Loopy Scarf Wine & Cheese Craft Party

Wednesday night we had Rebekah Miller teaching us the secrets to making her famous Loopy Scarves! These scarves have been a Muse best seller for three years and Rebekah decided this year to teach others how to make it themselves! We had a full class for this one. First Rebekah taught everyone how to crochet around a ring. This was a little hard but everyone caught on eventually. Some of us needed a little extra concentration...
After the hard part was over, we chose our strands from the various colorful bundles of yarn.

They turned out great!

Needle Felted & Stitched Bird Pin Mimosa Make & Take

So much fun on Sunday making Needle Felted & Stitched Bird Pins! Margaret Hluch taught this class before and just like last time it was a lot of fun! I even made a bird again this time because I liked it so much last time! First Margaret showed us the easy technique of needle felting. Then we cut out our bird and chose our colors of fleece. Next the fun began- needle felting! We then embellished our birds with stitching. Margaret showed us the basic stitches to choose from and there were so many gorgeous threads to use.
All the pins turned out great and everyone wants to take more needle felting classes! They are in luck- we are doing a needle felted scarf in January! Don't miss out!

Storybook Pendants Wine & Cheese Craft Party

Wednesday night, Chrissy Gemmill taught a brand new fun class! Storybook Pendants!

We got three metal pieces to write our own personal message on. Skills such as metal stamping, jump ring manipulation and oxidizing were taught in this class.

We had two sets of sisters that took this class!

And The Muse's own Michele Duke finally took a class! She and Chrissy have been friends for awhile so I was so glad she got to take a class from Chrissy!


After practicing our hammering and metal stamping we planned and spaced out our messages.

Then we created our pendants!

After oxidizing, we put together our necklaces to these great results...

Zentangles Make & Take Craft Party

Sunday we spent the afternoon Zentangling and having some wine & cheese! A perfect day if you ask me! Stacie Spencer has been doing Zentangles for a few years now and offerred to share it with The Muse at a Make & Take class! A Zentangle is a meditative doodle. Stacie showed us how to get started and some sample pattern ideas...
Here is a great start that two of the class takers were working on.

After we finished the tile, Stacie showed us how to put them on journal covers using embossing techniques.

Here are the finished results and the happy Zentanglers!

Neptune's Jewels Wine & Cheese Craft Party

Chrissy Gemmill helped us get in style Wednesday night by teaching us how to create a nautical inspired bracelet! She brought in tons of stones and beads in beachy colors. Also, you could choose from various nautical charms. We learned basic jewelry making techniques such as wire wrapping and jump ring manipulations.

Then we got to the fun part! Picking out our bracelet colors and creating our design.
The results were great!