Welcome to Handmade Enthusiasts where we celebrate the arts and crafts while also making new friends and connections. At Handmade Enthusiasts, our group provides a great forum to learn new crafts, to try new arts and to explore the wonderful world of art and craft.  With our "sister" meetup group, Art and Craft-Tastic, we enjoy a wide variety of crafting courses including: Knitting and Crochet Felting Jewelry Making Beadweaving Wire Wrapping Silver Clay Riveting Collage Painting Sewing Chain M …

Cruz Beer is a social group dedicated to promoting and highlighting the craft beer community in the greater Santa Cruz area. Celebrate craft beer!

Get your craft on with Craftastic! Join us for quilting, jewelry making, sewing, shrinky dinks, photography, collage, poetry, project completion -- you name it, we (might) try it! *All you marvelous Craftastic members are more than welcome to post pics of your cool crafts, but please, please, please email me first so I can create an album for you!*

This is a group for thirty-something women who are looking to share the best time of there life with great girlfriends. Whether your married, single, divorced, with or without kids this group is for all the wonderful women looking to make lasting friendship. We are down to earth, totally laid back, drama-free, friendly and outgoing. If you can think it up we will do it. Something to do is wine tasting, going to museums, tea parties, dinner out, theatre, geocaching, comedy clubs, craft nights, go …

LOTUS MILLER & ANTARA DAVIS facilitate many empowerment teachings, meditation groups and assorted creative arts at Twin Lotus Center such as: Weekly Meditation ~ Energy Healing ~ Creative Spirit-Arts ~ Earth Wisdom Teachings ~ Indigenous Crafts ~ Crystal Wisdom and so much more. These are all Sacred Wisdom Circles & Healing Ways Honoring All Traditions. If you are looking for a light-hearted friendly community set in an atmosphere of sacred space with both beginners and seasoned teachers as memb …

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.

We have a new art space to share. The gallery space is a dedicated area to showcase local art with a monthly theme. Our classes, lectures and events share this theme. Our August 5th First Friday Event will feature our outdoor sculpture garden  and Artist Stephen Lynch, found object art that is cerebral and beautiful- like you!  Coming soon- we will host evening potluck/movie night with a group art project. We would love to meet you, please feel free to stop in and say Hi. 1013 Cedar St, just dow …

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

Mission Santa Clara Knitting Meetup Group ~~~> Casual, friendly, knitting and chat! A biweekly knitting/crocheting group which meets on the second and fourth Saturday mornings at Orchard Valley Coffee, Campbell, Calif. This is in downtown Campbell, a vibrant shopping and entertainment district featuring many historical landmarks and over 100 shops, services, and restaurants for you. Convenient to the Winchester VTA Light Rail line. Meet us at 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. second and fourth Saturday mornings …

Many people want to express their creativity but haven't found the right outlet. Sound familiar?  Then this is the place for you! Fun, supportive environment, this meet-up is held at my studio located at 2231 Winchester Blvd. Campbell, 95008. The studio is crammed with tons of hand-made papers, paints, canvas, glue, fabric, string, found objects...anything you need to express yourself! Work on a specific project (see examples below) or do your own thing after a short tutorial about how to use th …

A creative bunch of folks who love Scrapbooking, Cardmaking, Stamping, DIY and whole lot more. This is co-creative group with a open calendar for meetup suggestions. Let the fun begin!

Mastership in software engineering leadership is lightly considered in our industry. This group is intended to be a mixed networking/mastership forum for raising the bar on our craft and helping engineering leaders perfect their craft. The group is open to current and aspiring technical leaders (architects) and organizational leaders (managers, directors, VPs).

Hi! Having a network of mom’s who enjoy similar activities is important to our well being! We're a very friendly group that offers an array of activities to enjoy with your little ones while enjoying the company of other moms.  Don't stay home and wonder what you're going to do today, join us! P.S. We're not always ON THE MOVE, we also like to take time out to sit on our behinds and enjoy fine food and wine, pedicures and other fun “mommy” events.  We have a very busy calendar and hope you'll  j …

Welcome!! This group is for active and positive women who would like to build friendships with other women in the local South Bay area . The age range within the group is pretty wide, with many members in the 30 - 50 range. We are an energetic, friendly, easy-going group, with lots of fun events. We try to accomodate different interests and schedules, so we have many varied events including lunches, dinners, movies, game nights, beginner's golfing, out of town excursions, wine tasting, fitness, …

Tired of groups that are a bit superficial? This Meet Up is intended to be a low key, fun and relaxing way to meet people with similar personalities. Finding fellow introverts can be difficult, especially since Idealists are a small section of the population. If you are a creative person who is curious, sensitive and values integrity, we would love for you to join! Unsure if you fit this group? To check your personality and see if you are INFP or INFJ by visiting these links: http://www.humanmet …

Emerging media has redefined how people consume videos and new technology has even changed the devices we use to watch our videos. No longer are we parked on a couch in front of a tv watching shows and commercials, we are on our smart phone waiting at the bank watching a video someone posted on Facebook or re-posting a really funny Old Spice commercial we just saw. What makes videos go viral and what can we do to increase the odds of our content breaking that 1 million-view mark? In this group w …

This group is open to anyone and is devoted to encouraging knitters of all levels to pursue their goals. We meet to inspire each other with new ideas and strive to finish the projects we start.

Hello and Merry Meet We are a cross-tradition gathering of Pagan families with children. By cross tradition we mean Wicca (eclectic), Druid, Dianic, British Traditionalists, and are open to and looking for more varieties. We seek to share and learn from each other while providing support in a fun environment. We meet monthly to celebrate Esbats and Sabbats; to share food and music, crafts and dancing.  Welcome.

BRAND NEW GROUP! Started 3/14. We are a fun, down-to-earth women who like to talk, laugh, eat, drink and even learn a little all while cultivating new, meaningful friendships. If you are anything like me you have realized that all of your friends have either moved away (or you have moved away), have small children or just aren’t interested/don’t have time to “hang out” anymore. But when you want to go out, wouldn't it be nice to have a "crew?" You know, like Sex & The City. Some of the larger gr …

The Litha Faire group desires to put people in touch with their own unique ability to lead an enchanted life through applied metaphysics. Our goal is to explore and teach people about the exciting invisible world that we live in while learning how to tap into those energies and manifest the life that we want for ourselves. Join us for various discussions on metaphysical topics. Anyone interested in self mastery, developing their psychic abilities, paranormal experiences should come to a meetup. …

This is a group for those who enjoy getting together with other Scrapbookers and PaperCrafters and spending time working on projects and sharing ideas. I love to see what others are working on. I host workshops and crops for scrapbooking, card making and other papercraft projects. Once a quarter I host day of card making for Operation Write home, a group that supplies home made cards to our deployed troops. Most fun of all....I am part of a group of ladies who host a 3 or 4 day scrapbook retreat …

Ever feel a little bit estranged from the local "Wiccan" or "Pagan" community? This Coven is for normal people seeking to gather with other, normal people who either want to learn, or currently practice the craft. This Coven is based on Traditional Western Witchcraft and seeks to serve as a refuge for the would be, lone Witch seeking a coven of like-minded individuals. The Coven: 1. We meet one day a week for "The Gathering". 2. We celebrate all of the Wiccan Sabbats and Esbats. 3. We meet for …

A fresh Start. The IWAA purpose is to positively stimulate the mature person experiencing any of the many life transitions by following the IWAA Achievement Principles. These principles have been carefully crafted and researched for effectiveness and creativity. This involves identifying and using your strengths and other related untapped resources such as your natural environment, connections, personal skills, and identifying untapped opportunities. We will empower you by linking you to resourc …

This group is for moms who despite juggling it all still carve out some time to be creative. There is no level of artistic expertise required to join this group. All you need is a desire to make art. It is challenging to find time to do art when you are busy living life and raising your kid(s.) If you love art and wish you could make art more often…this meet-up is right for you. It does not matter what genre you use to express your creativity, this is the place for you. We will have casual gat …