Making Mosaic Mirrors from Plates

 I’ve been busy cutting plates with my tile saw for upcoming mosaic classes and kits.  Come join the fun. 

Mini Mosaic Jewelry Classes

I switched gears and went mini!  Mini mosaics that is.  It was so fun to whip up this little project in about 1-1/2 hours.  Interested?  Classes are available on the beautiful Central Coast of California.  Www.CreativeMeTime.com

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

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.

Empty Wine Bottles & Corks, oh my!

Wine Lovers Workshop

Saturday, June 28^th 1 – 3 p.m. or

Tuesday, May 20^th   6:30 – 8:30

Los Osos, California just down the road from San Luis Obispo

Teacher - Joan Martin Fee, Mixed Media Artist

$30

This workshop lets you enjoy the wine long after the bottle is empty.  The projects make great gifts for the wine lover in your life and special treats

for your!

You’ll make a beautiful Cork Necklace that you get to decorate to your liking with trinkets, beads and trims. Then you’ll transform an ordinary 

wine bottle into a Mixed Media Masterpiece Vase using napkins, a

photo of grapes, decoupage medium and personalize your creation by adding a ‘tassle’ created from a cork, beads and items from the hardware store.  Students are to bring a wine bottle and several corks. 

Come join the fun - check out the details at www.CreativeMeTime.com

Mosaic Workshops

Are you looking for something fun to do this weekend?  Mosaic Artist, Heidi Borchers, is teaching two workshops on the beautiful California Central Coast just ten minutes from San Luis Obispo.  You get to chose from her amazing selection of tiles, baubles and trinkets to create a custom brick or stepping stone.  Check out the website for more details.  www.CreativeMeTime.com

Gifts from the Garden Workshop

Gifts from the Garden

Saturday, June 28^th

10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Los Osos, California (near San Luis Obispo, Morro Bay and Pismo!)

This workshop has it all!  Shoes, gardening and creativity!

Mixed Media Artist, Joan Martin Fee will show you how easy it is to create adorable shoe succulent gardens. You’ll use a quick decoupage technique to decorate a shoe to your hearts content with decorative papers and magazines clippings – and it’s waterproof! Joan’s even providing the succulents so you’ll take home a completed Succulent Shoe Garden!

We’ll have a little time while the decoupage glue dries, so we’ll create sugar hand scrubs that make your hands feel amazing! They are quick to make and we'll be adding scents of yummy lavender or lemon from local gardens.  

Rosemary Salt adds a perfect touch to focaccia bread or your savory dishes.  Joan will show how easily you can whip this up at home, package it up in a cute container and it's ready to give to the cooks on your gift list.  You’ll receive a sample and the recipe to create this at home.

Make it a day of creativity!  After this workshop, enjoy lunch on your own and then join in the Wine Lovers Workshop at 1:00 p.m.  Don't miss the fun.  Details are available at www.CreativeMeTime.com

Creating with Photos Workshop

 Creating with Photos

Wednesday, July 9

6:30 – 8:30

Los Osos, California on the Central Coast of California

Photos!!!  We all have tons of them on our computers and phones, so let’s get creative and transform them into gifts, home décor items, greeting cards and cupcake decorations - we’ll even have a party at the end featuring photo decorations!

Your instructor, Joan Fee, loves being creative and taking photographs.  This workshop is geared for any skill level so bring your friends along for a picture perfect evening – you’ll finish all of these projects in the workshop and get to take them home:

Beautiful Photo Vase and Magnets – A plain vase turns into a statement piece home décor project using a simple decoupage technique and you’ll use the same technique to make cool photo magnets.  Vase will vary from one shown.

Personalized Greeting Cards – Learn how to use photos to create beautiful personalized greetings cards that look beautiful, share your talents and save on the pocketbook too!

Glowing Candle Holder – This project transforms a photo into an amazing nightlight or accent to any room.  We’ll use a craft knife to cut out details in a photo, mount it to a glass candle holder that lets the light shine through to cast a welcoming glow.

Joan will let you in on other super unique ways to be creative with your photos – everything from inexpensive fabric printing, to wallpaper to, well, you’ll just have to come to the workshop to find out all of the secrets…

Then it’s party time!  Oh, we almost forgot, Joan loves a good party, too!  She’ll let you in on secrets to creating cupcake decorations with your photos and how to make other creative party items.  Sign up today and come join the photo party!  Details are at www.CreativeMeTime.com

Fabric Rolled Roses Jewelry Workshop

Fabric Rolled Roses Jewelry Workshop

Los Osos, California

Tuesday, June 24th

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Jump on the latest creative craze!  Mixed Media Artist, Joan Martin Fee, shows you how to form a beautiful rose from a strip of fabric that you then make into a divine necklace and earring set that’s perfect for all occasions.  Once you’ve learned how easy these roses are to create, you’ll be adding them to everything from lamp shades to clothing!  Check out the Fabric Rolled Roses Jewelry Workshop and other workshops and retreats at www.CreativeMeTime.com

Gifts from the Garden Art & Tasting Workshop

 Gifts from the Garden Art & Tasting Workshop

Sunday, April 27th

1:00 – 3:00

Los Osos, California - just down the road from beautiful San Luis Obispo, CA

Teacher – Joan Fee

$40

This workshop has it all!  Shoes, gardening, creativity and tastings at the end!

Mixed Media Artist, Joan Fee will show you how easy it is to create adorable shoe succulent gardens. You’ll use a fun decoupage technique to decorate a shoe to your hearts content with decorative papers and magazines. Joan’s even providing the succulents so you’ll take home a completed Succulent Shoe Garden!

We’ll have a little time while we wait for the decoupage glue to dry so we can plant the succulents, so we’ll create sugar hand scrubs that make your hands feel amazing! They are quick to make and we'll be adding scents of yummy lavender or lemon from local gardens.  

Rosemary Salt adds a perfect touch to focaccia bread or your savory dishes.  Joan will show how easily you can whip this up at home, package it up in a cute container and it's ready to give to the cooks on your gift list.  You’ll receive a sample and the recipe to create this at home.

This Gifts from the Garden Art and Tasting Workshop ends with a demonstration on how to simple it is to make yummy Limoncello. We’ll even have a little tasting and discuss ways to use Limoncello for entertaining. 

Give yourself the gift of an afternoon of creativity and fun.  Other fun gardening projects are included in the workshop.  Get all of the exciting details and sign-up at www.CreativeMeTime.com

Mixed Media Madness Workshop

Mixed media is so fun!  There are no rules and you have access to Joan’s massive treasure chest of craft supplies to decorate three wood nesting boxes.  Whether your heart desires feathers, beads or metal trimmings, you’ll be in creative heaven searching for just that right trinket.  Experiment and let your creativity soar with a little of this or a lot of that and before you know it, you’ve created masterpieces for special gifts or as a beautiful accent for your home. 

Mixed Media Nesting Boxes Workshop 

Tuesday, March 25^th

6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Los Osos, California (just a few minutes from the happiest place in the US - San Luis Obispo)

$50 (everything is included in the workshop, just bring YOU!)

More details can be found at  www.CreativeMeTime.com

Creative Me Time Retreats & Workshop for Women

Mosaic Mirror Workshop
Featuring Heidi Borchers
Saturday, March 29th
Los Osos, California  
 www.CreativeMeTime.com

Mirror in progress

Our first Creative Me Time event features Heidi Borchers who was born into the crafting industry. As the daughter of Aleene Jackson, America's beloved "Mother of Crafting" and the inventor of Aleene's Tacky Glue, Heidi spent many of her childhood leisure hours in her mother's shop, gluing, creating, and learning. By the time she was a teenager, Heidi had become an accomplished artist, as well as an inventive designer.

A studio in the seaside town of Los Osos, California, is home to a sea of materials, finished designs, and works-in-progress. Hundreds of containers full of buttons, beads, trinkets, ceramic cookies, tiles and baubles await you for this project. The studio is also a classroom and store where Heidi will be holding this workshop.

Come explore the world of mosaics and learn Heidi's super easy and fun techniques.  Enjoy a day of Creative Me Time with fun ladies, a yummy lunch and take home your finished mirror!

Learn about Heidi's workshop and other retreats and workshops at www.CreativeMeTime.com

Avila Valley Barn & See Canyon

I love Avila Valley Barn and See Canyon near San Luis Obispo, CA.  These two amazing places are right off of Highway 101 and worth the stop.

The zinnias at Avila Valley Barn were absolutely incredible!!!  You just might see some of the photos in an upcoming project I'm working on.

The displays are amazing!  I've done some of my holiday shopping here in recent years!  The jars are back lit with Christmas tree lights.

 Squash...

 APPLES!!!  Gopher Glen, a local apply farm, grows 62 different varieties and has the BEST apple cider!!!  Some in my frig chillin' as I type this!

 Such beauties!

 The fragrance was yummy!

 Grapes at Kelsey Winery at See Canyon.

Tons of peacocks roam the grounds at Kelsey Winery.

Apples, apples, EVERYWHERE there were apples!!!