We’re Moving…

…but we’re not going far.  In fact, it’s just down the street.  

We are pleased to announce that our new meeting place will be in the beautiful Multi Arts Center located at 1001 S. Duck Street, Stillwater, OK.  Our next meeting, which will be held on Monday, Oct. 14, at 9:30 am, will be at Multi Arts.  Please note, that we are changing our meeting date to the second Monday of each month. For information on our next project, visit the “Next Meeting” page.

One of the great benefits of meeting at the Multi Arts Center is that we have room to grow.  Start spreading the word among your crafty friends that paper arts and bookbinding are alive and well in Stillwater.  Invite them to join us and support Multi at the same time.

In order to use our wonderful community arts center, we are each asked to join Friends of Multi and to donate handmade items to the gallery, the profits from which will help support the center.  Items for the Christmas Gallery will be needed soon (sooner than you think!), and information about donating will be posted on this page as it becomes available.  Management has also requested that we teach classes when we are able or to volunteer in other ways to help ensure the success and growth of Multi.  We’ve added a link to the Multi Arts web site on the right margin of this page so that you may conveniently access all the info at their site.

If you have not already joined Friends of Multi, the cost is $20 per year.  If joining Friends poses a financial challenge, please speak to Barbara about a scholarship.  You’ll find a printable membership form by clicking here: Join Friends of Multi Arts. 

We are most grateful to First United Methodist Church for providing a meeting space during our first year and a half.  We couldn’t have gotten off the ground and made so many books had it not been for their generous sharing of space and the great help of Connie and her custodial staff.  Many thanks to FUMC!

Deja Vu

If you missed the August meeting or if you attended but can’t get enough, you’ll have another chance at machine embossing, die-cutting and making foam stamps.  This time we’ll be cutting and gluing foam instead of heating it.  For details go to our Next Meeting page. Here are some shots of what we did:

Yes, we were definitely having fun!

Small things make big impressions on moldable foam. This stamp was made using a plastic strainer.

Texture plates, switch plates and all kinds of other shapes make beautiful stamps.

A tiny game piece makes a haunting print. Even the inked stamp (blue foam on the right) forms an interesting, 3D image.

Sizzix Big Kick. And it really is a big kick!

Tug of war? Embossing doesn’t really require two people. Maybe they’re fighting over the machine.