Great birthday present…

My birthday was at the beginning of April and my daughter offered to take an art class with me.  Something that she knows I would love to share with her, but what is in fact something that she loathes doing – despite her talent.

Trying to figure out the ideal class was tough, I didn’t want it to be over her head, or something she “really” hated but I also wanted it to be something I wanted to do or try – after all it was my birthday.  So last week when a friend sent me a link to a local class given by Christoper Staples I was excited.  Not only was it a minimal amount of time and close by the cost was only $15!  A real bargain.

Mayann brought 2 of her daughters and her girls really got into the spirit of the class.  At one point I thought one of the girls had taken a break – but instead she showed up a little later with several dozen more pages!  All were incredible.

The only down side was that Morgan was really under the weather, but she was a trooper and participated in making the papers – however he head was going to explode by the time the collage part came and she retired to the car.  She did however make some great papers which she really liked.  She said should would make these again with me at the house, and gifted me with all of the pieces she had that day.

Here is a small collage that I made with the papers we made, I was having fun playing with the circle punch.   The paper was very thin but sturdy and handled beautifully.  I can’t wait to make more.

And here are some of my unused papers.  The scans don’t do them justice, but I think you’ll get the idea.  I love the last image with the face in the upper right