Today we are closing the Amsterdam series showing you a few peculiar shops i've found while walking around.

I am going to start with a "très chic" shop i found just touching the Red Light District, a Magical shop full of history that brought me to my new obsession and collection Mask Shop Venice.

www.maskshopvenice.com/

It is just not that the shop is so glamorous and cosy, i was lucky enough to meet Ger a gentleman that was very kind, who took the time to explain me a bit of the masks stories, the curiosities about them and the right way to wear them.

I felt so in love with the whole story and the magic of this item that i've decided to give it a try for my Madame Craft pieces and research about all this Venice Masks and so, i brought three blank masks with me and have been working in a few ideas to decorate them.

blank masks without decoraton

Besides the beautiful masks you find in the shop you can also buy capes, costumes even plain blank masks and play with your imagination to decorate them because these are high quality masks made of papier maché, which means they have incredible possibilities to apply different materials and decorative techniques because they are very resistant.

I have a super good news for you, they have an online shop, they do have world wide shipping and a low price guarantee.

After i arrived in Tokyo i've decided to start a whole new collection with the masks and other head pieces inspired in the stories surrounding all these masks.

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Russian Treasures Amsterdam

You can find this store in the center of Amsterdam in a street corner just like falling from the sky.

Mozes en Äaronstraat 8 - 1012 XZ Amsterdam

Russian Treasures Amsterdam is subsidiary of the Inna Kaufman Gallery Amsterdam. All the products in this shop are handpainted and made in Russia. You can learn more about their work in this website.

I found this treasure there, it is a beautiful needle point work brooch, it just broke my heart when i saw it and i could not help but got it.

Next shop...

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Juffrouw Splinter

This is a shop of home goodies, it is kind of assorted things, some look old, some vintage and some look new but it is more like one of a kind things, full of super cute objects to decorate your home from cups to napkins including furnitures.

www.juffrouwsplinter.nlI could not spend much time in this shop, as it was late and i could not go back later, so it is a "must to do" for my next visit to Amsterdam, they do have an online shop.

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My impression of Amterdam shop is that it is plenty of chic and unique shops of any kind, from ateliers and galleries to art & craft, jewlery and accessories, clothes and more but very one of a kind oriented more like independent artist kind of shops.

I've left you more pictures of other shops i saw around but did not get in, because i did not have enough time.

That´s it for today and from Amterdam, it is time to see another city.

Take care.