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Colour your Home
Monday 6-8pm, starts 2 March, 4 weeks $85
Discover the power of colour! This four week course will cover the foundation principles of colour and how it can be used in the home. Learn how to successfully combine colours to create the desired mood in your home, as well as moving beyond the colour wheel to discover how to make whites and neutrals work for you. Through a series of hands on activities you will become familiar with the colour wheel, learn the properties of colour through value and intensity charts, figure out the key to successful neutrals and plan a colour scheme. Our tutor, Anna Witten, is an interior designer with a passion for colour. Come and join her to learn how you can use colour in your space to create a home that you love!
Course ID: A330
Tutor: Anna Witten
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Natural Body Products

Saturday 28 March, 12.30-4pm, 1 afternoon $55
Making skin and body care products can be quite addictive. Ingredients can come from your garden, the supermarket, the bush. Using plants such as chillies, herbs and lavender you will learn how to make an infused oil, lip balm, salve, hand cream and body lotion. Discover how to prepare the herbs for use from infusing to bottling. This is a practical hands-on workshop where you will take home samples of each of the products. The fee includes all ingredients plus jars.
Course ID: A326
​Tutor: Raewyn Rouse
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Have Fun with Fragrance

Sat 14 March, 12.30-2.30pm 1 afternoon $35
Have you ever dreamed of making your own fragrances? Would you like something natural to pop in the bath while you soak? Learn the first steps on how to create your own fragrance blends using natural essential oils. Make a roll on perfume and bath bomb to take home. These are great treats for yourself or make lovely gifts for family and friends. All ingredients provided.
Course ID: A325
Tutor: Raewyn Rouse
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Zippy Little Bag
Sat 4 April, 9am-12pm, 1 morn $60
​Easy to make, great for makeup or as a
sewing kit. This versatile little fabric bag has a zip closure to keep all your treasures safe and is washable. Suitable for confident beginners. Materials provided. View a sample at the CEW office.
Course ID: A30
Tutor: Lyn Madden
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Make a Fabric 
​Shopping Bag

Sat 29 Feb, 9-11.30am, 1 morning $28*
Easy to make, re-usable and washable, just the thing for replacing those plastic shopping bags. Approx 35cm square and lined for strength this bag will hold lots! The fabric choice is yours, the style is simple and elegant and so easy to make, you could make one for all your friends.
​ * Materials extra. View sample (as shown above) at the CEW office.
Course ID: A29
Tutor: Lyn Madden
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Old Clothes : 
New Clothes

​Wed 6-8.30pm, starts 11 March, 5 weeks $95*
Upcycle and turn your old clothes into some-thing new! Do you have pre-loved and ne-glected garments in your wardrobe that you can't bear to throw away? Learn how to trans-form them. For example, create a new outfit by turning a dress into a top or skirt. Be limited only by your imagination! Would you prefer to create something new? Let our tutor guide you as you learn how to make your own garment. Viv is a qualified Burda Style teacher so you can either choose your own pattern or one from the Burda Style magazines that will be available for you to browse through. Never sewed before? No previous experience necessary. Join Viv at the information evening to discuss your project. Contact 435 0889 for details. *Materials extra.
​​Course ID: A350
Tutor: Vivienne Shepherd
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Upholstery Workshop

Sat & Sun, 7 & 8 March 9am-4.30pm, $160*
​​​Do you have a chair or stool that needs recovering? Bring your favourite piece of furniture back to life! Learn the basics of upholstery in this intensive weekend workshop with our experienced tutor.   You will be given the opportunity to meet with the tutor prior to the class to discuss your project and calculate the quantity of fabric needed together with any other resources that may be required (contact the CEW office for when the info evening will be held). No large items accepted due to time constraints. Basic sewing skills recommended.  Material costs are extra.  Use of staple gun included in fee. This is a popular course and spaces are limited. Enrol early to avoid disappointment. Visit the Gallery page to view projects from previous classes. *Materials extra.
Course ID: A355 
Tutor: Ken Brain

Basic Soap Making

Sat 7 March, 9am-12 noon, 1 morning $55 
Learn the basics of traditional soap making in this practical workshop. Using the Cold Process method and oils that may be in your pantry you will produce a very mild soap, perfect for baby or sensitive skin yet will still clean the grubbiest of hands. Ingredients provided.​
Course ID: A38
Tutor: Lyn Madden

French Milled Soap

Sat 21 March, 9am-12noon, 1 morning $65
French Milled Soap is the fuss free way
to make soap. French Milled or Triple Milled is also known as Rebatching, making it a lovely luxurious soap. Lovely new pre-made all natural soap will be provided that can be reprocessed to form brand new soap bars with lots of interesting patterns as the soaps merge together. Add colours and scents and take home your own soap. No caustic soda, no curing time. All materials provided.
Course ID: A39
Tutor: Lyn Madden
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Phone: 09-435-0889  |  Location: Wilkinson Ave, Kamo, Whangarei  |  Email: cew@kamohigh.school.nz
 
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