Pinterest inspired classes at a LSS?

Those are great ideas!

I used to teach at an LSS before we moved and I taught a bunch of this type of thing. One hint I have is to hit up a dollar store and see if they have frames with multiple openings. One with space for four photos? Fill each slot with a letter to spell HOME or LOVE. Embellished and using lots of fun scrappy supplies and techniques, of course Plus their frames are so reasonable! Walmart also carries a line of frames that are super inexpensive. They're usually not in the frame area, but on an end cap in the home area. I think I bought 4 opening frames there for a few dollars each.

Wreaths were HUGE hits. I did one where I taught them how to make a few different paper flowers and then they covered a small styrofoam wreath with them. You can center these around holidays vs. just a general everyday thing. The holiday stuff tended to sell out bc people were not as concerned about the finished look clashing with their decorating style.

Banners for the holidays or a birthday one were big hits as well.

I also loved to alter a frame and spray the inside wood piece with chalk paint. Instant chalkboard! I taught this class several times and used kitchen-y papers and the words "eat" or "menu" on it. A general "notes" one did well too.

Can you tell I miss teaching at LSS? Waa

I'm not sure if I have a Pinterest board that fits what you're looking for, but I'll check.

Ok, I have a few boards that might interest you. Specifically, my Crafty Things board and also my Holiday Decor board. I keep trying to link to those directly and my ipad doesn't like me doing that. So here's my Pinterest Boards. My Scrappy Things mostly has layout ideas, but there might be some paper crafted things on there as well.

Oh yeah! A girl at LSS taught a Countdown to Christmas calendar class that was super popular. She taught it several times, with a sell out each time! She used cookie sheets from the dollar store.

We have had a lot of success doing projects with mason jars. Yes, we are southern women! We do things like filling with treats, dry mixes, coco stuff or just pretty objects then decorate the lid and make tags to show case an stamp technique or embossing technique.

Lisa, we had talked about the same thing! Seems like you couldn't go wrong with anything connected to Pinterest. I know I spend way too much time there! Hope your classes go well -- looks like a collection of really good ideas.

That's so great to hear about the sketch books! (We're working on a new Christmas sketch book and a Christmas card and tag sketch book for this fall, by the way.)

It's good to know there are still stores that are going strong. Sounds like yours is one of them! Stop by any time...I'll do the same if I ever head your way!