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Secondhand Salamander

Secondhand Salamander empowers creativity through accessible art-making opportunities. We promote sustainability and inspire individuals to create beauty from found materials, fostering a community where everyone can express their artistic potential.

Join us for Holly&#39;s Collage Class 🦎✨ Holly is teaching a collage class! Collage is a great medium for beginners, and you can use anything - old magazines, paper, paint, fabric, yarn, and more. You&#39;re welcome to use what you find in the store in your collage - it&#39;s all included with your registration! Suggested registration is $15, but as always, it&#39;s pay what you can!

Holly's Collage Class

Join us for Morgan&#39;s Card Class 🦎✨ Learn simple, creative techniques to turn secondhand and recycled materials into one-of-a-kind cards. Morgan will guide you step by step, so you can relax, experiment, and play with color and texture. You can pick paper and embellishments from our paper room to create with! By signing up, you support Secondhand Salamander&rsquo;s mission to keep creativity accessible and sustainable. You&rsquo;ll leave with finished cards, fresh ideas, and practical ways to reuse everyday materials in your own art. 📬

Morgan's Card Class

Join us for Sierra&#39;s Reverse Embroidery Class 🦎✨ Sierra is teaching a reverse embroidery class! If you had to look up reverse embroidery like I did, it just means you put your cute fabric underneath another fabric, embroider them together, and then cut out the center to reveal the fabric underneath! You can pick fabric and embroidery thread from our fabric room to create with - it&#39;s all included with your registration! Suggested registration is $15, but as always, it&#39;s pay what you can!

Sierra's Reverse Embroidery Class!

Workshop: Embroidered Patches Upcycle your Wardrobe Series! Kristal from <a fr-original-style="text-align: start;" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/lovestreetsalvage/&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw0yXbI2bOdPUGIqLc-sIxF4" style="text-align: start; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Love Street Salvage&nbsp;</a>is teaching a clothing reworking class in our workshop room! Bring your own clothes that need mending or reworking, and we will have supplies to work with. Each class in the series focuses on a different hand sewing technique. On September 26 we&#39;ll be embroidering patches to attach to our clothes! &nbsp;Suggested donation is $15 per person per session, but as always, it&#39;s pay what you want!

Embroidered patches

Workshop: Upcycle your Wardrobe Series! Kristal from <a fr-original-style="text-align: start;" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/lovestreetsalvage/&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw0yXbI2bOdPUGIqLc-sIxF4" style="text-align: start; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Love Street Salvage&nbsp;</a>is teaching a clothing reworking class in our workshop room! Bring your own clothes that need mending or reworking, and we will have supplies to work with. Each class in the series focuses on a different hand sewing technique. Here&#39;s the options for each day: Sept 5 - &nbsp;Embroider your clothesSept 12 - Appliqu&eacute; your clothesSept 19 - &nbsp;Crochet your jeansSept 26 - &nbsp;Embroidered patches You&#39;re able to choose which days you are able to come, so if you you&#39;re welcome to skip a week or just come for one session. Suggested donation is $15 per person per session, but as always, it&#39;s pay what you want!

Upcycle your Wardrobe

Join us for Lexy&#39;s Sewing 101 Class 🦎✨Learn how to use that sewing machine you inherited from your mom! Lexy will walk you through the ins and outs of how to thread your machine and start a seam. You&#39;re welcome to bring something you&#39;d like to mend, or you can use supplies from the store to make yourself a pillowcase! Donations of $15 are encouraged to cover the cost of supplies and the class, but as always it&#39;s pay what you can! By signing up, you support Secondhand Salamander&rsquo;s mission to keep creativity accessible and sustainable. You&rsquo;ll leave with finished cards, fresh ideas, and practical ways to reuse everyday materials in your own art. 📬

Sewing 101 with Lexie

Three Cosplay Class &amp; Workshops for making your first cosplay in time for FanX. For new and novice cosplayers, those interested in the hobby that haven&#39;t done it before as well as those who are looking to use more complicated techniques including sewing, body paint, electronic aspects (Lights and Ventilation), and foam crafting - all with an emphasis on finding affordable ways to do it. Each class will run from 5pm-8pm for 3 consecutive Tuesdays at the Secondhand Salamander Workshop. If we end up with a lot of attendees, we may need to move it to the Kearns library. The first class will focus on attendees learning about the different methods used in making cosplay and will be a workshop for each attendee to create a valid, written action plan to complete their costume. After this class it is expected that attendees will have a list of what materials they need to acquire and are expected to begin acquisition before the next class. The second class will be focused entirely as a workshop for helping attendees craft their costumes! We will teach sewing, working with EVA foam, and painting supplies. By the end of this session it is expected that all attendees will have begun construction of various aspects of their costumes, with smaller pieces finished or well on their way and larger pieces partially constructed. It is expected that attendees from here will have all the knowledge they need to finish their costumes. The third class will be a second workshop with an emphasis on solving issues that have arisen since the second class. Not all ideas work out in practice so this class is for those who end up needing an experienced helper to find workarounds, assist with repairs, or solve any new problems that have been found. This class is the most optional, but all are welcome even if they just want a second workshop.(Important Note: These workshops are designed to provide the knowledge and assistance needed to finish a cosplay you are proud of. The majority of work will need to be done by the attendee outside the workshops.) All Ages are Welcome! Suggested donation is $25 per person per session, but as always, it&#39;s pay what you want! You can also include the purchase of supplies in your donation, or you can bring your own! We have apparel fabric, buttons, beads, leather, and more that you can use for your cosplay.

Cosplay Creation Class

Workshop: Crochet your jeans Upcycle your Wardrobe Series! Kristal from <a fr-original-style="text-align: start;" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/lovestreetsalvage/&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw0yXbI2bOdPUGIqLc-sIxF4" style="text-align: start; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Love Street Salvage&nbsp;</a>is teaching a clothing reworking class in our workshop room! Bring your own clothes that need mending or reworking, and we will have supplies to work with. Each class in the series focuses on a different hand sewing technique. On September 19 we&#39;ll be learning how to crochet on our jeans! &nbsp;Suggested donation is $15 per person per session, but as always, it&#39;s pay what you want!

Crochet your jeans

Beux will be teaching a visible mending class! We&#39;ll be using hand sewing/embroidery techniques to mend our clothes and make them look even better than they were before. Bring an item of clothing you&#39;d like to mend, and there will be supplies here that you can use. The suggested donation is $15 to pay for the class and supplies, but like everything in the store it&#39;s pay what you can. Sign up here!&nbsp;

Visible Mending Class

Slow down with a needle and thread 🧵 in this hands-on embroidery class. Learn basic stitches, experiment with color, and turn secondhand fabrics into something new and personal. All materials are provided, using rescued textiles that reflect our creativity and sustainability mission. Beginners and seasoned makers are equally welcome&mdash;just bring your curiosity and a willingness to try. 🦎

Embroidery Class

Workshop: Applique your clothes Upcycle your Wardrobe Series! Kristal from <a fr-original-style="text-align: start;" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/lovestreetsalvage/&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw0yXbI2bOdPUGIqLc-sIxF4" style="text-align: start; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Love Street Salvage&nbsp;</a>is teaching a clothing reworking class in our workshop room! Bring your own clothes that need mending or reworking, and we will have supplies to work with. Each class in the series focuses on a different hand sewing technique. On September 12 we&#39;ll be learning how to apply appliques to our clothes! &nbsp;Suggested donation is $15 per person per session, but as always, it&#39;s pay what you want!

Applique your clothes

Workshop: Embroider your clothes Upcycle your Wardrobe Series! Kristal from&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="text-align: start;" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/lovestreetsalvage/&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw0yXbI2bOdPUGIqLc-sIxF4" style="text-align: start; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Love Street Salvage&nbsp;</a>is teaching a clothing reworking class in our workshop room! Bring your own clothes that need mending or reworking, and we will have supplies to work with. Each class in the series focuses on a different hand sewing technique. On September 5 we&#39;ll be embroidering our clothes! &nbsp;Suggested donation is $15 per person per session, but as always, it&#39;s pay what you want!

Embroider your clothes

Secondhand Salamander&nbsp;believes that everyone has the power of creation inside them. From quilting, to painting, to making art out of whatever you can find, humans make amazing, beautiful things every day. The magic of making something is what we want to provide to everyone - with as little paywall as possible. That&#39;s where you come in. When you donate to Secondhand Salamander, you are choosing creativity, sustainability, and accessible crafting for all.&nbsp; How you can help power the craftiness:<ol fr-original-style="" style="width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="box-sizing:inherit;" style="box-sizing:inherit;">Donate: Every dollar counts! Even a little love goes a long way!</li><li fr-original-style="box-sizing:inherit;" style="box-sizing:inherit;">Share: Share our campaign with your friends, family, and on social media. The best way to share the crafty love is by word of mouth to people in your own community!</li><li fr-original-style="box-sizing:inherit;" style="box-sizing:inherit;">Volunteer: Your time and skills are how we can make this dream a reality.</li></ol>Thank you for supporting our mission, we literally could not do this without you!

Secondhand Salamander believes that everyone has the power of creation inside them. From quilting, to painting, to making art out of whatever you can find, humans make amazing, beautiful things every day. The magic of making something is what we want to provide to everyone - with as little paywall as possible.That's where you come in. When you donate to Secondhand Salamander, you are choosing creativity, sustainability, and accessible crafting for all. How you can help power the craftiness:Donate: Every dollar counts! Even a little love goes a long way!Share: Share our campaign with your friends, family, and on social media. The best way to share the crafty love is by word of mouth to people in your own community!Volunteer: Your time and skills are how we can make this dream a reality.Thank you for supporting our mission, we literally could not do this without you!

Secondhand Salamander&nbsp; cree que todos tienen el poder de crear algo dentro de ellos. Desde acolchar, pintar, hasta hacer arte con lo que sea que encuentres, los seres humanos hacen cosas incre&iacute;bles y hermosas todos los d&iacute;as. La magia de crear algo es lo que queremos brindar a todos, con la menor barrera posible. Es ah&iacute; donde t&uacute; entras. Cuando donas a Secondhand Salamander, est&aacute;s eligiendo la creatividad, sostenibilidad y la creaci&oacute;n accesible para todos.&nbsp; C&oacute;mo puedes ayudar a impulsar la creatividad:<ol fr-original-style="width:100%;" style="width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Donar: &iexcl;Cada d&oacute;lar cuenta! &iexcl;Incluso un poco de amor hace una gran diferencia!</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Compartir: Comparte nuestra campa&ntilde;a con tus amigos, familiares y en redes sociales. La mejor manera de difundir el amor por la creatividad es comparti&eacute;ndolo de boca en boca con personas de tu comunidad.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Voluntariar: Tu tiempo y habilidades son c&oacute;mo podemos hacer que este sue&ntilde;o se convierta en realidad.</li></ol>&iexcl;Gracias por apoyar nuestra misi&oacute;n, literalmente no podr&iacute;amos hacer esto sin ti!

Secondhand Salamander cree que todos tienen el poder de crear algo dentro de ellos. Desde acolchar, pintar, hasta hacer arte con lo que sea que encuentres, los seres humanos hacen cosas increíbles y hermosas todos los días. La magia de crear algo es lo que queremos brindar a todos, con la menor barrera posible.Es ahí donde tú entras. Cuando donas a Secondhand Salamander, estás eligiendo la creatividad, sostenibilidad y la creación accesible para todos. Cómo puedes ayudar a impulsar la creatividad:Donar: ¡Cada dólar cuenta! ¡Incluso un poco de amor hace una gran diferencia!Compartir: Comparte nuestra campaña con tus amigos, familiares y en redes sociales. La mejor manera de difundir el amor por la creatividad es compartiéndolo de boca en boca con personas de tu comunidad.Voluntariar: Tu tiempo y habilidades son cómo podemos hacer que este sueño se convierta en realidad.¡Gracias por apoyar nuestra misión, literalmente no podríamos hacer esto sin ti!

Got extra supplies? Share them with Secondhand Salamander so they can be turned into community art instead of waste. 🦎 Your in-kind donation of fabric, paper, tools, or other creative odds-and-ends helps keep workshops low-cost and open to everyone. ♻️ Tell us what you&rsquo;d like to donate so we can match your supplies with upcoming DIY festivals, classes, and makers of all ages.

Got extra supplies? Share them with Secondhand Salamander so they can be turned into community art instead of waste. 🦎Your in-kind donation of fabric, paper, tools, or other creative odds-and-ends helps keep workshops low-cost and open to everyone. ♻️Tell us what you’d like to donate so we can match your supplies with upcoming DIY festivals, classes, and makers of all ages.

In-Kind Supply Donations!

Linda is back teaching us how to use a hat loom! This is a super beginner friendly class. This is one of the first crafts I learned how to do! You can buy supplies at the store, or just pay the registration for the class and have your supplies covered!

Knitting and Hat Loom Class

Angela is teaching an embroidery class! We&#39;ll be doing a simple pumpkin outline with a few vines and leaves. Angela will show how to trace a pattern, put the fabric in the hoop, thread the needle, make a knot, start and stop the thread, and a few different stitches. &nbsp; You will be able to take your pattern/fabric, hoop, thread, needle, and needle threader home. Then you will just need scissors to cut thread and a hairdryer or iron to erase the lines. &nbsp;Suggested donation is $15 per person per session, but as always, it&#39;s pay what you want! All your supplies are covered in your registration!

Embroidery Class with Angela!

Join us for Lexy&#39;s Sewing 101 Class 🦎✨Learn how to use that sewing machine you inherited from your mom! Lexie will walk you through the ins and outs of how to thread your machine and start a seam. We&#39;ll talk about how to start a quilt, and you&#39;re welcome to pick your favorite fabrics from the store! Donations of $15 are encouraged to cover the cost of supplies and the class, but as always it&#39;s pay what you can! By signing up, you support Secondhand Salamander&rsquo;s mission to keep creativity accessible and sustainable. You&rsquo;ll leave with finished cards, fresh ideas, and practical ways to reuse everyday materials in your own art. 📬

Sewing 101 with Lexie (Oct)

Join us for Holly&#39;s Collage Class 🦎✨ We&#39;ll be making cute pumpkins with Holly! You can use any fabric, ribbons, paper, etc. that you find in the store - it&#39;s all included in your registration!&nbsp; Suggested registration is $15, but as always, it&#39;s pay what you can!

Holly's Scrappy Pumpkin Class

Learn to knit while supporting sustainablity. 🧶🌱 In this class, you&rsquo;ll practice the basics of knitting using yarn sourced from donated and secondhand supplies. By signing up, you help reduce waste and keep good materials in use. All skill levels are welcome&mdash;whether you&rsquo;re casting on for the first time or picking the needles back up, we&rsquo;ll learn together in a relaxed, community-focused setting.

Knitting Class

Join us for Johanna&#39;s Crochet Class 🦎✨ Johanna is teaching a crochet class! Learn how to make a granny square, OR bring your own project! We have lots of yarn and crochet hooks in the store you can use - it&#39;s all included with your registration! Suggested registration is $15, but as always, it&#39;s pay what you can!

Johanna's Crochet Class!

Morgan's Card Class - Halloween Version!

Join us for a Ransom Note Class! 🦎✨ Kim will be teaching a class on making your own &quot;Ransom Notes&quot; &nbsp;in celebration of spooky season! We have lots of magazines you can use to cut letters out of to make your own creepy notes! Suggested registration is $15, but as always, it&#39;s pay what you can!

Kim's Ransom Note Class!

Roll up your sleeves for Volunteer Day 🦎 and help us turn donated, secondhand supplies into future art materials. Your time keeps our creative reuse shelves stocked and our workshops welcoming to everyone. You might sort and organize donations, prep workshop kits, or rescue &ldquo;scrap&rdquo; that&rsquo;s perfect for a new project 🎨. Every task you take on makes creativity more accessible and more sustainable for our community. We&#39;ll also have an overstock table in the workshop room where you can take home some supplies as thanks for your hard work! Refreshments are also provided!

Volunteer Day!

Join us for a DIY Holiday Gifts Class! 🦎✨ We&#39;ll be doing a class with Rainbow Craft SLC! We&#39;ll be sewing a small DIY gift for the holidays. You&#39;re welcome to use the sewing machines we have in store, or bring your own! You can also use any of the materials we have in the store - it&#39;s all included in your registration.&nbsp; Suggested registration is $20, but as always, it&#39;s pay what you can!

DIY Holiday Gifts with Rainbow Craft Studio

Come build Hot Wheels tracks with us!! 🦎✨ We&#39;re gonna race cars! We are partnering with <a fr-original-style="" href="https://creatorscraftcrates.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Creator&#39;s Craft Crates</a> to do some fun STEM activities, and today we&#39;ll be building racetracks. Come build some hot wheels tracks with us in our workshop room! This event is open to all ages - both kids and kids at heart.&nbsp; Suggested registration is $15, but as always, it&#39;s pay what you can!

Hot Wheels Tracks!

Join us for a puppet making class! 🦎✨ Morgan is a puppeteer in SLC, and she is teaching a puppet making class! We have SO much fuzzy fabric and little doodads you can use for your puppet in the store. It can be as simple or as complex as you desire. You&#39;re welcome to use any you find in the store for your puppet - it&#39;s all included with your registration! Suggested registration is $15, but as always, it&#39;s pay what you can!

Secondhand Salamander

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Knitting and Hat Loom Class

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Embroidery Class with Angela!

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Sewing 101 with Lexie (Oct)

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Holly's Scrappy Pumpkin Class

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Knitting Class

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Johanna's Crochet Class!

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Morgan's Card Class - Halloween Version!

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Kim's Ransom Note Class!

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Volunteer Day!

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DIY Holiday Gifts with Rainbow Craft Studio

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Hot Wheels Tracks!

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Puppet Making Class

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