Mindful Makers

We're so so close to being ready to open up pre-orders for our NEW summer craft kit series! The excitement can hardly be contained after today's outdoor photoshoot. Taking photos in natural light is such a pleasure and it's so exciting to see so many months of work come together and prepare for its debut to the world! Very soon! Here is also a behind the scenes shot of our super glamorous photography studio. We'll be posting more frequently in the coming weeks as we share ...more behind the scenes footage as we enter the final weeks of production which means many days of filming, editing, and of course packaging all the kit materials too! We hope you'll join us on this next adventure in making. #workinginapandemic #craftkits #diy #makermagickit #mindfulmakers #smallbusiness #kitchener #waterloo #KWAwesome

Our Canada Summer Jobs funding has been approved so let's do some good and make more art happen this year! We're looking for creative individuals to join our team and help expand our At Home with Mindful Makers programming series. All the details https://www.mindfulmakers.ca/jobs... Please share!

Happy Belated Earth Day Today we took some time to finish up the final touches on our Curbside Pickup Box. These included not only trimming down the door because we forgot to leave enough clearance on the bottom (enter: track saw to the rescue), but also planting the roof with some sedum that was growing in patches all over our front yard. So in it goes along with some buckets of wet potting soil that were left out over winter, and mixed in a bucket of sand to help with dr...ainage. We'll see how long it takes to re-root and thrive again. Our guess is, not very long. Still thinking that we might make some gnome homes to add to the roof as a fun decoration. It could be a fun mosaic project, since it needs to withstand the elements. Hmm, tiny neighbours, coming soon! Also.. Stay tuned for news about our upcoming #SummerCamp in a Box Kit!! #smallbusiness #shoplocal #craftkits #onlinecraft #kidscamp #kidsart #artclasses #maker #makercamp #livingroof #curbsidepickup #covidlife

Finished building our Curbside Pick Up box just in time to be put to the test on this very rainy day! We started this project just before winter, and it was left to sit for months (can anyone else relate??) but we took advantage of the good weather this weekend to finally cross it off the to-do list. The shelf still needs painting, but we're too excited about this creation to keep it a secret any longer. ... Instead of adding a plain old boring roof, we decided to create a planter box and turn it into a living roof! Needless to say we are looking forward to seeing what we can grow in it this year. #livingroof #curbsidepickup #woodworking #pantoneprocessblue #mindfulmakers

Another successful stitching class complete! We are little bit obsessed about making hoop art with fabric scraps. So many possibilities. We hope to share our students work once they finish up their projects. Stay tuned! Thanks for the theme suggestion @spacecatsmile #headspace #mindfulmaking #mindfulmakers #appliqué #hoopart #aprilbreak #virtualclass

Class is in session! What a fun way to spend a rainy day. We made these awesome beads using paper and fabric scraps. And the fun continues all week! Tomorrow we cardboard. Last minute registration is still available for our morning time slot, 10am-Noon. Kit pickup in Kitchener. ... #aprilbreak #craftalong #virtualclass #artsandcraftsforkids

One week left to get your Pixel Art Designs submitted! Visit our webpage to access the printable colouring sheet: www.mindfulmakers.ca/reimagine-winter Please share with any teachers you know!

Calling all KW Residents! We need your help with our Community Art Project! We're spreading messages of hope and positivity through Pixel Art. Brought to you by the City of Kitchener's Reimagine Winter program, we've put together a webpage where you can download our printable colouring sheet and submit your designs. https://www.mindfulmakers.ca/reimagine-winter... Two designs will be chosen to be installed on our Big Light Bright for the final two weeks of February at the Doon Pioneer Park Community Centre in Kitchener. Deadline to submit is February 15! TEACHERS: this is a great project to do with your class that incorporates art, math and community building! Please share to help us spread the word

Thanks @enchantedhexes for the felting inspiration. We just *had* to make our own Bernie Mittens too! Felting is a perfect way to wind down on a Sunday evening. Interested in making your own felted mittens? Everything you need is in our online shop: www.mindfulmakers.ca/shop-needle-felting... For reference we used our Chocolate + Oatmeal wool and mitten felting form. #berniesandersmemes #berniesanders #feltedmittens #needlefelting #feltingsupplies #mindfulmaking

This just made our day. KW is full of such creative people! We absolutely love what this maker made with our felting kit!! Supplies available at www.mindfulmakers.ca/shop-needle-felting

Wanna try some felting? A limited number of FREE min-kits are available through @create_waterloo this week! We wanna send a big THANK YOU to the City of Waterloo Arts & Culture Dept. aka. CreateWaterloo for working so hard to keep the community programs alive and for supporting local artists and small businesses during this time. You're helping to keep us afloat and we so appreciate that! Give them a follow and visit https://www.winterloofestival.ca/at-home/take-home-kits to find out more about where you can check out our at-home kits and other Winterloo 2021 activities!

We're super excited to take part in this community art project led by local artist and educator, Jason Panda! Get all the details below