Instructor - Cheryl Warner

Course Fee - $25.00

Materials Fee - $25.00 for each class

2 Classes - July 9th and July 30th

This class combines the art of junk journals with the creativity of smashing it all into pages you've created. 

A Smash Book is a free-spirited way to capture your thoughts, memories and inspirations using "junk" (ticket stubs, old book pages, receipts, packaging, fabric scraps, buttons, pictures, tags, etc). 

A Junk Journal  is a handmade book filled with a mishmash of papers, ephemera, scraps, and embellishments. Junk journaling embraces chaos and imperfection. 

Both invite you to explore the art of collage, mixed media and storytelling in a freestyle manner. The beauty lies in it's nature where each page is a unique expression of colors, textures, memories and feelings. Whether you're documenting your days, creating mood or vision boards, or just making art, your book is a space just for you.

It's total creative freedom. It's also therapeutic and you deserve to spend time focused on yourself.

In the first class you will make your book and begin on the first few pages. 

In the second class you'll bring all the things you found around the house and start working on your pages.

There will be a LOT of supplies for you to use but feel free to bring anything you want. It's also a great way to get rid of little crafty things you've had but never used. 

Supplies to bring: Xacto knife, detail scissors. There are suggestions in the pictures.

Deep down I'm still a Louisiana girl-- but Georgia has been my home since 1992. My BA degree was in elementary/ special education, M.Ed in Curriculum & Instruction and Ed.S in Arts Integration. I loved elementary-aged, but after moving to the high school level, I worked there for 14 years. After retiring and moving to Blairsville four years ago, I taught GED classes at the Detention Center through NGTC.  

I began "creating" anything I could around the age of 6. I can remember making cat beds out of kleenex boxes and popsicle sticks. I designed my own Barbie clothes and made my own outfits in high school. 

The hardest question to answer is "what type of art do you do?" I don't knit. I don't crochet. But I like painting, wood crafts, papercrafts, sewing, mixed media projects, sewing, quilting, and a lot more. 

My daughter and I craft together as Mumsy & Me Creations, LLC when we have time. Our creations are in Cable's Gallery, Keen Creations & The Farmer Mercantile. 

I'm excited to join ICL staff so I can share my two favorite talents: teaching and crafting!