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In this class, I’ll help you fix your broken jewelry & get it wearable again.  I’m teaching Thursday at Craft Akron.  Here are the details:

Fix your Broken Jewelry Class

$15 plus supplies fee of $5

Bring your broken jewelry stash to class & learn how to restring or resize beaded necklaces and bracelets, reattach missing clasps, or even reconfigure earrings that have lost pieces. Basic supplies included (such as beading wire, thread, ear wires, eye & head pins), but if you have a special clasp you want to use or must have sterling silver ear wires, bring them with you.

Also, if you have a jewelry project you’re stumped on, you’re welcome to bring it to class as well.

Please preregister by at least 24 hours before class at 330-865-1100 or info@craftakron.com.

A week from tonight I’m teaching a Fringe Earrings class at Craft Akron.  You’ll make two pairs of earrings (your choice of bead kits).  Cost is $15 for class & $10 for two bead kits.  Please preregister & prepay for class, as I have a ten space limit.

If you can’t come to class, you can buy a bead kit from me.  It includes beads for two pairs of earrings (tell me which two you’d like-the focal beads on the left pair are fire polished, center are blue/gray shells, and right are Swarovski crystals), step by step color instructions, ear wires (do you want silver-plated, gold-plated, or something else), beading thread, and two beading needles for $17 (includes tax & shipping).  Just email colleen@clevernesting.com & tell me which two sets of earrings you’d like to make, ear wire preference, and your address.  I’ll send you a Paypal invoice.

I’ve got a date to teach my Journal Class coming up in the next couple of weeks. I’ve had a quite a few people interested in taking it so I want to make sure you all get the memo.

We’ll be at Craft Akron working on our handbinding skills on Thursday, February 18th, from 2pm to 4pm.

You can even sign up for the class online here. Isn’t that convenient? I’m really looking forward to the class, hope to see you there. Oh, and bring a friend!

I know this update is a little last minute, but I wanted to post about my class at Craft Akron tomorrow. I have been finding time to put the kits together, but not to write my post!

Tomorrow in class, using silk, ribbon, lace, wool and jewelry scraps we will make attractive and versatile head pieces called “fascinators” in time for your Valentine’s Day date. Kit will include everything you need for your project. If there is something you’d like to use for your piece, please bring it to class.

Date: Saturday, January 23
Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm

Cost: $20 plus $5 kit fee.

This is a great class for advanced beginners to intermediate sewers. I have made quite a few of these dolls and I just love them.

Come down to Craft Akron and make a super adorable little pet to take with you!

2 Hours – $35.00

Please bring sewing notions and a gallon sized ziplock bag full of scraps, at least 4″ by 4″. I’ll bring some scraps and the stuffing!

I’m teaching one more class this month at Craft Akron.  You’ll create pretty fabric rose flowers from recycled fabrics.  Make one hair clip & one pin, and choose from a variety of fabrics & colors.  I’ve been wearing these flowers on my winter coat, scarf, and sweaters, or in my hair.  They’d also look great as a gift decoration.

Class cost is $12 plus a kit fee of $8.  Make sure to preregister at 330-865-1100 or info@craftakron.com…class is limited to 10 students.

Today I’m getting bead kits ready for the Fringe Earrings Class I’m teaching Saturday at Craft Akron.  You’ll make two pairs of earrings (you get to choose which two bead kits you’d like).  Class is from 1-2:30pm, and the cost is $15 plus a kit fee of $10.  Make sure to preregister at 330-865-1100 or info@craftakron.com…class is limited to 10 students.  

Crafty things have been brewing behind the scenes here in Akron, and Colleen and I have been very lucky to have a backstage pass. There is a new studio our friend Martha is opening in the Valley called Craft Akron, and Clever Nesting will be teaching some of our classes in their awesome space. If you’ve attended my Journal Class in the past you know that the space was a little tight, but that shouldn’t be a problem at Craft Akron. Come to the Open House and check out Martha’s space.

The first class Clever Nesting will be teaching is my Journal Class, the same one I taught back in the summer. It will be held on December 12th at 2pm until 4pm. The cost is $25 paid to Craft Akron (you can register by emailing info@craftakron.com) and a $5 kit fee due at the time of class. I also ask that you bring 2 sheets of your own paper to cover your journals, any sturdy paper you find attractive will work as long as it measures at least 20″ by 10″. I have success using wallpaper samples, or sturdy wrapping paper scraps. If you can’t find paper that large, 4 sheets of 10″ by 10″ will work as well.

In the class you will learn how to hand bind the journal pages as well as how to make a soft cover and a hard cover for them. Everyone who took the class before went home with two journals and got to spend time getting to know local crafty-folk. Don’t miss it!

The night before a baby shower this weekend, I rummaged the closet & chose this brown skirt & teal shirt to wear.  But no jewelry seemed sufficient, so in the wee hours of the night I was plopped on my basement floor beading a last-minute necklace to match.

I used a clasp, crimp beads, beading wire, large & small teal beads, large round brown beads, and brown chip beads.  I strung them in alternating sets of “large teal & round brown beads” and “small teal & brown chip beads”.  I really like this style & pattern of necklace…I’m looking for class ideas to teach in the upcoming months.  Does anyone want to take a class to make this type of necklace?

I really enjoyed our class on Friday night at Nervous Dog Coffee. The women who came out to learn how to bind journals were a really cool mix of people. Everyone came ready to work and get sticky (Jenn!). We also came to chat. I really felt like I’d had a girls’ night out after it was over.

Here are some shots of the class sorting through wallpaper sample books to find their cover papers. I wish that I had been able to take some pictures during class time, but unfortuantely Colleen couldn’t be there and so I couldn’t step away.

Baby B #3 is due in a month, so I’ll be on maternity leave (from myself and Colleen, if that counts!) for a few weeks afterwards. But I hope to teach the class again in December. Everyone who came remarked on how gift-able this craft is and I want to give everyone another chance to learn it before the Holidays.

There were a few people who mentioned wanting to take the class, but not living close enough or having to work that night. I thought I’d ask if anyone would be interested in buying the instructional booklet in pdf form to print at home? If you are interested it will be offered on a limited time basis for $7. Let me know in the comments if you’re interested and I’ll email you an invoice through paypal and then I’ll email you the pdf.