I spent a lovely afternoon today leading a crafting wellbeing session, teaching everyone how to make these crepe paper roses. The session was for a local school group, and was to help the staff unwind and learn something new. Aren’t their flowers gorgeous?
I had a great day at Wark Town Hall and Mechanics Institute on Tuesday, teaching metal embossing to an enthusiastic group, as part of Highlights Rural Touring Scheme. Everyone really embraced the techniques and they all made beautiful coasters, with some even working on their own designs, which I love! Scroll through the carousel above…
Yesterday I had a great afternoon as part of Highlights Rural Touring Scheme when I visited St Mary’s Village Hall in St Mary Park and taught a fabulous group how to create metal embossed coasters. Everyone took to learning the techniques really well, and they all made beautiful coasters, scroll through the carousel above to see what…
I had a great afternoon last Friday with three ladies who came to celebrate a special birthday by learning how to emboss metal. They all took so well to the craft and made these beautiful coasters. Wonderful work, everyone! As it was a special birthday, I asked my other half to make his celebration cake…
I had a great evening yesterday with members of Langley Park WI, showing everyone how to make metal embossed heart decorations. Everyone took to the craft really well and created beautiful pieces, really making them all their own. There were some great ideas and designs, I love them all! Fabulous work, everyone!
We had so much fun on part two of my three week journal making course. My little studio is now full of beautiful decorative papers that we made using acrylic paints and gelli prints. Here are just a few of the papers we ade. Next week we’ll be making the journals using some of the…
Last Thursday I was back at Breathing Space in Witton Gilbert to run a ‘sketch and stroll’ workshop. The workshop was designed specifically for beginners and for those who say they ‘can’t draw’! Thankfully, although it was a bit breezy, the weather did behave itself and we even had some sunshine. We started off with a few…
