During the class, Lynn will instruct you on making a simple tassel which you can add to your recycled card. The process of making tassels can be applied to other projects you create outside of class.
You will learn how to bind the journal using a three-hole pamphlet stitch method, and also learn how to add binding stitches and add a tassel to the journal. The art of making journal pockets will be shared. Use of a bellyband to hold tags and other items which have meaning to you will be explained and added to your card.
Lynn will show you how to bind envelopes into a journal and use them as tuck spots with surprise contents.
This class is the perfect way to round out the holidays by recycling items accumulated during the course of the year. The class is about joy, play, and taking numerous independent items and turning them into something beautiful with meaning. This class will provide you the knowledge to create keepsake gifts from cards which can be passed down through the generations, kept as decorations, or added to over the years.
You will learn how to use a variety of lace, ribbons, yarn, thread and/or left-over craft items to make a simple tassel which can be recreated and added to many things outside of class.
The information you learn in this course will enable you to reproduce another after class is over.
The method used in this course can be applied to any type of card. This particular session focuses on a holiday card, but the process taught can be applied to cards representing: Easter, Valentine’s Day, Thanksgiving, a Birthday, Halloween, Graduation, Wedding, or any type of card.
This class session ends with you having created a completed project.
- Lecture
- Workshop
- Hands-On
- Q&A / Discussion
- Adults 18+
- Novice
Lace
Ribbon
Lobster Claw Clasp & Jump Ring
Pliers (to open/close the jump ring)
Paperclip
Book-Binding Thread and Tools
Needle
Paper for the Journal
Paper for Tags
Stapler
Various Holiday Ephemera
Noe: The instructor will have some cards for purchase if you forget your card.
One Pair of Scissors
One 12-inch Ruler
One Pencil With Eraser
Drinks with lids please.
Dress in layers (room temp).
INSTRUCTOR BIO:Lynn enjoys creating items which have a variety of textures, art that includes recycled items and found objects, and repurposing all possible elements in art.
She creates many different types of beautiful ephemera to utilize in her one-of-a-kind art junk journals which she sells in her ETSY Storefront: lynnmariblair
Her commercial studio, Art as Therapy, will be up and functioning in Scottsdale the summer of 2024 where her work can be viewed and purchased.
Lynn is a member of the Sonoran Arts League and Paperworks. Several pieces of commissioned work were generated by Lynn to include a memory bridal journal, a tiny art journal, and a personal grief journal after the passing of a loved one.
Lynn lives in North Scottsdale where she is inspired by the beautiful boulders, native foliage, sunsets, and the gifts of nature within her art.
