Scrapbooking 101

I am proud to announce that the Vancouver School Board is offering a scrapbooking 101 class, taught by yours truly :)

Here's the class description:

Walk through the many stages of scrapbooking, from cutting & matting to adhering & arranging. Learn the creative process (including photo choice, layout, colour selection & storytelling). Techniques: sanding, tearing, stamping, creative use of ribbons, brads & eyelets will be explored. You will complete a scrapbook. Bring your camera to class, along with $25 for all supplies and a few basic tools you can take home. Registration deadline April 24.

Here are the details:

Date: Saturday, May 9, 2009
Time: 10am to 3pm
Course ID: HA05495
Cost: $69.00 + supplies

Register through Vancouver School Board
Call: (604) 713-4550
To register online, scroll to "Scrapbooking 101" (last entry) from here.

I'm really excited about the class. I enjoy teaching and I love meeting new people. Sometimes I think people who don't have much experience with scrapbooking build it up to be a big complicated process. Really, it goes back to something I've talked about before which is the hobby can be as little or as much as you want it to be. If you want to spend a lot of time scrapbooking, you can. If you don't, then don't. The point is to enjoy the hobby not to make it stressful!

My goal for the Scrapbooking 101 class is to make "newbies" feel comfortable enough with the craft that they can make it a simple hobby or an all-encompassing one, whatever suits their needs. Each student will walk away with a scrapbook that includes a page for each of the techniques covered in class. I figured this would be a good keepsake as a reminder of what the techniques are. It took me a while to find the right topics to cover in class because there's just so much I want to teach and there's just so little time! Now that I've got it figured out, I can't wait to get in the class room!