Classes will run only if a minimum number of people sign up; if more sign up than there are spaces, classes may repeat if schedule permits. All classes include materials, a delicious lunch and dessert., and printed instructions. All classes are $85.

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Paste Paper and Luminaria Class: Sunday, November 23rd, 10:30AM to 4:30PM.  Make a supply of gorgeous paste paper in the morning (and if you choose, learn to fold luminaria in the afternoon; these magical origami structures make great gifts and celebrate the Festival of Lights, too).

*NEW* Combination Class: Marbled Paper & 2 Small Books Sunday, November 30th, 10AM-4PM.  Make marbled paper for future book projects, envelopes, cards and gifts; while you’re waiting to make your next sheet, learn to create two small book forms to showcase your paper.

Photo Album Class: Saturday, December 6th, 10-4PM. Make a gorgeous hardbound photo album/guest book with built-in stubs for photos and screw-post binding. Clothbound hinges and paste or marble covers--bring your own paper or choose from mine.

*NEW* Two single-section hardbound books with marbled or paste paper covers, Sunday, December 7th, 10AM-4PM. Make one for yourself, one for a friend… great travel journals or chapbooks. Once you’ve made two, you won’t forget how.  Kits to make more available with advance notice for $20 each.

*NEW* Rebind your Joy of Cooking or some other favorite much-used cookbook with a new cloth spine and paste paper cover. Bring your own paper or use mine. Saturday, December 20th, 10AM-4PM.

Appointment Book, Sunday, December 21st, 10AM -4PM. Bind next year’s appointment book and take home a kit to make  one for a friend (extra kits $25 each, order in advance).

NOTE: The directions to the bindery below have changed slightly; the schoolhouse on the corner is no longer white -- we have refurbished it to accommodate out-of-town students! It is now available for rental for long-distance students or visitors who just want to stay in a beautifully restored 2BR 1BA schoolhouse with kitchen for a week or weekend.  $150/night, $700/week, or $300 Friday night to Sunday noon. Sleeps 2-3 individuals or two couples.

FROM THE NORTH: take I-91 South to exit 1, go south (right) on rte 5 toward Guilford, and in less than a mile, turn right in front of the Guilford Country Store onto Guilford Center Rd. Follow that for a little less than 2 miles, and turn left onto Weatherhead Hollow Rd. Follow that for about six miles until you pass Weatherhead Hollow Pond (a large pond on your left). You will see the Franklin Farm (and farm store) on your right. Just after that is Packer Corners Rd on the right. Take that for 1.6 miles, then turn right onto S. Belden Hill Rd. You will pass a small white empty schoolhouse on the corner, then a gray barn on the right, then you'll see a white house and red barn. That's me! Park on the side of the road or near the barn.

FROM THE SOUTH: Take I-91 North to Exit 28b in Bernardston Massachusetts, and go left from the off-ramp. Turn right (North) when the road dead-ends into Route 5. After several miles, turn left on Keets Brook Rd. and follow it through the valley until it comes to Weatherhead Hollow Rd. Turn left and pass the Franklin Farm, then take a right on Packer Corners Rd. and follow that for 1.6 miles. Turn right onto S. Belden Hill Rd. There is a small white empty schoolhouse on the corner, then a gray barn on the right, then a white house and red barn. Park on the side of the road or near the barn.

For local accommodation at the Cabin at Bear Meadow go to http://www.vtcabin.com/.

Other accommodations are available in nearby Brattleboro. Email Susan for hotel and motel suggestions and information.