Find Your Flow and Fill Your World with Color

Imagine this: You, sitting down with a paintbrush in hand, blending soothing colors into mesmerizing patterns. Your mind unwinds, your worries melt away, and the world fades as you enter a peaceful flow state. Sounds good, right?

That’s exactly what this course is all about.

I’ll show you my no-brainer method for relaxation using watercolors and a sketchbook (or art journal) to create simple, repetitive shapes that transform into beautiful, colorful patterns. Whether you’re new to watercolor or looking for a creative way to de-stress, this course will help you.

Master the basics of watercolor painting in a fun and approachable way and learn about my favorite tried-and-true supplies, so you feel confident from the start. Then discover my personal tips and tricks to design pages that feel vibrant and uniquely YOU.

If you’re a handmade bookmaker, I share advice on how you can craft your own watercolor journal. If not, I give plenty of recommendations for commercially-made watercolor journals that you can use for all of your watercoloring.

By the end of this course You’ll be mixing colors like a pro, filling spread after spread with gorgeous, flowing patterns, and feeling the calming effects of creative play every step of the way.

Let’s turn your sketchbook into a peaceful, colorful escape. Are you ready to let watercolor transform your day?

Only $147 USD

Find Confidence in Your Hand Lettering

If you’re anything like me, you’ve always been captivated by the magic of letters. Since kindergarten, I’ve been obsessed with how letters can look—playful, elegant, bold, or imperfectly perfect. For years, I chased calligraphy perfection, thinking that was the only way to “do it right.” But when I let go of perfectionism, I discovered something incredible:

The most beautiful letters are the ones that feel personal, expressive, and uniquely YOURS.

Now, I want to share my love for hand lettering with you, so you can feel proud and excited every time you add your own words, quotes, or text to your art.

In this course, you’ll learn how to build confidence in your hand lettering through fun, approachable exercises, add words and quotes to your journal pages with ease and excitement, let go of the fear of “messing up,” embrace your creative style, & design letters that are perfectly imperfect—and totally YOU!

By the end of this course, you’ll feel a surge of pride when you look at the vibrant, personal lettering you’ve created. You’ll be amazed at what’s possible when you let go of the pressure to be perfect and just allow your creativity to flow.

Ready to create letters you’ll love—and love creating? Let’s get started today!

Just $127 USD

Create Beautiful, One-of-a-Kind Handmade Journals

Imagine holding a gorgeous handmade journal—one you created from start to finish. A journal that’s as unique as you are, filled with carefully curated materials and bound with love. It’s more than a journal—it’s your personal creative sanctuary.

In The Willa Journals Course, I’ll guide you step-by-step through my entire process for making bespoke junk journals that are perfect for relaxation, self-expression, or even gifting.

Here’s What You’ll Learn:

Curate Your Materials: Learn how to collect and choose the special papers, fabrics, and treasures that make your journals truly one-of-a-kind.

Build Your Journal: Follow a simple, approachable process to design and bind stunning journals tailored to your creative needs.

Bring It to Life: Create books so beautiful, you’ll want to keep them forever—or share them as heartfelt gifts (or even sell them!).

And that’s not all—this course includes 4 major bonus lessons to help you explore even more creative possibilities.

By the end, you’ll have journals that are not just beautiful, but truly yours. Let’s turn your creative dreams into something you can hold, cherish, and use every day.

Ready to start crafting your own handmade journals? Let’s begin today!

Only $187 USD

Create Beauty, Calm Your Mind, and Find Inner Peace

What if you could turn conflict—whether internal or external—into something beautiful and calming?

That’s exactly what this course is about. Through creating a luscious, interesting, and intricate handmade book, you’ll discover how art can be a powerful tool to calm your nervous system, process emotions, and bring a sense of peace into your life.

What You’ll Learn:

Mixed Media Mastery: Explore techniques like collage, stenciling, fabric decoration, and more as you bring your Wage Peace Book to life.

Creative Storytelling: Embellish your pages with collage fodder, collected treasures, and discarded bits that hold meaning for you.

Personal Touches: Add your own hand-lettered quotes and passages to create a deeply personal, one-of-a-kind work of art (optional, but oh-so-satisfying!).

Each page you create becomes a part of your journey toward peace—a beautiful reminder that even in times of conflict, creativity can be a source of healing and joy.

This project isn’t just about making a book. It’s about making space for calm, reflection, and connection to yourself.

Ready to create your own Wage Peace Book and discover the power of art to heal? Let’s start today!

Just $127 USD

11 months of Make Fodder and Use Fodder Project lessons plus loads of bonus content. Click the button below to check out all of the incredible projects. Includes the full Wage Peace Book and Fodder Keeper courses that are sold individually on Willa Workshops. Priced individually a $1600+ value.

JUST $207 USD + tax

12 months of Make Fodder and Use Fodder Project lessons plus loads of bonus content. Includes all lessons from Fodder Challenge 2022. Click the button below to check out all of the wonderful projects. Priced individually a $1700+ value.

JUST $227 USD + tax

12 months of Make Fodder and Use Fodder Project lessons plus loads of bonus content. Includes all lessons from Fodder Challenge 2023. Click the button below to check out all of the unique projects. Priced individually a $1800+ value.

JUST $237 USD + tax

Layered, messy, colorful, fun, personal, meaningful. These are all words that I would use to describe Sarah Gardner’s art journaling process. If you’ve ever wondered how these types of art journal spreads are created, look no further than Sarah’s BIG encyclopedic course, Love Your (Imperfect} Art Journal. Sarah will have you fearlessly creating expressive, messy, super interesting spreads. And then Sarah completes her signature course by teaching us 30 unique ways how to add text to your art. Like all courses on Willa Workshops, this one has so much content, that it’s an unbelievable deal.

JUST $137 USD + tax

Karen Elaine Parsons is super passionate about watercolor painting and she has developed her own unique, whimsical style over decades. Karen has developed a course for us that not only has us painting birds that make us smile, we’re learning more and more about this medium as we are completing every part of this course. By the end of the course, you’ll have two handmade books full of your new watercolor creations that will leave you feeling more confident and more satisfied than you did before you took this joyful course!

$147 USD + tax

Megan’s signature course where you will learn how to build her unique handmade art journals and then discover seemingly endless “formulas” for how to get both mixed media art AND journaling onto the book pages.

$127 USD + tax

The earliest known paper doll dates back to 1650. Contemporary mixed media artists adore the paper doll as doll making is something tangible that holds a sense of ancientness, a sense that things weren't always this way. Let Megan guide you through her endless variety of modern paper doll making techniques.

$127 USD + tax

Megan Quinlan is back with her iconic Journal into Your Art style, applied this time in a more “Junk Journaling” kind of way. Learn countless fun tips and tricks for making your JIYA Journals interactive with dimensional and surprise elements.

$147 USD + tax

Learning how to easily and effortlessly paint abstract watercolor leaves and florals will completely set you free! I will teach you all of the basic strokes and invite you do do your drills! Then I’ll show you how to combine your new skills to create leaves and florals. Once you’re ready, we’ll be painting all over floral patterns on your journal pages!

$57 USD + tax

A Zine is a complete handmade book created out of a base of one sheet of paper. Zines are a great way to experiment with techniques in a low risk way. Don’t like the result? It’s not living in a journal! Like it? Keep it in your collection! Let three instructors, Megan, Wendy and Tiffany, show you three great formulas for creating Zines that you will be proud of to grow your collection.

$47 USD + tax

Create a complete unique handmade book from start to finish. Begin with abstract watercolor florals, leaves and mark making. Learn a book construction technique that you can employ time and again. End up with a gorgeous handmade book to add to your growing collection.

$57 USD + tax

Creating Snippet Rolls, both fabric and paper, is ridiculously satisfying! Give your leftover bits a new life and then use the strips in all of your mixed media projects: book making, art journaling, pockets, cards, clusters and more. Learn how I create snippet rolls my way!

$27 USD + tax

If you haven’t taken the Wonky Bits course yet, you are about to have SO MUCH FUN! Learn my secret technique for creating high contrast fussy cut collage fodder that improves the finished look of just about anything you create. You'll learn botanical images, floral art, word art, and short and long quotes.

$37 USD + tax

Looking for a new book structure that you can use with leftover collage fodder to create an interesting and gorgeous book? Learn how to create the structure and binding of The Secret Tag Book, Secret is, there are no tags used in the making of this book!

$27 USD + tax

Looking for different techniques to make gorgeous mixed media COLLAGE FODDER or Handmade Book Pages? You MUST try the Messy Papers technique! Make a big stack of your own mixed media papers with your signature colors, marks and patterns to use in all of your projects. Don’t let your art supplies and tools waste away!

$27 USD + tax

In this course I will walk your through a series of prompts where you will use a lot of different supplies (use what you have) that will result in one large and gorgeous patterned and textured work of decorative art that is perfect to cut up and use in new projects: collage, journals, tabs, cards, tags, snippet rolls or any mixed media project.

$27 USD + tax

Looking for more things to make with your collage fodder? Creating Mixed Media Tag Art from a Motherboard is Mixed Media 101! My no-fail method to create double sided mixed media tags from a collage motherboard, plus a series of prompts to get you creating with those art supplies that always need more use!

$37 USD + tax

When it comes to color, do you end up feeling confused and stressed out? Let me help simplify things for you! Learn my fuss free approach to mixing color. Then experiment with four quick mixed media art exercises with your chosen signature color palette.

$37 USD + tax

Indulge in your obsession with handmade books and journals in this super creative course from Tiffany Sharpe where cover and spine options abound.

$147 USD + tax

Tiffany’s wildly popular book making class from Fodder School 1 where we make the oh-so-fuctional Fodder Keeper, plus watercolor floral and other fussy cuts.

$127 USD + tax