DRG hosts Copic certification class

BBERNE, Ind. -- DRG recently hosted a Copic® Standard Certification class in the DRG Creativity Center in Berne. Teachers for the event were Marianne Walker and Colleen Schaan, co-authors of the newly released Copic Coloring Guide!™, published by DRG. Designer Tami Mayberry and DRG Paper Crafting Editor Tanya Fox were also present during the class.

The Copic certification program is designed for paper crafters, scrapbookers and rubber stampers who want to learn the applications for Copic products with the intent of sharing them in classes, stores, workshops and designs.

Those who attended the day-long class received a certificate and are now authorized to teach the Copic techniques.

Copic Coloring Guide!™ is a 64-page technique book that and sells for $14.95. It is produced under DRG's Annie's Attic brand and is sold through the Annie's Attic catalog, accessible online at AnniesAttic.com.

About DRG: DRG (DRGnetwork.com) is in its third generation of Muselman family ownership in Berne, Ind., near Fort Wayne. A leader in the craft and nostalgia markets, the company is well known for its iconic brands, which include House of White Birches, Annie's Attic, Clotilde, American School of Needlework and Good Old Days. The company publishes magazines and books, and also offers kits, supplies and Web-deliverable products on more than 40 DRG Web sites, as well as on newsstands and in crafts stores nationwide. One of DRG's divisions, Strategic Fulfillment Group (SFG), provides state-of-the-art fulfillment and database marketing services out of a 140,000-square-foot facility nestled in the rolling wooded landscape of East Texas, centered between Shreveport and Dallas. The DRG story began in 1925 with the founding of Economy Printing Concern in Berne. EP Graphics, as it is known today, is still owned by the Muselman family. It specializes in high-quality, four-color web printing for catalogs and magazines.