfait glasses and chill for one hour. Can be kept in the frig up to 24 hours.
5) Green Tips
- Keep a donation bag/box in your hall closet. Every time you find something you don't want or need, toss it in the bag. Drop off at St. Vincent's or Goodwill's when full.
- I think this is a fantastic idea and a wonderful service. Green@Home is helping to stop global warming by making free house calls to offer five energy saving upgrades and create a customized conservation plan for your household. The service is only available in a few neighborhoods in Palo Alto, but will be expanding soon. Visit www.acterra.org/greenathome for more information.
- Don't buy bottled water. Hetch Hetchy water is about the purest water in the nation and it's almost free. Just refill an athletic bottle from the tap as needed.
- Radio Shack will take your old batteries and recycle them.
- Fleet Feet shoe stores will recycle old running shoes.
- I hate it when I see people littering on the highway! Now you can report litterbugs by sending an email to stopvehiclelittering@sanjoseca.gov, or by calling (408)277-4111. Get the license plate number of the car, the make and the spot where the littering took place. A warning letter will be sent to the registered owner.
6) Donations for Guatemalan School Children
Last year on a visit to Guatemala I had the honor of serving as translator as two large donations of supplies were given to schools. I was so touched by the extreme neediness of the teachers and students and their deep gratitude that I vowed to bring down what I could when I returned. Most of the school children were barely clothed (many with no shoes), and couldn't afford basic supplies. I asked the principals of the schools what sort of things would be helpful. Here is the list:
- Health items: Children's vitamins, children's aspirin, band-aids, anti-bacterial ointment, tooth brushes, tooth paste
- School supplies: Pens, pencils, scissors (child-sized), centimeter rulers, tape, glue sticks, small notebooks, watercolor paint sets, backpacks, felt pens, crayons, pencil sharpeners, children's books in Spanish, erasers
- Recreation/other supplies: Soccer balls (deflated) basketballs (deflated), ball pumps, small sized “jelly” (plastic sandals), hairclips, combs, stickers. If you would like to donate some of these items, please bring them to my open house on Nov. 10th, or leave them in a bag on my doorstep. You could also send a small donation and I will use the money to purchase supplies.
7) ART WORKSHOP IN MAGICAL GUATEMALA!
• Collage
• Mini-Altars
• Altered Books
• Mixed Media
No experience necessary! If you can use scissors and a glue stick, you can participate!
Dates: March 6 -15, 2008
Location: Antigua and Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
Description: Expand your creativity with fun and easy techniques for collage and assemblage, using paper, paint and small 3-D objects. Our projects will include book altering, embellishing old photos, keeping a trip journal, matchbox books, making artist trading cards and mail art and creating mini-altars. Some of the techniques will include paper-weaving, rubbings, layering paint and paper, sewing on paper, pop-ups, and incorporating metal, wire, and glass beads into your work. Our projects will expand your creativity and help you practice your new techniques.
Daily sessions will be a combination of demonstration, time for experimenting, sharing techniques and ideas, and exploring Antigua for materials and inspiration. You'll come home with many completed works, lots of enthusiasm and new ideas to use in your art. No art experience is necessary to participate! This will be a fun, exploratory class for all art skill levels and backgrounds.
Also included:
- Transportation to and from the Guatemala City airport
- 3 to 4 hours of art per day
- Transportation in air-conditioned, vans on fieldtrips and to the Lake region
- Great shopping
- Fieldtrips to nearby towns, Easter processions, a Mayan ceremony, homemade lunch in the home of a local family, weaving demonstration, museum visits and more!
- Despedida (good-bye) party on our last night
- Bilingual, native escort to accompany us
- Lots of free time to explore on your own
- Accommodations: We'll stay in charming, comfortable posadas (inns). The posadas are well situated, within walking distance of the heart of town, yet very quiet and private---clean, quaint, with nice gardens.
- A hearty breakfast is served daily and is included in the workshop fee.
- Cost: $1745 (does not include airfare).
- Please visit www.Artguat.org to register or for more info.
- To see some of my artwork and for some snaps of Guatemala, visit, www.AFreshLook.net, click on Classes, then on Gallery.
Happy Decorating!