Friday, November 30, 2012

Needle felting workshop

Long dark evenings beg to be filled with laughter and MAKING, and last night cozied us up with both. Soft warm wool seems especially appropriate. Several went home with very fluffy sheep, finished and , and all with baskets of needles and wool to fill a couple of home evenings as well. My blue cat is destined for a little favorite girl in South Jordan, Utah, who is quite sure she is one, too. I hope she likes the company.

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Hand Sewing Team Final Exhibit Tonight!

We've had a lively eight weeks of hand sewing fun, and tonight is our last! Family and friends (you, if you'd like) are welcome to drop by for a look at the projects we worked on, have a snack, and lavish a bit of well deserved praise.

I finished up this little flock of wonder-branded fireflies as a parting gift.

Starting January 10, out next Arts & Crafts team: FIBER. Email thewondercollective@gmail.com if you're interested.


Rachel Field, “Some People”

Isn’t it strange some people make
You feel so tired inside.
Your thoughts begin to shrivel up
Like leaves all brown and dried.

But when you’re with some other ones
It’s stranger still to find
Your thoughts as thick as fireflies
All shiny in your mind!

Monday, November 19, 2012

winter schedule! one-day registration sale!

I'll take the time to update schedule pages and payment buttons sometime this week, and sample photos will start showing up, too, but you can pick up your very own copy of our winter 2012-13 schedules TONIGHT (Monday) at Christmas For Causes, organized by the Drew Michael Taylor Foundation.


FOR ONE DAY ONLY,  ALL NEW WINTER REGISTRATIONS DISCOUNTED!
*save $2 on wee workshops
*save $3 on creative workshops for adults and teens
*save $10 on creative team enrollments

Discount prices also apply to gift certificate purchases.
Already overbooked Monday?  If you can't make it, e-mail registrations dated November 19th will be accepted at the discount price.

We'll also be selling craft kits, and our kids have some great hair accessories and blocks and cool stuff (most items $1-$3) as well, with 20% of proceeds benefiting the DMTF & Caitlin's Smiles.  Lots of crafters and vendors this year at the new big site:  Premier Events, on the corner of Hollar Avenue & Orange Streets in Shippensburg.

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winter 2012-13 season offerings
for grade school children

 wee workshops
led by Shannon Heckman on select Wednesdays 
4:30-6:00 pm @ The Thought Lot
(37 E. Garfield, Shippensburg)
ages 5-12, $10


 resin workshop       December 12th
Use this lovely media to permanently preserve small treasure, precious tiny artwork, and glittery messes, and come home with wrapped GIFTS for 5 of your friends and family.

 winter wonderland: yarn!      January 16th
Yarn’s soft hand is a widely-beloved comfort in cold winter months.  Finger knitting.  Hand wrapped pom poms and more applications for them than you knew existed.  A spot of weaving?  Much to try and a ball to take home!

 Valentines        February 6th
Sweet messages with a multi-media approach.  Share the love far beyond the doily!

 and looking forward to the spring season:
 egg dyeing, tiny art, felting, spring nature crafts…
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Building creative communities with like-minded peers,
a nurturing adult mentor, and
hours of learning and fun.

$120 for 8 weekly sessions, January 8 - February 26
ages 8 and up



INVENTION
Time to Invent:  Develop problem-solving and materials skills as you solve weekly engineering puzzles with hands-on projects.  Tuesdays, 4:30-6:00 pm, with Becci Zullinger
fiber
This season’s Arts & Crafts team: We will explore the many wondrous qualities and uses for WOOL, and meet other favorite fibers, too:  cotton, wood, silk, alpaca, and goat, of course!  Spinning, felting, weaving, dyeing, working, field trip! Tuesdays, 4:30-6:00 pm, with Valerie Goates


Registering?  email thewondercollective@gmail.com

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winter 2012-13 season offerings
for preschool-age children



 holiday drop-off event
December 7th    10:00 am-noon  ages 3-5, $5

 We play, you shop.  Or make!  Stories, crafts, and games, including two prettily-packaged, 
child-made gifts for somebody special.

 Roots Preschool
open studio create and learn
for children ages 3-5 and their caregivers

$5/child, 10:00-11:30 am
Mondays and Fridays starting January 14th

Miss Becci will guide you and your child as you explore a wide variety of artistic medium together, with weekly projects and lessons based on beloved children’s literature.


Registering?  email thewondercollective@gmail.com



this season’s events are all held @ The Thought Lot  (37 E. Garfield, Shippensburg)

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creative workshops
for adults & teens

Thursdays at The Thought Lot, 37 E Garfield, Shippensburg

We like to try new things, think making is good for the soul, and that creating together is best of all. Want to join us? 

winter 2013 season
terrariums
January 10th, 7-9 pm, $15, led by Becci
Aching for something living green in the dead of winter?  Join us to make a pretty little terrarium (in your vessel or ours) and a few sweet bits to decorate it.
wire work jewelry
January 24th, 7-9 pm, $15, Becci
Prepare for Valentine giving (or wearing): learn to work with wire to make a heart-shaped ring and other projects.
Valentine pixies & love shack
February 7th, 7-9 pm, $15, Valerie
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, stitch a red-roofed cottage and fill it with 1” bendy dolls
tiny porcelain
February 28th, 7-9 pm, $15, Valerie
Learn tips and techniques for working with fine porcelain clay, and make a series of projects: cut, pressed, molded & sculpted. Perfect for filling January’s terrarium!

Making with the wonder collective is not just an assembly-line experience.  We’ll teach you a new technique and give you the tools to use it again.

watch for the release of sample photos here:
thewondercollective.blogspot.com
Registering?  email thewondercollective@gmail.com
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and:
 Theater Team
  8 weeks of Thursday night workshops
for middle school & high school students
with actor & director Tyler Wonders
January 8 – February 28
6:30-8:30 pm @ The Thought Lot
(37 E. Garfield, Shippensburg)
grades 6-12, $120