Color Affects usa workshops

Are you living life in tune with the real you? Does your home truly reflect your personality, and provide the most supportive environment for you? Do you dress to express - or do you prefer to hide? Combining the Colour Affects technique with intuition, this workshop explores these questions in the context of how color expresses your essential self.

Designed to demystify the very complex subject of color in a down-to-earth, practical way, in these two intensive days, you will learn:

· How color affects our emotions - our moods and behavior

· How your physical coloring reflects your personality

· How to know yourself through your own color preferences

· How to increase your self-esteem through color

· The psychology of each of the 11 main colors

· The practicalities of combining colors effectively.

 

Upcoming workshop dates:

Last 2009 DATES!!!

 

November 14 & 15, 2009 in Lake Oswego, Oregon

 

AND

 

December 5 & 6, 2009 in London, England - fees, hours and location to be announced

 

Wednesday evenings: 6 - 9 pm, Sept 2, 9, 16 & 23, 2009 in Lake Oswego, OR

Tuesday evenings: 6 - 9 pm, Oct 6, 13, 20 & 27, 2009 in Lake Oswego, OR

Lake Oswego/Portland workshop fees: $225. Includes handouts and lots of fun! Max. class size: 12.

Bonus: Personal color consultation booked with course: $100

To book an individual consultation &/or reserve a place in the next workshop, please contact us at 503 534 2600 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

 

Color Psychology Consultations and Color Harmony workshops

 

DWCS is proud to present the following ways in which we can help you with your color choices, needs and applications:

 

Individual consultations

Learn to recognize, apply and embody the uniquely personal color palette which most authentically expresses you, your personality, the essence of you. An individual color consultation will provide you with this intuitive and practical knowledge - and a personalized color chart to refer to again and again. Please allow 2 hours for your private consultation. Daytime, evening and some weekend appointments available at our DWCS location in metro Portland, OR.

Fee special: $125 for all consultations booked before the end of July, $175 from August 1, 2009.

 

Business, service or product branding consultations

In marketing, every detail counts - and color accounts for a lot in successful marketing. Color is, after all, the first thing that draws your customers' attention, whether it be to your logo, website, brochures or product line. How do you choose, then, colors that express the 'personality' of your business or products? Colors that harmonize with each other and with your goals? We can help you with that. Please call 503 534 2600 or e-mail DWCS for marketing color consultation fees.

 

"Conversation Covens": myth & crafting

 

Women need to get together with other women and share conversation, woman to woman, life to life, heart to heart. As it happens, we women tend to thrive when surrounded by women who share, empathize and talk us through whatever the moment holds. We do well, it seems, in covens. In fact, as a friend put it, “our feminine spirit needs a coven to renew.” No, we don’t mean cackling witches, scary pointed hats or even Wiccan earth-based spirituality. We mean “Conversation Covens”.

“Coven,” in medieval English, was a variation of the word ‘convent’, both of which were derived from from the Latin conventus - meaning assembly or gathering - and had no association with witches, neither the persecuted and maligned ones, nor the wise women the word once designated.

If forming a coven - a “Conversation Coven” - is something you would like to do, we have some suggestions to help you do so. By this, we mean creating a group and place for deeper conversations using myths as a starting point. If you are in the Portland-Vancouver metro area, we will be delighted to facilitate the group for you. If you are farther afield, we are creating study guides to help you get the conversation started.

These “Conversation Covens” can simply consist of deep, heart to heart discussions and conversations, or they may also include grounding the discussions, concepts and feelings through handwork projects. Here are some of the topics we have to offer you:

 

A letter from Eve

Eve, the original woman herself, as you might well imagine, has her own perspective on the Garden of Eden story - and that fateful apple - you and I have been told since childhood. Creativity, knowledge and toting apples all come into it...What is Eve's legacy to you? Project: Eve's Apple Tote, a crocheted and felted tote bag.

 

Amaterasu's Jewels

Amaterasu, “That which illuminates Heaven,” is the Japanese Sun Goddess whose realization of her own magnificent radiance changed the world. Hers is a story of light, darkness, merriment and storminess... What is yours? Project: one of four beaded jewelry sets.

 

Eurynome and her windscarf

At one time known as the Great Goddess of all Things, Eurynome rose from Chaos and began dancing. In so doing, she set that cheeky North Wind in motion, and the rest is history... How do you dance the dance of life and tap into it's creative force? Project: crocheted airy 'windscarf'.

 

Kenyan Moon

If the Moon passing over the savanahs of Kenya were to tell us about what she's seen, she might well remind us of the absolute necessity and wisdom of paying  thoughtful attention to how giving and taking  – to and from others, our environment, our world – can affect the harmony and balance of our personal, national and worldly lives. How does attentiveness and thoughtfulness affect you and your life? Project: sewn and beaded necklace and earrings.

 

Three sisters journey

Wearing different hats while collaborating in the creative process - as well as in life’s journey - is what it’s all about for the three sisters - corn, beans and squash - in the Iroquois and Cherokee traditional stories. What is it for you? Project: one of three crocheted hats.

Crochet, beading and sewing classes and workshops

 

Interested in scheduling a class or a workshop? If so, we will come to you! If you would like to host a class for yourself and a minimum of 5 of your friends in your living room or your building's community room (for example), we will be happy to organize it. As the person hosting and coordinating the class, you would not pay the class fee, only for the kit. Classes can be scheduled for mornings, afternoons or evenings - at your convenience. We will teach how to make any of our kits, as well as provide introduction to crochet, beading, or sewing classes.

Crochet Classes:

Eve's Apple Tote - beginner to intermediate skill levels

• Felted crochet bag, 4 hours in 2 sessions of 2 hours each. Fee: $40 per person, plus kit $50 ea (includes pattern), more info on kit HERE.
• Instructor: Teresa Dane Marcel, who will tell Eve's story and facilitate discussion while teaching techniques.
• Techniques covered: First session - crochet base (increases, decreases), adding sides, intarsia crochet. Second session: finishing, seaming, felting bag (by hand or washing machine), adding felted embellishment.
• Other materials/tools needed: crochet hook, sink or washing machine for felting bag, 2 towels for drying bag, felting mat and needles (instructor will provide some which may be borrowed in class)

 

Three Sisters Brimmed hat and crochet flower pin - beginner to intermediate skill levels

• Felted crochet hat, 4 hours, in 2 sessions of 2 hours each. Fee: $40 per person, plus hat kit $20 ea and flower pin kit $9 ea (includes patterns, more info on hat kit HERE.)
• Instructor: Teresa Dane Marcel, who will tell the Three Sisters story and facilitate discussion while teaching techniques.
• Techniques covered: first session - crochet in the round, hat crown, hat brim increases. Second session: felting hat, making flower petals, adding beads to center of flower and pin back.
• Other materials/tools needed: crochet hook, sink or washing machine for felting hat, 2 towels for drying hat.

 

Three Sisters Cloche hat - beginner to intermediate skill levels

• Crochet hat, 4 hours, in 2 sessions of 2 hours each. Fee: $40 per person, plus hat kit $27 ea (includes pattern), more info on hat kit HERE.
• Instructor: Teresa Dane Marcel, who will tell the Three Sisters story and facilitate discussion while teaching techniques.
• Techniques covered: first session - crochet in the round, hat crown.  Second session: bauble border, hat brim increases and finishing
• Other materials/tools needed: crochet hook

 

Three Sisters Tam hat - beginner to intermediate skill levels

• Crochet tam hat, 2 hours, in 1 session of 2 hours. Fee: $20 per person, plus hat kit $27ea (includes pattern), more info on hat kit HERE.
• Instructor: Teresa Dane Marcel, who will tell the Three Sisters story and facilitate discussion while teaching techniques.
• Techniques covered: crochet in the round, decreases and hat brim.
• Other materials/tools needed: crochet hook

 

Radiant Aphrodite’s Necklace - beginner to intermediate skill levels

• Crochet and beaded necklace, 1 sessions of 2 hours. Fee: $20 per person, plus necklace kit $5 ea (includes pattern), more info on necklace kit HERE.
• Instructor: Teresa Dane Marcel, who will tell Aphrodite’s story and facilitate discussion while teaching techniques.
• Techniques covered: crocheting with beads.
• Other materials/tools needed: crochet hook

 

Windscarf - beginner to intermediate skill levels

• Crochet scarf, 4 hours, in 2 sessions of 2 hours each. Fee: $40 per person, plus scarf kit $60 ea (includes pattern), more info on scarf kit HERE.
• Instructor: Teresa Dane Marcel, who will tell Eurynome’s story and facilitate discussion while teaching techniques.
• Techniques covered: first session - crocheting with fine mohair yarn. Second session: finishing, adding thread embellishments and hot fix crystals.
• Other materials/tools needed: BeJewelerPro (one will be available for use in class?)

 

Beading/Jewelry making classes:

Divine Woman Bracelets girlfriend party - beginner skills

These are really easy to make, so you may want to just host it yourself, with no instructor. However, if you would like us to help you, here are the class details:
• Beaded bracelets, 2 hours. Fee $20 per person, plus kit of $12 ea (includes pattern), kits available HERE.
• Instructor: Teresa Dane Marcel or Karen Yowell.
• Techniques covered: stringing beads, knotting and honoring the Divine Women in your circle of friends!

 

Kenyan Moon Necklace and Earring set - beginner to intermediate skill levels

• Sewn and beaded necklace and earrings, 2 hours, in 1 session. Fee: $20 per person, plus jewelry kit $45ea (includes pattern), click HERE for more info on Kenyan Moon kit.
• Instructor: Teresa Dane Marcel, who will tell Moon’s story and facilitate discussion while teaching techniques.
• Techniques covered: sewing, stringing, crimping
• Oother materials/tools needed: wire cutter, chain nose pliers, sewing machine or serger. (one will be available for use in class)

 

Amaterasu’s Jewels - beginner to intermediate skill levels

• Bead and wire work jewelry set, 2 hours, in 1 session. Fee: $20 per person, plus jewelryf kit $65-$95 ea (includes pattern), more info on Kenyan Moon kit HERE.
• Instructor: Teresa Dane Marcel, who will tell Amaterasu’s story and facilitate discussion while teaching techniques.
• Techniques covered: depends on kit, but all include stringing, wire work, crimping
• Other materials/tools needed: wire cutter, chain nose pliers, crimp tool

 

Three Graces Bling Brooch - beginner skills

• Crystal pin, 2 hours, in 1 session. Fee: $20 per person, plus brooch kit $15 ea (includes pattern), more info on Three Graces Bling Brooch kit HERE.
• Instructor: Teresa Dane Marcel, who will tell the story of the Three Graces and facilitate discussion while teaching techniques.
• Techniques covered: wire weaving
• Other materials/tools needed: wire cutter, chain nose pliers

 

Three Graces Hatband - beginner skills

• Bead and gemstone hatband/necklace, 2 hours, in 1 session. Fee: $20 per person, plus hatband kit $24-50 ea (includes pattern), more info on hatband kit HERE.
• Instructor: Teresa Dane Marcel, who will tell the story of the Three Graces and facilitate discussion while teaching techniques.
• Techniques covered: stringing, crimping
• Other materials/tools needed: wire cutter, chain nose pliers, crimp tool