Leather Working - Pounding, Stamping, Riveting, Coloring, Staining!

Such a great way to spend a Sunday, working with leather to make leather key fobs, inspirational bracelets and book marks.  What I loved most was the way these ladies brought the projects up a notch by adding gold paint and Derwent Inktense watercolor pencils to their designs after they were stained.  Talk about bringing on the "wow" factor!

Fantastic Fused Glass Jewelry Class

We had a wonderful class with my Whatcom Women friends, Amber and Teresa, making fused glass jewelry at Kate Studio.  Lots of laughs as they learned to slice up the glass with different tools and prepare it for fusing.  I just LOVE the jewelry they created!

These are their finished creations - absolutely gorgeous.  

New Classes for November & December

Create a fused glass pendant and earrings!

Join us in creating a shimmering fused glass pendant and a pair of earrings at Kate Studio. You'll learn the fundamentals of glass cutting and fusing, how to use a kiln and create a beautiful jewelry set while enjoying time with friends. Students will create a pair of drop earrings or studs and a pendant, using different materials such as frit, stringers, dichroic and iridized glass. They will also learn how to load their work into the kiln, program it and begin the fusing process. The class includes use of all materials, including glass and tools necessary to create your masterpiece as well as kiln fusing time & handouts.

Date: Thursday, November 13

Time: 7-9pm

Cost: $32.

Phone Kath at 360-526-2169 for registration.

   

Learn to decorate fall-themed cupcakes like a pro!

Join master baker and cake decorator, Nancy Babik of Creative Cakes & More, and learn the finer points of decorating like a pro.  We'll learn to color fondant, practice pressure control piping and basic figure modeling. We'll make a dozen Thanksgiving/Fall themed cupcakes, each decorated a different way.  Some of your cupcakes will look like pumpkins, turkeys,pies, acorns, a pilgrims hat, etc.  Come ready to have fun and bring your decorating to a higher level.  Nancy will provide EVERYTHING you need for this class, including the recipes.  Just bring a container to bring home your dessert!

Date: November 19

Time: 10:30 am - 12:30pm

Location: Kate Studio, 639 Hunters Pointe Drive, Bellingham

Cost: $49

To register, please call:  Nancy: 559-940-3605

(cupcakes not exactly as pictured)

Make Leather Inspirational or Motivational Bracelets

Learn about leather, and how to prepare it to make two bracelets with a snap closure.  We’ll also check out different punches and dyes to stain our works of art.

The class includes use of all materials, including tools necessary to create your masterpiece.

Date: Sunday, November 23

Time: 10:30- 12:30pm

Cost: $20.

Phone Kath at 360-526-2169 for registration.

Wire Work: Create a wire bird’s nest pendant

Learn to work with wire and manipulate it into a bird’s nest form. It’s an easy project that will give you a beautiful piece of jewelry.  Pearls or other beads, as well as wire is provided, and use of all wire-working tools.

Date: Tuesday, December 2nd

Time: 7-9

Cost: $17

Phone Kath at 360-526-2169 for registration.

 Learn to decorate cookies like a pro!

Join master baker and cake decorator, Nancy Babik of Creative Cakes & More, and learn the finer points of decorating like a pro.  We'll learn to make our own piping bags, mix the best royal icing you've ever tasted, and learn to apply different sprinkles, sugars etc. for different effects. We'll make 6 sugar cookies, each decorated a different way.  Come ready to have fun and bring your decorating to a higher level.  Nancy will provide EVERYTHING you need for this class, including the recipes.  Just bring a container to bring home your dessert!

Date: December 3

Time: 10:30 am - 1:30pm

Location: Kate Studio, 639 Hunters Pointe Drive, Bellingham

Cost: $49

To register, please call: Nancy: 559-940-3605

Kate Studio – your special place for creativity and Inspiration

639 Hunters Pointe Drive, Bellingham, WA

Phone: 360-526-2169

October Fun!

It's been a busy month at Kate Studio, painting, cutting glass, designing skulls and zendoodling!  Here's some of the highlights:


At the grand opening of Kate Studio, we zendoodled beautiful pictures using fine point markers and vibrant watercolor pencils.  After that, we framed them -- ready to hang!

We designed gorgeous Day of the Dead skulls to decorate for both Halloween and Day of the Dead, the first two days of November.  We used paints, markers, a whole lotta glitter and crystals.

Pumpkins were the stars of the day as we painted them for Halloween -- a longer-lasting and fun alternative to carving.  We also designed a teal pumpkin for the first time, to show trick-or-treaters that we had goodies for those that couldn't take candy.

Did you ever think cutting glass could be so much fun?  We created beautiful fused glass plates, as we learned about different types of glass, the fusing process and made these great designs.