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Thursday, May 21, 2020

Come Join us... Memories of Childhood Creative Workshop is rescheduled!

Our May 2020 event was postponed due to COVID.
We are happy to share our event is rescheduled!

The Art of Friendship

Presents…

Memories of Childhood

Creative Workshop

October 1 -3, 2020

Limited Seating Available

The Art of Friendship is presenting 'Memories of Childhood' Creative Workshop

October 1-3, 2020 in the Kansas City area.

Event fee: $295.00

Event includes:

o Shopping at the Historic West Bottoms Antique & Vintage District.

o A visit to The National Toy & Miniature Museum.

o Three meals.

o Twenty hours immersed in creativity and friendship!

o Three AMAZING classes

1. A Storybook Needlekeeper & Pin Cushion.

2. Mixed Media Altered Golden Book "Memories of Childhood" Journal.

3. Saori-style Fibers Woven Bracelet.

4. Classes offer the best of supplies and intermediate projects.

5. Instructors: Tami Hacker, Nora Neeley, and Suzanne Wingfield.

Registration ends September 1, 2020. Full payment due by September 10, 2020.

For event details and registration, please contact Tami at shankful@kc.rr.com.

We'd love to have you join us 💓

A Storybook Needlekeeper & Pin Cushion
Instructor: Suzanne Wingfield

Create a little book that will hold your needles and perhaps your sewing dreams.
Girls used to make these sweet little treasures as gifts for their moms or grandmas.
You will create a little book using the yummiest of wool felts and wool.
You may embellish with a felted cashmere rose, buttons, trims, ribbons and embroidery.
Attached to the book will be a hand fashioned little strawberry pincushion made of wool or velvet. Inside the book there will be a lovely surprise....♥

Saori-Style Fibers Woven Bracelet
Instructor: Nora Neeley

Weave a wonderful Saori-style bracelet, free-style approach, experimental, self-expression “Painting with Fibers’, no patterns, no mistakes. A personal loom is included for you to take home.

Free-style approach that will remind you of of weaving hot pads when we were young.

Mixed Media Altered Golden Book "Memories of Childhood" Journal
Instructor: Tami Hacker

Golden Books will be unbound and refitted with the original story pages along with childhood-related vintage & new items: fabric/lace/trim, scrapbook paper, dyed papers, educational papers, images, photos, pockets, tags...all sorts of personal journaling opportunities!
Golden Book options will vary.
Bring Misc. items of your own childhood or a grandchild
or a favorite child to personalize your journal!
Altered journals will have two signatures and buttons will lace the spine of your altered journal.

What a fun workshop & weekend... do come join us!

Friday, January 17, 2020

Catching up 2019 - October. The Art of Friendship

(Edited 1/18/20: Updated info under Class #1- Altered Tart Tin Dolls)

The last quarter of the year always seems to race by me!

So, my next few blog posts will be 'Catching Up' 2019.

October 2019

In October 2019, I hosted my first art event - The Art of Friendship.

We are blessed when we share in nurturing friendships and creativity!

The Art of Friendship began on Thursday night with dinner at the Silo Modern Farmhouse.

The following morning we had early access to shopping at Kansas City's Historic
West Bottoms Antique District store, Good Juju.

Followed by additional West Bottoms shopping and lunch.

On Saturday we gathered in my home to share 12 hours of creative fun and friendship!

Classroom

Counter of extra supply goodies

Class #1 - Altered Tart Tin Dolls

My idea was to join together 1950s Sleepy Eye Dolls with a vintage tart tin as their bodice skirt.

The doll's head/torso needed to be above the tart tin and the bottom/legs below it.

The doll was too big to fit through the width of the tart tin.
After thoughtful consideration and prototypes, I found a way to

separate the dolls and rejoin them through the tart tin bodice skirt.

Here is my before & after prototype

Being that Halloween was nearing, our Altered Tart Tin Dolls were dressed as Glam Witches.
Except for one doll that became a Glam Black Cat.

Some dolls had their tart tin showing, but most were barely visible.
Instead it served as a great form to create amazing poofy Glam Witches ballgowns.

1/18/20 Update: These dolls were trickier than they may look. They were not simply foofed up in their ball gowns. Each person created their own gown design as well as assembled their doll. The doll was cut into two parts and had to be connected through the tart tin in a manner that was balanced to keep the doll from falling over. Sections of the dolls were dressed before they were connected. Once connected, additional gown designing and accessories were created to complete the Altered Tart Tin Halloween Glam Dolls.

Class #2 - Tassel Necklace Pendants

Tassel pendants were made using various colors of silk sari ribbon, vintage seam binding,
ribbons, lace, rhinestones, beads, cut-hollowed knife handles, pendant caps and corks.

All the tassel pendants were amazing, but unfortunately some of their pics were too blurry to share.

Class #3 - Altered Halloween Shoes
Each person received one single Misses shoe and one single child's shoe
to alter with a variety of Halloween goodies.

Here are some of their creations

Pumpkin Swaps

Card Swaps

What a wonderful weekend we had!

Can hardly wait for The Art of Friendship 2020!

Thursday, January 17, 2019

Girlfriends Gathering Christmas 2018

Welcome to our Girlfriends Gathering Christmas 2018

(L-R/F-B: Marj, Karla, Beth, Tami (me), Nora, Kim, Lee & Gail - Lindy & Corrine not shown)

Thank goodness for Marj's height and long arms
as she was able to grab a group selfie of us.

This wonderful group of women have become friends through
the connection of Karla's Cottage 2011 Bird Song

These kindred friendships have been life-changing to us!
So often our lives can be swallowed up in Life itself.
As friends it is important to connect and
nurture one another in time well spent -

to create and inspire one another -

to lift up one another -
and to share good food!

So, in 2013 Girlfriends Gathering began.

I try about every 3-4 month to host at my home our gathering.

Everyone brings food/drinks for our potluck meal.

We share from early morning to late night.

We'll create beauty in artsy projects.

And...we nurture our cherished friendships!

Here's a peek at our recent 2018 Christmas Girlfriends Gathering

The blurry flash of red hair is Corrine joining our group selfie.
Corrine was only 5 years old when Girlfriends Gathering
began. She sure is growing up!

(Corrine & Miss Belle 2014)

Many of us had hopeful intentions on participating in our
Christmas Diorama Swap, but only Gail and Lee found time to complete theirs.
Naturally they won one another's dioramas...