Trees with Liz Storey! Recap of the December South Bay Etsy Meet & Make

On Friday, SF Etsy's own Liz Storey of ionyka and threads by ionyka led the final South Bay Etsy Meet & Make of 2013.

Liz takes a quick break from setting up to show off her sample ornament.

 Liz put together a perfect holiday-themed craft for the evening: little felt tree ornaments! Such a sweet little elf-hat cone shape, with adorable stitching and decorations.

Felt, paper, buttons, and thread -- just too cute!

 It's been fun to see several folks become "regulars" at these meet ups, and they were pleased to finish out the year with this fun-filled event, hosted as always by our friends at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles. Liz's tree ornaments were definitely a hit! She posted about the event at her own blog, including many great pictures of the samples made by participants. Here's mine!

Tree ornament by yours truly, photo by Liz Storey

As always, these workshops couldn't happen without the volunteer support of the SF Etsy community. Big thanks to all the volunteers who have come out during 2013 to help make the South Bay Etsy Meet & Makes a success!

From left to right, our SF Etsy folks for Liz's workshop: Armani of Retablos, Liz of ionyka, and yours truly, Jen of Mama's Magic Studio

We'll be taking a break for the month of January, since the First Friday art walk will be on holiday hiatus -- so here's saying Happy Holidays to everybody from the South Bay Meet & Make team! Hope to see you in 2014!

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South Bay Etsy Meet & Make: Catrina Ornaments with Armani Mondragon

We had such a great time last week at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles! SF Etsy member Armani Mondragon of Retablos led the Etsy Meet & Make Fiber Salon, teaching us how to make adorable Catrina Ornaments.

Liz of Ionyka and Armani of Retablos setting out materials for the workshop.

SF Etsy volunteers Liz of Ionyka and Vicki of Oh Abby Day get a chance to make their own Catrinas.

 The workshop was well attended, and the participants really enjoyed making their felt creations. As always, Armani was an inspiring and encouraging workshop leader!

It's been fun to see some of the same folks making it a tradition to join us on the first Friday of the month for the South Bay Meet and Make. We are definitely seeing familiar faces! And this time around, people were pretty independent and didn't need a whole lot of help with their own work, so the volunteers were able to have a little crafty fun of their own!

Catrina ornaments made by SF Etsy members: Armani, Liz, Vickie, and yours truly, Jen of Mama's Magic Studio.

Thanks again to the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles for hosting another great Etsy Meet & Make event!

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