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Collage workshop TONIGHT at Marchen Studios! Come and make art for your home or someone you love....if you'd like to make a family heirloom, be sure to bring photographs. Choose from a 8x8 canvas, two 6x6 or four 4x4 mini canvasses, beautiful papers, stamps, paint and medium, all included for only 25$ Fun and laughter -no charge ; ) See you at the studio!

Last Saturday was a fun day for Marchen Studios. We were invited to a "Girl Empowerment Day" event that our friend Cristin Mahaffy put on for the local YWCA. The whole day was dedicated to encouraging girls in their present circumstances, their future dreams and overcoming past hurts. And we finished the day with a little creativity, with everyone designing and making their own inspiration necklace to remember the day with. Smiling faces all around!!!
We made kits for the girls in tic-tac ti… Continue

A couple weeks ago we had our summer journal finale. Just like the girls who had been meeting all summer to make pages for their art journal, I had the pleasure of learning bookbinding under the inspiring tutelage of Kelly Rider. She is one of those rare people that, while being a gifted artist, makes you feel like you have it in you too. We had a great evening. Look at the beauty of these handmade, one of a kind journals!!

Kelly Rider instructing our class.

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I have to admit that every since we came back from our vacation, my mind and my body have not been in sync . At all. My thoughts could be playing leapfrog in my brain, jumping over inspirations and ideas in a rapid fire frenzy, but my body insists that it is, after all, still summer and a poolside nap woul… Continue

Hello Members! Yes, all 49 of you! Now that the studio is furnished and running, we'd like to spend a little more attention on the "Social Network" of it all...lets get to know each other!
So here is our first ever challenge: This summer, freeze a moment in time-and then share it with us.
Snap a picture. Alter it. Cut it up, paint over it, collage on it. Write a poem, make a journal page....whatever you want to do to capture your moment in time....DO IT!

So we can see a little glimpse of who yo… Continue