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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

This group is to bring together sister artisans for sharing, support, creative inspiration and networking. Let's get together and talk about creating art, marketing and selling art, inspiring each other, planning outings to art galleries, museums and other creative ventures whether visual, literary or performing arts.

Paper and digital scrappers welcome! We hope to have one of the best scrap meetup groups out there. Any stampers looking for a local group - you are more than welcome! We are planning to hold a crop once per month - it is always nice to get out for a night and catch up on some of those projects. Meet other scrappers in the area for conversation, inspiration and fun! Swap techniques, share ideas, trade tips on page layouts and discover new ways to scrap!

… We seek to promote knitting and hand crafts of all kinds. Not an early riser? Feel free to drop in anytime. We welcome fellow knitters. Bring your project to work on. Free knitting/crocheting instruction and help available. Learn how to knit or crochet! Beginning late April, 2012, we will meet at: Orchard Valley Coffee 349 E. Campbell Avenue. Campbell, CA 95008 2012 schedule: January 14, 28 - February 11, 25 - March 10, 24 April 14, 28 - May 12, 26 - June 9, 23 July 14, 28 - August 11, …

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.

Welcome to Tumbling Tots Playgroup! We welcome all babies and toddlers, and their parents or caregivers residing in Santa Cruz County. Our main focus is to meet new people, have fun activities, and create friendship and support for our children and ourselves. Play-dates will include lots of activities such as visits to the various local beaches, walks in the redwoods, trips to the aquariums, zoos, and museums, arts and crafts, picnics and BBQ's, visiting the vast array of local parks and playgro …

HomeCruzers Do you live in the Santa Cruz area? Are you thinking about homeschooling your child, or are already homeschooling them? Then this group is for you! This is an inclusive group. All homeschooling families are encouraged to join regardless of homeschooling method or religion. HomeCruzers offers weekly park days, monthly field trips, nature walks, local events, arts and crafts, mom's night out, family outings, and so much more. We offer many great opportunities for your homeschoo …

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 group was created to be a resource where artists and creative entrepreneurs could gather, connect and educate themselves on ways to better monetize their artistic talents. In each meeting we will explore the latest marketing and business building strategies designed to support Artpreneurs. We invite anyone to join with a creative passion that they are ready to monetize to join us.

… Examples of past & upcoming events: "Smore party", "Coffee for mom", "Park & picnic", "Running for a pedicure", "Hike & picnic", "TGIF play date", "Pool Party", "Recycling crafts", "Reading between the wines (book club)", "Personal Growth & Goal Setting", much..much..more! *Activities are geared toward the toddler/preschool age range. 

This group is for people who want to be involved in their food chain from source to ready to eat. The purpose is to rekindle and learn the art of food from hunting, fishing, foraging, and growing to preparation, storage and consumption with a locavore focus. Each meet-up will involve one or more steps led by an expert. One goal is to have some of these experts join to share their skill or craft; if you know someone who can contribute, please ask them to join. The only costs should involve hard c …

Friendships, family and community are some of the most precious things to me. This group is about forming new friendships, enriching our everyday lives and sharing who we are with each other and the community. This group offers a wide range of activities, including; game nights, potlucks, cooking demonstrations, meet and greet nights, movie nights (at home and at the theater), inspiration, crafts, volunteering, book clubs, cultural events, trips to Calistoga, Reno ext. a yearly murder mystery pa …