Our shop has been buzzing this past week like a beehive. So much excitement and anticipation as our long awaited Mixed Media classes start on Thursday night! We have been promising you since the craft fair in October (where Jenny’s Girl’s debuted) that we will teach you all the tricks and techniques and the time has finally come.
Can hardly believe we have so many people signed up! We will start off, with one class that is absolutely full, not even one spare space 🙂 Second class is ready to follow and people are also on the waiting list for a third, it is going to be so much fun! It excites us that you are so enthusiastic about it!
Why do an In-House workshop? Some people may mistakenly believe that there is no need to do an In-house workshop. There are a lot of opinions about this. There are many ways to learn mixed media techniques, In-House and online are two of them.
If you like, you can spend your money on an online workshop, or even better, just watch techniques on YouTube, that’s free 🙂 If that is what you prefer, then that’s fine, there are plenty of great tutorials out there and they are good.
We believe that running our own In- House workshops for mixed media, is the best option! We know this because, you, our awesome customers have asked for the workshops, which is fantastic and it shows us that this is something you want to do! There really is nothing better than getting together with a group of people, socializing, making new friends and getting some hands on experience at the same time. When you go On line, you can SEE techniques, but in class you will be able to experiment and gain experience. You don’t just see someone else having fun, you get to be the one having fun.
You could read a cook book, watch master chef or my kitchen rules, but there is nothing like cooking up a storm in your own kitchen and getting to eat the delicious food you make! It’s the same thing, you get to play, you get to experiment, you get to see what products you like and what you would like to spend your money on. On line you see someone use an art supply, so you go buy it, only to realize it isn’t as easy to master the technique at home, YouTube made it seem too easy! There is no use buying products that someone else suggests that you need, only to have them sit on your shelf. In our workshops you will get to play with products and then decide if it is something you would like to have as part of your “stash”. On Line you can see someone use a product that you really want, only to find that no one in Australia sells the product you are after, how disappointing. In our workshop, you know that what we use, we stock! So you will never be disappointed.
Could you imagine if Tim Holtz or Donna Downey or any well know paper crafter/artist came to Geraldton to run an In-House workshop, (what fun!) They come to impart some knowledge and share tips and to give us hands on experience. But, we decide not to go, because after all we could watch them on YouTube instead!? LOL, I can’t see that happening.
Nothing beats hands on experience. That is why we are excited to see our plans come into fruition, that’s why our workshops are full and people are buzzing with anticipation. That is why we do what we do, all for the love of art and an itch to get in and play. I can’t wait!
The past 2 weeks Jenny and I have put our heads together and created some more fun and crafty classes which will be held as a one off. (That means no need to sign up for a whole term.) The SheArt class we held on Friday was the first of many. Make sure you are on our mailing list to be the first in the know as the classes are sure to fill up fast.
Enjoy the last day of the school holidays tomorrow (no break for me – I have a party of 15 girls in the shop tomorrow afternoon!) and 3 cheers for the start of a crafty term 2!