Creative Workshops with Jane

Creative Workshops with Jane Certified Powertex Tutor and creative mixed media artist

Reduced numbers again on Tuesday but we really cracked on and will finish our cute little album next week.The main item ...
17/06/2026

Reduced numbers again on Tuesday but we really cracked on and will finish our cute little album next week.

The main item of note is that I caved and joined the increasing number of the ladies who have acquired a Precision glue gun…. I think we will need to put our names on them 🤪🤪

We were reduced numbers again on Tuesday but we cracked on with our new project. This will be a lovely little house sha...
11/06/2026

We were reduced numbers again on Tuesday but we cracked on with our new project. This will be a lovely little house shaped mini album!

There was no complaining when I got my ladies to break out the craft knives to cut chipboard. And the best bit, no mistakes and no cut fingers! That's a result in my book....

As expected there was careful consideration over the choice of wood/brick effect paper to cover the covers and as for the choice of hardware - well, I think it's fair to say I won't be making the mistake of offering too many choices again! 🤣

That said, we all worked really hard and got further than I anticipated! We were so engrossed I forgot to take any photos.... so here's my choice for my covers together with the white card we will be using for pages and some choices of hardware.

This is such an economical little album and so cute!

03/06/2026

We had our final session on our cabinet and album last night….. and they all look amazing!

I managed to grab a video of one of the completed projects to give an idea of the finished product. Please spare the time to give it a view - it’s fabulous! Excuse my feet that kept sneaking into shot🤣🤣

We start our next project next week which should only take us three weeks or so to complete.

29/05/2026

Sooooo, why is it that a package containing antique documents dispatched from south west France on the 26th May 2026 can be delivered safely this morning and yet a copy birth certificate that I ordered on the 20th May and which was subsequently dispatched on the 22nd May still hasn't arrived????

We were still a couple of ladies down on Tuesday night but the rest of us enjoyed a very productive evening!I love to se...
28/05/2026

We were still a couple of ladies down on Tuesday night but the rest of us enjoyed a very productive evening!

I love to see everyone enjoying the decorating part of album making. The construction part, where concentration is required, has been completed and the more relaxing stage of 'jujjing' our album bases can begin!

We even formulated a plan for decorating the covers!

Following an earlier comment I took the photo when 'someone' was missing - just to see what their reaction will be 🤣

Last night was an absolute hoot! The double entendres kept coming thick and fast!We may have been missing a few ladies ...
20/05/2026

Last night was an absolute hoot! The double entendres kept coming thick and fast!

We may have been missing a few ladies but we made up for it with lots of laughs. Honestly, they have my life! I say something totally innocent and I just get met with giggles.....

Our pages are all constructed and ready for decorating next week and nobody folded their covers before class! They do listen to me...... well sometimes!

There was also a sneak peek of our next project as well....

Despite some absences on Tuesday evening and my dodgy knee playing up we made really good progress on our albums to go i...
14/05/2026

Despite some absences on Tuesday evening and my dodgy knee playing up we made really good progress on our albums to go in our cabinets.

We wrapped our covers and inserted the hinge - with strict instructions not to bend until class next week! We'll see how many resisted the urge 🤣

We also cut all of our cardstock ready to construct our pages next week. In spite of everyone using a paper trimmer - which you would expect to be safer than crat knives and metal rulers - we still ended up with a casualty sporting a cut digit!

We had our usual giggles although there was no chocolate this week.....

For the most part - the cabinets are done! There are a couple that still need completing and we will get them finished ...
08/05/2026

For the most part - the cabinets are done! There are a couple that still need completing and we will get them finished off in between constructing and decorating our albums.

The different decorative papers that people have chosen make them all look completely different - even though they all have the same hardware! Don't they all look fabulous?

Thinking about our next project now......

Last night, although not perfect, was much better than the previous Tuesday! That said, everything was made better by a...
29/04/2026

Last night, although not perfect, was much better than the previous Tuesday! That said, everything was made better by a 'donation' of Hotel Chocolat chocolates!

We actually got to decorating our cabinet! I just love how our projects are transformed once we add our lovely papers. One lady has spent an enormous amount of tie creating digital papers so that the design flows seamlessly around her cabinet! It's looking soooo impressive. We will complete our cabinet next week and then start our albums....

We were so busy concentrating - and eating chocolate - I didn't take any photos so I thought I would share an image of the prototype I made initially based on an original by Kim.... There is space in the drawer to store some treasures and the album, stored safely behind the doors, can hold plenty of photographs!

I had a very challenging time at class last night..... nothing to do with the lovely group of ladies; it was all just me...
22/04/2026

I had a very challenging time at class last night..... nothing to do with the lovely group of ladies; it was all just me! Nothing went right, I was the slowest in class completing tasks, glue went everywhere, things didn't fit etc. I should've stayed at home....

Fortunately, I was on my 'A' game on the previous Saturday when I'd been asked to host a private workshop to celebrate a special birthday - I will do another post about that later in the week....

Back to last night where we constructed our drawers to go in the bottom of our cabinets and we prepped our doors. I even missed an important first step out which, luckily, one lady picked me up on it! To be honest I'm surprised we got as far as we did!

I promise to do better next week......🤞

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