Crafts Classes in Chicago, IL

Get ready for a beginner-friendly, low-pressure, soy candle making class, where you'll have expert guided instruction to make beautiful, environmentally friendly soy candles, in the comfort of your home. Grab yourself a drink, your favorite snacks, and get ready to create something lovely that you can proudly say "I made it myself!". Materials...

Mixed media collage is the utilization of more than one medium in a single piece of art and may include paint, glitter, crayons, fabric, magazine/book images/quotes, found objects, ink, watercolor, oil pastel, chalk pastel, colored pencils, etc.  Mixed media art brings together all of your artistic skills, even if they’re not as good as you’d...

Please join me in this fun and unique collaging class. You will learn how to use an assemblage of different forms (clippings from books, magazines, etc.) to create a new whole image. I will teach you how to train your eye to recognize which images to combine together and how to see a variety of options for using a single image all in an exciting,...

In this no experience needed, beginner workshop you will: Learn how to make a meditative art journal that serves as a container for your hopes, dreams, goals, fears, and so much more! You’ll learn how to free write to get what's in your head onto the page, obliterate it with collaged papers, paint, and meditative marks, then use various pens,...

In this live virtual workshop you will learn the art of handmade melt and pour soap making. We’ll go over materials, basic techniques, the benefits of making your own soap, and different recipes. You’ll also learn about and use botanicals and other additives to make your soaps even more special and personalized. This workshop is suited for beginners...

This class is for students who have some collage and mixed media experience/students who have taken either Mixed Media Collage for all Levels and/or Virtual Collaging for all/or one of my Vision Boarding classes and would like to meet to socialize, learn some new strategies, practice what they have already learned or just relax and watch art...

Self-care activities are things we do to take care of our mental, emotional and physical health which in turn increases our empathy and immunologic functioning and lowers anxiety and depression. When we create a balance between self-care and care for others, we become better equipped to meet our and other’s needs. Expressing kindness and caring...

It takes an incredible amount of talent and hard work to become the greatest at anything. There’s a name for believing in our ability to grow and change and that name is growth mindset. We get where we are through a combination of innate ability, hard work and effort. We have infinite influence over our skills and abilities, far more influence than...

Let's relieve a lil stress, have fun and make a scarf! Learn a new skill and enjoy fellow creatives in this virtual knitting circle. All levels are welcome. No prior experience is necessary. This online class will be provided via Zoom videoconferencing service. To participate, you will need a smartphone or computer with a microphone (or headphones)...

In this beginner-friendly modern embroidery class we’ll give you the basics of this timeless craft to create beautiful embroidered designs to hang on your wall or revamp your wardrobe and make some old garments new and fashionable again! In this workshop you will learn how to: Prep your fabric on the embroidery hoop  Create and transfer...

Learn one of the hottest trends in the DIY/crafting world - tapestry weaving - and design and make your own woven wall hangings in this fun and relaxing beginner-friendly workshop. This beginner-friendly class will teach how to add contemporary elements to a centuries-old tradition and will prepare you to create your own designs while bringing your...

Let’s make something beautiful to celebrate the moms in your life, in this easy step-by-step, beginner friendly, Mother’s Day Paint and Sip event. This is a beginner class, no experience necessary - we’ll go over basic acrylic techniques while working  on a gorgeous bouquet of roses to show mom just how much you care! Flowers might fade...

Let’s make something beautiful to celebrate the fathers in your life, in this easy step-by-step, beginner friendly, Father’s Day Paint and Sip event. This is a beginner class, no experience necessary - we’ll go over basic acrylic techniques while working  on a gorgeous landscape to show dad just how much you care so celebrate him with...

An art journal is a visual diary. It can combine art in many mediums, imagery, words... Simply put, it can be whatever you want or need it to be. Join me Thursday evenings on Zoom*, and each week we'll start a different project.  Each week I will give you a topic to reflect on, and writing prompts to get you started. Then we will create...

Learn the power and skills to create a healthy, fragrant, natural candle you can feel really good about burning in your home. First part of the class is about theory (candle making craft, ingredients, recipe, suppliers, rules, do’s and don’t, questions) and the second part will be practice. Students will be shown: how to use tools and equipments...