SoCal Adult Arts and Crafts Meetup Group

This is my first time attending a stationary festival, and I’m super excited! See below from the website and feel free to reach out to me with any questions!

https://www.penpaperpalooza.com/

Welcome to Pen Paper Palooza, a stationery festival in Los Angeles, where stationery lovers come together to celebrate their passion! Explore an exciting range of pens, notebooks, fountain pens, and more all while discovering the latest trends of Japanese stationery. Join us for a 2-day event filled with creativity, inspiration, and the chance to connect with fellow enthusiasts who share your love for all things stationery. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to indulge in your passion!

You can buy tickets here: https://www.penpaperpalooza.com/

If you like to craft, there's a good chance you have an unfinished project or two (my current tally is eleven😄). Let's encourage each other to work on our existing WIPs! Meet new or old friends, and bring a friend if you'd like!

Guidelines:

• WIP = work in progress; can be anything! For this event, your WIP should be portable.
• Examples include (but not limited to) knitting, crochet, embroidery, painting, diamond art, needle felting, macrame, hand sewing, paper crafts, paint by number... however you like to express your creativity!✨
• Everyone should bring their own WIP and all the supplies you need to work on it.
• This is a casual hangout where we all work independently, together! If you run into a hiccup with your project, we can definitely try to help you through it, but this is not designed to be a teaching event.

Location: TeWinkle Park off Arlington Dr. in Costa Mesa. We will gather on the grassy area near Arlington and the baseball fields.

• We’ll be next to one of the picnic tables. If you need a table to do your craft, seating there is first come first served! (It seats about 4-6.)
• If you aren’t expecting to be at the table, plan to bring your own seating! A camping or folding chair, cushion, yoga mat… whatever makes you comfortable!
• I’ll also bring a few blankets for seating on the grass, if that works for you🌿

This event is free, but it helps so much to keep your RSVP updated so I know how many friends to expect!

Note: May’s event is pushed back one week due to Mother’s Day🌸

If you like to craft, there's a good chance you have an unfinished project or two (🙋🏽‍♀️I have 5 that are active, many more that are hibernating). Let's encourage each other to work on our existing WIPs! Meet new or old friends, and bring a friend if you'd like!

Guidelines:

• WIP = work in progress; can be anything! For this event, your WIP should be portable.
• Examples include (but not limited to) knitting, crochet, embroidery, painting, diamond art, needle felting, macrame, hand sewing, paper crafts, paint by number... however you like to express your creativity!✨
• Everyone should bring their own WIP and all the supplies you need to work on it.
• This is a casual hangout where we all work independently, together! If you run into a hiccup with your project, we can definitely try to help you through it, but this is not designed to be a teaching event.

Location: TeWinkle Park off Arlington Dr. in Costa Mesa. We will gather on the grassy area off Arlington and near the baseball fields and the fairgrounds. (If you've attended other events from this group at TeWinkle, in that same area!)

• We’ll be next to one of the picnic tables. If you need a table to do your craft, seating there is first come first served! (It seats about 4-6.)
• If you aren’t expecting to be at the table, plan to bring your own seating! A camping or folding chair, cushion, yoga mat… whatever makes you comfortable!
• I’ll also bring a few blankets for seating on the grass, if that works for you🌿

This event is free, but it helps so much to keep your RSVP updated so I know how many friends to expect!