July Crop

I'm excited about the July crop!!!!! We are having a little film made about us on the crop day. Because of that, we have some extra funding so I am putting together a free class for anyone who wants to do it. I have ordered some things which should come tomorrow so I can put together some samples. We will be playing with craft glassine and our Tim Holtz dies, including a new one....yay!!

Ruth Allen Art Workshop

I am so looking forward to the next crop on 14th May! Ruth Allen will be coming to do a workshop for us. Note the picture is from her website : http://www.ruthallenart.co.uk/ The workshop will be for a couple of hours in the morning, free to us all, paid for by a grant we received for adult learners week. Kevin has been on holiday this week so we are having a great time, enjoying the weather, walking, shopping, and behaving like tourists in our own town! It's fun.

Ooooooohhhhhhhh crop!

It's the monthly crop on Saturday! We have Caroline from SCRAPZ coming with the shop, and I will do a demo. I am really looking forward to the first crop of the year. If you want to come to our Altered Scrapbook workshop with Annaliese Bates in March don't forget to bring a deposit of at least £10 on Saturday to secure your place, don't miss this one! I wanted to draw your attention to a blog I found which has kept me occupied for ages tonight- so much inspiration! It's www.polkadotchair.com I wish I had found it before Christmas! There are some great gift and decorating ideas on there. Have fun browsing :-)

Shire Hall Exhibition

I called in to the Shire Hall Gallery in Stafford town centre yesterday and fell in love with the exhibition they have on at the moment, called 'A sense of place'. I couldn't take my eyes off of Rachel Grant's collaged pictures of houses and a huge quilt type piece of a map depicting the local area. You must go and see it if you want to be inspired. She has a web site too. www.rachel-grant.com
I have been preparing for my crop class. We are on holiday next Saturday for a week, so I needed to get it done this week. Those who want to do the class will be using embossing as a resist, painting, and making wax embellishments. I loved playing and hope you will too!

Crop time!

I'm looking forward to this months crop on Saturday, 10 till 3. Karen and Carol are doing a demo, Ellie's bringing her shop, what more can we ask for?? Bring your own things to work on. Not sure what I'm doing yet, I'll probably decide 9 am Saturday!! In the meantime the sun is shining so I'm off to a garden centre so I can feel like spring is FINALY here :)

In The Zone

March crop - it's a longer day, 9.30 till 4.30 or whenever you can make it. I am doing a class which will be subsidised. The cost will be just £1, but you will still need to pay the usual £5 admission cost. I have 15 kits, so if there are not enough to go around priority will be given to regular members. I hate to have to leave anyone out, but we can't buy all the stuff for an indefinate number :( Hints about the class- think grunge, think clear! I ordered the QVC TSV the other day and it arrived this morning. It's fab, Tim Holtz's new book and lots of ranger bits and bobs. It's stimulated my creativity no end! I will bring it to the crop.

Saturday's Crop

We have an extra long crop on Saturday. 9.30 till 5 YAY! Admission is the usual £5 and Ellie's class is subsidised so will cost just £2.50. Should be a great day.