Luna's Memories

Pre-Crop Supply Class List for March 13th

Hello, all!  I know everyone who is signed up for the pre-crop this Friday is anxious to get their paper together.  We will be doing 4 double layouts again.  Bring your paper trimmer, repositional adhesive, and energy to get lots of scrapbooking done!  Here's the paper list:

Layout #1 

Paper A   8 1/2 x 11

Paper B   8 1/2 x 11

Paper C   (2) 12 x 12 Base

Layout #2 

Paper A   8 1/2 x 11

Paper B   8 1/2 x 11

Paper C   (2) 12 x 12 Base

Layout #3 

Paper A   8 1/2 x 11

Paper B   8 1/2 x 11

Paper C   (2) 12 x 12 Base

Layout #4 

Paper A   12 x 12

Paper B   8 1/2 x 11

Paper C   (2) 12 x 12 Base

Remember, the 8 1/2 x 11 can be a 12 x 12 cut down.

Thanks everyone, see you Friday!  (Come in early if you want me to help you pick out your paper.)

Maureen

Supply List for Pre-Crop February 13, 2009

This is the paper needed to do layouts during the pre-crop (5 pm - 6 pm)

#1 Layout: 12x12 paper A, 12x12 paper B, 12x12 paper C, 2 12x12 paper D (base)                            

#2 Layout: 12x12 paper A, 8 1/2x11 Paper B, 8 1/2x11 Paper C, 8 1/2x11 Paper D, 2 12x12 paper E(base) 

#3 Layout: 12x12 paper A, 12x12 paper B, 12x12 paper C, 2 12x12 paper D (base)

#4 Layout: 12x12 paper A, 12x12 paper B, 8 1/2x11 Paper C, 2 12x12 paper D (base)

Make sure to bring your paper trimmer and re-positionable adhesive! Be ready to crank out some layouts!

Mixed Media Artists

For those of you who have not heard, there is an artists showing and sale in Half Moon Bay!  Instructors and students from Luna's Memories are showing their artwork at M Coffee's (522 Main Street).  There will be an artists reception Saturday February 7th from 6:30 pm until 8:00 pm.  The show will be hanging through the month of February.  Check it out!  It is really very beautiful!               - Maureen

2009 Has Already Been Soooo Much Fun!

Connie's gel medium class was outstanding!  Not only do I love what I made in class, but I had so much fun making it!!  These classes that Connie is teaching on texture are not sequential.  If anyone wants to jump in and start them, feel free to.  Each class is a stand-alone technique and they have all been wonderful.

Cindy's spinner cards were so great - everyone loved making them!  Thanks, Cindy!

Anyone looking to get lots of scrapbooking done should join us for the pre-crop and crop craze!!  I finished over 20 pages last crop!  I think there was lots of chocolate involved! 

This is the shadow box I made with Ingrid.  Wow!  This was an incredible class!

We just had Julee here for the weekend soldering.  Julee is always a blast to do art with even if I don't want to ever solder another jump ring in my life!! Just kidding Julee; I had a great weekend!

As you can see, the year is starting with a blast and there is no end in sight.  Check out Katie's Valentine's cards and Maria's Assemblage!  And Connie ends the month with another great texture class!  See you at Luna's!

New Stuff at Luna's

We just got a huge box in with lots of new stuff for the store!  Come in and check it out.  We have soldering kits in now!!  Also got the mica in and lots of Christmas embellishments!

Remeber that the Halloween stuff is all 50% off.  We also added a lot of new items to the discount baskets!  Come on in!

Class Policies

Class Policies:

• All classes to be paid at time of registration.
• Let us know 48 hours before class if you can't make it, and we will give credit for a future class.
• Sorry no refunds for notification after 48 hrs.
• Classes and crops with less than 3 prepaid people (24 hours in advance) may be subject to cancellation.
• Crops are for 18 years and over.
• 10% discount given during crops and classes for participants.
• Classes are age 16 and over. 10 - 15 yr olds welcome if paid in full and accompanied by an adult.
  Please bring adhesive, scissors and 12" paper trimmer to ALL classes.

December Classes 2008

Christmas Dominos
Connie: Thursday, December 4th, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Ready to make beautiful Art to wear and share for the winter Holidays? In this class we will be altering dominos using collage techniques. These mini collages can then be made into jewelry, ornaments, gifts or whatever your imagination can dream up!. Please bring any domino sized images that you might want to use and your favorite small embellishments.  Come ready to play!  Cost: $30.00

Painted Transparencies
Sharla: Saturday, December 6 ,10:30 am - 4:30 pm
Bring a black-and-white photograph to life by learning how to paint on a transparency.  In this class, you will paint an 8"x10" transparency, build a background for it on a 12"x12"canvas  then dress it up to suite your theme. When you leave, you*ll have a beautiful piece of art  to hang on the wall. Please bring two black and white copies of a  8" x 10" picture printed on transparencies. To get a transparency made, go to a copy center and ask for a transparency in mirror image. The best photographs will have medium contrast - not too dark, not too light. If the image is a bit too dark you can ask to have it lightened when printed. Please also bring brushes, your favorite acrylic paints, cutting tools and embellishments.  See Sharla's painted transparency art in Somerset Studio's May/June 2007 issue on page 92 . If you have questions please contact Sharla at sharla.luther@gmail.com  Cost: $45

ATC's with Ingrid
Ingrid: Sunday, December 7th, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Join Ingrid Pomeroy for an amazing class in her style of ATC's. You will create as many as you can during her three-hour class with materials provided by Ingrid. She will share her collection of papers, images, scraps, Dresden and vintage ephemera. Feel free to  bring some of your own ephemera to use or share. You can also swap your ATC's with your classmates and start building your own collection. Please bring your favorite fine-tipped scissors. Costs: $35

Simply Great Holiday Gifts
Maria:  Wednesday, December 8th, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Looking for super quick but really terrific gifts? Come learn how to use cardstock, rubber stamps, ink and other embellishments to make a CD Folio Mini-album and Candy Nugget boxes that make perfect gifts. Bring your scissors, paper trimmer, ruler, glue/adhesive and a bone folder. I will bring everything else you need to make two nugget boxes and one mini-album. Costs: $30

Christmas Envelope Book
Sharla: Thursday, December 11th, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Come play for an evening and make a sweet envelope accordion book that can be given as a gift or used to display your own holiday photos. Making these little books is addictive and you just may have to go home after the class and crank out a few more! Whether you go retro or vintage, they're small treasures that make sweet and easy gifties.  $25

Holiday Open House
Saturday, December  13 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Come in and enjoy some good cheer, good food, and good drink!  We will be displaying (and selling!) art work from our teachers, and we'll host a great holiday event; our third annual Artist Trading Card trade-off!
Bring, brag, and trade your ATCs! 
Also: Sally will be doing a demo on metal embossing!

Altered Domino Pendants
Julee: Saturday, December 13, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Pull out those Dremel Tools (or come and use mine!) we're going to alter a domino and then turn it into a fun and funky pendant.  Special gifts  for your closest friends, relatives or game night buddies.  Just wait until you show these off! Everyone should plan to walk away with 1 stamped and drilled pendant all ready to wear or give as a gift.  Cost: $20.00

Holiday Reliquaries
Julee: Sunday, December 14, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Tiny boxes filled with beautiful scenes, soldered closed with mica on the front for viewing.   Please bring scissors, glue, bone folder, craft surface, and small embellishments. Bring soldering equipment IF you have it.   This is a rewarding class because you get to make a few cool reliquaries AND you get to learn the skill of soldering.  Cost:  $70

Open Studio
Julee: Sunday, December 14, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Julee will be available for trouble shooting on past projects. If you're stumped on how to finish up or move forward bring your project and your questions about projects or materials. There will also be open use of the soldering iron stations in 15 minute increments. Cost: $20

Happy Holidays Tim Holtz Style
Maria: Tuesday, December 16th, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Come enjoy a night of creative play with all things Tim, including distress ink, grunge board, crackle paint, daubers, alcohol inks, distress embossing powders, glossy accents and fragments. We'll also play with his new masks and his stamped images to create a bunch of holiday tags. Please bring a pair of scissors, a nonstick craft mat, wet glue and a heat gun. I'll bring all the other supplies and some holiday stamps, but you can also bring your own. Hot cider, cookies and great door prizes round out this festive night of fun.$25
 
Puzzle Pins & Ornaments
Connie: Thursday, December 18th, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Puzzle pieces and Shrink Plastic combined make stunning jewelry and ornaments. Puzzled by this? Well don't be. Come to Luna's Memories and find out what it's all about! Please bring any rubber stamps and small embellishments you might like to use. Cost: $35.00

Shrink Plastic Ornaments
Connie: Saturday, December 20th, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Do you love all of those Shrine shaped rubber stamps but don't really know what to do with them? Did you know that shrine stamps, shrink plastic, glitter, beads, rhinestones, charms and wire all combined make incredible one-of-a-kind art to wear? Did you know that they make beautiful and unique Christmas gifts? Are you intrigued yet? Well come find out how it*s done! Please bring any Shrine shaped or rubber stamps and any small embellishments you might like to use. Come and Play!!! Cost: $40.00

Kids Christmas Crafts
Ramona, Sunday, December 21st, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Drop off your child (7 years and up) for a fun-filled craft class.  We will be making ornaments and/or magnets that can be given to their favorite relative.  Bring several photos that you may want to incorporate into the project.
 Cost: $20

We are open December 24th until 3 pm.  Closed from December 25th until January 2nd. Happy Holidays!

November Classes 2008

Finding Your Own Style
Maria: Thursday, November 13
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Artistic Development #10: Designed for those of you who have been exploring your creativity and developing your inner artist over the last few years, this class is a chance to evaluate and reflect on your creative journey. Prior to the class, please go through your body of work (cards, scrapbook pages, canvases, collages, bookmarks, paper dolls, art money, etc.) and bring the 6-12 pieces which you like the best. Using a series of written exercises, you will develop both a description of your personal style and an artist statement. In the spirit of giving thanks for your patronage and the community we have created, I will provide a light dinner. This is not a technique class, and it is priced accordingly.   Cost: $20

Fabric Memory Book
Sharla: Saturday, November 15
10:30 am - 4:00 pm
Are you a former fabric hound who has moved over to paper and mixed media? Come to my class and put it all together in a journal made of fabric, paper, and transparencies. Learn methods of image transferring to fabric, as well as coloring, aging, and bleaching. We'll use paper, fabric, lace, findings, buttons, and more in a one-of-a-kind journal. You don't even need to know how to sew! Cost: $45. Feel free to bring any "special" fabrics or cloth memorabilia - tea towels, hankies, etc. that are meaningful to you.

Pre-Crop Class
Sharla: Saturday, November 15
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm    Fearless Journaling- Learn tips and tricks to enjoy using your handwriting for page titles and journaling boxes on your scrapbook pages, as well as how to use vellum & fun fonts to ease you into the process. This class will give you exercises and word prompts to get your thoughts down on paper for your heirs to appreciate. Your pages will not look like anyone else's! Cost: $15 with your own papers; $25 with my papers for a two-page layout with embellishments.

Crop Craze
Maureen:  Saturday, November 15
6:00 pm - midnight
Bring your crafts projects and spend six hours creating, learning from others, and getting out of the house.  Sign up with a friend and get 1/2 price for both participants!  Cost: $12

Origami Christmas Ornaments
Cindy: Tuesday, November 18
 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Using easy origami instructions learn to make beautiful ornament ready to hang on the tree.  Bring 12" paper trimmer, bone folder, and scissors. Cost: $25

Altered Book Club 
Maureen: Wednesday, November 19
 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Can't get enough of the fun at Luna's? Bring your art projects to Altered Book Club.  Everyone works on their own projects at their own speed.  We share ideas and tools in a comfortable, creative space - join the fun!     Cost: $10

Harvest Fairies
Connie: Thursday, November 20, 6pm -9pm
In this variation of my popular Nest Fairies class we will combine a miniature pumpkin, Vintage Photographs, paper and glue to create Harvest Fairies!  Please bring small embellishments you would like to add to your project. Cost: $35

Intermediate Collage II
Connie: Saturday, November 22,
11:00 am - 4:00pm
Do you want to make wild layered collages but don't know where to start? Then this class is for you. Using a 9x12 stretched canvas, paper and acrylic paints we will make an extremely layered collage step by step. You are free to bring 5 to 9 related images of different sizes or simply use mine. This class is open only to students that have taken beginning collage. So get into extreme layering and come and play! Cost: $65

Tim Gunn meets Tim Holtz: Finding your Artistic Style

I love reality shows, especially those that have to do with style and fashion.  The best ones help people determine who they are and how to best express their personality through their fashions.  Three of my favorites are Project Runway, What Not to Wear and Tim Gunn's Guide to Style.

On Thursday, Nov. 13, I'm teaching a class called "Finding your style."  It's a chance to reflect on your own artistic creations to help you define your style.  We'll work through a series of guided questions and enjoy a light dinner (which I'm providing) to help you develop a description of your style and an artists statement.  I'm asking each participant to bring 6-12 of their favorite creations (scrapbook pages, cards, collages, dominoes, etc.) to use as the basis for the conversation.  Hopefully this class will give you an understanding of your style and the confidence to boldly create in that style.

One of Tim Gunn's favorite exercises is to ask a participant to pull ten items of clothing from their closet that they couldn't live without.  Another guiding principle for Mr. Gunn is that every woman needs the following 10 wardrobe essentials:  a basic black dress, a trench coat, classic dress pants, white shirt, jeans, cashmere sweater, skirt, day dress, blazer and a sweatshirt alternative.  Sometimes he gives the contestants a "splurge item."

I've been playing around with these exercises, trying to adapt them to art, and I've developed this challenge:  find 10 things in your artistic materials that you couldn't live without.  Your gather should include at least 2 images that you couldn't live without; 1 adhesive that you couldn't live without, 1 "canvas" you couldn' live without (by canvas, I mean a surface to work on - it could be a literal canvas or a dominoe or an A2 card, etc.), and 1 colorant (this should include both the color and the media  - i.e. vintage photo ink or nickle azo gold acrylic paint) you can't live without.  The other five items can also be images, colorants, etc. or other things, such as tools.

Post your list here.  I'll reveal mine in a few days.  If you find this exercise interesting, you'll find the class  even better (and easier).  Plus, there will be food.

Maria

It's Fall In Half Moon Bay

Pumpkins and Sunflowers!  Nothing like them to get me in the mood for fall!  Here at Luna's we have been having an explosion of classes!!  Guess once the kids went back to school, we all wanted to also.  I have taken some great classes and have more scheduled for the rest of the month (including pumpkin festival weekend!) but one of my favorites was Sally's Shrine class.  (check out the photo of mine)  We are also adding some fantastic new teachers this fall.  Julee came and taught us to solder - it was like painting with metal - so cool! Watch for Julee to come back in November and more new teachers to join us in December!! -Maureen