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Bandages on boo-boos and thimbles on fingers, Hear Bandages on boo-boos and thimbles on fingers,
Hearts held in our palms, and peace signs that linger.
These are a few of my favorite things! 🖐🏼🤟🏽✌🏽👌🏾

Hands down, @mimikirchner's wonderfully imaginative Makers' Hand workshop was a lovely way to spend a Thursday morning at Well Crafted Sonoma! The individual touches and thoughtful details came together to create a charming collection of fun, one-of-a-kind creations.

A well-deserved round of applause for the results - and to our pals at @benziedesign for providing the beautiful rainbow of wool blend felt for this project! 🌈🪡
Two sweet, stitcher-centric treats greeted each pa Two sweet, stitcher-centric treats greeted each participant at this year’s Well Crafted Sonoma creative retreat, thanks to a partnership with my pals at @benziedesign - purveyors of the most thoughtful assortment of felt-related supplies.

🪡Simple needle storage? A small Benzie wool felt pom, cut in half and affixed inside the lid of an empty kraft lip balm tube. A safe and easy way to transport your sharps! Bonus—there’s also room inside for your needle threader.

🥚Bluebird-inspired imagery was nested throughout our programming, celebrating this feathered symbol of joy and happiness. To carry the theme into our workstations, I nestled Benzie’s large felted wool eggs into wooden egg cups with a dab of hot glue. Instant pincushions! (Right now, Benzie sells a half dozen in an iconic blue paper-pulp egg carton.)

✂️More Benzie felt needled its way into our retreat projects—stay tuned!

Additional sources:
Wooden egg cups: @craftpartscrafts 
Empty kraft lip balm tubes: @bulkapothecary
To all you boils and ghouls, mummies and baddies a To all you boils and ghouls, mummies and baddies and the rest of you lovely scaredy cats - wishing you a Happy Halloween! May the year ahead bring you joy like a crocus in your cranium. 🎃
I learned not so very long ago that at many creati I learned not so very long ago that at many creative retreats, participants, in their excitement to share and connect with their fellow creatives, bring little gifts to share with one another. The first time I experienced it, it was such an unexpected and charming surprise – all of these talented folks playing the role of treat fairy – sharing little hometown souvenirs, sweets, favorite trinkets, and handmade goodies. ✨🍬🪆🪄

As craft camp director, I’ve done my best to set a few parameters and make it clear that this is an entirely optional activity. Not everyone has the time, the bandwidth, or the inclination—and that’s so 100% ok. But for those who do, there’s an unmistakable joy in playing the grown-up version of a grade-schooler handing out Valentine’s to all their new friends. 💌

Here’s a little sampling of the magic shared among this year’s #WellCraftedSonoma participants.
Thursday afternoons during Well Crafted Sonoma are Thursday afternoons during Well Crafted Sonoma are reserved for local adventures, and this year we ventured a few miles north to the charming village of Glen Ellen and @benzigerwinery. 🍇 

We explored this beautiful, biodynamically farmed vineyard by tractor and tram, peeked behind the scenes of winemaking, visited one wine cave (and because one is never quite enough), enjoyed a lovely seated tasting in another.

Our warmest thanks to Nate Reynes for an engaging and delightful tour, and three cheers for the wonderful @jblanning133 for guiding our tasting with such warmth and generosity.

A little sunshine, a lot of good wine, and the joy of discovering something wonderful together. All in all, a lovely way to spend a Sonoma County afternoon. ✨🍷✨ #WellCraftedSonoma
It was a great pleasure to have my friend of 20+ y It was a great pleasure to have my friend of 20+ years, Mimi Kirchner, teach at this year's Well Crafted Sonoma creative retreat. Our featured project was her much-loved Tiny World Workshop. 🪡🌍🩵

In the long tradition of old-school "make-do" crafts – these were created from fabric scraps, vintage vessels, and in our case – lots of beautiful @benziedesign felt. While many of us are continuing to finesse our vignettes, this is a little snapshot of the brilliant little village our group created. ✨🏡✨ #WellCraftedSonoma

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