The Latest PURE EXPERIMENTATION Online Class Has Arrived!

$60

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.  It will resume on January 16th.  See you then!

Class information & passwords are sent to your PAYPAL email within 24 hours of registering, usually sooner.  If you need me to send the info to a different email you must add a note to your PAYPAL invoice at the time of purchase.  Look there first if you don't receive registration information within 24 hours.  99.9% of the time the registration information can be found in the inbox of your PAYPAL EMAIL ADDRESS.  If you check your paypal email address, junk or spam box and still can't find it, please send me your paypal receipt along with the email address & name you used to pay for the class.  This keeps the search and rescue team from barking up the wrong tree.

DETAILS:

• registration is in full swing!  Class starts anytime you decide after 12/15/09
•  27 high quality videos available from the day you register
•  32 pages of full-color PDF also available for immediate download
• at least 5 pages of digital collage elements for download (labels, tabs, numbers, words, journaling spots)
• full access to REMAINS OF THE DAY class blog and all of its videos & content until December 1, 2010
• an active & enthusiastic Yahoo group where you can yack with your classmates to your heart's content, get advice, share successes, and cheer each other on
• a Flickr group where you can show off what you make and get positive feedback
• sewing machine is required
• SUPPLY LIST = scraps of paper, security envelopes, fabric, sewing machine, quilting thread, 1 yard of waxed linen, regular or bookbinding needle, scotch tape, packing tape, your choice of dry adhesive (I'm using a glue stick),  any kind of camera

• A fast computer & high-speed internet service to process & watch the videos will be vital.   If you are regularly able to watch videos of up to 10 minutes in length w/o interruption you should be just fine.   Do make sure though, since tuition is non-refundable once your password to the class blog has been sent.
  

Ready for another dose of arty excavating and experimenting?  Ready to go on a wild and delicious archeological dig in your very own art studio?  Then climb on board and join me in another round of Pure Experimentation! 

REMAINS OF THE DAY - A Shabby Journal of Scraps is the antidote for all of those paper scraps that keep multiplying in your favorite scrap box and clogging up your artistic super highway.

In this process AND project oriented class we'll be constructing a shabby but sturdy journal using all that paper you've been hoarding.  I'll show you how I built the kind of travel journals that my sister and I carried with us on our trip to Portugal this summer.  Both of those were filled to capacity in 10 days and you'll do the same with yours without ever leaving home!  Instead of postcards, we'll use photos from our daily lives.  The book I make with you will be a completely different  book than the ones pictured here, but with a similar structure and content.

Using simple art supplies like tape, staples, glue sticks, scissors, paper & fabric scraps, and your favorite inky pen we'll set out on a recycled voyage of discovery.   ORDINARY life never looked better than seen through the pages of this stitched up journal of scraps.  Between these pages you'll be recording the little days that are all too easily forgotten.  The small activities between the bigger events of your life that get left behind.

The journal you see below is a class sample.  The one we build in class will be BIGGER, juicier, and more fabulous!  (Wanna see?  Go HERE and have a look at what everyone has stitchd together so far!)  Better still it will be super sturdy.  Swat away pick pockets or toss across the room.  NOT A PROBLEM. 

PLEASE NOTE:  This is not a sewing course, but a sewing machine is required.  I am not a seamstress.  I cheerfully employ guerrilla sewing tactics. 

THIS is the machine I use.  It's inexpensive, VERY sturdy, and sews through anything.

Once your shabby journal is constructed I'll show you how to start filling it up.  The book we make will be different in construction, but similar in content to THIS one.  I completed it in 2 weeks.   Think of it as a perfect place to deposit your deep thoughts, shallow thoughts, and everything in between.

IF THE IDEA OF SEWING UP A SHABBY BOOK OF SCRAPS SEEMS CHALLENGING...DO NOT BE INTIMIDATED!!!  I teach 2nd grade craft monkeys (whose primary language is not English) on a regular basis.  I will take you by the hand and guide you through each step.  Like I tell my students:  everything seems difficult if you don't know how to do it.  I'll answer your questions and provide counsel to your most elementary questions.  

Got a little (or big) craft monkey at home?  If they can walk & talk, they can fill up their own little book while you work in yours.  If they're too little to use the sewing machine they can use a ready made composition book or notebook that you jazz up for them.  

REMAINS OF THE DAY will be using dry ingredients only.  No paint, misters, sprays, spraypaint, gesso, or vodka.  This will be qualitatively different than my regular visual journal process.  This is the type of journal I return to when I want to work fast and use up abandoned scraps.  Think of it as a visual DIARY on steroids.  A photo logbook of your ORDINARY days. 

Read the comments on this page for current student reviews.

NO Tuition refunds will be given once the password to the class blog is sent via email.

Comments

[wendy m.]

Woohoo!! Doin' the happy dance over here, counting down the days! So looking forward to another fabulous class with you!

[Mixed Media]

Pick me, pick me, pick me!!! I would love to be added to your drawing :)

[Michelle Remy]

Here we go again! How utterly fantastic! My muse is over the moon with the prospect of another Pure Experimentation extravaganza!

[Nancy Lynn]

I can't wait for this class to begin. It will be something to look forward to. Nancy Lynn

[susan crane]

I wish the vodka was required instead of the sewing machine...cuz I have the vodka :( I DID buy a sewing machine for the last class but in a new record for me I broke it while taking it OUT of the box!! Singer had some 'splainin to do!! (actually it was probably my fault) Okay, definitely my fault....(broken machine was in no way vodka related, however)

[lilylovekin]

I want to take the class but it looks so intimidating. And yet you make it sound so fun it makes me want to try it. And you give me a whole year. And I love to take pictures. And I have a sewing machine. And I love to journal. And, And, And-----

[Heather]

I have been waiting ever so patiently for this class!Hot Diggity Damn!!!!

[RuthSatterlee]

Yippee! just the thing for these greay short-light days!

[suzanne]

Woot!! More goodness. No doubt this will be at least as fab as the last two classes you taught Mary Ann!

[sally]

another delightful class just in time to keep me blissfully creating during my two-week Christmas break. i'm fevered pink with anticipation ; )

[jaihn]

I'm in the pool!
xxx

[jessica loughrey]

yay!!! i can't wait!!

[Rebecca]

Sometimes. When I'm art journaling a feeling comes over me and takes over. Its magnificent.

Sometimes. Its just gas.

[linda]

Sold! Sign me up!! But...wait...D.R.Y? As in no spray paint?...no vodka?! Blimey! Well, I guess I could...Yep, I'm in!

[Cindy Harwood]

Hey Mary Ann! I've taken two classes from you so far and they were great! Unfortunately, I lost my pdf files when my hard disk crashed. Boo Hoo! Anyway, I can't actually start a new class in December but since this is a do it on your own schedule . . . I think I'm in!!! I LOVE your videos. They are FAB!!!!!!!

[Marina]

I loved your stencilling classes...you were so generous with time and input. Couldn't believe how many videos you prepared and what fun they were to watch.

I am enchanted by this journal. Thankyou for giving me the opportunity to enter the drawings for class spaces :-)

[Lena Nielsen]

I´m in the middle of writing a paper for my master degree in archaeology, working full time, taking care of my two kids - and what do I do? Cutting paper, glueing, collecting piles of scraps. I´m amazed of your inspireing work Mary Ann - and how much fun and addictive it is!

[Mae]

Looks like another fun class. Can't tell you enough how much I enjoyed the first one.

[Lelainia]

This would be so cathartic right now. Putting my wish out there and keeping my fingers crossed. I thought your spray paint and stencil class was genius. I was really inspired by what I saw.

[Hagit]

Yes! I was looking forward to this post, and am very happy to join this class! I have huge drawers overflowing with all the paper I save :-)

[Sara Berry]

Wow--this looks amazing Mary Ann! Crossing fingers (and toes) for the drawing. You never disappoint with your journalistic inspiration and this class is no exception! My sewing machine needs this!

[milkcan]

I'm so excited! I love your journals and I can't wait to make my own!

[celeste]

Looks like a great class! I hope I get to join you all!
(Oh, and back in the day, when I lived and worked in Berkeley...my work team had lunch at The Drunken Boat one day...we sat by the fireplace, it was a treat!)

[Renate]

Have sewing machine, will journal. Only problem might be the somewhat unreliable internet connection. But am willing to give it a go! Although - no paint, none at all? Not even a little bit... hmmm. Awww, I'm in anyways!!

[Nat]

YEAHHH - I'm in for the third time :)

[Tricia]

Oh... great... can't wait for it to start...

[Liz Steel]

Wow! sounds just what I want! I sketch and paint in my journals but have been longing to add more collage. I have loved following your blog in the last few months and love what you do!!!

[Lynn Medlen]

Oh, boy; can't wait.

[Claire]

I have loved your journals since I first discovered your blog. Thanks so much for having a class!

[bkasstle]

Wadder you sayin' missy! I'll pour vodka on mine if I want to! So there! Hmmmph... How do you think I make it through the day???

just kidding no alchol was killed in the production of this comment!

You better pick me or I'll shmack you with my journal!

[Joy Meadows]

I would love to have the chance to win a spot in this class, Mary Ann! It does seem daunting; but maybe I will give it a try - your journals are SO filled with fun and interesting pages!! Pick me, pick me!!!

[Jennifer]

Looks like a great class ... will have to seriously think about this over the next few days LOL! Thanks!

[Deb]

This class looks so amazing, my machine is revved up and ready to go!

[Eveline]

Goodness it looks lovely. Maybe I should get that sewing machine I got at the car boot sale up and ready to use then.. ;)

[Amber]

Looks like an awesome class!

[Mary]

Yeah!!! My wish for another Mary Ann Moss class came true! Sign me up

[Linda in KS]

This looks FANTASTIC!

[carol sloan]

pick me! pick me! insert two wildly waving arms here. pick me!

[Kristy]

I am sooooo excited for this class! Time to dust off the sewing machine.

[Clara]

Love how you're structuring your class, particularly the availability of the online information and materials until the end of 2010. This makes so much sense for people who are working at their own pace, and for those -- duh! most of us -- who, in order to learn, have to revisit and re-do. It's kind of you to offer sliding scale options, too. Those who are struggling economically also deserve to treat themselves to a creative catalyst. In fact, they probably need it more than most. The whole class sounds truly yummy.

[missy from the bayou]

Yup,NOW it is holiday time......sew happy.....sew happy

[Effie]

What, no VODKA involved? LOL. I CANNOT wait for this ... I've been drooling over the sneak peeks!!!!

[Kim Schuster]

This looks like a great class, recycling has been what I have been doing lately this is one more way to use up instead of throw out.

[Roberta]

So excited...even though I'm in a bum mood cause we're moving and everything in my studio is a mess...but since we have the whole year to work on it...I'm so in:}

[Pat P]

My sister and I want to be adopted cousins of you and your sister, and go places and drink margaritas....
Pat P

[Sabrina]

I've been waiting for the details of this class to be posted. It looks amazinag.

[Geraldine]

aw. so many comments posted already, i fear i will never win. but i so thoroughly enjoyed your last two classes that i have my fingers crossed. you've been a real inspiration to me.

[jan]

This class sounds right up my alley and a terrific way to reduce the pile of papers in my overly-large baskets. I love coming to your blog to see your next journal additions as well as what your craft monkeys are up to. Kudos for your generosity in helping those who might be financially compromised. I'm impressed.

jan in ohio

[Sharon @ norah'S]

Oh this is so tempting and what a huge challenge for me to do it with dry ingredients only!

[Adrian Kronberg]

Me, too! Me, too! I loved your Stencilry class and you ARE A FUN TEACHER.

[sara jane]

If this is even half as good as the Stencilry class, it's worth every penny. Had a blast with that class, looking forward to this one.

[Cheryl]

Looking forward to your class! Not sure I can do a Mary Ann book but I am gonna try.

[Terri D.]

Can you at least make the vodka *optional*? :-) Looking forward to this class. I've always admired your journals. Off to pre-register. Thanks again for the inspiration!

[Sarah]

ooh, I'd love to win this course!! Fingers crossed!!!

[iHanna]

Oh, how lovely this sounds. I just want to start creating right away!!! Love your images!

[Brenda]

Looks great! I am intimidated by the sweing part though.

[Laura]

My, this looks like fun! I've been resisting but with great difficulty.

[KarenS]

I would love a chance to win this class! Sounds like lots of fun and will make me use my sewing machine.

[kas]

'Oh my goodness ~ I'm so excited! Yes, please enter me in your drawing and count me in certainly for the class!!!

[Lisa]

I have piles of paper cluttering up my life, so this sounds like the perfect way to use them up!

[Randi]

I really love your blog and have been waiting for this class to begin for what seems like forever (OK, it's only been a couple of weeks but still!) Whether I win or not, I'm still in. And is it Dec. 15th yet???

[Rainy]

This looks so fun and yet so scary! I would love to try it!

[Sue]

I LOVE!!! your blog....I'm addicted to it and seeing what you do with your journals. I'm in and so want to make my very first handmade journal! Yippee!!! The best part may be getting my paper stash down to a small hill, instead of the mountain I now have! I am now challenged and hoping my old sewing machine will be able to handle it.

[Kimberly Gero]

I loved your other two classes and can't wait for this one. I'm sending my pre-register email right now!

[Chris]

YIKES!

NO VODKA?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!!?

?

Hey, here's my comment:

oh, wait. I used up my comment before that sentence fragment. I'm such a dork.

Can dorks get in?! HUH?! Can they?!?

[robin]

I loved your previous class but truly drooled over your travel journal - I am so excited to be able to make something similar that I don't even care that I don't have a vacation planned. I may use it for a virtual vacation ;-)

[Elizabeth]

I would love this class. I have a sewing machine and used to make my own clothes. This class is right up my alley. Have a great TG!

[Becky New]

YEA!! Here it comes! :) I am so excited! Add me to your Tuesday drawing please!

[lori vliegen]

i can't wait......thank you SO much for offering this class to us!!!

happy thanksgiving to you and your family!! :)))

[cindy c]

sounds like a fabulous class and i would love a chance to participate

[Nancy Spiegel]

Mary Ann:

You made my day! I have been drooling over your travel journals and can't wait to take yet another class (number three for me) from you. I love your voice and your sense of humor as well as your talent and creative ideas. Thanks so much. Nancy

[Erica from ATL]

I think I'm going into mental convulsions of joy just reading about the class! You are a journaling diva! I hate to say that this is the first time I am commenting since I have read EVERY single one of your blog entries (oh, the archives!). I have been meaning to send you a note because I think you are supah-fly, but alack and alas, life gets in the way of a long note properly expressing how hard it is to pick my jaw up off the floor when I see all the goodies you produce. So here I am posting a note in the hopes that when I grow up, I might be like you! :-) Have a super-fab day!

[anna maria]

Mary Ann, sometimes I think the people who comment on your blog are as funny and ZANY as you are! I'm using this definition of ZANY: comical in an endearing way; imaginatively funny or comical, esp in behaviour.

[Janet]

Please add me to the list! I would love to win!!

[Melissa S.]

Throw me in the lottery! Nothing mo' betta than one of your classes, Mary Ann. I cannot wait for this one!

[Chris Granelli]

Hi Mary Ann
I have just ventured into art journaling and I am loving the freedom in comparison to structured pages in scrapbooking.
This sounds like a fabulous class. Hope I am lucky - the sneek peaks are so scrumptious.
Thanks again for the opertunity to win

[Nancy]

Me me me....

[lisa cox]

i would love to be added to the drawing. your class looks awesome!!

[Natalie Meyer]

holy cwap mary ann! loved the first 2 classes count me in!!!

[laury55]

your class looks great...love the journal you made while you were in Portugal

[katy]

how much fun will this be! i like that i can use what i have on hand since i have been trying hard to be frugal!

[Wendy]

Thank you for another opportunity to "get in free" HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Blessings, Wendy

[Susie LaFond]

Would love an early Christmas present....oh the anticipation..VBG!!!!
keeping my fingers and toes crossed
Susie

[Marina]

OK..this is totally irresistible. I have sent my pre-register request email..can hardly wait

[Margaret]

Dry ingredients only? - I can't wait!

[Diane hamburg]

Can"t wait for this class to begin. You are such a great teacher.

[dorit]

Looks like a tons of fun! Can't wait to start! My papers are piling up!

[Lillian Mederak]

thanks so much for a chance to win MaryAnn
Lillian

[Susan G.]

I'd love the chance to win a class for Christmas Mary Ann!!!

[Dawn Sokol]

Throw me in the pool...the water sounds fine! :)

[Timaree]

It sounds like a lot of people like your classes. It sounds intriguing. Goodness, like I need another class. Okay, I'll go sign up.

[Jacky]

Aaahhhhh Portugal with your sister...sounds wonderful!
Please put my name down to be in your exciting draw. What an offer!
Your journals look scrummy!

Jacky xox

[Clare]

Oh it looks amazing! I'm so excited, can't wait for class to begin!

[Danielle Normand]

Mary-Ann! I loved the first class you taught, I need another dose of fun, creative pure ex! I can't wait to play. Danielle

[Suzie]

Oooh this sounds an amazing class! I might have to dust off ye olde sewing machine for this! ... no paint?! scary!!!!

[Annker]

I'm glad I found you. It sounds like a lot of fun.
Thank God for online classes ;)
From Holland with love,

[Amber Zimmer]

Sounds Fabulous! Sign me up to win!

[scrowlscrowl]

I can't resist; wanna win this!! :D

[Janet]

For my sewing machine's sake, I need to win a class opening. It's sat alone, gathering dust and looking forlorn for too long.