Happy fall! I'm starting a crafts circle and fall is the perfect time to get involved in this sort of project! The days are getting shorter and colder. We'll be wanting to spend more time indoors with good company. If you are not an artist or year-round crafter, there are tons of seasonal projects you might be starting to think about: holiday decorations (Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc.), greeting cards, gifts, or nice snuggly scarves for yourselves! We can also discus whole or partial group projects such as quilts.

The circle will be open to any women working on or interested in any form of visual arts or crafts and who want to share, learn, get inspired, discus, or just get to know a group of cool, creative ladies!

So far it is open to women only, but if there is interest from men we can discus changing that.

The first meeting will be hosted at my home in Rohnert Park. Members will not be required to host, but should be willing if they can. No pressure to host will be put on you. Meetings will be every other week. If a location is not available for a given week, we can find an alternate public location such as a cafe.

Please forward this message to local Sonoma County ladies you think would be interested.

The [still to be named!] Crafts Circle will meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month. We will not meet on Christmas Day, so that makes only four meetings before the end of the year..!

The first meeting will be at 7pm, Tuesday, October 23
Email me if you are interested and need directions.

Bring: completed works and/or works in progress, tools and materials for something to work on and/or ideas to talk about, snacks or drinks to share (optional).


Craft Ideas and Forums
Craftster: www.craftster.org
Get Crafty: getcrafty.com/
CraftBits: www.craftbits.com/
Lion Yarn (free patterns): www.lionbrand.com/

Halloween
Felted Skull Pattern: cache.lionbrand.com/patterns/70464A.html
Bats: www.parents.com/parents/sl...ideShow.jsp

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