The Next Craft Cafe - Wire Jewellery with Kari Woo

Craft Cafe is pleased to announce an opportunity to make wire jewellery with Canmore, Alberta, artist, Kari Woo. You have the choice of making a necklace or bracelet or pair of earrings.

The cost is $25, which includes all supplies, instruction, coffee and cookies. Please sign up and PRE-PAY for this workshop at the Wild Flour Bakery in Banff (211 Bear Street in The Bison Courtyard) or request a Paypal invoice from me in a comment below or emailing oldesage@hotmail.com. By preregistering you help us to ensure we have enough supplies. It also insures your spot in this amazing workshop that is sure to fill up.

 Wire necklace by Kari Woo

Come, bring a friend or loved one, and create something beautiful to wear while learning a new skill. Remember, if you bring a new participant you will both receive a $5 discount on a future Craft Cafe.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS CLASS IS ONE HALF HOUR LONGER THAN NORMAL AND MEETS FROM 6:30 TO 9 PM.

This workshop is being subsidized through the support of a Banff Community Grant, so it is being offered at a special price. Additionally, if you know of someone who would like to come to this workshop but who cannot afford to, please let me know.

 

Bracelet by Kari Woo

The Next Craft Cafe - Come Revamp a Trucker Hat

It’s a long haul on the open road… Ever wanted to design your very own hat? Come make one-of-a-kind hand stitched trucker hats featuring your own choice of a vintage stitched fabric panel. These unique hats have so many ways to stylize them… add funky fabric, recycled buttons, feathers, gems- the sky is the limit.

Come out and craft on Friday, January 27th, from 7 - 9 PM, at Wild Flour Bakery in Banff (201B 211 Bear Street in the Bison Courtyard). Remember to bring any of your own favorite patches, or neat fabric to up-cycle! The Wild Flour will be open for delicious snacks, and drinks. Cost: 30$ Please sign up and PRE-PAY at the Wild Flour or request a Paypal invoice from Tiffany. This activity will fill fast. Space is limited. Spread the word and bring a style-savy friend. Remember, if you bring a new participant you get a $5 discount or can give it as a donation to the YMCA. :) Contacts: Sheena sheenz6@hotmail.com Tiffany oldesage@hotmail.com

Birdhouse Pendants - Craft Cafe

The last Craft Cafe was a hit! We had lots of moms with kids who wanted to join in, but it was on a school night... so we have decided to have a kid's birdhouse making pendant night :) Here are some photos so you can get inspired and share in the fun.

The Next Craft Cafe - Felted Beads, Zipper Pulls, & Stones - Sun Oct 16th from 7 - 9 PM‏

Zipper pulls by Cindy Gibson

Have you ever wanted to learn how to wet felt? Come to Craft Cafe for just one evening, and you will be well on your way! Join Sheena & Tiffany, on Sunday, October 16th from 7 - 9 PM, as we welcome Banff local and felting/knitting talent, Cindy Gibson. Cindy will teach us how to make fun and unique felted zipper pulls, which also make great gifts. In the process of learning to make the zipper pulls, you will learn to make felted beads, which can be embellished with smaller beads and/or sequins and strung into necklaces or made into earrings. We will get your inspiration going so you can head home with lots of ideas on how to go even further with what you have learned. Tiffany will also give a short demo on making felted stones. The Wild Flour is located at 211 Bear Street in Banff, will be open for delicious snacks and drinks. Cost is 20$ which covers your supplies for making at least one zipper pull and several beads. Kids 6 and over are welcome to come with their parents and are given a $5 discount. Please sign up and PAY at the Wild Flour prior to the class. If you can't make it to Wild Flour, please contact Tiffany and she can send you a Paypal invoice. Space is limited. NEW THIS TIME: Bring a friend who has never attended Craft Cafe and you will both received $5 off the NEXT Craft Cafe you attend. You will receive a coupon that can be presented at any future Craft Cafe. Questions? Contacts: Sheena sheenz6@hotmail.com Tiffany oldesage@hotmail.com Or feel free to leave a comment below after checking out the images of what we will make...

Beads by Tiffany Teske

Zipper pulls by Cindy Gibson

Beads by Tiffany Teske

Zipper pulls by Cindy Gibson

Mad About Buttons - A Craft Cafe for the Button Crazed

{Pretty Buttons}

 Last night's Craft Cafe was awesome! It was on a Thursday evening, which turns out didn't work very well for our regulars, but we had some new ladies and some repeat crafters, for a total of five. Turns out, for this first go with the button necklace, it was the perfect amount of people for Sheena and I to help, and to also get some of our own crafting done. We demonstrated how to do a simple stitched necklace and a more complicated two needle style which ends up looking like the buttons were run through a sewing machine, then we turned everyone loose to let the fun ensue. Amid sips of tea and coffee, everyone chatted and created, in the cozy Wild Flour. This was the first time in a long while that the sun went down while we were there, which means winter is coming. My favourite parts of the evening, are when Chloe struck out on her own, as a renegade crafter, creating her own style (with the engineering help of Kristy) of elastic bracalet, and when a girl named Maggie, who happened to be passing by outside, looked in, saw what we were doing, came in, exclaimed, "I love making button necklaces" and pulled one out of her purse!

 Maggie, a girl after out own heart. Not only does she make buttons necklaces, she had one in her bag when she randomly walked by Craft Cafe, so she came in to show us!

 The Ladies

Chloe's renegade bracalet

{More Pretty Buttons}

 Stephanie's necklace is coming together...

 Have you met Sheena, she loves to ham it up...

 I always photograph Sheena at least once, while she is photographing something, as a general rule...

 {Your Lovely Craftinistas}

Miho got the double stitch down in no time flat!

 Kristy wins points for the best technique thank to the safety pin she had in her bag

Kat watched once and took it from there.

Do you like to make things with buttons? Leave a comment about what you make... If you are interested in attending a Craft Cafe or bring put on the email lost please leave a comment below....

The Next Craft Cafe - Wild About Buttons - Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Button Necklace by Tiffany Teske Button lovers... come on out to the Wild Flour Bakery (211 Bear Street, Banff) from 7 - 9 PM on Thursday, September 29th, to make unique handmade button necklaces. Participants will have the option to make additional projects like earrings or bracelets. Whatever time permits! The Wild Flour will be open for delicious snacks, and drinks. Cost: 20$ Please sign up and PAY at the Wild Flour or request a Paypal invoice by leaving a comment below. Space is limited. FACEBOOK is not registration. Spread the word and collect some buttons! Any vintage and wood buttons make beautiful necklaces. This is a great way to recycle We will also have some funky buttons for you to choose from. See you there! Bring a button loving friend, they will thank you...

Button Bracelet/Necklace by Tiffany Teske This is a button choker I made that was featured in the book, 1,000 Ideas for Creative ReUse by Garth Johnson. I will also show participants how to make this style, which is much different than the long necklace style in the photo above.

Button Choker by Tiffany Teske Do you make things with buttons? I would love to see... leave me a comment with a link!

The Next Craft Cafe - Mail Art Using Vintage Typewriters - Friday, September 9th, 2011

Come one, come all, mail lovers, art lovers, craft lovers... Join as at Craft Cafe, This Friday (Sept 9th) for a special 'Banff Snail Mail Society' Mail Art workshop from 7pm to 9pm at our local Wildflower Bakery at 211 Bear Street. For $15.00 you will get tips and mail art ideas from the SMS President, Claire Wilkinson, plus access to, stationary, vintage postcards and old typewriters.

Be inspired to create personalized correspondence, letters, confessions, top ten lists, poems, scripts etc.

Space is limited so sign up in person at the Wildflower, call 403 760.5074 for a place on the guest list, or leave a comment for me below...

The Next Craft Cafe - Personalized Glass Rings - Friday, July 22nd

Glass enthusiasts. We want you!
Come one, come all to make chunky glass rings.

These rings make amazing gifts with personalized images. We will have many funky images to choose from, but bring any small (1" square) photos you may want to use. Photo paper and colour copies work best, printer images on regular paper may bleed. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions...

The Wild Flour will be open for delicious snacks, and drinks.

Cost: 30$
Participants will have the option to make additional rings and/or pendants for 10$.

Payment is considered registration. Please sign up at the Wild Flour to confirm your spot. Or leave a comment below if you want to come. Space is limited.

Spread the word and bring artisan crafty women along...

Ring by Tiffany Teske, using vintage bird illustration

It's That Time AGAIN... Time for Thing-A-Day!!!

That's right everyone! I am signing up for my THIRD year of Thing-A-Day, a month-long creative extravaganza that takes place every February. I was first alerted to TAD by my friend, Robyn, of Inspiration Junkie. I have been thanking her ever since! I have met many other creative people through TAD, and it helps me to focus on being creative and documenting it daily for a whole month. It may sound like a huge undertaking, but you are really just supposed to spend about 20 minutes a day doing something creative for TAD. So, you can work on a piece of art for that time, then document it, then do it again the next day, on and on, until it is done. Or you can create something for your dinner and document that. There are not really any rules or anyone who can hold you to creating each day, other than yourself. Don't be shy, don't be scared (I have two small children and I am not afraid...) just jump right in! And let me know how it goes... See you around the Posterous site where I can read about all of your creations and adventures!

Environmental Art I created for the 2010 Thing-A-Day

If you would like to see what I did each day in previous years, just go into my blog archive for February 2009 and 2010...

Raising Money for the Banff Community Greenhouse

On Wednesday we held a fundraiser for the Banff Community Greenhouse. I am on the committee and this fundraiser was the culmination of many meetings and lots of effort. And it was flawless! It was held at the Banff Legion. The weather was AMAZING and all the hot mamas in town showed up in their little sundresses. There was Crazy Larry, our local balloon animal guy and kid favorite. There was tons of food from tons of local restaurants, for $5 a plate, along with organic beef burgers on the patio for $2 each. There were many generous silent auction donations from 12 cupcakes from Cozy Cave Bakehouse to a gorgeous mosaic entitled "I Chose to Grow" by my amazing friend, Cindy Gibson, to a four person VIP ski day at Mount Norquay to a 3 day $5,000 heliskiing package from CMH (if I had a list of everything I would mention it all). There was a drawing for one of the greenhouse spaces. And a worm composting demonstration for adults, along with one for kids that involved gummy worms, oreo cookie dirt, and chopsticks. There was a garden talk by a local arborist. There were tunes spun by a local DJ. And there was me, at the craft table, over seeing tons of kiddos designing, cutting, gluing, and coloring everything from terracotta pots to collages to garden themed coloring sheets. And did I mention, there were balloons! And that at last count we had made more than $8,000!! For more on the greenhouse, I will include all the details after our next meeting...