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• Munch & Mingle for Therapists

  • When
    8 Sep 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    149 Wallace St
  • Spaces left
    13

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  These collegial meet-ups are for intermodal Expressive Arts Therapists and Creative Arts Therapists such as Art Therapists, Drama Therapists, Play Therapists, Dance/Movement Therapists, Music Therapists, Poetry Therapists, and any therapist/counsellor using creative modalities.

  Held at My Inner Harbour and hosted by Laurie Larkin-Boyle, Registered Clinical Counsellor & Art Therapist, and Janet Walker, Registered Clinical Counsellor, Certified Expressive Arts Therapist, & BC Registered Play Therapist .

  Bring your lunch!

  These events are free, however we appreciate an RSVP. Thank you! 

  Dates: Monday, September 8th

  Time: 12pm-2pm

  Location: My Inner Harbour, 149 Wallace Street 

  Find out more about the hosts:

  Janet: http://janetwalker.ca/ 

  Laurie: https://www.larkinboyletherapy.com/

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• Self-Care Pulse Check

  • When
    8 Sep 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    149 Wallace St

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  Self-care Pulse Checks are designed to help you practice checking in on yourself on a regular basis. How are you really doing? What do you need? Pause for 30 minutes and give yourself the gift of compassionate listening.

  Mondays we'll use body-based strategies like movement, breathing and meditation to check in. 

  Wednesdays take time to check in with your mind through journalling, therapeutic worksheets, and reading. 

  Thursdays let your creativity speak through art prompts using collage, colouring, and paint. 

  No experience necessary, just a willingness to practice compassion toward yourself! 

  Led by Jessica. 

  Free for members, included in your visit for punch-card holders or daily drop-in pass holders.
  $10 drop-in. 

  
  

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• Community Room Closed | Men's Group by Ross Tayler

  • Start
    8 Sep 2025
  •  
  • End
    17 Nov 2025
  •  
  • Schedule
    6 sessions
  • Location
    149 Wallace St

  Ross Tayler, who specializes in counselling & coaching , is hosting a Men's Group twice monthly in our Community Room. The Community Room will be unavailable between 6:30-8:30pm on the following dates:

  Sept 8, 22

  Oct 6, 20

  Nov 3, 17

  If you're interested in more details about the group, please visit:  https://www.rosstayler.com/nanaimo-mens-group.html 

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• Craft and Conversation

  • When
    8 Sep 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    149 Wallace St

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  Drop in for a casual crafting session every Monday night. This hosted but self-led event invites you to use our supplies or bring a project from home. Create what you like at your own pace, while enjoying friendly conversation! We have a wide variety of paints, watercoloring, drawing tools, magazines, canvases, stickers/decals, fabric & more!

  Savanna will be in the craft room to offer prompts, inspiration, or simply good conversation!

  Free for My Inner Harbour Members, or $10 for a drop-in session for non-members.

  Special 2-for1 Promo: Come with a friend and receive a 2-for-1 deal! $10 for two people to craft!

  There is limited parking at the back of the building on Richards St and 2 hr street parking around the neighbourhood.

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• Soul Cafe Tuesdays

  • Start
    9 Sep 2025
  •  
  • End
    21 Oct 2025
  •  
  • Schedule
    6 sessions
  • Location
    149 Wallace St, Nanaimo, BC

  Soul Cafe

  Every Tuesday morning from 9:15-10:15 join Layla Robbie & Laurie Larkin-Boyle for Soul Cafe. 

  A gathering to explore the connection between spirituality and the arts, using expressive art therapy processes we will read, discuss and create. Supplies and prompts provided. 

  Feel free to bring any arts or crafts and/or spiritual, philosophical, self help or other books of interest. 

  This gathering is open to anyone who appreciates talking about life's deeper questions. No particular spiritual viewpoint is required and no particular spiritual agenda is promoted, though writings from diverse traditions may be engaged. 

  This is a free, drop-in event. For more information please contact Laurie at larkinboyletherapy@gmail.com. 

  
  

  
  

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• Self-Care Pulse Check

  • When
    10 Sep 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    149 Wallace St

  Register

  Self-care Pulse Checks are designed to help you practice checking in on yourself on a regular basis. How are you really doing? What do you need? Pause for 30 minutes and give yourself the gift of compassionate listening.

  Mondays we'll use body-based strategies like movement, breathing and meditation to check in. 

  Wednesdays take time to check in with your mind through journalling, therapeutic worksheets, and reading. 

  Thursdays let your creativity speak through art prompts using collage, colouring, and paint. 

  No experience necessary, just a willingness to practice compassion toward yourself! 

  Led by Jessica. 

  Free for members, included in your visit for punch-card holders or daily drop-in pass holders.
  $10 drop-in. 

  
  

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• Self-Care Pulse Check

  • When
    11 Sep 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    149 Wallace St

  Register

  Self-care Pulse Checks are designed to help you practice checking in on yourself on a regular basis. How are you really doing? What do you need? Pause for 30 minutes and give yourself the gift of compassionate listening.

  Mondays we'll use body-based strategies like movement, breathing and meditation to check in. 

  Wednesdays take time to check in with your mind through journalling, therapeutic worksheets, and reading. 

  Thursdays let your creativity speak through art prompts using collage, colouring, and paint. 

  No experience necessary, just a willingness to practice compassion toward yourself! 

  Led by Jessica. 

  Free for members, included in your visit for punch-card holders or daily drop-in pass holders.
  $10 drop-in. 

  
  

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• Self-Care Pulse Check

  • When
    15 Sep 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    149 Wallace St

  Register

  Self-care Pulse Checks are designed to help you practice checking in on yourself on a regular basis. How are you really doing? What do you need? Pause for 30 minutes and give yourself the gift of compassionate listening.

  Mondays we'll use body-based strategies like movement, breathing and meditation to check in. 

  Wednesdays take time to check in with your mind through journalling, therapeutic worksheets, and reading. 

  Thursdays let your creativity speak through art prompts using collage, colouring, and paint. 

  No experience necessary, just a willingness to practice compassion toward yourself! 

  Led by Jessica. 

  Free for members, included in your visit for punch-card holders or daily drop-in pass holders.
  $10 drop-in. 

  
  

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• Craft and Conversation

  • When
    15 Sep 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    149 Wallace St

  Register

  Drop in for a casual crafting session every Monday night. This hosted but self-led event invites you to use our supplies or bring a project from home. Create what you like at your own pace, while enjoying friendly conversation! We have a wide variety of paints, watercoloring, drawing tools, magazines, canvases, stickers/decals, fabric & more!

  Savanna will be in the craft room to offer prompts, inspiration, or simply good conversation!

  Free for My Inner Harbour Members, or $10 for a drop-in session for non-members.

  Special 2-for1 Promo: Come with a friend and receive a 2-for-1 deal! $10 for two people to craft!

  There is limited parking at the back of the building on Richards St and 2 hr street parking around the neighbourhood.

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• Deepening Through Poetry

  • Start
    16 Sep 2025
  •  
  • End
    14 Oct 2025
  •  
  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    149 Wallace St, Nanaimo, BC

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  Poetry invites us to slow down, pay attention and perhaps shift our perspective. Choosing from a variety of modern poets, facilitator Debra Thorne will guide participants through a practice of listening and noticing the particular insight or wisdom a poem might have for us. 

  Debra has many years of experience facilitating and guiding groups. You can read more about her here 

  https://www.uusdn.org/alphabetical-directory/thorne-debra. 

  Starting September 16th, Deepening Through Poetry will run every Tuesday from 11am-12pm in 4 week cycles. 

  Free for members of My Inner Harbour. Suggested donation of $10 for non-members. Cash or e-transfer to debradthorne@gmail.com. 

  Please RSVP so that we can prepare the space.

  
  

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• Self-Care Pulse Check

  • When
    17 Sep 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    149 Wallace St

  Register

  Self-care Pulse Checks are designed to help you practice checking in on yourself on a regular basis. How are you really doing? What do you need? Pause for 30 minutes and give yourself the gift of compassionate listening.

  Mondays we'll use body-based strategies like movement, breathing and meditation to check in. 

  Wednesdays take time to check in with your mind through journalling, therapeutic worksheets, and reading. 

  Thursdays let your creativity speak through art prompts using collage, colouring, and paint. 

  No experience necessary, just a willingness to practice compassion toward yourself! 

  Led by Jessica. 

  Free for members, included in your visit for punch-card holders or daily drop-in pass holders.
  $10 drop-in. 

  
  

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• Self-Care Pulse Check

  • When
    17 Sep 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    149 Wallace St

  Register

  Self-care Pulse Checks are designed to help you practice checking in on yourself on a regular basis. How are you really doing? What do you need? Pause for 30 minutes and give yourself the gift of compassionate listening.

  Mondays we'll use body-based strategies like movement, breathing and meditation to check in. 

  Wednesdays take time to check in with your mind through journalling, therapeutic worksheets, and reading. 

  Thursdays let your creativity speak through art prompts using collage, colouring, and paint. 

  No experience necessary, just a willingness to practice compassion toward yourself! 

  Led by Jessica. 

  Free for members, included in your visit for punch-card holders or daily drop-in pass holders.
  $10 drop-in. 

  
  

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• Self-Care Pulse Check

  • When
    18 Sep 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    149 Wallace St

  Register

  Self-care Pulse Checks are designed to help you practice checking in on yourself on a regular basis. How are you really doing? What do you need? Pause for 30 minutes and give yourself the gift of compassionate listening.

  Mondays we'll use body-based strategies like movement, breathing and meditation to check in. 

  Wednesdays take time to check in with your mind through journalling, therapeutic worksheets, and reading. 

  Thursdays let your creativity speak through art prompts using collage, colouring, and paint. 

  No experience necessary, just a willingness to practice compassion toward yourself! 

  Led by Jessica. 

  Free for members, included in your visit for punch-card holders or daily drop-in pass holders.
  $10 drop-in. 

  
  

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• Felted Stress Dolls with Lost Arts Club

  • When
    18 Sep 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    149 Wallace St, Nanaimo, BC

  Make Felted Stress Dolls!

  Embark on a therapeutic journey of creative expression as we delve into the art of needle felting to craft your very own stress relief doll. In this unique workshop, you'll learn how to transform wool fibers into a comforting companion that serves as a symbolic outlet for releasing tension and promoting relaxation.
  
  *Caution felting needles are sharp, please be mindful of this when using them.
  

  Member Price $24, Non-member $29

  To Register: Go to Lost Arts Website: https://www.lostartsclub.org/my-inner-harbour 

  This event is hosted by Lost Arts Club, they provide fun and affordable arts and crafts classes, kits and supplies for all ages and abilities. They have a Nanaimo studio and host at a variety of other venues as-well.
  

  To learn more about Lost Arts Club: https://www.lostartsclub.org/ 

  
  

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• Family Estrangement Support Group - Community Room Closed

  • When
    18 Sep 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    149 Wallace St

  Join Tabitha Gimbel, a local artist and poet, for a peer-led Family Estrangement Support Group. 

  Family Estrangement is unfortunately a common lived experience for many and there are very few local resources. 

  In order to support others going through the isolation and stigma involved in family estrangement Tabitha is starting up a peer-led group for anyone who finds themselves in this situation. Both individuals who have chosen to become estranged from family and those who have family members choosing to estrange themselves are welcome. 

  This group will run every other Thursday evening from 6:00-8:00pm in the Community Room starting July 10th. It is a free group, with donations gratefully accepted. 

  Please send an email to familyestrangmentgroupnanaimo@gmail.com to participate. 

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• Self-Care Pulse Check

  • When
    22 Sep 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    149 Wallace St

  Register

  Self-care Pulse Checks are designed to help you practice checking in on yourself on a regular basis. How are you really doing? What do you need? Pause for 30 minutes and give yourself the gift of compassionate listening.

  Mondays we'll use body-based strategies like movement, breathing and meditation to check in. 

  Wednesdays take time to check in with your mind through journalling, therapeutic worksheets, and reading. 

  Thursdays let your creativity speak through art prompts using collage, colouring, and paint. 

  No experience necessary, just a willingness to practice compassion toward yourself! 

  Led by Jessica. 

  Free for members, included in your visit for punch-card holders or daily drop-in pass holders.
  $10 drop-in. 

  
  

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• Craft and Conversation

  • When
    22 Sep 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    149 Wallace St

  Register

  Drop in for a casual crafting session every Monday night. This hosted but self-led event invites you to use our supplies or bring a project from home. Create what you like at your own pace, while enjoying friendly conversation! We have a wide variety of paints, watercoloring, drawing tools, magazines, canvases, stickers/decals, fabric & more!

  Savanna will be in the craft room to offer prompts, inspiration, or simply good conversation!

  Free for My Inner Harbour Members, or $10 for a drop-in session for non-members.

  Special 2-for1 Promo: Come with a friend and receive a 2-for-1 deal! $10 for two people to craft!

  There is limited parking at the back of the building on Richards St and 2 hr street parking around the neighbourhood.

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• Self-Care Pulse Check

  • When
    24 Sep 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    149 Wallace St

  Register

  Self-care Pulse Checks are designed to help you practice checking in on yourself on a regular basis. How are you really doing? What do you need? Pause for 30 minutes and give yourself the gift of compassionate listening.

  Mondays we'll use body-based strategies like movement, breathing and meditation to check in. 

  Wednesdays take time to check in with your mind through journalling, therapeutic worksheets, and reading. 

  Thursdays let your creativity speak through art prompts using collage, colouring, and paint. 

  No experience necessary, just a willingness to practice compassion toward yourself! 

  Led by Jessica. 

  Free for members, included in your visit for punch-card holders or daily drop-in pass holders.
  $10 drop-in. 

  
  

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• Self-Care Pulse Check

  • When
    25 Sep 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    149 Wallace St

  Register

  Self-care Pulse Checks are designed to help you practice checking in on yourself on a regular basis. How are you really doing? What do you need? Pause for 30 minutes and give yourself the gift of compassionate listening.

  Mondays we'll use body-based strategies like movement, breathing and meditation to check in. 

  Wednesdays take time to check in with your mind through journalling, therapeutic worksheets, and reading. 

  Thursdays let your creativity speak through art prompts using collage, colouring, and paint. 

  No experience necessary, just a willingness to practice compassion toward yourself! 

  Led by Jessica. 

  Free for members, included in your visit for punch-card holders or daily drop-in pass holders.
  $10 drop-in. 

  
  

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• Community Care Evening: "Practice"

  • When
    25 Sep 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    149 Wallace St

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  Our Community Conversation series is shifting gears to become more interactive. Let's do self-care together and benefit from connecting with others. Each month we'll gather around a theme and engage in a variety of self-care prompts around that theme. 

  September's theme is "Practice"-- what practices do you want to engage in more often in your life? What does "practice" mean to you? What helps you stick to a practice or a routine? What self-care practices nourish you? 

  We will begin and end the hour together, with individual time in between to engage in the prompts and practices that resonate for you. 

  Led by Jessica. 

  Free with an RSVP. 

  
  

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• Self-Care Pulse Check

  • When
    29 Sep 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    149 Wallace St

  Register

  Self-care Pulse Checks are designed to help you practice checking in on yourself on a regular basis. How are you really doing? What do you need? Pause for 30 minutes and give yourself the gift of compassionate listening.

  Mondays we'll use body-based strategies like movement, breathing and meditation to check in. 

  Wednesdays take time to check in with your mind through journalling, therapeutic worksheets, and reading. 

  Thursdays let your creativity speak through art prompts using collage, colouring, and paint. 

  No experience necessary, just a willingness to practice compassion toward yourself! 

  Led by Jessica. 

  Free for members, included in your visit for punch-card holders or daily drop-in pass holders.
  $10 drop-in. 

  
  

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• Craft and Conversation

  • When
    29 Sep 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    149 Wallace St

  Register

  Drop in for a casual crafting session every Monday night. This hosted but self-led event invites you to use our supplies or bring a project from home. Create what you like at your own pace, while enjoying friendly conversation! We have a wide variety of paints, watercoloring, drawing tools, magazines, canvases, stickers/decals, fabric & more!

  Savanna will be in the craft room to offer prompts, inspiration, or simply good conversation!

  Free for My Inner Harbour Members, or $10 for a drop-in session for non-members.

  Special 2-for1 Promo: Come with a friend and receive a 2-for-1 deal! $10 for two people to craft!

  There is limited parking at the back of the building on Richards St and 2 hr street parking around the neighbourhood.

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• CLOSED for National Day of Truth & Reconciliation

  • When
    30 Sep 2025

  
  

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• Self-Care Pulse Check

  • When
    1 Oct 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    149 Wallace St

  Register

  Self-care Pulse Checks are designed to help you practice checking in on yourself on a regular basis. How are you really doing? What do you need? Pause for 30 minutes and give yourself the gift of compassionate listening.

  Mondays we'll use body-based strategies like movement, breathing and meditation to check in. 

  Wednesdays take time to check in with your mind through journalling, therapeutic worksheets, and reading. 

  Thursdays let your creativity speak through art prompts using collage, colouring, and paint. 

  No experience necessary, just a willingness to practice compassion toward yourself! 

  Led by Jessica. 

  Free for members, included in your visit for punch-card holders or daily drop-in pass holders.
  $10 drop-in. 

  
  

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• Self-Care Pulse Check

  • When
    2 Oct 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    149 Wallace St

  Register

  Self-care Pulse Checks are designed to help you practice checking in on yourself on a regular basis. How are you really doing? What do you need? Pause for 30 minutes and give yourself the gift of compassionate listening.

  Mondays we'll use body-based strategies like movement, breathing and meditation to check in. 

  Wednesdays take time to check in with your mind through journalling, therapeutic worksheets, and reading. 

  Thursdays let your creativity speak through art prompts using collage, colouring, and paint. 

  No experience necessary, just a willingness to practice compassion toward yourself! 

  Led by Jessica. 

  Free for members, included in your visit for punch-card holders or daily drop-in pass holders.
  $10 drop-in. 

  
  

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• Mixed Media Art with Lost Arts Club

  • When
    16 Oct 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    149 Wallace St, Nanaimo, BC

  Make Mixed Media Art!

  Unleash your creativity in our engaging workshop where you'll learn to decorate your camper, skulls, gnomes, beers or cocktails with dazzling beads, sparkling gems, and unique embellishments. A beautiful white wood frame to showcase your artwork will be provided, making it a perfect addition to your home or a thoughtful gift.
  
  You will receive an email a few days before the class to ask your choice of designs and quotes if applicable.
  

  Member Price $25, Non-member $30

  To Register: Go to Lost Arts Website: https://www.lostartsclub.org/my-inner-harbour 

  This event is hosted by Lost Arts Club, they provide fun and affordable arts and crafts classes, kits and supplies for all ages and abilities. They have a Nanaimo studio and host at a variety of other venues as-well.
  

  To learn more about Lost Arts Club: https://www.lostartsclub.org/ 

  
  

  
  

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• Dot Painted Ornaments with Lost Arts Club

  • When
    13 Nov 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    149 Wallace St, Nanaimo, BC

  Make Dot Painted Ornaments!

  Mandala dot painting has many therapeutic benefits such as increasing focus and calming your mind. In this class, you will learn dot layout techniques, the different tools to use and the dots they create, as well as the best paints to use. Dot paint three different wooden ornaments—a snowflake, a tree, and a ball. There are many patterns and paint colors, including glitter and metallic paints, to choose from to create your own unique ornaments. All supplies are included and all ages are welcome.

  *Lost Arts Club also has a 24-piece tool kits available for purchase that include painting tools, a paint pallet, templates, and a marking stone for $20.

  Member Price $24, Non-member $29

  To Register: Go to Lost Arts Website: https://www.lostartsclub.org/my-inner-harbour 

  This event is hosted by Lost Arts Club, they provide fun and affordable arts and crafts classes, kits and supplies for all ages and abilities. They have a Nanaimo studio and host at a variety of other venues as-well.
  

  To learn more about Lost Arts Club: https://www.lostartsclub.org/ 

  
  

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• Seaglass Gnome Ornament with Lost Arts Club

  • When
    18 Dec 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    149 Wallace St, Nanaimo, BC

  Make Seaglass Gnome Ornaments!

  Discover the joy of creating your own Seaglass Gnome Ornament in this delightful workshop. Begin by painting a 13cm wood round as the base for your gnome. Choose from a variety of seaglass colors to craft the gnome's body and beard. Enhance your creation with embellishments such as stars, critters, aspen cones, glitter snow, and more. Complete your ornament by affixing a ribbon of your choice for hanging. All necessary supplies are provided, and participants of all ages are welcome to join in the fun! 

  Member Price $22, Non-member $27

  To Register: Go to Lost Arts Website: https://www.lostartsclub.org/my-inner-harbour 

  This event is hosted by Lost Arts Club, they provide fun and affordable arts and crafts classes, kits and supplies for all ages and abilities. They have a Nanaimo studio and host at a variety of other venues as-well.
  

  To learn more about Lost Arts Club: https://www.lostartsclub.org/ 

  
  

  
  

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