Mixed media, junk journal

Our next workshop will be on the 10th March and it’ll be a full day of cutting and sticking.  This workshop promises to be full of inspiration and creativity and involves getting very creative with a load of old junk. We’ll start at 10 and go on until 6.

Well, recycling to be exact.  We’ll be making a mini book from just about anything you can sew, staple and glue together and showing you some inventive ways to pretty it all up.

So, if you fancy coming along start collecting some interesting bits and pieces.  Here is a list of possible things you can collect:

• Envelopes, used ones are especially interesting with stamps and post marks
• Old book pages, text book, discarded notes on exercise books
• Tickets, tags, receipts
• Fancy packaging, interesting card with bold patterns and colours
• Clear packaging makes great windows
• Postcards, cards and invitations
• Don’t forget the junk mail which usually gets discarded and thrown in the recycling

Bring your art materials, stamps, ribbons and embellishments as usual.

Here’s a link to the one I made;  Junk Journal

If anyone has a sewing machine which is easily portable we would be very greatful if they would bring it along please.

As it’s a full day we’ll be having a “pot luck” lunch. So if you could bring something with you (it doesn’t have to be a big thing)  to contribute it’ll be very much appreciated.

Hopefully see you there

Jaine

Workshop on saturday

Hello everyone

If you’re looking for a materials list for Saturday, there isn’t one.  Saturday is a meeting as usual but instead of a workshop we’re having a UFO class.  No we’re not bringing a telescope and I haven’t gone stark raving mad, UFO stands for Un-Finished Objects.  Bring them along to finish off or if you’re really up to date then bring something you’d like to work on.  There’ll be lots of chatter as usual and plenty of help if you need it.  So come along.

Also just to let  you know that between Friday 3rd and Sunday 5th Creativa is on at Metz.

Here’s the link  www.creavenu.com

jaine

 

 

Creativa Dortmund

If anyone is interested in going to Creativa Dortmund, Erny Wewer is going with a bus.

dortmund

 

 

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to everyone and I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and that Santa was good to you. 

I think 2012 will be a good year with lots of crafting projects to keep you occupied throughout the year. 

Already this coming Saturday is our first meeting of the year and I propose that we make ourselves a desk top calendar.

So to make this project you’ll need to bring with you the following;

• A large sheet of coloured card 50 x 70cm, quite stiff. 
• 12 photo’s (family photo’s relevant to each month, for example a birthday)
• Ruler, pencil, craft knife or scissors
• Patterned paper to decorate
• Hole punch

I will buy some book rings and print out the calendar sheet.

Any questions please get in touch with me or with Lena.

See you Saturday

Jaine

Little houses and 3d cards

Thanks to all the ladies who came to the workshop yesterday.  We had a great time making little houses and 3d Christmas cards and it was really nice to see some new faces too. I think our little community is growing steadily.

I’m hoping to be able to put some photo’s in the gallery soon of the advent calendars which had to be finished at home due to it being a particularly big project. Well done to Rosie for finishing hers at 11:pm on 30th November! 

We already have dates for 2012 which I’ll post in the calendar page soon so you can put them in your diary.  We’ve lots of exciting projects lined up for next year so  you’ll want to keep checking back to see what’s on offer.

I’ll be adding some instruction sheets in the next couple of days too for the projects we’ve covered so far, but at the moment I’m having a bit of trouble uploading for some reason. Hopefully I’ll get that sorted soon.

I’ve also added a Facebook page which will be a good place to chat inbetween workshops, ask and answer questions and for anyone to upload pictures of projects too. 

I hope everyone has a happy Christmas and I look forward to seeing you in the New Year.

Jaine

Christmas projects.

The next workshop will take place on the 10th December and I’ll be demonstrating how to make these super cute houses to hang on the Christmas tree and how to make a 3D Christmas card. 

If you want to take part in the workshop you’ll need to bring the following supplies;

For the Christmas card

• Coloured card or a pack of blank greetings cards.  These can be found in Zeeman and Hema  in Mersch, Beim Jeanne on Mersch high street, Ernster, Ava or Bastelkiste.
• Decorative paper as a backing
• Christmas stamps, stickers or toppers.  Cactus Belle Etoile has some lovely ones at the moment and Schlecker is selling small packs of Christmas toppers for 1.29€ as well as Zeeman and Hema
• Double sided tape  or a dry glue like Pritt and some 3D foam pads
• Colouring pens or pencils.

For the little houses

• Card for the main part of the house, a piece of card for the base (cereal box is ok) and I used corrugated card for the roof
• Decorative paper or paint (or both)
• Ruler, pencil
• Glue and double sided tape
• Ribbon
• Glitter and pretty embellishments.
• I’ve also just found a small bag of fake snow in Zeeman for .79 which I didn’t use but intend to try it out

Any questions as usual don’t hesitate to contact me or Lena.

Hope to see you there.

Jaine

Pictures from the Advent calendar workshop

Thanks to everyone who came to the Advent Calendar workshop.  It was a big task with lots of cutting of little boxes so that’s why there’s a lack of finished creations to show you in the gallery but I have a feeling the project will keep everyone busy for the next couple of weekends in the run up to December 1st.

 I have, however got some photo’s from the afternoon to show everyone hard at work.

The next meeting will be on December 10th when we’ll be making Christmas cards in 3D and some little Christmas houses.

jaine