Nature Inspired Photo Transfer on Glass

Courtney Prahl showed us a new way to photo transfer last night at our craft party!  We transferred images onto glass!  What a world of possibility this opens up...

 

 

After learning the basics, we chose our images and began the process.  You need to be patient and trial and error makes this transfer work!

The end results! As you can see, it was fun to learn how to transfer onto glass.  My mind is already thinking of how to use this technique to personalize all sorts of glass pieces!

Patchwork Jeans Craft Party

Stitching is so relaxing so I was really excited for last night's craft party, Patchwork Jeans! Margaret Hluch has an amazing collection of hand dyed fabrics and threads to work with. I'm very envious of her embroidery floss organization!

 We also had the option of incorporating photo transfers into our patches.  This way you could really personalize your jeans!

 We learned several different stitches to use in our patchwork.  & some of us invented our own stitches (Clare!)

 They all turned out so cool!  I am anxious to see the finished products with added patches!  We are all off to a very good start!

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!

Craft Party Open House Fundraiser!

We held our annual Craft Party Open House last night!  This year it benefitted Lick MS!  It was so much fun- we had a wonderful spread of refreshments and three mini crafts!

Margaret Hluch taught people how to make cute needle felted bird ornaments or pins.  People had fun picking out their colors and giving their birds personality!

Courtney Prahl made a really easy fun ornament project!  People loved this craft and many had some great ideas on how to personalize them as easy holiday gifts!

Stacie Spencer and Rene' Land worked together with people to make unique coasters!  This was really fun with all of the stamps that they brought to choose from.

Even I found time to make a few of the crafts!

Thank you to everyone who came out for the event.  And a big thank you to our teachers!  We are happy to have raised $450 for our charity!