​I'm celebrating year #11 at the Pendleton Art Studios Middletown (Studio 118) and rooting into circular co-creation and craftivism (craft + activism).
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Join me as we all benefit from the "good medicine" of creativity as a love language.
Give yourself to the creative process.
Honor the mess.
Be present. Go your own way. Co-create.
Pivoting from traditional teacher-student instruction and softly turning towards invitations for like-minded makers who are passionate about creative expression, invested in community well-being and dedicated to sustainability.
All circles held in the upstairs gallery of the Pendleton Art Studios Middletown, Ohio.
Accessible building, spacious gallery and plentiful tables.
Tea, coffee, water & light snacks provided.
Brown bag if you need more fuel for the event.
Tickets are priced at Standard: affordable face value for budget friendliness and Generous: $10 more to invest in equitable opportunities for participation.
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Pendleton Art Studios Middletown (the big purple building downtown in the arts district)
1105 Central Ave, Middletown, OH 45044​​​​​
Join a Circle!
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Saturday, March 7th, 2026
Creative Circle Theme: Craftivism
Stay Weird Patch Party
10 am - 1 pm
3 hours of crafting & connection!
$39 Standard Ticket
$49 Generous Ticket
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Take home stacks of wearable and washable patches! This is a festive no-sew patch project. Your ticket includes LOTS of fabric options, textile medium, extra Steam a Seam and the use of vintage rubber stamps.
The ideal is to make as many as you can and if you want to embellish later at home with hand or machine stitching. They can be pinned, machine/hand sewed onto jeans, backpacks, jackets, bags, hats or other misc. things.
We’ll be choosing our own messages, selecting fabrics, mixing textile medium w/ paints, stamping words, cutting and ironing textile pieces into lots of ready to go patches.
Beginners-Intermediate-Advanced makers welcome!​
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Saturday. Aug 8th, 2026
Creative Circle Theme: Craftivism
Fabric Affirmation Banners
10 am - 1pm
3 hours of crafting & connection!
$39 Standard Ticket
$49 Generous Ticket
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Take home1-3 banners of words/phrases of affirmation and/or social commentary. This is a no-sew project using ordinary items to create large fabric banners from easily sourced upholstery panels, pillow cases and fabric remnants. Your ticket includes generous supplies to make this an easy & festive experience.
Letters will be stenciled/hand drawn onto fabric and then ironed onto banners to create meaningful affirmations. They can be embellished at home w/ hand stitching, more applique or adding tabs for hanging.
A high-five to "Art for a Cause", this circle is an ideal time to create a portable protest banner, door sign or visual art of affirmations. Bring ideas for words, phrases, quotes, etc. Look online for inspiration or ponder the possibilities. We'll be selecting contrasting/complimentary textiles, measuring, drawing, making letters, cutting and ironing them onto medium sized fabrics.
Beginners-Intermediate-Advanced makers welcomed!
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Saturday, Oct 17th, 2026
Creative Circle Theme: Bookmaking
Spellbound books
10 am - 1:30 pm
3 hours of crafting & connection!
$59 Standard Ticket
$69 Generous Ticket
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Craft a handmade spellbound book to hold imagery and words. Your ticket includes a magical bag of goodies including a printed page of your favorite words, lyrics, poems or quotes. Take home your very own magical book!
Chunky and magical - the enchanting pages will hold collage, tissue prints, blank pages, art papers and lyrics, poems or quotes selected by your and printed by me! I love mysticism and bookmaking and hope you do to!
We’ll be individually and uniquely organizing book elements, expressing a theme, collaging, layering, stamping, writing and threading needles. Everyone will be invited to submit their favorite poetry, song lyrics or quotes for a one of a kind printed page to cut/paste for spellbinding.
Beginners-Intermediate-Advanced makers welcomed!​​​​
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Saturday, May 9th, 2026
Creative Circle Theme: Collage
World Collage Day
10 am - 1 pm
3 hours of crafting & connection!
$39​ Standard Ticket
$49 Generous Ticket
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It’s a global day to celebrate paper and timeless cut and paste! Your ticket includes lots of free reign of my favorite collage goodies, specialty Cut, Paste & Collage books and quirky embellishments! Take home a chunky collaged book.
Gather your stash of prints, precious papers, book pages, tissue/gel prints, and all things collage fodder for a day of play to create a whimsical ‘pocket’ mixed media book.
We’ll be intentionally and intuitively creating a chunky mixed media book, organizing ephemera, cutting/pasting with personalized embellishments.
If you can cut - you can collage.
Beginners-Intermediate-Advanced makers welcome!​​​
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Saturday. Sept 5th, 2026
Creative Circle Theme: Transformation
Retro Train Trunks/Vanity Case Makeovers
10 am - 2 pm
4 hours of crafting & connection!
$59 Standard Ticket
$69 Generous Ticket
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Bring your vintage train trunk, vintage case, or antique suitcase for a decoupage makeover. Your ticket includes lots of ephemera including 1 sheet of Roycyle and 1 sheet of mmmmm tissue paper for decorating your item. Take home a one-of-a-king carrying case.
Using our own collage stash, decoupage papers, tissue prints, ordinary tissue papers and misc. art supplies we’ll transform them into one of a kind art cases. If you don’t own one - ask an ancestor, thrift-shop or buy from my collection.
We’ll be individually and uniquely decorating our own cases with papers, paints, inks and applying ephemera elements via decoupage glue. Each one a unique work of art!
Beginners-Intermediate-Advanced makers welcomed!
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Circling Up
These circle gatherings are themed, have mostly ‘shop at home’ supply lists and are communal in nature.
They are invitations to bring your artsy stash and inherent talent to co-create alongside other makers who enjoy mixed media, collage, telling stories, repurposing, and zero waste art.
I am hosting, not teaching. I am leading social gatherings of artists to create common work together.
Sharing in the mindset of participatory art; we will resonate and connect with the circle theme and bring our individual talents and energy for learning, creating and inspiring alongside one another.
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Ticket Info
Ticket fees goes towards cozy gallery room rental, snacks, beverages, specialty purchased items, shard goodies and time and energy of co-creation. Tickets are priced at Standard: an affordable face value for budget friendliness and Generous: Added $10 to invest in equitable opportunities for participation.ding our co-creative space.
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Most supplies can be sourced through "shopping at home", thrifting or reuse of ordinary things that can be found in the stockpiles / collection of a typical crafter, artist and maker.
The circles are based in the ethos of "low buy crafting" meaning taking mindfulness, resourcefulness, and sustainability into consideration.
Essentially using what we have before consuming new to save money and reduce waste. We can use ordinary items for extraordinary results!
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Reminder that all circles are hosted in the spacious and accessible small upstairs gallery at the Pendleton Art Studios (PAC) in located in the arts district of Middletown, Ohio​. Free well-lit public parking lot within steps of the PAC.
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