Getting ready for the Creative Me Time Retreat

Got the decorations for the retreat, now I get to add my creative touch.  Yup, you see orange and white swirl suckers...remember, the RSVP deadline is this Monday, October 6th.  It's going to be an amazing weekend to do whatever you want to do...from taking three creative classes taught by THE Heidi Borchers whose Mom is the Aleene's Tacky Glue Lady and me to hiking, shopping, enjoying the ocean that's right there to...well, you get the picture.  Www.CreativeMeTime.com

Pebeo Vitrea Paint

More details at www.CreativeMeTime.com

Finished the samples for the Paint on a Glass & Ceramics workshop October 2nd.  Come join the fun!

I LOVE Sea Glass Ornaments

Making samples for the I LOVE Sea Glass Ornaments workshops coming up October 8th and November 10th.  Dets on the classes

are at www.CreativeMeTime.com

Creative Me Time Retreat

www.CreativeMeTime.comIsn't this a fun, colorful mobile?  Heidi Borchers and I have been busy getting ready for the Creative Me Time Retreat where you'll get to make this mobile.  We made the heart plaque from clay, glazed it and fired it in a kiln so it's ready for you to add beads and wire to make it uniquely yours!  Join the fun of an entire weekend of doing whatever you want to do!  We're have three creative classes too!  Food, lodging, creativity, relaxation and fun!  All for only $195.  Oh, I almost forgot - the retreat overlooks the Pacific Ocean!  Details www.CreativeMeTime.com

USA Today Features Creative Me Time Retreat!

Creative Me Time was featured in a USA Today article about fantasy camps!   Check it out!  http://www.usatoday.com/experience/weekend/my-weekend-experience/fantasy-camps-around-the-usa/15682941/

Learn How to Paint on Glass

Great class last night.  I love it when students think outside of the box.  They got so excited and started experimenting with cosmetic sponge swirls and dot hearts.  They're ready to come back to the open studio, October 2nd.

 

Sea Glass Jewelry & Mini Class Reunion

It was a fun day!  A classmate I hadn't seen in almost 40 years contacted me saying he was in town and wanted to take my Sea Glass and Wire Wrapping Jewelry class.  We were all set to meet today then another classmate called this morning saying she was in town and asked if she could stop by.  So, we all got together at my house and made jewelry.  So proud of them!  Love serendipity!

Creative Week

It's a busy, fun creative week...a high school classmate is coming Monday to learn how to make Sea Glass Jewelry then at night it's time to paint on wine glasses!  Tuesday I'm playing with EZ Screen Print personalizing favors for the Creative Me Time Retreat.  Wednesday is a little day-time play-time over at Heidi Borchers Design Studio where I'll work on a mosaic project and finish up the ceramic pieces for the retreat for the mobiles the attendees will make.  Thursday it's Sea Glass time again!  This is my hottest class and just last weekend sixteen people created amazing jewelry pieces.  Friday is a creative breather but that means it's time for creativity on the computer with lots of exciting things to share on social media.  Come join a class, expand your creative horizons and learn something new!  Info on all of my classes and the exciting retreat are at www.CreativeMeTime.com

How to Make a Vision Board

Another exciting workshop for the Creative Me Time Retreat is a Vision Board or Destiny Board or Treasure Map.  No matter what you call this fun and insightful project it really does make you stop and think about what you want.  It can be about things you want to work on in 2015 or maybe you're trying to decide on a new home decor look - whatever your desire, this is the perfect avenue to get the process following. 

The Creative Me Time Retreat, October 17-19, in beautiful Cambria, CA is THE place to be to do whatever your heart desires for an entire weekend.  We're offering three optional creative classes, so it's up to you - a little shopping, a little creativity, a little nap, taking in the ocean...come join the experience of doing whatever you want.

Aleene's Bread Dough Recipe

People are always excited about these beautifully detailed roses and then they're AMAZED when I tell them they're made from white bread and Aleene's Tacky Glue!  Yes - bread and glue!  It's a recipe that's been around for ages and we're going to feature this technique at the Creative Me Time Retreat October 17-19th in gorgeous Cambria, California.  Come join Heidi Borchers and me for a weekend that's all about you!  Yup, an entire weekend filled with yummy food, 3 creative classes, shopping, napping, the Pacific Ocean, reading...whatever sounds good to you.

Info is on our website www.CreativeMeTime.com - we've made the retreat very affordable (only $195 all inclusive) - space is limited - right now's a good time to sign up.

Oh, we're adding the roses to the frame, gluing on some other embellishments and you'll take home a beautiful creation ready for that perfect picture.

Sea Glass & Wire Wrapping Jewelry Class

What a great day!  Creativity, old friends and the making of new ones.  My dear friend and former co-worker at Aleene's, Denise, invited me to teach a creative class in my old stomping grounds in Lompoc.  Well, one class filled up and then we filled another.  It was so much fun and so energizing to see sixteen ladies twist and swirl wire, making sea glass jewelry masterpieces.  

Next up, October 12th, we're making Gifts from the Garden.  Come join the fun and get a jump start on your holiday gift list.  Details are at www.CreativeMeTime.com

Art in the Park

An artist gave this to me today at the Morro Bay Art in the Park.  Heidi Borchers and I had a great time checking out all of the artwork, this guy was especially intriguing.

How to Paint on Glass

Learn how to paint on glass...Joan will demonstrate several techniques (they're SUPER simple!), then you get to paint 6 wine glasses any style you'd like.  You take them home, let them dry 24 hours, then bake in your oven for 40 minutes and now they're DISHWASHER SAFE!  This paint works on ceramic pieces too!  Think Home Goods!  Think inexpensive, amazing holiday gifts!  Joan will hold an Open Studio Workshop in October using this great paint - you bring the containers and she provides the supplies and expertise.  Keep a lookout for the open workshop posting coming your way in September.  Meanwhile, come learn the basics of glass painting, have some fun and create beautiful wine glasses!

Workshops are held at Heidi Borchers amazing Creative Studio near San Luis Obispo, California.  More details are available on our website www.CreativeMETime.com.  While you're there, check out our retreat October 17-19th overlooking the Pacific Ocean!

Sea Glass Mobile

Are you an ocean lover?  Whether you live where you enjoy sand between your toes everyday or wish you could, you can create this beautiful Sea Glass Mobile.  Learn to wrap and form wire into this stunning memory of the sea.  Joan even provides real sea glass for you!  The workshop is held on the Central Coast of California so come join the fun at www.CreativeMeTime.com

3D Shrink Plastic Flower Jewelry

Love, love, love these shrink plastic 3D flowers.  Can you believe they start out as very thin, clear sheets of plastic?  A little creative magic is added and taaadaaaa, 3D flowers are created.  Come find out the secrets to these adorable flowers at www.CreativeMeTime.com

Sea Glass Jewelry Class

Learn how to make beautiful Sea Glass Jewelry from Mixed Media Artist and ocean lover, Joan Martin Fee.   Bring your own sea glass or Joan will have some local sea glass to choose from.  Tools and supplies are provided to learn a basic wire wrapping technique to create one necklace and two earrings.  Joan is keeping this class small so you get lots of personal attention. Monday, August 11th at Heidi Borchers Creativity Studio in Los Osos, CA

Wire & Bead Jewelry Class

The holidays are right around the corner so get a jump start on your gift list with this wire and bead jewelry set.  Assorted wire and bead colors will be available along with all of the materials and tools needed to complete one necklace and two earrings.  All skill levels are welcome.  Bring a friend or family member and share a fun evening out.  Thursday, August 21st, Heidi a Borchers Creative Studio in Los Osos, CA

Fort Bragg Glass Beach

I was talking to an acquaintance recently and she mentioned she was heading to Mendocino.  I mentioned I am teaching Sea Glass Jewelry classes and I'd heard about a beach at Fort Bragg that is covered in sea glass.  She drove an hour and a half out of her way to bring me back a bag of sea glass! I was stunned!  Think I'll make her a necklace.

Mosaic Shoe

Love my mosaic shoe!  Heidi Borchers taught this amazing class in her awesome studio filled with all kinds of tiles, beads, baubles...you name it she had it.  My inspiration was my grandparents China that was broken many years ago and has been hanging around taking up space.  I am thrilled to have preserved the heirloom and created a work of art in the process.  

Creative Me Time

Mixed Media Retreat

October 17-19

Cambria, California

Yes, that's right, an entire weekend getaway filled with exciting creative workshops, delicious meals, a goodie bag, the beautiful Pacific Ocean, and more relaxation than you'd think possible. Come join the fun - it's a weekend all about YOU!

Classes, Classes & More Classes

Yay!  Heidi Borchers is debuting her Starbucks Mixed Media Masterpiece!  She's been asked for years to share her technique and we're lucky enough to be in the first class!  You'll be amazed at the art you create using Starbucks paper goods under the guidance of Heidi, who's been an artist all her life. You can leave your piece natural or paint to fit your decor. This is going to be a smashing good time!

Lana and Sloane Simmons from EZScreenPrint, will show how really easy screen printing is - it only takes 60 seconds exposure to the sun to make the screen!  You'll screen print three projects including the Amazingly Fast & Easy Screen Print Wall Art, a tote bag, a tile coaster and take home the supplies to create even more!

Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate!  The For the Love of Chocolate class features yummy gourmet chocolate tasting from The Joycup Co. and we'll carry on our theme by decorating a colorful container for your own chocolate stash.  Joan'sgathering trinkets, baubles and doodads from her travels and bringing tons of items from her studio for you to personalize your container.

Succulents are so popular and shoes, well, we all LOVE shoes.  Joan Martin Feecombined the two and came up with an adorable Shoe Succulent Garden using a super easy decoupage process. While the glue is drying,  we'll make lovely Herbal Hand Scrubs, all perfect gifts for the holidays.

There's one more class, but it's a TOP SECRET SURPRISE!  You'll have to wait until Sunday morning of the retreat to find out!

Imagine an entire weekend of doing what you want to do...Details are available at www.CreativeMeTime.com

Chocolate Tasting and Creative Chocolate Class

 

EZScreenPrint Wall Art

Heidi Borchers Starbucks Mixed Media Masterpiece

  

You deserve a weekend of total Creative Me Time where you get to do what you want to do.  More details are available at www.CreativeMeTime.com