In this workshop you will use recycled wool scraps and fairy lights to create a stunning 18” holiday tabletop tree in the festive colors of your choice. Using pieces of old sweaters and other felted remnants, you will combine gorgeous colors and rich textures to create an heirloom quality display that can be enjoyed for years to come. Tree materials are included – bring a glue gun, lots of glue sticks, and a 6’ extension cord.

This heart-centered 2-hour retreat offers a gentle pause to care for yourself with the same compassion you extend to others. Using practices from the Mindful Self-Compassion program, you’ll explore what it means to meet yourself with warmth, especially in difficult moments. Whether you're new to self-compassion or returning to your practice, this session offers practical tools to bring more understanding to yourself in any moment. Activities include: Discussion of the three core components of self-compassion, Guided meditations and self-compassion practices, Journaling with gentle reflection prompts, and Group sharing or quiet integration time. Please bring: A yoga mat, a journal, and anything that helps you feel comfortable and supported.

Capture your own bouquet with watercolor and ink! This all-levels class will explore techniques for illustrative ink drawing with ‘dip pens’, and layering and mixing vibrant and organic hues with watercolor. Students will leave with their own unique composition of a bouquet - which could make a wonderful handmade holiday gift. Students can either buy themselves the required materials - the materials list is linked here - or they can buy material kits from the Mix, an art store in Brunswick (here is a link to a student-grade kit, and here is a link to an artist-grade kit).  *THIS IS A ONE DAY WORKSHOP.

Learn more about instructor Claire Loon Baldwin and see her illustrations for books and magazines on her website: CLICK HERE

Become a published author and check off that item off your bucket list. Publish a children’s book, a how-to book, a memoir, art book, a cook book, or just about any type of book. (This is not a writing class.) If you are thinking about publishing a book or simply curious, this class is for you. Objectives include: Different ways to get your book published; hard copy, Kindle, pdf and more, How to self publish, How to decide what type of book to publish, Marketing your book, & How to schedule speaking engagements; sell your book online; book store sales. Taught by Kelum Training and Consulting.

So-called “Oriental” or round-leafed bittersweet is a creeping vine with inedible berries that is considered invasive in North America. Frustrating to gardners and arborists, and not readily favored by birds, bittersweet is a largely useless bane on wild land. We can use traditional harvesting techniques to tend Asian bittersweet in the wild: harvesting material for baskets while controlling and suppressing future damaging growth. We will cover identification, responsible collection, materials processing and storage, and creation, including the basics of stake-and-strand twining and weaving. We will shoot for a basket about 8-inches wide and 4-inches deep. Price includes all required tools and materials.

Hop on the artificial intelligence bandwagon! Whether you are a Senior, a stay at home parent, a busy professional, or a curious bystander, this easy, fun class is for you. The instructor in one crisp hour, lays out what Chat GPT, the artificial intelligence program could do for you- from making greeting cards, to finding what movies to watch, learning new recipes, to finding cheap air flights, to writing e-mails, to producing crisp resumes for your job hunt. Objectives include: How Chat GPT can assist you in your professional life at work and in your personal life at home, How to give prompts to Chat GPT to get the best results, How to get photos and images through Chat GPT, & How to make Chat GPT your time manager/personal trainer. Taught by Kelum Training and Consulting.

Whether you want to sell home baked muffins, start a bicycle repair shop, or sell products online, my class is for you. From integrity to marketing, to creating compelling social media posts, my class is ideal for those thinking about starting a small business, struggling with an existing small business, or expanding a small business. It’s also useful for the curious individual, the Senior, the single parent, wondering how they can create a small business as a side hustle. Objectives include: How to create compelling social media posts, How to overcome fear about starting, growing, reviving your small business, How to know when to walk away from bad business deals and shady deals, & How to maintain cash flow. Taught by Kelum Training and Consulting.

Working, living with a toxic person can be emotionally, physically, financially demanding. From being controlling, belligerent, verbally abusive, to being manipulative, demeaning, and sneaky, toxic people can derail our plans, dreams, and hopes – if we allow them to. In my class you will learn simple, effective emotional tools to maintain your cool, calmness, and sanity, when you are affected by a toxic person, day in, day out. I am the author of “I Never Said It Was Easy. I Said You Got This: Emotional Intelligent Tools to Deal With Difficult Toxic People and Lead Through Change.” Objectives include: How to lift our mental obsessions about another person;s toxic behavior, How to draw boundaries, How to start changing ourselves and head towards recovery from the toxicity, & How to re-build our new dreams that were put on hold because of another person’s toxicity. Taught by Kelum Training and Consulting.