NEW at Valley Fair: Create Beautiful Marbled Greeting Cards or Valentines! 💌
Craft your own gorgeous hand-marbled greeting cards (or Valentines!) with local artisan Allison Usher of Allison Claire Cards in this hands-on DIY workshop! Using accessible and beginner-friendly tools as well as a variety of stamps and other materials, you will learn how to create unique stationery that you can use to share X’s and O’s with the loved ones in your life! Before the dawn of our current tech era, handwritten letters were the dominant form of correspondence. Love letters, birthday cards, sympathy notes… there was the perfect type of letter for each occasion and it was made that much more personal by being penned by its sender. Join the snail mail revolution as we celebrate the lost art of heartfelt analog communications, all while learning new skills and having fun! All supplies are provided, and beginners are welcome. Attendees will also receive a bonus $10 gift card to one of the restaurants at Valley Fair for their next visit!
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About The Instructor:Â
Hi! My name is Allison and I work full time as a pediatric physical therapist. I have been an avid lover of writing letters for years; my mom and grandmas instilled the importance of thank you notes and sending snail mail to loved ones from anearly age. I started making hand-marbled stationery as a hobby during the COVID pandemic which eventually turned into opening my own Etsy shop. I’ve loved experimenting with different color schemes and look forward to sharing my passion for this beginner-friendly craft with each of you!Instagram:Â @allisonclairecards
NEW at Alibi Bar & Place:
Snowmelt Watercolors Workshop ⛄Use freshly-foraged Wasatch snowmelt to paint a beloved mountain scene from the Cottonwood Canyons with Lexi Dowdall of Kapowder! Attendees will learn basic watercolor techniques, discuss the importance of mindset, and embark on a painting of Mount Superior at sunset using snowmelt to activate their watercolors. Included in the purchase price of the workshop ticket, attendees will enjoy a signature cocktail (or non-alcoholic mocktail!) at Alibi Bar & Place inspired by this specific workshop, handcrafted with care by Alibi’s talented bartenders. Workshop participants will have the opportunity to purchase additional beverages during the class if they so choose. This workshop is a 21+ event.Register Now!
About The Instructor:Â
Lexi got her start with watercolor painting during the great pandemic shutdown of April 2020. She’s keen to share all she’s learned in the past 16 months and help new watercolorists pick great supplies and find their way forward without fear or regret. She spent the winter of 2021 working on a project with Ski Utah to collect snowmelt from all 15 of Utah’s ski areas. She’s now painting each mountain with snowmelt and hoping to raise awareness about the effects of climate change while raising money for Protect Our Winters. Lexi works in the ski industry and draws most of her inspiration from the stellar scenery across the state of Utah.
Instagram:Â @kapowder
Website:Â www.kapowder.com/About Our Venue Partners:
Craft Lake City is thrilled to be continuing our partnership with Valley Fair for 2022! Valley Fair offers over 830,000 square feet of shopping, dining and entertainment, with over 120 shops and restaurants for workshop attendees to enjoy before or after class! At Valley Fair, you can catch a movie at Megaplex Theatres & IMAX, score at All Star Bowling & Entertainment, and enjoy hours of fun with your kids at the Town Center splash pad. Valley Fair has a newly remodeled Town Center that is perfect for concerts, events, parties and an all around fun community hub to enjoy.
After nearly two years on hiatus, Craft Lake City workshops are BACK at Alibi Bar & Place! Alibi is an elevated neighborhood bar with an emphasis on quality spirits, fresh cocktail ingredients, local craft beers, and a well-rounded wine list. Alibi features a rotating selection of live music & DJ’s on a daily basis. Join us for this special 21+ workshop series where you can learn a new skill while enjoying a signature cocktail (or non-alcoholic mocktail!) inspired by each specific workshop, handcrafted with care by Alibi’s talented bartenders.
About Craft Lake City:
Founded in 2009 by Angela H. Brown, Executive Editor of SLUG (Salt Lake UnderGround) Magazine, Craft Lake City® is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization with the mission to educate, promote and inspire local artisans while elevating the creative culture of the Utah arts community through science, technology and art. Craft Lake City strives to further define the term “Craft,” by modernizing the definition for handmade creativity.
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Craft Lake City’s year-round programming is supported in part by the residents of Salt Lake County through the Zoo, Arts & Parks (ZAP) Program, the Salt Lake Arts Council, the George S. and Dolores DorĂ© Eccles Foundation, and Utah Arts & Museums, with funding from the State of Utah and the National Endowment for the Arts.