Crafting, Coffee and Cookies at Alena’s Beautiful Homestead Cottage. November 21, 22, 2022

Crafting, Coffee and Cookies at Alena’s Beautiful Homestead Cottage.

Huntington Beach, California, USA. November 21, 22, 2022

Alas, as Winter Festival 2022 is approaching, we group of dedicated crafters gathered over Thanksgiving break to prepare handmade toys and gifts for children. These lovingly handmade crafts, made of quality and natural materials will be available for children to shop inside the The Elves Workshop, which will be a part of The Winter Festival (Saturday, December 3, 2022. 1-5pm, The Waldorf School of Orange County, Costa Mesa, California. Elves Workshop: 1pm – 3:30pm)

On these two lovely days, Alena opened up her beautiful cottage homestead for us to enjoy and work in. She lavished us with fresh brewed coffee most fragrant, herbal teas with freshly picked herbs from her organic garden, fresh baked cakes, pies and other homemade delicacies! Thank you so much, Alena!

You can follow Alena on Instagram here: www.Instagram.com/Chez_Alena. Alena hosts dinner parties, soirees, birthdays, catering in her home. (Alena’s Phone: (949) 929-2925). She also teaches cooking, gardening and homesteading class. Her daughter, a world-class pianist has room for a few more new piano students in their paradise-like piano studio.

You may follow Castle of Costa Mesa on Instagram here: www.Instagram.com/CastleofCostaMesa

View our past Waldorf School of Orange County craft group photo gallery here.

Before the guests arrive

A generously spacious table awaited the crafters.

Alena lavished us with authentic Czech hospitality

Alena wowed us with her freshly baked cakes, homemade desserts, freshly brewed coffee and tea from her beautiful organic garden.

Crafting in Paradise

I prepared some wool dolphin crafts. We made these handsome dolphin toys for Elves Workshop, shown in front of my Mermaid Kingdom cast that I am preparing for my December 9 – 10, 2022 Handmade sale.

We hand-stitched dolphins. Click here for dolphin pattern and tutorial.