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Wednesday, 9 October 2019

Adult Classes & Kids Craft Club

Classes

I will be running adult practical tutorials in Christmas crafts, and kids craft club every Monday during November.

Adult Practical Tutorials

Running 2 classes every Monday in November.

Daytime class from midday

Evening Class from 18:30

Classes will be approximately 1 hour long, but attendees should allow time for a 2 hour class in case the tutorial runs over schedule.

£15 per class or book onto all 4 £50. Advance booking only (up to the day before)

All tools and materials will be provided

Monday 4th November - Decorating premade wreaths, garlands & swags

Monday 11th November - Festive flower arrangements in water or wet foam

Monday 18th November - Table decorations (with or without candles)

Monday 25th November - Make your own holly wreath

Kids Craft Club

3pm-6pm drop in craft club every Monday in November. £3 per session or part session. Pay £10 in advance to attend all 4 sessions. Materials and refreshments provided.

Activities include;

Drawing and colouring, Christmas crafts, sticking and gluing.

Crafts and makes include Christmas garlands, indoor festive wreaths, Christmas and winter scenes, eg. snowy forests, snowmen, snowflakes, Christmas hats, paper flowers

Parents please note. There will be no use of paint in craft club, but there will be use of felt tip pens, markers and glue, so it is advised that children attend wearing old clothes, or bring an apron, pinny, or paint shirt.

Use of hot glue will be limited to children over 11 years of age.

Any comments or questions about these classes and clubs, come to the shop on Royston Avenue, Cusworth Road corner in Bentley (DN5 9RB) and speak with Karen.

Class and club fees can be paid at the shop with card or credit/debit card

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Monday, 27 August 2018

Handmade Wreath Tutorial

This tutorial will guide you through making a wreath from the cuttings from your garden shrubs. You can only make this successfully using cuttings from woody plants. Soft, hollow twigs will not hold the shape you have made and will snap easily when dried.

In my garden I have a low growing Euonymus, planted in a wet area with little sunlight. The shrub grows like mad towards the sunny area where I have more attractive plants and flowers growing. Every year, I cut it back. A lot. The shrub has woody branches that are good for making door hangings, including wreaths. This year I made a wreath and a love heart. This is how I made the wreath.

I cut back the shrub as normal. Then, I stripped all the leaves and weakest green tips from all the branches I cut off.

Cut back Euonymus

Lots of branches removed

Euonymus branches

Removing the leaves, and adding the branches to a bowl to begin shaping them.

Adding more branches to the bowl.

Add branches until the amount looks even all the way around and enough for the thickness you want for your wreath. At this stage the wreath should look about twice as thick as you need. You will lose 10% when the wood dries, and you will wreath the branches which will make it around 40%-50% less width.