Sunday, August 18, 2013

craftapalooza


We're having a big farewell to summer party for YOU.

This Thursday, August 22nd, 1-4 pm, at The Thought Lot, 37 E. Garfield in Shippensburg, $5
As a goodbye to summer/thank you to our creative supporters, we’ve planned a craftapalooza!  For your $5, you’ll have access to lots of creative and tasty goodness:  a button machine, big bubbles (plus a wand & recipe to take home), cotton candy, colorful volcano drinks, and OF COURSE a full line-up of crafts for all ages.

*The event will be a bit open-house-y.  You can come to all 3 hours or any portion thereof.  Many activities will continue throughout, but each hour will have a featured activity or two, and some are while-supplies last. Craftapalooza craft lineup finalized this morning.  Some projects will only be available for one hour, and some (more help-yourself) throughout the afternoon.  All crafts will be more self-led than our formal workshops, and the afternoon is designed for the whole family (ie, not a drop off event!)

~1-2 pm: wet felting with Becci & collage on wood boxes or discs with Shannon
~2-3 pm: original art button machine with Becci & Big Bubbles (making wands and trying them out!) with Valerie
~3-4 pm: acorn kids with Shannon & handsewn wee mice & owls with Valerie
~throughout: framed watercolors, finger knitting & pom-poms, and burlap embroidery.

*If you're a planner, full details will emerge on our Facebook page through the week, https://www.facebook.com/thewondercollective.

*Please do RSVP with a quick email (thewondercollective@gmail.com).  You don't need to prepay.
If you forget...still come!  We will have a few extra.

*Springfield Camp was very awesome.  I just posted a few best-of photos here: http://thewondercollective.blogspot.com/2013/08/native-roots.html.  Peek, be jealous, and plan on next year!

crafty kisses,
Valerie, Shannon, & Becci Z.

Native Roots

There are hours of photo editing and camp blogging yet to be done, but in the interim, here are a few quick favorite photos from our last day of Springfield Camp 2013 session two: Native Roots.  The week was gorgeous and the children even more so.  (sighs of contentment)  Joining us next summer?










Saturday, July 13, 2013

Revamped summer schedule: out with a bang!

I hope you’ve had a fantastic summer so far, full of wonder and creativity and the mix of busy and lazy that defines this season.  We had a great first week of camp and just revamped the remainder of our summer workshop schedule to better fit YOUR schedule.  HERE:
  
http://thewondercollective.blogspot.com/p/summer-2013-programming.html

If you’ve been thinking of joining us, now’s the time.  With mixed feelings, we’ve decided this is our last season of workshops.   It’s been a fun year, but the behind-the-scenes work has been super time-consuming, and this fall each of us have new commitments that need our attention.  And then there are our long-suffering families….  We do still plan on running a couple of sessions of Springfield Camp next year, and Becci and I are remaining on the board of The Thought Lot.  Please continue to support this great space.  Shippensburg’s contemporary arts center needs you!

As a goodbye/thank you, we’ve planned a craftapalooza for the last week of summer.  We hope you’ll join us on Thursday afternoon, August 22nd, for any or all of the hours from 1-4 pm.  For $5, you’ll have access to lots of creative and tasty goodness:  a button machine, big bubbles (plus a wand & recipe to take home), cotton candy, icy treats, and a full line-up of crafts for all ages.  Mark your calendars and watch for details!

All workshops held at The Thought Lot, 37 E. Garfield St., Shippensburg.

Register by emailing thewondercollective@gmail.com--just reply to this email (full registration option instructions on the right sidebar of our blog, thewondercollective.blogspot.com.)

Monday, July 8, 2013

Crayon Batik, 7/11 @7

Thursday's wonder collective workshop! Becci's teaching us crayon batik--painting on melted crayons for the wax resist, dyeing black, and enjoying the result. The wax is ironed out (first ironing yields a great image, too!), and the resulting 12x12 cotton is ready for a wall hanging, pillow, or bag. 7-9 pm, $15. Suitable for all ages. Register: thewondercollective@gmail.com

Thursday, June 20, 2013