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Monday morning. November 17, 2014.
Today, our Waldorf School of Orange County craft group gathered in the lovely garden outside of The Company of Angels store. The Waldorf School of Orange County handwork teacher, Christine Newell showed the craft group how to make fairy mobiles out of natural wool fibers. Since we are in Fall season with Thanksgiving in the near horizon, we made fairies holding cornucopieas. I decided to present our day as a step-by-step picture tutorial so that those who wanted to, could learn along with us. The supplies fee for today was $12. With the holidays in sight, I have been crafting and stocking up my little online handmade Etsy store. So please support Jzin’s Castle of Costa Mesa Etsy store for your holiday shopping. Please tell all your family and friends about my little shop! Thank you a ga-zillion! Erica at the front office is continuing to collect Knit-A-Square for charity for Knit-A-Purlooza. We are not done until January 23, 2015. So turn your knitting in!
I would like to feature a member of our community each week at the bottom of this page. This way, we can can be the support for one another! Please E-mail me if you want me to feature you. My e-mail is: [email protected].
This week, we feature The Company of Angels, the lovely little gift shop at our own Waldorf School. It’s the best kept secret in shopping in Southern California!
There will be no craft group on November 24, 2014, as the school is closed for Thanksgiving holidays. Please join us back Monday 8:40am December 1, 2014. Let’s donate our craft day to the crafting for our Winter Festival Elves Workshop. You get to learn how to make simple little gifts and toys for children and donate your handwork to create magic for them at our December 6, 2014 Winter Festival! Click here to see last year’s magical Elves Workshop. Click here to see FUTURE craft group schedule plus a gallery of our PAST craft group projects.
– Jzin, the crafting fiend
Monday Morning Craft Group at The Waldorf School of Orange County.
You can “like” and follow our weekly craft group projects on facebook here.
Please think also of craft group projects you will like to make or see offered, as our craft group donations for our 2015 Waldorf School of Orange County annual gala fundraiser. It’s still early for May 2015, but it’s good to give ourselves plenty of time. E-mail me, if you have ideas: [email protected]. You know if it’s up to me, it will be another playscape set or puppet show set!
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Crafting in a Garden, Among Friends
Lucy and her beautiful fairy, handmade this morning!
Monday Morning, November 17, 2014. Christine Newell showed us how to make pulled wool roving angels. These are great as mobiles to be hung in your child’s room. Each one has a seasonal theme to usher in the new season of the year. These were a little different from last year’s project in that the angels today were holding wet-felted cornucopias.
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Step-by-Step Picture Tutorial
If you missed last week’s craft, we made pulled wool roving angel mobile. You are in luck! I wrote a step-by-step photo tutorial for you so you could make your own at home. Click on the image below to see the page.
I want to share with you my favorite source of wool for hair: Kid mohair locks. I am very picky which locks I use, they have to be super silky and shiney. I get mine from a Canadian store, DyeingForColour. Here are some dolls I made with the kid mohair locks from DyeingForColour.
My Daughter and I Crafting Diligently At home for Winter Festival
Sunday, November 30, 2014. With Winter Festival coming up next week, my daughter stayed home from night swimming in the rain (yes, big brother and dad went for a night swim in the rain, in the mini-Olympic size heated outdoor pool at my sister’s home in Newport Beach … thus is the life of Southern Californians in late November) … anyhow, my favorite little craft partner and I did a little “sweat shop” craft jam and produced many pieces of handwork to delight children for Winter Festival!
Here are some crafted today to donate for our upcoming Winter Festival.
Mermaid petting her pet fish. Animal themes are popular with my loving little girl, so in that vein, I made this one…
Winter Guardian Angel. Available on my Etsy shop here.
Guarded from harm
Cared for by angels
Here stand we
Loving and strong
Truthful and good
The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tale Needle-Felted wool tapestry. This is my first print available for sale. I am pricing it at $10 a piece to make it affordable for everyone. Buy one, buy a whole stack, they are great as economical gifts for birthdays, stocking stuffers, any occassion! If you can pick one up from me at The Waldorf School of Orange County, you do not pay shipping! 
Here is a “Miss Upside Down Southern Belle Rose Flower Fairy” I made last week: Hold her upside down, she is a rose, flip her up and she’s a flower fairy! This is a flower that will never wilt and will continue blooming in your child’s imagination! She is listed on my Etsy store here.
Thank you for supporting my crafting mania by shopping Castle of Costa Mesa on Etsy!
Mother and Child of the Morning Stars by Castle of Costa Mesa.
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1000 Knitted Squares For African Children by January 23, 2015
The Waldorf School of Orange County Parent Association organized its first annual knitting for charity program. This year our squares will be donated to the nonprofit organization, Knit-A-Square, who assembles squares into blankets for African children in need. Our goal is 2000 knitted squares by January 23, 2015!
Knit-a-square for orphans in Africa. Your handwork will hug them with love!
You can help us knit 8″x8″ squares for a child in Africa. Pick up supplies and place your donationed handmade love in the front office basket. If you need help/want to learn to knit, come to craft group Monday mornings for assistance. More information on how you can help: Liz Wenger Knit-A-Purlooza Flyer.
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Jzin’s Needle-Felting Pad
2 weeks ago, Christine loaned me a humongous foam insert from a recycled chair cushion. It was a great surface to make a large needle-felted picture. Here is my most recent wool picture:
To make it available to everyone, I am selling the print for $10. You can get this unframed 8 inches by 10 inches print on my Etsy store here. Buy one, buy a whole stack, they are great as economical gifts! 
Schedule: Upcoming Monday Morning Craft Group Projects and Other Local Crafting Events
December 15, 2014. Lets have a party the last week of the year !!! Bring treats. We will also crochet infinity cowl, scarf or beanie that day – get this: with a broom stick! How awesome is that? Yes! Broomstick lace crochet…. also known as jiffy lace and peacock eye crochet, is a historic crochet technique from the 19th century which is traditionally done using a broomstick. They make for lively party conversations and lovely handmade gifts
You can “like” and follow our weekly craft group projects on facebook here.
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Announcements
Helena wants us to know that The Steiner Study Group meets every Tuesday 9-10:30am either outside The Company of Angels or in the daycare trailer.
“Please join us on Tuesday mornings if you are interested in studying the teachings of Rudolf Steiner, the founder of Anthroposophy and the Waldorf School Movement. This is a great way to be introduced to this work. We will be studying ‘Anthroposophy in every day life’.” If interested, please register at WSOC front office. If you have any questions, please ask office for the number of facilitator – Helena Gorka.
Truus reminds us to support the Lakota Waldorf School.
Dear friends, The Lakota Waldorf school is unique in that it is the only school that serves children from a Native American community. Please be a part of this transformation of this poorest of all reservations, the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Check out their master plan to build all classrooms in tipi form. Please help support and share the word. Thank you! – Jzin. http://www.gofundme.com/
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Be in the know for upcoming handmade giveaways: Like CastleofCostaMesa.Com on Facebook
I give away my lovingly handmade dolls and crafts seasonally. If you “Like” my Castle of Costa Mesa Facebook page, you will be notified of upcoming giveaways. Click here to view the list of my past giveaways. Perhaps the next winner could be YOU? 
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Support Our Local Waldorf Community/ Place a Free Ad
If you are interested in placing an ad on “Support Our Southern California Waldorf Community” (free if you are a member of Southern California Waldorf community) please e-mail me a good picture and a link. If you would like a free shout out for any special events or offer, let me know as well. Time permitting, I will toot your horn. Meanwhile, please support our local peeps! Thanks! – Jzin 
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This Week’s Feature:
The Company of Angels Gift Shop: Waldorf School of Orange County School Store.
The Company of Angels store. The best kept secret in shopping for heart-warming, handmade, specially curated, one-of-a-kind gifts, in Southern California, USA.
This place brings awe and magic to our daily lives!
There is always hot chocolate, coffee, tea and homemade baked goods in the gift shop! 
Arts and Craft books, supplies and MORE. Doll making books, needle-felting supplies, natural wool yarn, hand-dyed felt to list a few.
The 100% natural yarn wall!
I have not even shown you the handpicked book selections, toys, home goods and other sections.
Come on by, treat yourself a visit and check it out yourself!
- Address: The Company of Angels, The Waldorf School of Orange County, 2350 Canyon Drive, Costa Mesa, California, USA.
- Phone Number: (949) 574-7735
- Check out the store hours on The Company of Angels Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/thecompanyofangelsWSOC
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