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In Classes/ Craft/ Painting

In Person Classes

In Person Classes are back!!

I am thrilled to announce that I will be teaching three separate classes in Cork.

The lovely Susan Herlihy is hosting a series of art classes at her studio in Midleton.

I have the privilege of starting off her “Crafty Hands Create” programme on Saturday June 17th.

At 10.30 – 1pm I will be teaching the “Whimsical Florals” class.

During this class we will get passed the idea of how things ‘should’ look and create florals from your imagination.

Don’t worry if you are new to painting, I will explain every step. You will learn how to choose your colour palette, and what brushes work best for this style.

At the end of the class you will have a framed painting ready to take home, and hopefully a spark of interest to do more!

Then from 2-4pm it is Beaded Jewellery time.

This class is great for people who prefer crafting to painting.

You will get to use pliers and crimping tools to create a necklace and earrings.

It can be a little fiddly so if you wear glasses for close work then please bring them!

Just so you know, the colours we use on the day may vary from the photo.

All the findings (hooks and clasps etc) are nickel free and hypoallergenic.

For this class there are only six places and for the painting class there are eight.

If you would like to book a spot please email Susan on craftyhands@outlook.ie

or call her on 087 902 8186.

The third class is very special. It takes place on 19th August from 10.30 to 4pm

I am calling it the Meraki art journal class.

“What does that mean?” I hear you ask…..

Well, Meraki means this:

This deserves it’s own post to explain it, so I will do just that!

21/05/2023 By felicia

Lazy Sunday Afternoons…

Its Sunday. Actually it is not completely lazy. I love Sunday mornings, my family are either up and out early for work or they sleep in. The house is quiet, even the dogs sleep in. I get up, stay in my P.J’s (that is most important for maximum enjoyment), make coffee and then spend at least an hour on Pinterest or YouTube….

Oh, the absolute luxury!!

I have an obsession with home renovation shows, I have recently realised that although I can’t get HGTV in Ireland I can watch ‘Fixer Uppers’ on YouTube to my hearts content!

I love Chip & Joanna Gaines, I want to build a farmhouse like theirs, I want to make houses pretty. They live in Texas so there is the added bonus of cowboy boots. (Another love of mine, always, even when they aren’t in fashion – much to the horror of my very stylish kids!)

If you look at my Pinterest boards you’ll find a fair amount of house related content, grey painted rooms & bathrooms that are just yum, there are also boots (in ‘My Style’) lots of rings and bracelets (in ‘It’s a Bling Thing’) and items of general gorgeousness. You can also see ‘Yes, I like Cleaning‘ – but that for another post. Its easy to see how my Sunday mornings just vanish.

But, I did go out and do a bit of a walk / run at Cardiac Hill – its called that for a reason, its not easy but having climbed up you get to run down which makes it all worth while. I didn’t take any photos today. I left the phone in the car. When I got back I was sweaty and red, no one wants to see that!

Now its 3pm, Ireland are playing France and although I can hear it on TV I’m not really one for football (I am of the Guy Martin school of thought here). So I’m in the art room and have just finished making a necklace. It has taken me ages (being the digitally challenged sort that I am) but here it is in the making:

And finished:

So, that is my Sunday so far. At some stage I will take the dogs out but nothing more energetic than that. Sunday dinner is usually omelettes. Open the fridge and use the left over veggies and make omelette. There could possibly a glass of wine too ( who am I kidding, of course there will be wine!)

I hope your Sunday is as nice as mine. I hope you get to enjoy whatever it is you like doing.

Felicia xx