Ever wanted your very own great pumpkin? Now is your chance to make one. I have a workshop scheduled at the Beehive Wool Shop from 10:30am – 12:30pm on Saturday, October 22, 2016. Space is limited, so call or visit the Beehive to sign up. Hope to see you there!
Pumpkins!
A felted pumpkin grinning at a chocolate pumpkin
Filed under Artsy-Craftsy, Classes, Fibre Arts
It’s been a long time coming, but I’m finally summing up the Great Pear Experience. Over May and June I taught four workshops, one of which was for the staff at the Beehive Wool Shop. Pears are fun… I’m not sure I ever want to make another one again, but I sure enjoyed the process. This was the first workshop I’ve taught where the focus was more on shading the object over building the shape. It was so pleasing to see people’s interpretations.
Before I show pictures of the all of the pears, here is a bowl that I started before the workshops so that I would have something to hold them. This is the start of it – it was different in each class as I continued to work on it. It still isn’t complete, but you’ll see the process/progress through the pictures.
The bowl in the beginning
First Workshop
Second Workshop
Staff Workshop
Final Workshop
Table For Class
Thanks to everyone who participated – you were all a lot of fun!
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If you are hoping to take a pear workshop, another one has been added on June 11th. There will be fluffy felted pears all over town 😀.
The first pear workshop was last Saturday, and we had a lot of fun. It was a great group, and they produced some amazing pears. I’m looking forward to this Saturday’s class! See sign up details for the class on the 11th on the Classes page.
Needle felted pears
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It’s time for another workshop! On May 28th I’ll be teaching a workshop on how to make needle-felted pears at the Beehive Wool Shop. The shape is not too difficult, so we should be able to spend a little extra time layering fibres to produce shading. Pears have so many amazing colours and shapes – I’m really looking forward to this class! Space is limited, so contact the Beehive Wool Shop to reserve a spot.
Needle felted pears
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Okay, that heading isn’t quite as catchy as Bond, James Bond, but it is very exciting to me!
I’m happy to say that I have made progress in my goal to set up a small business. I find this sort of thing a bit tricky – all the forms and the figuring out what I need to do – but I have to say, the BC Provincial Government site OneStop BC Business Registry made life so much easier. I was able to figure out what I needed to register for, and then register from the site. The site gives lots of links to helpful publications, and I feel confident that I have completed everything that I need to run my own small business. Yay!!
Now I’m dealing with the detail stuff – business cards, packaging and stamps. The business cards are done, and I’m really happy with them. I had them printed by Moo and the quality is lovely. Packaging has proved to be a little trickier, as I’m trying to find something fairly flat and sturdy for mailing (to keep postal costs low) but available from Canada. The stamps are very exciting, but I have to learn how to use them. I now have a .925 metal stamp, and somewhere in the Canada Post system is a metal stamp with my initials – should be here next week (I keep wanting to say “Yay!”). Now I can finish off my jewellery in a more professional fashion, having identified it as sterling silver and made by me. And the yays just keep coming!
Twisty Tree Artworks business cards
Once the stamp arrives, it’ll be studio time… So looking forward to it!
I know what you’re expecting, and I don’t want to disappoint… Yay!!
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