Craftcamp- Winter 2012 Workshops

Heyas....just letting you know that there will be 3 workshops happening these July holidays at Thistle Hall on Thursday 5th and Thursday 12th.
The full flier will be going out in the next couple of days but here is a preview.
xxgabby

* Winter softies - Thursday 5th July - 9.30am -12pm

Lets create a cosy soft toy out of recycled fabric and embellish it - winter styles!

*Art Tea towel - learn some basic printing and use it in combination  Thursday 5th July - 1pm-3.30pm

with simple embroidery stitches to create an awesome & useful artwork

* Make a person! FULL DAY WORKSHOP 9.30am - 3.30pm

Make a soft toy person with arms and legs and even hair! And if time allows, you can also make some cool clothes for it too. You can base this activity on someone you know [makes a great gift] or create a brand new friend!

This workshop is most suited to kids that have some basic sewing knowledge or have been to craftcamp before.

Craftcamp Easter 2012

Hello craftcampers and friends of craftcamp,

It is time again for a few workshops. However, I will be hanging up my crafty tools for a little while as I have a new member of the family due any day now!

For the Easter Holidays though, craftcamp will be in the safe hands of my good friend Lily Chalmers (and also Primary school teacher/crafter/organiser of the amazing Alphabet Street family event and the awesome Babysteps playgroup!)

Lily will be running a handful of workshops these holidays so that no child will be subject to craftcamp withdrawals on April 13^th and 18^th.

Please spread the word!

I will be taking the bookings and enquiries for the workshops.

Hope all is well and looking forward to hearing from you.

x Gabby

craftcamp summer edition and alphabet st

Craftcamp has spaces in all workshops on January 19, 24 and 25, 2012...and also will be providing some free fun at the Alphabet St concert series starting this Sunday 22nd Jan.

Come on down!

x

Craftcamp kids Summer craft workshops with Gabby O'Connor

at Thistle Hall, corner Arthur and Cuba Streets, Wellington

for crafty kids aged 5 - 13

$25 per child per session – morning/afternoon tea included [please indicate any allergies when enrolling]

All workshops teach basic craft skills to the beginners and extend those who are more experienced.

Materials provided are all recycled where possible.

Craftcamp loves to make stuff- let them show you how!

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For images of past workshops, check: www.craftcamp-nz.blogspot.com

For more information email Gabby on: gabbyo@paradise.net.nz or ph: 021 389 707

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This summer we have 4 workshops to choose from:

* soft accessories

make badges, brooches, bangles or necklaces out fabric remnants

* stationery

make and embellish note books, cards and envelopes using recycled papers [ no sewing!]

* pencil or sunglasses case

sew a simple draw string pencil or sunglasses case or two!

* summer softies

do softies know how to swim and surf? Of course they do! Lets make a soft toy out of recycled fabric and embellish it – summer styles

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Dates:

Thursday January 19th – 9.30am – 12pm Summer Softies

Thursday January 19th– 1pm – 3.30pm Soft Accessories

Thursday January 26th – 9.30am – 12pm Stationery

Thursday January 26th– 1pm – 3.30pm Summer Softies

Friday January 27th – 9.30am – 12pm Soft Accessories

Friday January 27th– 1pm – 3.30pm Pencil Case

a merry crafty christmas - craftcamp xmas workshop 2011 day 1

Hello there 2012.

Sorry that it has taken me so long to get these pictures up.

I am only just recovering from Christmas and a New Year break!

Anyhow, check out these lovely pics [sorry about the low quality, forgot my camera on the first day and had to use my phone]....but the work and the kids were awesome! Fantastic Mini Softies Christmas decorations and awesome stamps, wrapping paper and cards and note books.

I hope the gifts were well received and that a well deserved break was had by all.

Mini sculptures 2 and Spring Softies 2

What a busy and awesome day we had. A hive of activity and innovation as per usual and lots of impressive self sufficiency too. I love my job!

We had a full class in the morning with mini sculptures and there was a beautiful and impressive array of creations from animals to skateboards and kinetic sculptures and all sorts in between!

In the afternoon we had the biggest but most beautifully behaved group of crafters. Thank you guys for your patience and to Vanessa and Tessa for dropping by and helping thread needles, do knots and solve crafty problems. Thanks again to Clare at Mandatory for the inspiring fabric samples that we repurpose in these workshops.

Anyhow. Here are the pics from the morning session:

And the super Spring Softies 2 class from the afternoon: