If you are wondering where to begin, I've made it simple 🙂 Head over to the CLASSROOM and open "Start Here." You'll find a short Finding Your Way Around MAP video– MAP is simply short for The Material Arranging Project – that will give you a quick tour and help you get oriented. And here's a little visual to keep handy as you begin exploring. 🧡

Let's start by getting to know who's here! Take 5 seconds and choose the option that sounds most like you. When you think about "material arranging", who do you imagine exploring it with? I'm excited to see the mix of people and possibilities represented here.

After I had so much fun arranging my 3 items (matches, forks, paperclips), I left them out for my husband with a note saying “make an arrangement with these three items.” It didn’t take long for his creation to appear. I found it so interesting how he went right to the 3d arrangement where mine were all flat and it didn’t even cross my mind to work 3 dimensionally! So cool!

Ok! So I literally just surprised myself... I had no idea how fun it would be to play around with just 3 found objects around the house--really--especially after being accustomed to working with 10-12 different types of materials at a time. I didn't think too much about my material selection. For me, I just wanted multiples of what ever it was. So I found 4 forks, a paperclip box with a handful of paperclips, and a matchbox full of matchsticks. And then some poster board that I could use as a white backdrop. Once I started, I could have just kept going! The more I tried, the more ideas I had-- or the more I just wanted to just try and see. So so fun! Can't wait to see what others come up with :) I named one design "Needle in the Haystack." 🤣 Do you know which one?!

Some things I found in my workroom.