Saturday night it’s gonna be chilly but we’ll be heatin’ things up at Austin Amp with the Mama’s Collective Craft Night. Come join us at 411 W. Monroe St. from 7:15-10:00pm. Bring some family photos and make use of the die-cuts, paper, envelopes, rubber stamps and other sundry craft items to make a whole pile [...]

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Come join some mamas on Friday night, 11/20 at Austin Amp at 411 W. Monroe St. from 7:15-10:00 as we begin creating Advent Calendars that will no doubt become part of your family’s holiday tradition. Whatever winter holiday you choose, now you can add homemade ritual to it all.
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The Mama’s Collective Craft Night is a combination of a ladies’ night out with a (green) maker aspect. The idea is to offer women, mamas especially, the space and the time to come together in community and to create. Oftentimes mamas don’t have the luxury of time or space, in their homes or in their [...]

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I know it’s a little early to be pondering the holidays. Heck, we haven’t even had Halloween yet. But in our house birthday season has begun which means it’s a slippery slope from birthdays into Halloween then a couple more birthdays then Thanksgiving then another birthday then Christmas and well, you can see that from [...]

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Last one was pretty fun. A bunch of mamas crafting, talking, sharing, having a drink and a crafty night out. This time we’ll be making Appreciation  Banners to up the appreciation ante in your home. These simply sweet banners will help you and your family focus on what’s working in your house thereby raising the [...]

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So, it’s not actually a competition of course. And each one really does have its attributes beyond what we could ever count. But there is no doubt teaching 8 kids ages 8-12, 2 days a week for 2 hours after school is a totally different experience than teaching 7 moms on a Saturday afternoon [...]

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We are happy to announce that our Advent Calendar class to be held on November 15th is full! This is our first mama class to fill up and we are quite excited about it. Our Advent calendars can be designed to countdown to Christmas, Solstice, New Year’s Eve or whatever day you want to count [...]

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So we took a few old sheets, (carefully selected from the thrift store of course) some old worn out pants, some tossed off burnt orange University of Texas Theater curtains, various scraps and cut-offs from Kathie’s myriad Ramonsterwear projects, and even a few old upholstery sample books and look at what these girls whipped up in [...]

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The mama classes were totally fun. The first night we made appreciation banners out of reclaimed burlap and Kathie’s incredible scrap bucket that has a combination of cut-offs, old sheets and linens and some fantastic totally thrift store vintage curtains (my personal favorite). Everyone walked away with a finished banner and the ability to add [...]

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Appreciation banner class for mamas on Thursday night May 22nd from 6:30-9:00.
Come make your very own Family Appreciation banners to spread the love and share the gratitudes. You’ll walk away with an amazing gift to present to your family but we’ll also talk about why family appreciations are so important. We’ll discuss family [...]

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