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Our Classes

All classes will provide personal instructions and include color consultations and inspiration to create one of a kind treasures as individual as you!

Limited class size to provide maximum assistance for individual projects.

Please contact us with special class requests!

Please see our selection of classes to enrich your home and lifestyle or contact us for more information
 

Personally Yours

We are EXCITED! These classes include our innovative concept and approach to personalizing your home. Years of experience and volumes of information have been condensed to help you make your home as unique as you! After determining your colors and decorating style, we will guide you step by step on how to use them to achieve harmony & balance in a single room or throughout your home. A three hour taster class is presented as an introduction to other classes. Class one is necessary before advancing to class two.

 

 

Personally Yours’ sampler class

Your home is a reflection of you! Color is our most important tool and each color has a personality. This three hour class provides an introduction to ‘Personally Yours’.
Our presentation will provide insight to define your colors and their effects in your home and embellishments. This class is an introduction to discovering your personal colours and style.
Follow up classes will fine tune your selections and teach you how to use them to personalize your home and achieve harmony and balance in your special haven.
Free Color samples included!
This is an exciting NEW approach to home décor!
Class one:

Personally Yours
Defining your color and decorating style
Teacher: Vicki Rhodes
Gather samples of your favorite things, colours, Magazine pages, photo’s clothes, fabric, furniture etc. Place them in your favorite container and bring them to class! We will analyze your choices to define your color and style personality. This information is crucial in choosing everything from paint to fabric, furniture to curtains and much more.
Our goal is working together to create a home as individual is you!

Class will include a notebook to gather and compile inspiration.

Personal palette colors will be available for purchase.

 

Class Two: Personally Yours
Creating Harmony and balance
Teacher: Vicki Rhodes
This class will be filled with information and inspiration from start to finish! We will help you create a storyboard and color audition page for a room in your home. Learn about color combinations, proportions, and creating a mood or desired effect. Let us help you create harmony and balance of colour and style in a room or throughout your home!

Bring to class photos of a room and furniture, dimensions, and samples for storyboard.


Other Color, Design & Creative Inspirations

 Walls
 Floors
 Furniture
 Window Treatments
 Tuffets
 Lamps
 & other accessories

 

Furniture Revival
Instructor: Vicki Rhodes
Refresh, recycle, and refurbish! This class will even excite your husband! Dig into the stack of treasures that we all have in the basement or garage and find a potential masterpiece! OR find something at places like Target or Walmart that the piece is delightful but the finish does not match and complete a transforMAGIC!


We provide everything you need for completing your project. Gather inspiration and bring a photo for a consultation prior to class. From simple finishes to stenciling or decorative art, this will only be the start as the possibilities are endless. To allow time to complete the piece you may attend one or both classes or additional hours as needed.

Supply Fee includes everything you need to complete your project: sand paper, prep products and paint to finish. Color selections must be made prior to class.

NOTE: IF repair is required or if you are looking for a treasure for a special place, we can help with that as well.

 

 

 

Not Miss Muffets Tuffet!
Teacher: Vicki Rhodes
A tuffet is unique twist taken to transform an average footstool into a unique work of art! You will not want to miss this creative adventure. Using the fabrics pieces from previous classes or fabric you select, the transformation will amaze you. Beads, tassels and other embellishments will delight your senses. Add a touch of whimsy to any room with this project you won’t want to miss!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Creative Possibilities: Decorative Painting
Teacher: Vicki Rhodes
Addressing the current trends of the home décor market, Decorative Painting has be reinvented and presented using a no fail dry brush techniques. The format has been embraced worldwide by teachers and students wanting to design one of a kind treasures for their home or gifts. This updated technique uses limited supplies for an exciting new concept for painting.

 

 

 

 

Crazy Patch
Teacher: Carolyn Allred
The concept of Crazy Quilting involves sewing pieces of different fabrics together to create a one of a kind design. Learn the basics of this delightful technique using your choice of fabrics. Embellishing with snippets of ribbons, threads or beads are optional. Completed fabric may be used for covering a lamp shade, creating a bag, add wow to pants or covering a chair!
Follow up class to complete your creation.

 

 

 

Introduction to Paper Piecing
Teacher: Carolyn Allred
This class in an introduction to the simple art of Paper Piecing, which uses the basic technique of Sew and Flip. This technique is fast and versatile as the angles and width of the strips may be a single or variety of widths for different effects. Use this method to create a fabric foundation of any shape or size. Fabric choices may be your or ours. Completed fabric may be used for anything from a pillow to a tablecloth; whatever you choose!

 

  Hearts Desire an Introduction to Appliqué
Teacher: Carolyn Allred
This is the perfect class to introduce you to the art of Appliqué to create a simple pillow using bits of beautiful hand dyed wool. This simple design will teach you the basic technique used to embellishing anything your ‘hearts desire. Follow up class to complete your creation.

 

  Some assembly required!
Teacher: Carolyn Allred
Class Title & description: Pillows, pillow, or pillows! Bring your completed design or fabrics of your choice for this project. Step by steps will be provided as you complete a pillow the size and shape of your choice.
Class Fee: $24.00
Surface: Bring your own!

 

  Introduction to Brush Lettering
Teacher: Cynthia Bowman
A unique presentation and sampling of several lettering styles. From walls to scrap book pages, this class is a must. Lettering will be completed on sample boards for reference following the class. Surface included in class fee.

 

 

 

Kidz Rooms
Teacher: Cynthia Bowman
Monday May 22nd 6 to 9 pm
Inspiration for creating a room to make your kids giggle! From wall and window treatments to organization, this class is a must for kids of all ages. Full of suggestions to personalize their special place.

 

 

 

Colour Washes on walls
Instructor: Cynthia Bowman
Date: Tuesday May 23rd 6-9 pm
Step by step to add a transparent glaze of colour to your walls to add or change a color or create a visual texture. Full of tips and information, this class is a must! Finishes include an overall color glaze or a strie' for a linen or denim effect.

 

 

Introduction to Portraiture using Charcoal
Teacher: Pamela Hill
Choose your subject then join Pamela Hill for an introduction to creating your own portraits in Charcoal. The grid method for transferring your photo to the surface will be completed in a simple to follow step by step format. Impress your family and friends with your artistic ability! Paper surface, charcoal, and blending supplies included in supply fee.

* Deposit required to reserve your seat. Bring a Friend! A discount will be deducted from class fee if your friend joins you for the class. Multiple discounts apply!
* List of supplies available at registration.
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