egg heart workshop

Clockwise from top left:

Beautiful sill; mini pompom trim for the hearts (find it here);

the fruits of our labor; six dozen blown out eggs

I held a class at beautiful Handcraft Studio School this past rainy weekend making my egg and crepe paper valentine hearts. I love teaching at Handcraft. The attendees are always truly wonderful women, and the owner Marie is a beautiful soul with a wonderful aesthetic. She's a great host and and all around super lady.

There was a nice turnout for the workshop even with several cancelations due to sickness. I am looking forward to the next class I've scheduled there for May (details to come so stay tuned). Marie has some other fantastic workshops coming up over the next several weeks, including Intro to Indigo with the lovely Kathryn Davey, Pine Needle Baskets with Judith Thomas, and Ombre Dye and Macrame Necklace Making with Cathy Callahan. That's the one I am definitely hoping to attend. I love everything Cathy Callahan makes, and I can't wait to be on the other side of the table at one of these things, learning something new.

More photos from the my class below. And then enough with the frigging egg hearts already, amiright? I do have to say, I love coming up with ideas for Carte Fini as their featured artist, because it forces me to think really, really hard to create new uses for the paper, and almost all of those projects have parlayed into great classes. Win-win.

Some really sweet women; the Valentine's Day mini pop-up shop in the studio, featuring goods

by Dutch Door Press and papel SF among others (open through Valentine's Day)

 A pink heart coming along well; all the colors

Just getting going; a real stitch and bitch

showtime: childhood memories show, elbo room, january 14, 2014

Photo by Jeff Lapierre

I performed two acts in January at Bombshell Betty's childhood memories themed show, this pink pompom confection and my favorite chair dance with the Showgirl Chorus. It wasn't as highly attended as the December show, but we had fun. I had fresh blood in the audience, which is always a thrill for me. I had a prop malfunction (I couldn't get my pompom "fans" to untie on one end, so they were attached like a "V" for the whole act), but I managed to make it work. If I ever have time to create a new act, it is going to be made all of velcro! Nothing to untie. Untying makes me really nervous because so much can go wrong, and this time something did. But it was fun and it's a really joyful act, so I was all smiles during it. I have never performed at this weight before (still on the weight gain train) which made me feel a little off my game, but I was happy to find these photos that make me feel pretty nonetheless!

Photos by Jeff Lapierre

Here are a few shots from a super, super fun choreography Betty taught us. I have always loved this act and even though I haven't perfected some of the arm work in it, I have SO much fun performing it.

Members of the Showgirl Chorus performing "Feelin' Good". The wonderful Cooki Crumbles, the marvelous Boysenberry Cupcake and me, Yve Jobs. 

Photos by Jeff Lapierre

So, that was lots of fun! It will be a few months before I perform again, I'm still waiting for another chance to do my flamenco act which I love the most. I will keep you posted!

egg + crepe paper valentine workshops!

Did you like my little egg valentines from last week? Well, I have a giant box of pink and red crepe paper and a bag of mini pompom fringe, and I'd love to hang out and make some with you! If you're in the area, I'm holding two workshops and I'd love to see you there. We can get our Valentine's Day crafting done in the nick of time. These replace the paper rose workshops I had previously scheduled.

Here is the class description, and the links to register are below. 

"Using a giant array of Valentine's Day hues, learn to make beautiful heart-shaped valentines using blown out chicken eggs and gorgeous Italian crepe paper. Tiffanie will guide you through the process of assembling the hearts and finishing them with several different techniques and trims. You will complete at least one egg heart in class, and be provided with materials for another as well as a discount code for future crepe paper purchases. These little three-dimensional valentines are beautiful on their own, or strung up together on garlands. You can even fill them with mash notes, candies and confetti. They make perfect Valentine's Day gifts!"

EGG + CREPE PAPER VALENTINES

Handcraft Studio School, Emeryville, CA

Sunday, February 9th 11:00-1:00 p.m.

Note: There will also be a Valentine's Day pop-up shop at this location, where I and others will be selling our best hand made Valentine's Day wares.

EGG + CREPE PAPER VALENTINES

Makeshift Society, San Francisco, CA

Tuesday, February 11th, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Over the weekend the hearts were featured at Poppytalk and Studio DIY (thank you Jan and Kelly)! They are really cute and you should really come make some with me! 

xoxo