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Our previous class at PLHC!

​​Botanical Watercolors at Peace, Love & Happiness Club is back! Sign up to paint beautiful plants while surrounded by beautiful plants in Fremont! It's hard not to be inspired in that environment. 🪴First Saturdays, 6-8pm!

Did you know? We have a growing number of other regular classes outside of the store, like...

Watercolor on the Rocks with Lisa Jordan at Hattie's Hat! Third Fridays from 7-9pm! Paint a delightful cocktail while enjoying said cocktail! 🍸

Figure Drawing at Rose & Orange Studios is also Third Fridays, 6-9pm! Dust off your sketchbooks and refresh your foundations! ✏️

Paint & Sip with Gayle at Ballard Beer Co is Last Wednesdays, 6-8pm! August's subject will be succulents, 'cause we just can't get enough of plants! 🏵️

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​Book Spotlight: Creative, Not Famous

Few artists achieve fame and fortune, but that doesn't mean your creative life can't flourish.

​Writer, illustrator, zinemaker, and playwright Ayun Halliday interviewed dozens of creative people and shared her own experiences to produce this rallying cry for the "small potato"—someone whose focus is making cool, meaningful work and living a creative life rather than achieving wealth or celebrity.

Check it out!

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New & Restocked

Dye Mad Yarns

Stoked to have new and restocked colors from this women-owned biz with the best name! Find a color or just a yarn name that speaks to you!

These Are Things

Enamel pins, embroidered patches, and even embroidered patch stickers! These Are Things has lots of fun designs for everyone!

Jesse Philips stickers

Need some super rad stickers for your new water bottle or bike or whatever? Check out these new arrivals from artist Jesse Philips! They're jam packed with details and holographic sparkle!

Microns are in stock! In black! In other colors! In all sizes!!! 😯😯😯

​These are some of the most popular and reliable fineliners out there and beloved by many. Sakura's Pigma series pens are archival and waterproof, including all Microns! If you've never tried them, nows a great time to pick one up!

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This Week!

​TONIGHT! August 1st, 6-9pm! Ballard Sketch Team at Hattie's Hat. It's our FREE bimonthly drawing meetup! Come draw!

Wednesday, August 2nd, 6-8pm. Stitch n' Bitch! Bring a fiber project or start a new one! Productively stab out your woes in good company~ :)

Saturday, August 5th, 2:30-4pm. Book Binding Workshop. Learn different binding techniques to use on your own sketchbooks and zines!

Sunday, August 6th, noon-pm. Teen Open Studio. Let your teen work out some of that restless creative energy, make friends, and get art questions answered!

Monday, August 7th, 11am-12:30pm. Botanical Sketching at Ballard Locks. We're in the back half of summer, but the flowers are still blooming! Come draw them before the seasons turn! 🌺