I am an avid paper crafter and hobbyist Close to My Heart consultant.  Close to My Heart is a stamping company that offers a variety of clear stamps, inks, patterned papers, alterable items, and other paper crafting accessories.  Clear stamps are a wonderful alternative to the traditional red rubber stamps.  They allow you to see exactly where the stamp with go and they are also much smaller for storage. I plan to host regular open crop nights for working on your current projects and I can demon …

Have you bought or sold items on Tophatter? Do you enjoy hanging out in the live auction rooms? Join our real-world meetups to meet other local Tophatters or create your own meetup! You: a Tophatter seller, buyer or even admirer. A lover of all things, from art to jewelry, from vintage to comics, from handmade to wholesale. Awesome. Meetups: a way to meet fellow Tophatters. Learn new tips & engage in exciting conversations with like-minded people. Activities & general fun. How it Works: our staf …

Do you love the smell of fabric? Do you buy more fabric than you know what to do with? Have you ever been asked what you plan to make with the 40 yards of fabric you have just bought? Do you love to sew? Do you ever dream of sewing projects? Are you passionate about arts and crafts is dying to learn how to sew? If you answered yes to any of the above questions we want you! The idea is to get together somewhere in Redwood City, meet like-minded people, mingle, perhaps have a cocktail or 2 and sew …

Would you like to meet people in your area who share your love for scrapbooking, card making and paper crafts? Or have you wanted to get started, but haven't had the time or didn't know where to begin? This group is for all scrappers and paper crafters in the Silicon Valley area. (Saratoga, Los Gatos, Cupertino, San Jose, Morgan Hill, Gilroy, Hollister etc. Really you can come from anywhere in the Bay Area!) Whether you are an experienced .. a beginner .. traditional scrapper.. digital scrapper. …

We LOVE Pinterest and this group is all about actually MAKING things we are inspired by on-line. Each month will have a special theme and a board everyone can vote on the project they most want to work on during our meet-up.

Leather art created the old fashioned way. Use cow hides to create leather belts, journals, guitar straps, leather paintings and much more. Colors and dyes used allowing for the most unique artistic expression.

This is a group for anyone who is interested in being creative and enjoying evenings of making cards or working on your scrapbooks! All levels are invited and our group enjoys meeting new people with different creative ideas!

**Our events are hosted in Los Altos, San Jose (by Valley Fair), Santa Clara, Sunnyvale & Mountain View area, let us know if there are other location where it can accommodate large group of crafty ladies!! ** Meet other local Card Makers, rubber stampers and crafters. Making your own greeting cards is fun and easy, especially when you do it with a fun group of people. Gather, make cards, learn new techniques, try new projects, and have fun! Make new friends and have a good time with old friends …

Let's get together and create something beautiful! All fiber artists (knitters, crocheters, beaders, sewists, those who enjoy tatting, weaving and much more) at all levels are welcome to work on anything they'd like.  Feel free to ask for help, offer help or work on a project of your own.  It's very much unstructured. Location: Starbucks @ 1752 Decoto Rd Union City, CA 94587 Date/Time: Once/month on Saturdays @ 6:30 PM.

This is a meetup for people who would like to work with clay & learn more about creative clay & handbuilding. I've been teaching for a no. of years in the bay area & Santa Cruz, to children & adults. I am an advocate for the creative process. Through lessons you will be encouraged to bring your own imaginations, ideas, inspirations for your own unique sculptures. From traditional pottery to more wild figurative sculputres. The possibilities are endless.

I have had a dream for many years, of getting together with like-minded artists and sharing our current works or visions or ??? The term, Salon, comes to mind when I visualize this. And as a FIBER ARTIST, I would love to connect with other FIBER ARTISTS. There are many ways that I know of to create my own fabric and I would like to meet with others interested in this end. My long range personal goal is to focus on my area of expertise, which is traditional batik. I would like to do a series of w …

Join us in our quest to embrace living slowly and intentionally. We are a group of men and women who are striving to reduce our consumption/consumerism and increase our domestic skills. Whether you are an aspiring radical homemaker or already practice domestic arts, join us for knitting, sewing, quilting, natural dyeing, soapmaking, cooking from scratch, gardening, canning, creating herbal remedies for your family and much more. Bring an open mind and a snack to share as we learn from each other …

This a group for anyone interesting in sketching or journaling in the South Bay places. Let's get outdoors and sketch whatever we are drawn to or an scheduled time to journal. Then we can meet at a coffee shop to go over our sketches or writings with no pressure to be good. Let's go out for the practice and the pleasure of the pencil hitting the paper. Looking forward to meeting anyone interested in joining these activities.

Have you dreamed of making your own beautiful glass creation?  At a Mosaic Gardens workshop, you learn through simple steps the art of making creative mosaic pieces that you can display in your home/gardem or give as gifts. You will have access to all types of materials, supplies, and an environment that will help nurture your creativity. This is also a great social outlet as you meet others working on their projects. Take some time for you; explore this wonderful form of self-expression …

Sometimes we need other people to make things happen; sometimes we don't need company to make things happen.. No matter what, this meetup is where things happen. We have the idea... we ponder and build on it... internalize it... and BOOM !!! Creativity makes its way...and we all want to be there when it happens... If you're for it, sign up for opportunity knocks but once... well, we can always try again.. BE-ADded... As the song goes: " so, Bead it! Bead it !" Opps, I think I messed up, the song …

Are you a busy on the go stitcher, crocheter or knitter? Need someplace to stop and focus with like minds on your current project? Let's meet at the Exclamation Point! We can stitch, chat, and get inspired. All hand needle workers (I.E. needle pointers, cross stitchers, knitters, embroiderers and...) are welcome!