Everyone can create! We create our thoughts, our goals and our futures...we create and build our own lives. God’s entire nature is creative creation and He loves it when we take something simple and create beauty.* Dan McCollam said, “Creativity is not a mood. Creativity is not a gift. It’s the very nature of God inside of you.” WE can make something out of nothing.

I love mentoring youth, especially in this fun and rewarding course! At minimum, we'll touch on four important themes: Creation, Industry, Service, and Self-Reliance. Those are just the big words for making things, working hard, doing kind things for others, and learning to support ourselves. So we will create with our hands, serve and gift to others, and discuss entrepreneurship! But for the bulk of the semester, we will be makers! The Creators' Workshop (formerly Works of Creation) is a class where youth will be taught real artistic and useful skills and discover new interests. Hard work really pays off here and each class wraps up with a great feeling of satisfaction! I have a large repertoire of classes, so our weekly classes may include any of the following:

Baking

Bath + Body Products

Cake Decorating

Candle Making

Candy Making

Clay Projects

Concrete Projects

Cooking

Cultural Art

Fiber Arts (needle felting, embroidery, string art, hand stitching)

Floral Design

Gift Wrapping

Hand Lettering

Jewelry Making (hand stamping, metal forming, beading, resin, etc.)

Leather Working

Lino Cutting/Stamp Carving

Metal Etching

Visual Art (watercolor, acrylics, drawing)

Wood Burning

You don’t have to feel talented in these areas to join us. You don’t even have to feel creative or love every class idea. You just have to be willing to create and become better. Dieter F. Uchtdorf said, “The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul. No matter our talents, education, backgrounds, or abilities, we each have an inherent wish to create something that did not exist before. Everyone can create.”