Category — events

letztes jahr habe ich 3 märkte mitgemacht. der eintagsladen in darmstadt (mein debut), dann die stijl in mainz im sommer und am ende des jahres nochmal der eintagsladen. für mehr hat es nicht gereicht, abgesehen davon, habe ich auch viele termine verpennt. ich hatte wirklich auch nicht alles auf dem schirm und da war auch viel learning-by-doing mit dabei. abgesehen davon habe ich ja noch diesen büro job und so ein marktstand will auch gefüllt werden, was mir nicht immer im großen ausmaß gelingt.

aber dieses jahr werde ich mich da mehr reinhängen und es geht los mit der winter stijl in mainz am 4. & 5. februar worauf ich mich total freue. die location ist super, ich weiß jetzt was für publikum dort ist und kann mein sortiment entsprechend anpassen und ich muss sagen, es ist auch einfach genau mein ding auf einem markt zu sein. man trifft liebe kollegen an den anderen ständen und der direkte kontakt zu den menschen ist einfach toll.

und weiter gehts am 11. märz beim schnick schnack shopping in darmstadt. da bin ich das erste mal dabei und da freue ich mich ganz besonders drauf. dies event war der erste handmade markt den ich besucht habe und war damals einfach nur begeistert. dort habe ich die manuela und die nicole kennen gelernt und weil die dieses jahr auch wieder mit dabei sind, freue ich mich erst recht!! UND die miss magnetica ist auch mit von der partie. die sollte man nicht verpassen! wenn ihr in der nähe seid, würde ich mich freuen, wenn ihr vorbeikämt. 

für 2 mehr märkte bin ich angemeldet, aber da ist noch nichts sicher. aber ich plane noch auf vielen vielen mehr zu sein. das soll ein tolles jahr werden!!

last year i’ve been to 3 craft fairs: eintagsladen in darmstadt (in summer and winter) and stijl in mainz which i enjoyed immensly. i would have loved to join more but with this full-time-office-job i didn’t manage but i’ve learned a lot so this year i can sell on more fairs.

my first show will be february 4 + 5  in mainz. i really look forward to the show since i know the location and the people who come which makes it less scary. i was very anxious selling 2 days in a row last year.

the second show is march 11 in darmstadt and called schnick schnack shopping. there i will meet dear manuela, nicole and miss magnetica and i’d be happy to meet YOU too. if you’re around please stop by and say hello. i’d love to have you around this nice event with so many great handmade products.

i applied for 2 more shows but didn’t receive feedback yet. but anyhow, i plan to go to many many shows more this year. stay tuned for more info.

meine lieben! elisabetta von renew fabrics hat mir erzählt, dass sie demnächst in berlin in den etsy labs einen siebdruck workshop veranstaltet. er ist ziemlich klein gehalten mit nur 6 teilnehmern (so kann sie sich super um alle kümmern) und die hauptverständigungs sprache wird englisch, wobei… wenns schnell gehen muss oder man manches nicht in englisch ausdrücken kann, geht es auch in deutsch oder italienisch oder französisch. ganz international!

wenn ihr noch überhaupt keine siebdruck erfahrung habt, ist dieser kurs genau richtig. die technik wird von grund auf erklärt und natürlich wird allerhand ausprobiert. bringt euch textile sachen zum bedrucken mit und denkt euch evtl. vorher schon ein design aus, dass ihr drucken möchtet.

ich wünschte mir, bei uns in frankfurt würds so einen tollen workshop geben. ich hab das mit dem siebdruck noch nie so ganz gecheckt. :-)

also wenn ihr lust habt, meldet euch bei elisabetta und ich wünsche euch eine ganz tolle zeit.

details:

samstag * 25. februar * 10 – 17 uhr

sonntag * 26. februar * 11 bis 16 uhr

etsy labs berlin * ritterstrasse 12-14  * 10969 Berlin

130 €

anmeldung auf renew fabrics

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hello my dears. elisabetta of renew fabrics informed me she will be hosting a screen-printing workshop in february. 6 participants will learn all about this special printing technique, they can bring their own fabric and should think of a design they want to print. the workshop will be held in english though you can ask things in german, french and italian as well. the course will be very international.

the workshop is especially for the ones who have no experience in screen-printing. everything will be explained thoroughly. i wish we had such a course in frankfurt since i still don’t understand this technique and would love to see it in person how the magic works.

if you’re around berlin and would like to participate you can sign-up on elisabetta’s page and i wish you loads of fun!

here are some more details:

saturday *  february 25 * 10 am – 5 pm

sonntag * february 26 * 11 am – 4 pm

etsy labs berlin * ritterstrasse 12-14  * 10969 Berlin

130 €

this past weekend i’ve spend in berlin at the hello etsy conference and i am positively overwhelmed, deeply grateful and highly motivated. i’m not sure i will find the right words in this post that will pay this event justice i can only say it was mindblowing. why? i’ve heard inspiring stories, got to know amazing people, i voluntarily sat in a presentation about project management on a sunday at 9:30 am because i longed to learn more and to suck in all information i could get.

i’ve sewn another bag at marimekko, i was close to chad dickerson (etsy ceo), i ate a wonderpot frozen yoghurt…

… etsy and other sponsors pampered us with giveaways (and delicious organic food and drinks) and i wrote weird notes to myself, and i’ve met jam boy who signed a book for me with a personal note…

… i’ve met natalie chanin who impressed me so much that when i told her that i had to cry and chad held a presentation i will never forget…

… people crafted everywhere and i’ve met fascinating people and learned new technologies (go over the images with your mouse and see what happens)…

… and the location ewerk was just beautiful and had a great vibe.

i’m sure this event changed all of our minds, made us happy and urged us to work hard so we can live our dreams and do what we love.

a big compliment goes to the hello etsy team for the fantastic organisation of this event and for choosing such inspiring souls. in the future i will not miss any conference since i cannot remember anything that motivated me more.

YAY!!

want to know more?

here you can watch all of the presentations as video.

a great blog post from leelo

one more from renna deluxe

and the travelettes

and more pictures on my flickr.

it’s carnival time. again. and i can’t wait for tomorrow when it’s all over again.

no. it’s not fun. at least not for me. carnival here in germany – especially here in this area – does nothing for me but trying to avoid the parades, the drunk people on the streets and the costume parties with more drunk people and silly music. if it was warmer these days maybe. like in rio (scroll down to see me in the sambadrome)! it’s weird because i actually like costumes and dressing up as another character every once in a while. but not just because it’s carnival.

joker – mask – captain – wonder woman

maybe when i have kids i will go to a parade. mom and kid in the same costumes. that would be nice. as peter pan and tinkerbell. or batman and robin. or micky and minnie mouse. little ones are adorable in costumes. don’t you think?

snow white – owl – dog – batman – shark – cat

but until then i will avoid all things carnival and just sleep through the weekend.

Last weekend we’ve finally been to the Oktoberfest in Munich. All day on the way there I was extremely excited (maybe scared, too) and when M said we have to eat at Burger King before meeting everyone at the Schützenfestzelt I knew it was going to be one of those days…

The Wiesn was FULL. People everywhere. Inside the tents, outside on the streets. Drunk people. Incredible. Even I was expecting it it was hard to believe. There were many many fun rides like this merry-go-round up in the sky and a free-fall tower (which we rode on Saturday and that made my heart miss several beats).

The tents are really nice outside. The Spatenbräu had moving figurines roast a pig. Very nice.

And here.. in the middle of the day drunk people lying everywhere taking a nap. But honestly… I liked that better than having them on the street being rude to others.

Our tent was the Schützenfestzelt that was almost full when we arrived.

Right in front of the Bavaria statue.

The starter menu.

And me with my first Mass with one of my Mass-Bands that I’ve sold in September. Throughout the night I drank 3 Mass. I still can’t believe that. After dinner we all stood on the benches and danced and sang to the songs the band played. Gosh that was FUN.

Since I’m so tiny and people were all so tall I wasn’t able to make such great pictures. I only could take pictures of things that were above me. Which made me realize they had very nice signs leading to the public restrooms.

Being short is not always a disadvantage I guess :-)

That was our Wiesn experience. I would go there again but ONLY if we had a reservation for a table. The place is just too packed and I couldn’t stand in the middle of the tent all night doing nothing but avoid other people’s elbows. But overall it was great and fun and another check on something I haven’t done before.