Make Your Own Leather Pouch
*The event has already taken place on this date: Sat, 05/27/2017
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Make Your Own Leather Pouch ~ Medicine bag, small purse, cell phone holder… ...you decide...
Medicine bags have been known in all cultures and throughout all of history. Traditionally they have been worn on the body, around the neck or waist, and have carried items that represent the sacred or holy to the wearer. They can be very small – as small as an inch around, or much larger.
We’re taking a contemporary twist on the traditional medicine bag – realizing that medicine comes in all shapes and sizes for different people. Looking for a personalized pouch, change purse, holder or medicine bag?
In this family-friendly half-day workshop, join us and craft your own unique leather bag in any number of styles to be worn around your neck, shoulder or waist. We will provide simple patterns, guidance, tools, and the up-cycled leather, beads, buttons and findings from nature such as feathers, herbs, bones, stones, etc. You provide the hand-crafted love.
Once finished, your new hand-crafted-by-you bag is ready for farmer’s market money, small festival finds, your cell phone or more traditional “medicine” like small photos or mementos of loved ones or ancestors; animal totems; herbal allies; symbols of things you wish to manifest in your world; blessings, mantras, poems; really, whatever your intuition guides you to include.
Open to men, women, families (all children must be accompanied by an adult)
DATE: May 27, 2017 9:30a-12:30p, Rain or shine
ADVANCE REGISTRATION: Requested by May 24th.
SUGGESTED TUITION: $35 per person includes materials and snacks; Additional family members receive a $5 discount.
FACILITATORS: Melissa Kelly-McCabe and Deborah Denome
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