Mindful Memories: Scrapbooking for Relaxation Workshop - Tadley Library - Monday 31st March 2025 - 10.00am

Mindful Memories: Scrapbooking for Relaxation Workshop

Tadley Library

Monday 31st March 2025

10.00am to 2.30pm

To introduce scrapbooking and to demonstrate how a range of paper crafting skills can be learnt and applied to create scrapbook pages that encapsulate emotions, thoughts and feelings about a past time.

• Demonstrate how to combine photographs, papers, embellishments and memorabilia to create scrapbook pages
• Describe how scrapbooking benefits your mental health and wellbeing
• Identity colors that coordinate to create a pleasing aesthetic
• Use basic crafting supplies to create embellishments
• Create an effective layout promoting happy memories
• Demonstrate how to sort, crop and mount photos

About the course: Do you want to learn new skills, socialise, reminisce and create a visual record that will be a source of pleasure now and in the future for yourself and your family? Creating scrapbook pages gives you the chance to do all of this and it's fun for while , while creating something unique, you recall happy times. Looking at photographs and sharing them with others brings a sense of wellbeing. This taster workshop is an opportunity to discover more about this craft; warning, this is a craft that can become addictive!

Who is this course for: Anyone who wants to preserve memories by learning how to combine photos, memorabilia, embellishments and journaling to create scrapbook pages that record memories of a person, place or event

Previous knowledge or experience: None required

How will I learn: Tutor demonstration and guidance, group discussion and a range of practical tasks

How will I be assessed: Through completion of activities and tutor observation

What shall I bring: All you need to get started is your imagination and a minimum of 8 maximum of 12 photographs on 2 or 3 themes. Please bring £2 cash payable to the tutor for additional materials

Next steps: Further art, scrapbooking or journaling courses with learning in libraries

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•              5 working days or more before course starts a full refund will be issued

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