Free piñata making workshops

Free piñata making workshops at SOL Collective for Spanglish Arte's Piñata Festival

2nd Sunday of the month, February-May, 1-4 PM

As part of the annual Piñata Festival, businesses and individuals can order custom made piñatas with logos and design of their choice.
Businesses and individuals interested in sponsoring a custom designed piñata should contact:

Estella Sanchez: estella@solcollective.org
Maritza Davis: maritza@unseen-heroes.com

SOL Collective
2574 21st Street
Sacramento, CA 95818

Chocolate-Raspberry Dessert Bar by The Frosted Cake Shop

Tessa Lindow Huff of The Frosted Cake Shop (She's local!) has a guest post up at Best Friends for Frosting.

Check it out!

Groupon for 50% off at The Paper Garden

The Paper Garden is one of my favorite local craft supply stores. It is a paper crafter's dream!

Act NOW and you can get:

The Deal

$35 for a two-hour paper-art class for two (a $70 value), valid for classes valued at $35 each, such as:

• Lanterns and Celebrations
• I Love Paris
• Dragonflies and Butterflies
• Patrons may upgrade to a more expensive class by paying the difference.

$10 for $20 worth of craft goods, such as stamps, cards, and washi paper

The Paper Garden

Instructor Stephanie Nishikawa teaches students to create intricate handmade cards, origami, and unique paper crafts during edifying two-hour sessions. With the nimble manipulation of budding paper wizards, Japanese washi papers transform into bound origami books, and beautiful paper flowers attract paper bees in droves. Handmade cards provide guests with thoughtful gifts for birthdays and custom invitations for special events. Like trees' comfort with being nude, class offerings change with the seasons.

View the Groupon
Visit The Paper Garden online

Sacramento Fashion Week

(Info & photo borrowed from posting on Yelp)

Sacramento Fashion Week will take place from February 21st through the 25th benefiting a child recipient from the Make-A-Wish Foundation and showcasing the talent of some of Northern California's top designers and industry professionals throughout different fashion events and showcases. The combined efforts of the production team and industry partners help Sacramento Fashion Week strive to produce an upscale quality event with the overall goal to bring more awareness and economic growth to our local fashion industry.

Visit www.sacfashionweek.com for more info.

Sweetheart pillowcase sewing class in Carmichael

NEXT SUNDAY - February 12

Sweetheart pillowcases just in time for Valentine's Day. It's a "learn to sew class" with a super simple project and a focus on the basics but it should be fun for all levels of sewists. Limit of five students so each gets plenty of attention.

Learn to use your machine and make pillowcase for your sweetheart (or yourself) just in time for Valentine’s Day!

Sunday, February 12
2-4:30 p.m.
Beverly’s in Carmichael
arrive at 1:30 for guided shopping trip to purchase supplies at Beverly’s

$15 plus the cost of material.
 Limited to 5 students. Pre-register and pay at the door.
Learn to: use your sewing machine--thread the machine--wind a bobbin--stitch straight--sew French seams--make a pillowcase!

If you are local and are interested, email Melissa at mdhaworth@gmail.com or leave a comment on her blog: www.underconstructionblog.typepad.com

Super Sale at Sew Katie Jean this Sunday

Sew Katie Jean is having a Super Bowl - Super Sale this Sunday. The shop is usually closed on Sundays, but they be open to give you a great day of shopping, sewing, and savings. When you buy any fabric cut at a half yard or more, you will receive 15% off! Plus all Halloween and Christmas fabric is now 50% off.

Sunday, February 5
11:00 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Spanglish Arte presents En el Studio de mi Jefe

Thank you for your continued support of Spanglish Arte, a place where cultural fusion and individual expression unite through the art created by local artists in the Sacramento arts community.

We have freshened ourselves up and returned with a brand new look and more local art than ever before! Be sure to stop by to add some flair to your home or business while supporting your local artists!

Jefe's Studio #1

Spanglish Arte presents En el Studio de mi Jefe, a photography exhibit by Tomás Montoya running from February through March. The artist's reception will be at Spanglish Arte on February's Second Saturday, February 11th from 6-8 PM.

"The photographs in this exhibit are an intimate documentation of my father's creative space. The photographs were shot throughout a year, and the goal was to capture not so much his studio as a whole but the arrangement of the objects, materials and tools that make up the studio and inspire his work..." — Tomás Montoya