String Art...

A couple months ago, I attended a Class With A Glass at the Art Bar in Hastings. I took two friends with me, this particular class was a first for all of us. You paid for your spot in the class, walked into the Art Bar and everything was out and ready for you. This class involved string art. We could choose between two different backgrounds with either a chalkboard, or barn wood look. The backgrounds were printed on wood and also had the letters LVE, and a bunch of all dots in the shape of a heart for the O. We chose a table, sat down and awaited our instructions. As I said before this was a Class With A Glass, so we chose a drink from the drink menu, ordered it and got to work. You can either start pounding in your nails first, or you can pick out your paint and string. Even though all these boards started out looking exactly the same, it was fun to see just how different they were by the end. It was quite noisy with all these people pounding nails into boards, but over soon enough. I chose some string that was off white, blue, and brown. There really is no rhyme or reason to how you go about string art. You can pick a pattern, but really it's best to just go with it. You pick a nail and double know your string around it, then add a dab of hot glue so it does not come unravelled. They you just start winding the string around the nails however you like. I had seen a picture of someone who was able to make it look like an actual heartbeat (or EKG line if you will) going through the middle of her heart. That is impressive, I am not that talented with string art! One of my letters had arrows on it, another I painted a plaid pattern on and the last had polkadots. It really was a lot of fun. Once you finished your project, you got a frame nailed on, and a big group picture was taken. We also took pictures with our small groups. My friends and I really did enjoy the class, enough so, we decided to put our own version of one on ourselves. Friday there was no school at Sandy Creek, there was however, a teachers inservice. Once the inservice was over, we all headed to a house and got to work. Now, I was a little late as I don't work at the school, and when I went to leave my house, I accidentally locked myself out of it, sigh. We all gathered our string and craft supplies and laid the out on the tables for the other ladies to choose from. I did not make a string art piece this time, I just walked around to help, answer questions and observe the creative minds at work. Really, that was just as much fun as making one myself. I did take a few boards home with me so I could do some string art with my girls. They would love it! A couple of us have signed up for another Class With A Glass in another week, can't wait!! As for the rest of the weekend... the kids and I did some spring cleaning. Sunday was so windy but still nice out, so we flew kites! By Sunday night, it was evident my middle child had a raging case of pink eye. By Monday morning hit was evident she shared it with me. While it is uncomfortable an looks terrible, I will not complain about being able to spend an extra day with two of my kiddos.