Students and parents sold handmade sweets and various things, and it was lively event.
I also sold decorations and accessories made of clay and Japanese fabric, and to my joy, my handmade works were popular among the children.
Children and their mothers and fathers looked at them with great interest for the Christmas items, Dutch windmill and tulips I made for this market and the Japanese style items, and many children bought them.
It was a pity that only people from this school could come this time, but I am happy to have such a fun day.
I'm preparing to open a stall at my daughter's school Winter Fair next week.
Since it is before Christmas and many kids are coming, I am making Christmas-themed new items.
Tiny Christmas trees and snowmen.
I am making to imagine that it would be nice if the children look at these with their eyes shining and say "It's so tiny! So cute!"
And this time, there are many children of various nationalities, so thinking that it would be nice to have some Dutch style items and I made a windmill and tulips.
The photo frame is the same one for the workshop, but I put smaller windmill and tulips on small cases.
The miniature clay works and other items have mainly been Japanese-style, but I would be happy to expand the range of items and get more people interested.
We have opened stall at the Museumplain market (craft market)held once a month on Sunday in Amsterdam.
Until before the market, the weather forecast predicted rain during the market, but it didn't rain and many people visited the market.
About two hours after I got home, it started raining heavily and there was even thunder, so I was grateful for the good weather (^^).
Many of our customers were tourists, and some from Peru, Mexico, Israel, Dubai, USA…etc. purchased my items.
As Colouratura mainly sells Japanese-style handmade goods, so many of the people who bought were Japanese fans, and said “cute” and bought a pair of rice ball pierced earrings etc. I enjoyed such as the small talk with customers.
I don't plan on having an outdoor market for the time being during the cold winter, but when the weather warms up, I plan to have another stall somewhere. I think to have more new products by then, so I look forward to seeing you again at that time.
✳︎ Winter season with short daylight hours, take a miniature clay workshops indoors!
I offer miniature clay workshops at any time. If you are interested, please click here ↓.
On October 23rd, next Sunday, I will be at the market at Museum square in Amsterdam.
This market, which is held once a month on Sunday, is a craft market where you can find handmade accessories, paintings, decorations…and other lovely handcrafted items.
I have a range of Japanese-style handmade small items and accessories made of clay, as well as flower accessories using Japanese fabrics.
There are also a number of keyrings, bookmarks, magnets, boxes and ornaments for everyday use.
Place : Museumplein, Amsterdam Date and Time : 10月23日 (日) 10:00〜18:00
If you have time on Sunday the 23rd, please come and visit us.
The Japanese cultural festival “BUNKA-SAI” was hold at SAKB (Nemo Sabo) in Amstelveen yesterday and it was a great success with many visitors.
There were many stalls selling Japanese food such as takoyaki, bento boxes, and Japanese sweets, as well as miscellaneous goods, and various performances and workshops were held.
Many Japanese and local people came to my “Coloratura” table.
I am very happy that people are interested in the small size of the miniature clay goods and the gorgeousness of the Japanese-style flower accessories…, and it is also nice to see them happy.
This time, as it was a Japanese event, many local people who speak Japanese well and like Japanese things visited. It was so nice to see these people who are interested in Japan.
BUNKA-SAI festival will be held by JACOP (Stichting Japanese Communities Platform) at the Nemo Sabo in Amstelveen, where the SAKB facility is located.
I am pleased to announce that I will have a selling table at the BUNKA-SAI Festival.
I have a range of Japanese-style handmade small items such as accessories or key chains made of clay, flower accessories using Japanese fabrics …etc.
There will also be a variety of other shops and events, so please come and visit us.
We are looking forward to seeing you at the BUNKA-SAI festival.
《Date and time》 8 October, Saturday 12:00〜17:00
《Place》 SAKB Kunstlokaal Address: Ouderkerkerlaan 15, 1185 AB Amstelveen *This is where Nemo Sabo is located.
(The Japanese choir group "Sora", in which I am a member, will also sing (from 12:30 to 12:45. I will not be at the shop during that time). This time, we will sing Japan-style songs. Please come and listen to us too if you like.
It was first time to sell my handmade goods at Sunday market in Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam.
It was cloudy but it was not hot, and comfortable weather to sell at the stall.
I enjoyed interacting with many people today and had a good experience.
A year ago, when I just moved to the Netherlands, I visited this market and wanted to sell my products here like this one day. It was very meaningful for me to be able to sell at this market today.
