Let's have great fun together! Dive into folding astonishingly easy origami pockets and envelopes which will then be decorated with mixed media art supplies and stuffed with fun treasures before being included on junk journal pages, art journal pages or other exciting projects of your own choosing.

In this class, you will learn easy step by step directions to create six different types of origami pockets and envelopes, plus a bonus lesson demonstrating how to make an origami bookmark. Then let your artistic style shine by decorating these quick origami projects with mixed media art supplies such as paint, markers, rubber stamps, glitter glue and scrapbook paper. Now what treasures should we tuck away inside of these secret mixed media origami pockets and mini origami envelopes? Watch to discover ideas, such as paper tags, photographs and trinkets, and be inspired to come up with your own ideas too! Finally, these mixed media origami creations are ready to snuggle into your junk journal or art journal pages.

A junk journal is a handmade or purchased journal with a lot of fun paper craft projects and other artwork inside of it. The origami projects in this class are flat, so they can fit into a closed journal. No junk journal? No problem! I've included one lesson about how to create an easy junk journal. Alternatives would be to use a composition notebook or to attach the origami onto a homemade card. Let your imagination run wild as to what creative ways you could use these fun origami pockets and envelopes in your class project!

By the end of this class, you'll be able to fold multiple origami projects into little pockets or envelopes, as well as be inspired to jazz them up with whatever mixed media art supplies you have on hand.

Everyone is welcome here! This class works well for total beginners to origami folding, mixed media art making and junk journaling, as well as seasoned creatives who are looking for their next exciting project.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

* How to fold origami pockets

* How to fold origami envelopes

* How to fold an origami bookmark

* Why origami paper is useful, as well as handy alternative papers to use

* Ways to decorate paper before folding it

* Ways to decorate paper after folding it

* Types of items to put into your origami pockets and envelopes

* How to sew a basic junk journal binding

* Multiple ways to attach your origami to junk journal pages

* How to use mixed media art supplies to finish a junk journal page once the origami is on it

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

* square paper (origami paper or other papers described in the Supplies lesson)

* any other decorative papers and mixed media art supplies

* scissors, glue and paintbrush if you are choosing to use paint

SEE YOU IN THE FIRST LESSON!

I'm Kathleen Arola-Johnson, an art teacher and art explorer with a background in teaching elementary school art, and I'm thrilled to be creating with you in this class. Please reach out with any questions, and I can't wait to see photos of your class project, as well as in progress photos of it being created, uploaded to the class gallery. Let's jump to it!

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RESOURCES:

Check out the attached file, "10 Origami Making Tips," to set yourself up for success!

Watch this 2-minute video to learn what a junk journal is and see a whole stash of motivating examples:

Kathleen Arola-Johnson

Creative Solace Studios

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