Tag Archive: Fun

November 30, 2016

Shape Note Singing

Shape note music is authentic American Roots music with its origins in New England in the mid-1700s. It’s called “shape note” because the note heads are different shapes, an innovation intended to help unschooled singers read the music more easily. This style of singing has a very distinctive old-timey sound, with four-part harmonies, strong rhythms,Continue Reading
November 23, 2016

Create Custom Designed Holiday Gift Bags

In this class we’ll create 5 holiday gift bags in three different sizes. The course is appropriate for non-crafters (beginners) as well as those who are comfortable with paper-crafting. Templates will be provided, but you are welcome to be creative and come up with your own designs! Various techniques will be used, including stamping, paperContinue Reading
November 23, 2016

Create Custom Designed Holiday Gift Bags

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  • Create Custom Gift Bags
     December 15, 2016
     6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

In this class we’ll create 5 holiday gift bags in three different sizes. The course is appropriate for non-crafters (beginners) as well as those who are comfortable with paper-crafting. Templates will be provided, but you are welcome to be creative and come up with your own designs! Various techniques will be used, including stamping, paper (more…)

November 23, 2016

Make Your Own Gift Tags

With the holidays fast approaching, take an evening for yourself and learn to create some beautiful hand-made gift tags that you can use to add a personalized and homey touch to your gift giving! In this class we’ll create 10 holiday gift tags. The course is appropriate for non-crafters (beginners), as well as those whoContinue Reading
November 23, 2016

Make Your Own Gift Tags

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  • Make Your Own Gift Tags
     December 8, 2016
     6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

With the holidays fast approaching, take an evening for yourself and learn to create some beautiful hand-made gift tags that you can use to add a personalized and homey touch to your gift giving! In this class we’ll create 10 holiday gift tags. The course is appropriate for non-crafters (beginners), as well as those who (more…)

November 15, 2016

Learning Folk Guitar

We have a new class open for registration: Learning Folk Guitar! Whether you want to kick-start your fantasy of being a freewheeling 60’s folk-singer, or just hope to become a stronger guitarist for any genre of music, the folk-method can be an empowering approach when applied to learning the guitar. We will be focusing onContinue Reading
November 13, 2016

Learning Folk Guitar

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  • Folk Guitar (Day 1 of 3)
     January 8, 2017
     3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  • Folk Guitar (Day 2 of 3)
     January 15, 2017
     3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  • Folk Guitar (Day 3 of 3)
     January 22, 2017
     3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Whether you want to kick-start your fantasy of being a freewheeling 60’s folk-singer, or just hope to become a stronger guitarist for any genre of music, the folk-method can be an empowering approach when applied to learning the guitar. We will be focusing (more…)

November 5, 2016

Beginning Millinery and Haberdashery: The Blocked Felt Hat

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  • Blocked Felt Hat Making - Day 1 of 2
     January 14, 2017
     9:00 am - 5:00 pm
  • Blocked Felt Hat Making - Day 2 of 2
     January 15, 2017
     9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Fedora. Top hat. Cowboy hat. Porkpie. Homburg. Cloche. These are the classic hat styles ingrained in the culture of our past. Living now without the rules for style and fashion, free to wear white shoes before Memorial Day, hats are once again gaining traction in our attire (and rightly so!). In this class you will (more…)

Canoe Paddle Making Class
October 23, 2016

Make Your Own Canoe Paddle

The temperatures may be dropping, but this a great time to make your own canoe paddle, whether for yourself or for someone else.  A canoe paddle makes a wonderful, heirloom gift! In this class, you can choose to make either a basswood paddle or a cherry paddle. Cherry paddles will be straight-shaft, and basswood paddlesContinue Reading

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