Are you intrigued by the zero waste movement, but aren't sure how to get started? Are you overwhelmed by the sheer amounts of plastic found in your kitchen, but don't know what to use in its place? In this virtual workshop, Christina will facilitate an informational discussion of materials then together, we'll make our own lovely, reusable, and eco-conscious beeswax wraps! When you leave this workshop, you'll have the power (and skill) to be able to eliminate plastic wrap from your kitchen forever as well as your very own beeswax wraps to use at home!

At this workshop you will go home with 2 beeswax wraps that you make during the event and a link to more information so you can make them on your own.

Additional beeswax solution bars ($10 each) are also available. Each bar makes approximately 3-12"x12" square wraps.

Do you have garments that need repairing? We can help you! Do you know how to mend and are interested in a community time with our talented mending circle? Join us and help us help others! Mending helps us take eco-steps toward sustainability by minimizing clothing waste, as well as unnecessary spending on new garments . Plus, it’s fun to learn and do!

Every third Wednesday of the month from 6:30pm-7:30pm at the Georgetown Township Library. Feel free to bring friends and family of all ages, along with your mending basket to learn a new skill or help keep each other accountable to better sustainability through mending!

Feel free to bring food and drink to enjoy while we relax and mend. An assortment of tools and notions will be available for use including speedweve looms, sashiko thread, cotton darning thread, all purpose sewing thread, a variety of needles, darning mushrooms, embroidery hoops, pins, clips, and more. Feel free to bring your own sewing kit if you’d like.

Donations are appreciated to replenish our notions and for sharing our skill and time. You may donate cash or via venmo @mylovelymuse or PayPal christina@mylovelmuse.com.

This event is FREE!

This is the first annual outdoor Spring Market at SCA! Come shop local with a carefully curated group of artists and artisans whose work represents a broad spectrum of mediums and high quality products.

You’re invited to Bettie’s Pages as we host Christina Threloff from My Lovely Muse for a Papermaking Workshop!

Date: Sunday, April 7, 2024
Time: 4:30pm-6pm
Cost: $25 per person* (all ages welcome, accompanied by an adult
Tickets: https://www.bettiespages.com/rsvphere/papermaking-workshop

*Save $5 when you sign up for both the Papermaking Workshop & Grimoire Workshop using code CREATE5

About the workshop:

We will be learning how to make paper with used papers and other materials. You’ll get all the tips and tricks needed to make your own and even teach the art of papermaking to your friends & family at home. All pages that you make at the workshop are yours to take home with you!

(Embellishments are encouraged! Feel free to bring color paper, thread, seeds, etc. to class with you or use some of the embroidery thread & native seeds we’ll have available).

We’ll be making paper out of used paper and you’ll get all the tips and tricks to make your own at home on your own or as a craft with friends and family!  Feel free to bring any embellishments you’d like to add to your paper like seeds, colorful paper, threads, etc.  An assortment of embellishments will also be provided.

This program is for all ages; all registered children must be accompanied by an adult.

This workshop will be led and facilitated by Christine Threloff, owner and sewist behind My Lovely Muse.

Pre-registration is required to attend this program. Online registration closes at 12pm the day before the program, unless it is sold out first. If this program is sold out, please complete online registration to be added to the waitlist. You will not be charged to be added to the waitlist. We will contact you if spots become available

Pricing 
Adult: ages 18 and up
Youth: 17 and younger

Adult Member: $24
Youth Member: $24
Adult Non-Member: $30
Youth Non-Member: $30
Adult Chaperone without craft: $5 (This option is for adults signing up kids 17 and under and who will share materials with their kid.)
2 and under: Free

Please Note: This program will be held indoors.

FREE workshop! Met us in the Holton Hooker Multi-Purpose room on GVSU Allendale Campus.

Do you have garments that need repairing? We can help you! Do you know how to mend and are interested in a community time with our talented mending circle? Join us and help us help others! Mending helps us take eco-steps toward sustainability by minimizing clothing waste, as well as unnecessary spending on new garments . Plus, it’s fun to learn and do!

Feel free to bring food and drink to enjoy while we relax and mend. An assortment of tools and notions will be available for use including speedweve looms, sashiko thread, cotton darning thread, all purpose sewing thread, a variety of needles, darning mushrooms, embroidery hoops, pins, clips, and more. Feel free to bring your own sewing kit if you’d like.

Donations are appreciated to replenish our notions and for sharing our skill and time, but not necessary.

Do you have garments that need repairing? We can help you! Do you know how to mend and are interested in a community time with our talented mending circle? Join us and help us help others! Mending helps us take eco-steps toward sustainability by minimizing clothing waste, as well as unnecessary spending on new garments . Plus, it’s fun to learn and do!

Every third Wednesday of the month from 6:30pm-7:30pm at the Georgetown Township Library. Feel free to bring friends and family of all ages, along with your mending basket to learn a new skill or help keep each other accountable to better sustainability through mending!

Feel free to bring food and drink to enjoy while we relax and mend. An assortment of tools and notions will be available for use including speedweve looms, sashiko thread, cotton darning thread, all purpose sewing thread, a variety of needles, darning mushrooms, embroidery hoops, pins, clips, and more. Feel free to bring your own sewing kit if you’d like.

Donations are appreciated to replenish our notions and for sharing our skill and time. You may donate cash or via venmo @mylovelymuse or PayPal christina@mylovelmuse.com.

Do you have garments that need repairing? We can help you! Do you know how to mend and are interested in a community time with our talented mending circle? Join us and help us help others! Mending helps us take eco-steps toward sustainability by minimizing clothing waste, as well as unnecessary spending on new garments . Plus, it’s fun to learn and do!

Every third Wednesday of the month from 6:30pm-7:30pm at the Georgetown Township Library. Feel free to bring friends and family of all ages, along with your mending basket to learn a new skill or help keep each other accountable to better sustainability through mending!

Feel free to bring food and drink to enjoy while we relax and mend. An assortment of tools and notions will be available for use including speedweve looms, sashiko thread, cotton darning thread, all purpose sewing thread, a variety of needles, darning mushrooms, embroidery hoops, pins, clips, and more. Feel free to bring your own sewing kit if you’d like.

Donations are appreciated to replenish our notions and for sharing our skill and time. You may donate cash or via venmo @mylovelymuse or PayPal christina@mylovelmuse.com.

Do you have garments that need repairing? We can help you! Do you know how to mend and are interested in a community time with our talented mending circle? Join us and help us help others! Mending helps us take eco-steps toward sustainability by minimizing clothing waste, as well as unnecessary spending on new garments . Plus, it’s fun to learn and do!

Every third Wednesday of the month from 6:30pm-7:30pm at the Georgetown Township Library. Feel free to bring friends and family of all ages, along with your mending basket to learn a new skill or help keep each other accountable to better sustainability through mending!

Feel free to bring food and drink to enjoy while we relax and mend. An assortment of tools and notions will be available for use including speedweve looms, sashiko thread, cotton darning thread, all purpose sewing thread, a variety of needles, darning mushrooms, embroidery hoops, pins, clips, and more. Feel free to bring your own sewing kit if you’d like.

Donations are appreciated to replenish our notions and for sharing our skill and time. You may donate cash or via venmo @mylovelymuse or PayPal christina@mylovelmuse.com.

Come do some last minute holiday shopping! Drink local wine & shop local artisan goods at Modales! The market will feature over 13 vendors all throughout our indoor & outdoor patio space. Rain or snow or shine, it's going be to great time supporting local business!

Do you have garments that need repairing? We can help you! Do you know how to mend and are interested in a community time with our talented mending circle? Join us and help us help others! Mending helps us take eco-steps toward sustainability by minimizing clothing waste, as well as unnecessary spending on new garments . Plus, it’s fun to learn and do!

Every second Saturday of the month from 10am-2pm. Open studio and Knitting and Needle Art Club happening at the same time, so feel free to bring your kids to participate in open studio while you participate in our needle-fest!

Feel free to bring food and drink to enjoy while we relax and mend. An assortment of tools and notions will be available for use including speedweve looms, sashiko thread, cotton darning thread, all purpose sewing thread, a variety of needles, darning mushrooms, embroidery hoops, pins, clips, and more. Feel free to bring your own sewing kit if you’d like.

Donations are appreciated to replenish our notions and for sharing our skill and time.

Kick off the festive season with us at the Outdoor Holiday Market! We’ll be joined by local Friendors (that’s what we call a vendor who’s also a friend) in our Outdoor Plaza & Pavilion featuring high end crafts, home decor, wearables, jewelry, paper goods, artisan baked goods, greens, and much more. While you shop, enjoy one of our specialty holiday beverages from the bar and food from local vendors, and just try not to sing along to your favorite holiday numbers played by live band on the outdoor stage.

The best part? All of our Friendors are LOCAL crafters, growers, and producers. So you can support up to 40 while you knock out your whole holiday shopping list. You’ll find the perfect gift for your friends, family, and pets (and maybe even something for yourself, too).

Christmas Through Lowell is BACK! Find us at the Christian Life Center on Friday, November 17, 2022 from 9am to 9pm and Saturday, November 18, 2023 9am to 7pm

Kick off your holiday shopping season in Historic Lowell at the Annual Christmas through Lowell event. The Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce presents 50 homes and businesses that are unique and magical. Over 300 artists and crafters will showcase their gifts and creations for three days! On your Christmas through Lowell shopping extravaganza, you will find hand-made treasures, jewelry, Christmas decorations, folk art and fine art, antiques and re-found treasures, primitives and garden art, beeswax candles and home-made candles, crocheted and knitted crafts, hand-crafted purses, bags and totes, home-made rugs and quilts, and much, much more! Check the website at www.christmasthroughlowell.org for more information or call the Chamber (616) 897-9161 for details. Pick up your Christmas Through Lowell Official Tour Guide & Map at any crafter or participating business along Historic Main St. Lowell the Next Place to Be!

Do you have garments that need repairing? We can help you! Do you know how to mend and are interested in a community time with our talented mending circle? Join us and help us help others! Mending helps us take eco-steps toward sustainability by minimizing clothing waste, as well as unnecessary spending on new garments . Plus, it’s fun to learn and do!

Every second Saturday of the month from 10am-2pm. Open studio and Knitting and Needle Art Club happening at the same time, so feel free to bring your kids to participate in open studio while you participate in our needle-fest!

Feel free to bring food and drink to enjoy while we relax and mend. An assortment of tools and notions will be available for use including speedweve looms, sashiko thread, cotton darning thread, all purpose sewing thread, a variety of needles, darning mushrooms, embroidery hoops, pins, clips, and more. Feel free to bring your own sewing kit if you’d like.

Donations are appreciated to replenish our notions and for sharing our skill and time.

Join us at Blandford Nature Center for Nature Makers Market featuring gifts and goods inspired by nature and created with natural materials. Vendors will be selling a variety of handcrafted goods including jewelry, textiles, art prints and illustrations, stickers, and more! This is the perfect opportunity to shop for the holidays (or for yourself) while supporting local makers and Blandford Nature Center!

The holidays are right around the corner! Come drink local wine & shop local artisan goods at Modales! The market will feature over 13 vendors all throughout our indoor & outdoor patio space. Rain or shine, it's going be to great time supporting local business!

Kick off the festive season with us at the Outdoor Holiday Market! We’ll be joined by local Friendors (that’s what we call a vendor who’s also a friend) in our Outdoor Plaza & Pavilion featuring high end crafts, home decor, wearables, jewelry, paper goods, artisan baked goods, greens, and much more. While you shop, enjoy one of our specialty holiday beverages from the bar and food from local vendors, and just try not to sing along to your favorite holiday numbers played by live band on the outdoor stage.

The best part? All of our Friendors are LOCAL crafters, growers, and producers. So you can support up to 40 while you knock out your whole holiday shopping list. You’ll find the perfect gift for your friends, family, and pets (and maybe even something for yourself, too).

Do you have garments that need repairing? We can help you! Do you know how to mend and are interested in a community time with our talented mending circle? Join us and help us help others! Mending helps us take eco-steps toward sustainability by minimizing clothing waste, as well as unnecessary spending on new garments . Plus, it’s fun to learn and do!

Every second Saturday of the month from 10am-2pm. Open studio and Knitting and Needle Art Club happening at the same time, so feel free to bring your kids to participate in open studio while you participate in our needle-fest!

Feel free to bring food and drink to enjoy while we relax and mend. An assortment of tools and notions will be available for use including speedweve looms, sashiko thread, cotton darning thread, all purpose sewing thread, a variety of needles, darning mushrooms, embroidery hoops, pins, clips, and more. Feel free to bring your own sewing kit if you’d like.

Donations are appreciated to replenish our notions and for sharing our skill and time.

Jump-start your holiday shopping at Grand Valley Artists, Inc. Pop-Up Bazaar & Artists Market. Explore the Fulton Street Farmers Market as stalls overflow with the arts and craft works of more than 100 artists. Grab a delicious lunch with one of food truck vendors. And of course, grab unique gifts for friends and family!

The event is free to attend and open to the public.

The event will be held at The Fulton Street Farmers Market, 1145 Fulton Street E, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503 on Sunday, October 8, 2023 from 11AM to 4PM.

Apply to join us as a vendor: https://www.grandvalleyartists.com/events

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FREE Community Event, no registration necessary.

Double feature!

Kombucha Homebrew
During this workshop, you’ll learn some history of kombucha, how to home-brew your own kombucha, rules and tips, and go home with some starter liquid and your very own SCOBY. Bring a friend to sip some kombucha while learning how to brew your own!

Mending 101
During this workshop, you’ll learn to mend your own clothes, save money, and help to save our earth! Tools, notions and scrap fabrics will be available for use. You’ll go home with a new skill and some resources to help with future mends on your own!

Location TBD

FREE EVENT

Grab a beer and join us from 12-6PM on the Guardian lawn! Find your newest treasures, shop for great gifts, and support local artists.

Do you have garments that need repairing? We can help you! Do you know how to mend and are interested in a community time with our talented mending circle? Join us and help us help others! Mending helps us take eco-steps toward sustainability by minimizing clothing waste, as well as unnecessary spending on new garments . Plus, it’s fun to learn and do!

Every second Saturday of the month from 10am-2pm. Open studio and Knitting and Needle Art Club happening at the same time, so feel free to bring your kids to participate in open studio while you participate in our needle-fest!

Christina will not be present at this month’s mending circle.

Feel free to bring food and drink to enjoy while we relax and mend. An assortment of tools and notions will be available for use including speedweve looms, sashiko thread, cotton darning thread, all purpose sewing thread, a variety of needles, darning mushrooms, embroidery hoops, pins, clips, and more. Feel free to bring your own sewing kit if you’d like.

Donations are appreciated to replenish our notions and for sharing our skill and time.

Do you have garments that need repairing? We can help you! Do you know how to mend and are interested in a community time with our talented mending circle? Join us and help us help others! Mending helps us take eco-steps toward sustainability by minimizing clothing waste, as well as unnecessary spending on new garments . Plus, it’s fun to learn and do!

Every second Saturday of the month from 10am-2pm. Open studio and Knitting and Needle Art Club happening at the same time, so feel free to bring your kids to participate in open studio while you participate in our needle-fest!

Feel free to bring food and drink to enjoy while we relax and mend. An assortment of tools and notions will be available for use including speedweve looms, sashiko thread, cotton darning thread, all purpose sewing thread, a variety of needles, darning mushrooms, embroidery hoops, pins, clips, and more. Feel free to bring your own sewing kit if you’d like.

Donations are appreciated to replenish our notions and for sharing our skill and time.

Do you have garments that need repairing? We can help you! Do you know how to mend and are interested in a community time with our talented mending circle? Join us and help us help others! Mending helps us take eco-steps toward sustainability by minimizing clothing waste, as well as unnecessary spending on new garments . Plus, it’s fun to learn and do!

Every second Saturday of the month from 10am-2pm. Open studio and Knitting and Needle Art Club happening at the same time, so feel free to bring your kids to participate in open studio while you participate in our needle-fest!

Christina will not be present at this month’s mending circle.

Feel free to bring food and drink to enjoy while we relax and mend. An assortment of tools and notions will be available for use including speedweve looms, sashiko thread, cotton darning thread, all purpose sewing thread, a variety of needles, darning mushrooms, embroidery hoops, pins, clips, and more. Feel free to bring your own sewing kit if you’d like.

Donations are appreciated to replenish our notions and for sharing our skill and time.

FREE EVENT

Grab a beer and join us from 12-6PM on the Guardian lawn! Find your newest treasures, shop for great gifts, and support local artists.

Do you have garments that need repairing? We can help you! Do you know how to mend and are interested in a community time with our talented mending circle? Join us and help us help others! Mending helps us take eco-steps toward sustainability by minimizing clothing waste, as well as unnecessary spending on new garments . Plus, it’s fun to learn and do!

Every second Saturday of the month from 10am-2pm. Open studio and Knitting and Needle Art Club happening at the same time, so feel free to bring your kids to participate in open studio while you participate in our needle-fest!

Feel free to bring food and drink to enjoy while we relax and mend. An assortment of tools and notions will be available for use including speedweve looms, sashiko thread, cotton darning thread, all purpose sewing thread, a variety of needles, darning mushrooms, embroidery hoops, pins, clips, and more. Feel free to bring your own sewing kit if you’d like.

Donations are appreciated to replenish our notions and for sharing our skill and time.

Do you have garments that need repairing? We can help you! Do you know how to mend and are interested in a community time with our talented mending circle? Join us and help us help others! Mending helps us take eco-steps toward sustainability by minimizing clothing waste, as well as unnecessary spending on new garments . Plus, it’s fun to learn and do!

Every second Saturday of the month from 10am-2pm. Open studio and Knitting and Needle Art Club happening at the same time, so feel free to bring your kids to participate in open studio while you participate in our needle-fest!

Feel free to bring food and drink to enjoy while we relax and mend. An assortment of tools and notions will be available for use including speedweve looms, sashiko thread, cotton darning thread, all purpose sewing thread, a variety of needles, darning mushrooms, embroidery hoops, pins, clips, and more. Feel free to bring your own sewing kit if you’d like.

Donations are appreciated to replenish our notions and for sharing our skill and time.

MORE INFORMATION TO COME.

Join us at Blandford Nature Center on Saturday, May 6th from 10am-3pm for their second Spring Nature Makers Market! Shop for gifts inspired by nature and created with natural materials. Carefully curated artists will be offering handcrafted goods and gifts including jewelry, prints, watercolors, pottery, glassworks, stationery, textiles, home decor, and more!!!

This is the perfect opportunity to shop for gifts or for yourself while supporting local makers and Blandford Nature Center! And don't forget to check out the gift shop for great items, too!

Please bring a bag of dirt to donate to our community garden and your gardening tools as we break ground to start our community garden! Let’s grow something to benefit our county together.

Organic soil, a bag of worm castings (this from Costco or a bag from local business Wormies), a 5 gallon bucket of decomposed home compost, dairy doo from Flowerland, Espoma Organic Garden-Tone (organic fertilizer/plant food), are all great options to bring to this event.