November 25, 2013

Painting Night At Church


Friday night we had our first every "Painting Night" at church.  It was a fund raiser for the moms group at our church.  Many people had been to those "Paint-a-Canvas" type place that spoon feeds them EVERYTHING! (some even draw the picture on the canvas for the person..and hands them the exact colors they are to use)  They were a bit shell shocked when I told them I wanted them to be creative & do something that was totally them!  I had 5 examples drawn out up front...and had my iPad with a Pinterest page full of ideas that I was more than happy to share.  Yet somehow...they still were afraid.  However, after about 15/20 min....they all relaxed & started enjoying themselves.  We ended up having a BLAST...and raised $500 for Java Moms!!!!  They all asked me..."WHEN ARE WE DOING THIS AGAIN?!?!!?"  
I might have an art ministry at the church starting to bloom!!! 


MICHAEL's AMAZED ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

These are two of my PTO parents who saw my Facebook post & came!!!  

5 comments:

  1. A few questions of logistics, since I've thought about doing something like this. Did you use pre-stretched and gessoed canvas? Where did you purchase it in bulk to make it affordable? How about the paint? Did people have to reserve a slot ahead of time so you knew how much stuff to purchase? How much did you charge per person to make such a nice profit? Thanks!

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    1. People had to pre-reg...and you may want to put a cap on how many. We had 32 there..which was almost more than I could handle because of needing to float around & help everyone with their individual projects. Set a dead line too of when they need to reg. Depending on the situation, you may want them to pre-pay so you are not out money. Or just keep you receipt so you can return unused canvas. I did buy prestretched. They were 16x20. I bought them in a five pack at Michaels. We happened upon a mispricing..and got them DIRT CHEAP! However, they are reasonable at normal price, plus..if you know far enough in advance...COUPONS!!! We used apple barrel paints...they were on sale. We had a lot on hand already from the summer art camp I did at the church. I used the brushes from school..and my watercups(my prin. lets me borrow things like that).

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    2. Thanks. No Michaels or Hobby Lobby around here, just JoAnn's here in town, and an A.C.Moore about 1/2 hour away.

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  2. Phyl, A.C. Moore is starting to carry pre-stretched and gessoed canvas now! I scored a ton of it in August--on sale! It was just 8X10 (ten pack) for 9.99 regularly 19.99. There were also larger sizes, but they came in 5-7 packs.

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