Virtual Mini Memory Journals

Adults' Arts & Craft Classes

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Class Details

Class Name: Virtual Mini Memory Journals
Learners per Class: 10
No. of Sessions: 3
Length of Session: 1 hours

Booking Info

Introduction

This virtual course covers some bookbinding and art journaling, you will learn how to make a mini decorated journal full of your own personal memories to treasure. These are a lovely way to record your memories, gorgeous to sit on a shelf and flick through from time to time. I personally make one every month of the year but yours could be on a specific event or theme and made for yourself or a loved one.

Our virtual art sessions are a great way to develop your creativity and take your mind off your everyday stresses. The sessions will be tutor-led step by step through zoom a virtual meeting software which is free for you to download online. You will need your own materials and equipment for this course as it is done at home so please check the details below.

Session schedule

This course will guide you through the different processes needed to create a book from scratch.

Session 1 - Colour and Collage
To start off we will start to organise and decorate our cover and pages for our little journals using colour and collage.

Session 2 - Pattern, Texture & Binding
This week we will add to our pages with pattern and texture and bind our little books together.

Session 3 - Bringing it all together
This week we will add all of our memorabilia and finish off our journals with some colourful embellishments.

Who is this class suitable for?

What should I bring with me?

You will need the following materials:
Piece of white card measuring 11 X 22 cm
Scrap papers
Envelopes
Two luggage tags (or white card you can cut into tags)
Gesso – artists acrylic primer, used to prepare pages for paint, use thinly to mask images or thickly to add texture. If you don’t have gesso, any white paint will do.
Pens and pencils – any will do
Paint – again your choice, I like to use acrylics or watercolours.
Crayons, markers, felt tips, pastels or chalks
Stamps, Stencils – You can make your own stencils or look around the house to see what could be used as a stencil or stamp.
Scissors and Glue -it’s best to have PVA and glue sticks. A mix of half PVA and half water is great to use as a glaze to seal your pages.
Ephemera – these are your collage elements, start collecting nice bits of paper, tickets, receipts, postage stamps, whatever catches your eye.
Paint Brushes
Fabric scraps, ribbon, lace trim
Beads, buttons etc
Strong thread and a needle and an awl or something you can use to poke holes with
Small photos and personal memorabilia that you might want to add
A heat gun or hair dryer to speed up drying.