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$ 80
Sep 2007
Seattle, WA
stained glass
Six-week copper foil stained glass class  more... close row
$ 650
Aug 2007
Lawrence, KS
Screen Printing
Screen printing class taught many skills  more... close row
$ 225
Sep 2007
Dover, DE
craft class - copper
Six week copper themed art class  more... close row
$ 15
Jul 2008
Columbus, OH
Japanese Paper Lantern Making
Clas to make Japanese paper lanterns  more... close row
$ 50
Nov 2008
Columbus, OH
Introduction to Wool Needle Felting
Introduction to wool needle felting  more... close row
$ 15
Jun 2008
Pembroke Pines, FL
Flower Arranging Classes
Little individual attention made class not a good deal  more... close row
$ 200
Feb 2008
Forest Hills, New York
Woodcarving Classes
Four introductory woodcarving classes   more... close row
$ 75
Oct 2008
Newburyport, MA
Gelatin monoprinting class
Class in gelatin monoprinting  more... close row
$ 60
Jun 2008
Asheville, NC
Arts and Crafts Classes
One month of a variety of arts and crafts lessons  more... close row
$ 20
Feb 2008
Auburn, NY
stamping greeting cards
Class on rubber stamping greeting cards  more... close row
$ 25
Nov 2008
Columbus, OH
Beginners Crochet
Very patient crochet instructor  more... close row
$ 115
Mar 2007
Chicago, IL
Art and Crafts Lessons / Therapy
Craft class as part of group therapy  more... close row
$ 49
Jul 2006
Cleveland, Ohio
Pottery Class
Two hour pottery class  more... close row
$ 12
Nov 2007
Tampa, FL
bow-making
Bow-making class at a craft store  more... close row

Description of service

My local non-chain arts and crafts store has lessons once a month on a Saturday morning. It always has something to do with the nearest holiday or current season. The one I went to was bow-making in preparation of the Christmas holiday.


Review of Service

It may seem like $12 is a lot of money to learn how to make bows, but as it turns out, it was cheaper than if I had just bought the ribbon and struggled with it myself.

The class was 1 1/2 hours long and we learned to make 8 different kinds of bows. We used different kinds of ribbon material, even rope, and learned what size bow to make for the item we were attaching it to.

She also taught us about the streamer that hangs down from the ribbon - that's just as important as the ribbon itself.

After the class, we were given a "starter pack" of samples of all the different kinds of materials we used in the class. Each sample had enough material to make three bows. After the class, I was looking around the store (the main reason they sponsor the classes, of course!) and I priced, just out of curiousity, the cost of the materials we had gotten with our class. I would have paid probably close to $30.00 if I had bought them on my own - AND, I knew how to make the bows.


Tips

Check out your local stores - chain stores and locally owned.

Also, if you are really good at some craft, they may even let you teach a class. I did that for wreath making and they gave me $50 gift card to their store.


$ 25
Oct 2007
cleveland, Ohio
Floral centerpieces
Floral decorating classes  more... close row
$ 45
Aug 2007
Ky
arts and crafts
All sorts of fun arts and crafts  more... close row
$ 88
Nov 2008
Grandview, OH
make vegetable-based soap from all natural ingredients
Three hour soap-making class for two people  more... close row
$ 46
Aug 2008
Columbus, OH
Personalized Stepping Stones
Price for two people to make stepping stones  more... close row
$ 100
Mar 2007
Chicago, Illinois
Quilting
Five week quilting class given by experienced quilter  more... close row
$ 135
Aug 2007
Phoenix, AZ
drawing class
Art classes do not seem to help students much  more... close row