February 09th, 2025

​Connect & Create events are one-time meet ups for the folks in our community! They happen from time to time, usually based on my whims or the needs of our virtual village.  We have gathered for a Letting Go Ritual, for Winter BigSuperFun events, and more.  In February we are gathering to create together and make simple heart themed art that can be used as Valentines or just for fun.

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Let's make Valentines together!

WHEN:  Wednesday, Feb 12 @ 6pm (PST) for approx. 2 hours
WHERE:  on Zoom
COST: $0-20 (paying is completely optional, $0 is perfectly acceptable)
HOW:  Get registered here.

DETAILS:  Join me for a morning of making some simple heart themed creations - these could be Valentines, or just fun HEART ART.  I'll demo a few fun, heart'ful ideas for you, and then we'll create together! We'll chat and create together and have a little time to show off our creations before we say goodbye. 

Join us for community, creativity, and FUN!! 

SUPPLIES:  DO NOT WORRY if you have only the very basics. Some paper and a handful of highlighters would totally work! Bring whatcha got and we'll make it work.  The main intentions behind these gatherings are having fun and creating in community.  Everything we do is planned to be accessible with even the most basic of supplies!

​THE BASICS:

• plain white copy or drawing paper
• variety of paper: colored paper, origami, junk mail, wrapping paper, scrapbooking papers, pages from old books, old artwork, any kind of collageable papers (not necessarily ALL of these, just some!)
• scissors or cutting tool
• glue stick and/or collage medium (gel medium or ModPodge)
• card stock or blank cards or blank tags (if you want to make cards/tags)
• something to add color: markers, colored pencils, paint, etc. (not necessarily ALL of these)

SOME SPECIFIC ITEMS FOR THE THINGS I WILL DEMO:

• clear packing tape
• regular office/wrapping paper (clear) tape
• magazines
• cardstock or cardboard scraps (something sturdy enough to trace around)
  
  

SOME OPTIONAL EXTRAS:

• stickers, washi tape
• black Sharpie or paint marker
• ribbon or yarn
• collageable or scrapbooking elements (die cuts, quotes, etc)
• stamps and ink
• heart punches (or other shapes)

You can follow along with the projects I demo or you can do your own thing! I'm going to have basic ideas to show you for the first bit and then after that, we can work on those or whatever we want! The ideas I bring can be Valentine themed, or can just be heart-themed and will be appropriate for other occasions.

I don't want anyone to feel overwhelmed or that they have to have PILES of arty/crafty stuff in order to participate.

Looking forward to seeing you for heartsy-artsy FUN.