Bohemian Beaded Hoops

 Last night we had a great time with Taryn Sisco, creating Bohemian Beaded Hoop Earrings at our Craft Party! These earrings looked difficult to make, but Taryn showed us how easy and fun it was!

 In no time at all we were on our way!  We picked our color combos and started on the earrings!

The finished results turned out beautifully!  And even better- Taryn told us how to make them in different variations and where to find all of the supplies to make more!  I know what I will be doing in my next free time....

Linocut on Dictionary Page Craft Party!

It all started with this very cool dictionary.... Courtney Prahl taught a great class last night- linocuts on dictionary pages! 

 

 Courtney taught us how to transfer a design onto our carving surface.  Some people chose to trace a design and some brave creative souls drew their own design.  We learned how to safely and easily carve the blocks.

 After they were all carved, we searched the dictionary for the perfect page to hand pull our prints onto.  Cardstock and other specialty papers were also used.

 Here are the final results!  Everyone got to take home their carving so they can reuse it to make stationary or more art!

Encaustics; Photo Transfer on Fabric with Pastels & Colored Pencils Craft Party

Yesterday Margaret Hluch taught Encaustics using photo transfers & colored pencils! Even though we have done this class before, it's always fun to see how everyone approaches their compositions and images!

We got started on learning the specifics of how to do encaustics....

 Then we learned how to take our photographs and transfer them.  We also learned about all of the different ways to change the images before and after this process...

And then it was time to have fun and play with the images and collage elements!

Here are some of the final results!

Arm Knitting Craft Party!

Our third Arm Knitting Craft Party was yesterday and just in time for more winter weather! Liz Matheny taught a wonderful group of ladies how to make their own infinity scarf by arm knitting!

The first step of casting on is always the hardest to get at first....but it doesn't take too long until everyone was well on their way to knitting their scarf!

 
Here are the final results!  Everyone did a great job and I heard everyone say that they were going to continue making scarves with their new skill!