Showing posts with label Arts & Crafts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Arts & Crafts. Show all posts

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!

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Registration Ends April 1st...Come Join us!

Registration for The Art of Friendship
ends April 1, 2020.

 Come join us for 3 days of friendship and creativity,
March 28-30, 2020.

Click on the link above for more details or
contact me at shankful@kc.rr.com 


Here's a glimpse of the beauty & sweetness of our class project
Storybook Needlekeeper



Memories of Childhood Projects: 
A Storybook Needlekeeper & Pin Cushion 
Instructor: Suzanne Wingfield

 Saori-Style Fibers Woven Bracelet 
Instructor: Nora Neeley
 
Mixed Media Altered Golden Book "Memories of Childhood" Journal 
Instructor: Tami Hacker

Keeping with the theme of Memories of Childhood, we will also visit

What can be better than sharing 3 days of good food, creativity, laughter and friendship!

Come join us!
 

Sunday, August 18, 2019

Summer Home Decor 2019

While I don't live near the ocean, seashells, mermaids
and ocean life come visit my home during the Summertime








  
 Thank you Angie!

 
 
 Hope you enjoy these last of our Summer days...Autumn 
will be here soon and I can hardly wait for it!

Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Mermaid Altered Bottles & Good Friends!

In July, Girlfriends Gathering, gathered at my home for Summertime crafting.

It was, as always, an amazing day filled with good friends, good food and creating!

I had done some purging in my small studio and
found I had way too many bottles...so,
Altered Bottles was our artsy craft for the day.

Of course with it being Summer,
Mermaids were the theme
Lee's Altered Mermaid Bottle

Lee first tried color fairy lights to illuminate her bottle.
Followed up by switching to white fairy lights

Nora's Altered Mermaid Bottle

While searching for mermaid images, I found most
mermaids have long, flowing, curly red hair.
Few are blonde and only found two as brunettes.

Nora chose a brunette mermaid to adorn

Love this text on the backside of her bottle!
(Several of us used it too)
 

  I think the way Beth's story goes is she found her bottle at
an estate sale that morning on her way here...
her bottle was blue and perfect!
 

Here's a different view showing a wonderful Beachy tag
(I think she may have made at one of our prior Gatherings)

Kim created her mermaid bottle in
her delightful, colorful Bohemian style
painting in her mermaid image



Gail chose not to create a mermaid bottle. 
She loves purple and chose to create this beauty

Rather than a mermaid bottle, Karla worked on her
 
Click on the above links to see more of Karla's gorgeous cards.

 My mermaid bottle

It was a good day!

Sunday, September 3, 2017

Mermaids & Sea Life Craft Day


 In 2011, I attended my first Bird Song art event by Karla Nathan

I met Beth at a vintage sale and learned of Bird Song.
Other than briefly knowing Beth, I did not know anyone at my first Bird Song.
I reached beyond my comfort zone and signed up for it.    

Little did I know at that time how much Bird Song would BLESS my life.
I've attended all five Bird Song events. 
I'm eagerly awaiting Snowbird Bird Song #6 in November 2017.

The amazing thing about connecting at Bird Song is you discover you
have a soul-connection with these 'Peeps'.
Sometimes our Peeps connection is by email or phone calls.
Sometimes it is connecting on Facebook.
Sometimes it is gathering at a Bird Song event.

These Peeps have blessed me with their generosity, talents, love & friendships!

A handful of these Peeps live in my local area.
I began hosting craft days in 2013 with local Peeps.
We've shared many amazing craft days together...Girlfriends Gathering.  
Together our souls are nurtured in creating art, laughter, joy & sorrow.
Our hearts, our lives are bonded in love & friendship!
We bring food and share potluck meals together.  
We share craft supplies as well as tips & techniques of creating art & crafts. 
I am so BLESSED with these special friends!

A note to Karla...If it hadn't been for your Bird Song events, I would have never known these friendships that fill my heart with joy nor the joy found in creative art...Thank you Karla!



Earlier in July, we gathered for a Summertime craft day
of Mermaids and Sea Life.
Many craft options were available -
canvas art, collage art, clay mermaids and mermaid crowns. 

Please enjoy a peek at some of our creations 
 
Supplies - endless possibilities!

Peek at our desserts...yum!
(snatched photo from Karla - thanks Karla!)

Canvas Art

Beth's canvas art, in-progress


Marj's canvas art, in-progress
Marj sharing her canvas art
My canvas art #2
My canvas art #1

Creating!


Collage Art
Beth's collage art

Clay Mermaids
Some mermaids were created to sit on real shells,
while others were used on their canvas art.

Karla creating her clay mermaid
 
Karla's first mermaid rendition.
She chose to later soften her mermaid.
Here it is revised



Nora's mermaid, in-progress

Marj's mermaid (canvas art), in-progress


Mermaid Crowns

Lee's mermaid crown

Nora's mermaid crown

My mermaid crown


Karla's mermaid crown and clay mermaid


Karla

Gail

Lee

Corrine


Mermaid Wall Plaque
Beginning stages of Nora's 'redesigned' mermaid wall plaque

Nora's 'redesigned' mermaid wall plaque, in-progress.

Another amazing day together!  Love you all!

I find myself finally sharing this post today, September 3rd nearly two months since
our Summertime craft day.  I can hardly believe that much time has passed.

Soon I'll be replacing my summer Mermaids & Sea Life decorations with Autumn Decor...
my favorite season!  I can hardly wait to to decorate!

Enjoy today, hope your day is blessed with the love and encouragement of family & friends!