Current Classes offered for 2010 Winter and Spring (Sample pics for new classes coming soon)Just Added: February 28 3-5 p.m. "Picture Pendants" Using a picture of your choice, you will learn how to create a personalized piece of jewelry! You can use family pets and pictures, original artwork, nature photography, the possibilities are endless! (see sample pics below)
March 10th 7-9 p.m. "Nature Impression Pendants" Learn the art of patina-ing metal along with basic jewelry making techniques. Select your own sterling silver patterned metal, embellish, and create your own necklace!
"Bird Baubles" April 14th 7-9pm. With a focus on bird motifs, you will learn wire and beading techniques to design your own pendant! Choose from a flock of bird charms, beads and baubles!
Book Your Own Private Wine and Cheese Craft Party! Contact The Muse for more details at shopthemuse.com Minimum 6 people, maximum 12.
Classes Offered For Private Parties:"Earring Design" Adorn your ears with your own creation! Select a prototype to remake or create your own design. Choose from an array of beads and findings.
"Letter Pendants" Let your jewelry do the talking! Using discs and stamps create your own one of a kind jewelry.
"Twisted Metal Bracelet Design" Learn classic bead link wire wrapping and design your own unique bracelet. Choose from an array of gemstone, pearl, crystal and vintage beads!
"Picture Pendant Jewelry" Using a picture of your choice, you will learn how to create a personalized piece of jewelry! You can use family and pet pictures, original artwork, nature photography, the possibilities are endless!
"Open Bead" Learn classic bead link wire wrapping and design your own unique piece of jewelry. Choose from an array of gemstone, pearl, crystal and vintage beads! 
"Reflections In Metal" Transfer a picture of your choosing onto metal disc! You can use family and pet pictures, original artwork, nature photography, the possibilities are endless!
Visit Chrissy's blog to see more pictures of some of the classes she teaches http://www.chrissygemmilljewels.blogspot.com/ 
If you are interested in taking any of our current classes or to book a private craft party contact The Muse 301-663-3632 or http://www.shopthemuse.com/
Then we chose beautifully dyed fleece to felt the layers together. Hand embroidery was another option to add to the flower and to reinforce the felting. I love making french knots!
Here are all of the finished flowers! Don't they make a beautiful bouquet?
Everyone learned how to prepare their pendant and their images. Chrissy made everyone feel confident in this craft because if it didn't work out- you could sand out the mistake and start over!
The results were fantastic! This craft is a great way to personalize jewelry! After you learn some of the tricks, you can do this craft without having to invest in a lot of supplies. Here are some of the great pendants that people in the class created!
This free event was also a fundraiser for Eliana Maria Stapp. Eliana is an 11 month old little girl who was born with Tetrology of Falot a group of 4 heart defects complicated with 2 other heart defects. Her talented mother, Astrid, played the harp for our event. She showed us her strength and wonderful spirit as she told us about her amazing daughter.
The theme of the evening was "wine charms". We had three of our popular instructors teach their own techniques to create a wine charm. Anne Quinlan showed collage techniques using chipboard, papers, and markers. 
Chrissy Gemmill taught a metal stamping technique and incorporated beads.
Shrink art was used to create the wine charms that Courtney Prahl showed us how to make.
In between our crafting there was lots of eating, drinking and socializing! Here is Courtney with Margaret and Astrid. 
Even I got a chance to take a break from my picture taking to have a fun time with Christina!
