Full Tilt Boogie!

Registration is ongoing.   Go HERE to read Reviews of FTB.  Go HERE to access the FTB class blog. 

$70 $48 SALE until MAY 31st

INSTANT DOWNLOAD - Class log-in information is automatically sent to the email associated with your Paypal account.  NO WAITING.

CLASS DETAILS:

• 56 videos (videos are not available for download)
• 2 full-color PDF documents - 33 pages in total - with bookbinding instructions (available for download).  
• a yahoo group of nice people where you can chatter, swap paper or albums, interact with other class members, and make friends
• a Flickr group where you can showcase your bookbinding skills and visual journal pages
• SUPPLIES:  vintage photo albums or hardcover books.  Most things you will already have in your art rooms:  A variety of sturdy papers for the book blocks including but not limited to watercolor paper, ledger paper, book pages, & scrapbook paper.  A good bookbinding needle with a blunt tip is highly recommended, but you may use any kind of needle you've used in the past to bind books.  4-ply waxed linen thread.   Your usual collage stash.  Photos - if these are something your normally use in your visual journal.  A small bottle of Aileen's Super Thick tacky glue.
• A fast computer & high-speed internet service to process & watch the videos will be vital as well as enough technical know-how to download & print the PDF documents.  If you are regularly able to watch videos of up to 15 minutes in length w/o interruption you should be just fine.   Do make sure though, since tuition is non-refundable once your link to the class login information has been sent automatically.
•  No cut-off date. Every registered student  has FULL ACCESS TO class blog & videos indefinitely providing you print your password and keep it somewhere safe.    If I ever decide to close up shop, I'll give you a 6 month advance warning.  

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Video Music = "Fold" by José González

CHIMP PROOF BOOKBINDING + DEEPING JOURNAL PRACTICE

If you are a novice or seasoned visual journal keeper I invite you to climb on board and relax into a natural rhythm of visual journaling that is uniquely your own.  Your big world.  Through your eyes.  On your pages.  Captured on paper.  Through repeated dedicated practice my hope is that you will grow bolder, more confident, less critical, more enthusiastic about this rich wise act of mess-making.

 

  When I'm off on an adventure in my art room.  I always think this is it, 'I'm in FULL TILT BOOGIE! ' Swimming in pure narcotic bliss.  I wanted a name to convey that gorgeous feeling of being lost in the moment.   Absorbed and transported by enthusiasm and love for the creative process.  We'll be using vintage photo albums or books to make a series of unique journals.  

I'll be teaching you 3 chimp-proof binding stitches that are surprisingly simple, and that I haven't taught before.  One is a very common, classic binding.  The other 2 are more unusual and stunning (!) Neither are complicated.   Both will make you feel like an Awesome Genius when finished.   Naturally, I'll be veering slightly off the standard path to make your bookbinding experience as chimp-proof as possible.  I do not consider myself a bookmaker by any remote stretch of the imagination.   I'm just a visual journaler who likes to make sturdy containers to hold all of my deep & shallow thoughts.  Period.

I'll also show you how I made this inspiration journal with a sturdy paper cover

WHEN & WHAT

The wild rumpus that is FULL TILT BOOGIE is available in its entirety from the day you register.  Video instruction is split into 4 sections.   Each section (originally intended to take 1 week to complete) delivers a new series of video instruction on how to construct each journal from a vintage photo album like the ones below.  

But you may use any book!  There will also be visual journaling videos.  These are more SHOW than TELL and are not intended to be instructional per se.   You'll see me doing my thing on the pages, the way I usually work.

SUPPLIES...

Books of any kind or vintage ledgers make FANTASTIC journals.  All but 1 of the journals I make can also be made with regular books. 

If you can't find books like those you can use ANY BOOK you have on hand.  

You'll also need a small bit of fabric to make strips of fabric tapes that will wrap around the spine.  More fabric scraps will be needed for various other decorative purposes.  I'm sure you'll find what you need in your current stash or your closet (!).   A length of 1-2 inch wide velvet ribbon would be nice.

A sewing machine will NOT be required, but will come in handy.  You can get by without one if you have some rudimentary talent with a needle & thread and a good bottle of Stop Fraying.

Your journal can be constructed with a mixed jumble of paper, watercolor paper, or a mixture of both.  Unlike ROD, these pages will not get the sewing treatment.  

HOW LONG WILL THIS LAST?

FTB will be ongoing and open indefinitely.  You can revisit the videos (not available for download) as often as you like for as long as you like. (providing you don't lose your password)  Start immediately or watch the videos and let your ideas simmer for as long as you want.  No stress or guilt allowed.  You may download & print your 2 PDF documents as often as you like.  

GOT QUESTIONS???

Ask them here on this page and check back for the answers. Or email me.  Your choice :-)

Comments

[Kim]

Huzzah! Let the wild rumpus begin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mary Ann Moss]

hello dear women!

registration is ongoing. new craft monkeys are registering each week. you can sign up RIGHT THIS INSTANT by clicking the buy now button above.

see you in class :-)))

[Lynda Roddy Ozzauto]

Please let me know when the class starts up again!!!!!

[Cynthia Schelzig]

I want to take this class!!!! I subscribe to your blog now so I hope I won´t miss the start up date of the next round of this...do you have a list somewhere in all that paper on your desk where you write down names of us who beg to be a part of the the next round....if you do...PLEASE enter my name and email so I don´t miss the next start up date. If you don´t ,,,,make one up and put my name at the top...........enough said.................

[Rosie]

You are a really inspiring woman, Mary Ann and if finanaces allowed I'd take both ROD and FTB - as my BBF, Barbara Hagerty sings your praises and she's VERY picky!! Best of luck to your students - I know they'll enjoy their workshop.
Making that donation to the Red Cross is wonderful - I take my hat off to you.

[Colette]

OMG! Hello!!!!!!! YAY. WOW so excited to find your class in time to join in now!!! yayyyyy

[Cortney]

So excited to begin!

[Linda]

Greeting Moss Cottage, Hoping your ist day of class is exciting :)
Have a great day,my dear,
Always,
Linda

[Kip]

I"m so ready for this class. I've had an old 100 year old photograph album from an estate sale for 20 years that I've held onto and now can use. Very excited!!

[Gina]

This is so cool and exciting, Mary Ann! I cannot stop thinking about the possibilities for this class. Yesterday I found one vintage photo album—yea!—but is it OK that it’s almost falling apart? That is, will we be rescuing it and reviving it for our art journaling needs?

[Mary Ann Moss]

CC - I am not personally set up here to take credit cards, but maybe you can do that at the Paypal site...? Not sure about that.

[Melissa Burford]

So amazing, I can't wait for the class to start!

[tina]

Bless you for donating money to the Red Cross. Very generous of you.

[CC]

PS -- QUESTION --
Mary Ann, to sign up for your class, is it necessary to use PayPal, or can it be paid with just a credit card?
Thanks for all you have done to put on this class!
I am sooo excited!!

[CC]

I am sooo excited about your new class!!!! And sooo happy that you are donating to the Red Cross -- WONDERFUL!!!
By the way, I love the new picture of yourself when you were little, at the top of the page!!!

[Jane]

I'm actually counting the hours until I can register...

[peggy mcdevitt]

wow, donating to the Red Cross, I am impressed and in awe of your giving so much. I couldn't decide if I should wait to take this due to money ( can pay but shouldn't take this right now) . Well now I am, your thoughtfulness in donating money is making me do this, yeah. Peggy

[Stephen]

Looking forward to doing this course - was recently given a batch of old 78rpm record albums, which I hope I can adapt for this course, and have several interesting old books around which need a new life.

[nicole austin]

i'm super excited!! great way to start the summer!! :)

[jeanie engelke]

YES!

[Roberta]

So excited...doing the FTB happy dance ;)

[barbara]

i am So excited about your new class! I am spending much time this summer in a cottage on Lake Erie....no TV, no distractions (unfortunately no internet, but there is a library and McDonald's close by)....just time for art projects like FTB!!

I don't yet have a vintage photo album. But will come up with something worthy.
Bring it ON!!!!
Barbara

[Susan]

Sooo excited about this class!!! I bought my vintage photo albums months ago.... it's finally time!!!! Squeeeeeeeeeee!!! Thanks for being our fearless leader Mary Ann :)

[Kelley]

i think it is really wonderful of you to donate money from your class to the Red Cross. Thank you for thinking of that.
(and I am looking forward to taking a class from you.)

[Linda]

Greetings Moss Cottage, Hey you its finally here but do not know how to cut and paste well i do with glue and sissors but not withy computer:)Help. How is your day going Miss full tilt? Busy it sems.
Take care,
Always XOXO,
Linda

[Sharon Bennett]

I get paid Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I will be here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't Wait!!!!!!!! Thanx Mary Ann

[Claire]

Talented and very generous. The Red Cross is near and dear to me(giving blood today at work, how weird)... so I applaud you for this act of kindness and greatness. Yes, greatness. I am so excited to take my fourth (wow... I can not believe I have taken them all by now) class with you. You have helped me stop being critical of my own work... and for being such a type A personality when doing journals. Thank you Mary Ann for letting us come along on this ride with you.

[Olivia Rose Lee]

I am very excited about this workshop!!! I have a few vintage albums that I haven't had the urge to do anything with.. Who knew? I need to Full Tilt Boogie with them!!! I really appreciate your flexible format Mary Ann as it always takes me a long long time to complete a book (a slow motion boogie). I am going to France for five weeks in early July and am currently making two ROD travel journals to take with me. So I will finish them up for the trip and jump aboard this new book adventure but probably not start mine until I return. I'll go hunting and gathering in Paris and I will be going to the St. Pierre fabric market and a few fleas inspired by your fabulous wanders. I like lots of time to dream and imagine and catch some creative waves. You are a wild overflowing fountain of creativity!! Keep drumming up these fabulous inspirational ideas, Generous One!!!

[Heidi]

Ack!!! Can't. WAIT!!! Big stack of old albums and books sitting on my art table...I am waiting for the perfect one to wink at me from it's place in the tower to let me know he's first in line for the Full Tilt Boogie treatment.

[Carmen Tangherlini]

Can't wait! Your work is fabulous and very inspiring!!!