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Make Your Own Beautiful Greeting Cards

January 18, 2025 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

$60 Per Registration

Date: Saturday, January 18, 2025
Time: 2:00 – 5:00 PM
Instructor: Cindy Troianello
Location: Room 201, Fiber Arts Studio
Ages: Adults, teens 16+(with accompanying adult)
Skill Level: All Levels
Registration Fee: $55
Materials Fee: $5

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About the class

Among all of the bills and junk we get in the mail, who doesn’t love to receive a card from a friend? And a handmade card is even better! This class will teach you how to make lovely greeting and holiday cards using a variety of papers, fabrics, magazine pages, rubber stamps, washi tape and more. Examine multiple samples that will inspire you, then receive hands-on instruction as you build cards with colorful layers and images. You’ll take home several completed cards (along with envelopes) and plenty of tips and tricks to continue constructing thoughtful cards for every occasion. Note: All materials are provided, but you are welcome to bring materials to cut up, such as magazines and books, thin fabric, wrapping paper and handmade paper.

The Sonoma Community Center is committed to creating an accessible learning environment. If you require any special considerations(medical, physical, learning) please share them with Sean Baskin, Program Associate, by emailing him at sean@sonomacommunitycenter.org so that he can forward them to the relevant Program Director and Instructor.

About the instructor

Cindy Troianello

Instructor / Artist

Cindy Troianello has been creating art for many years. She loves working with paper, fabrics and polymer clay, watercolor painting, jewelry making, and cooking and baking. Cindy is very social and also loves to play tennis, hike and bike. As a profession, she has worked as a CPA, head of Human Resources, executive coach and corporate trainer. She’s been teaching people new skills for 20+ years.

    Questions and Answers

    • All Levels
    • Welcomes participants from beginning through advanced. Instructor provides a balanced and flexible curriculum suitable for participants with any level of experience.
    • Beginning
    • Participant has little to no experience with this medium and needs or expects guidance at every step during the class. Participant wants to learn about materials, techniques, and vocabulary of the medium.
    • Intermediate
    • Participant is comfortable with the medium and expects both guidance and time to work alone with the medium.
    • Advanced
    • Participant is very confident with all aspects of the medium. Participant is self-motivated; ready to experiment and develop their artistic voice.

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    We ask that you notify us at least 10 days in advance of a class if you need to cancel your registration. You may cancel by phone or email and we will gladly offer you a refund or credit toward a future class. If you cancel with less than 10 days’ notice, we will not be able to provide refunds, due to our contractual obligations and material purchases for each class. 

    Sometimes, the Sonoma Community Center has to cancel a class due to low enrollment or unforeseen circumstances, such as a natural disaster or health emergency. If this happens and we do not offer a reschedule date, you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee, or credit towards a future class. If we are able to offer a reschedule date but you are unable to make the new date, we will gladly offer credit towards a future class.

    Late additions to any program, class, or workshop that has already begun will be allowed on a per-case basis depending upon the Program Director & instructors approval. Late additions will have to pay the full registration cost of the class, along with any materials fees, and will not be prorated for the time missed. You may reach out to the program directors directly, or the Program Associate Sean Baskin at sean@sonomacommunitycenter.org to request a late addition.

    We are always looking for new instructors. You can find more information about the process here, or fill out the form directly here.

    You can view our full class policies and guidelines here.

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