Heyyyyy! well, Madame Craft first workshop is coming.

I will be doing a series of workshops here in Amsterdam where I am going to show different techniques and  cute thing to do with your hands, most of them will be techniques with recycled materials. This is the first one, the little houses made from carboard and leftover fabric, they are nice for decorate any space, you can make them in any color pallette you like. I am very glad to be able to have this workshop in The New Label Project shop and hope many other designer prepare nice things to teach and share. All information and details you can find it at the image above, if you click on it you can see it big. See you in a month

I bring you these flowers symbolizing a new fresh beginning full of pretty simple small things.

I am back re-organizing activities, work, new things, old things, just finding my place. I am fine.

One thing I`ve been doing is collecting all the pictures I`ve been taking the last 2 years to build My Portofalio, you can take a look if you like.

I wish your year to be as sweet, dreamy and pretty as these extra magical cupcake courtesy of cake amsterdam and more pictures I took of these cupcakes here.

Enjoy it.

Cheers

This place saved me from going really crazy during tough times just arriving here in Amsterdam. One day Nico went to the street behind our apartment and came back with the news that there were a yarn shop behind our house.

I was so immerse into the Japan tragedy and what we were going through that I always rejected the idea of going there, one day when I finally get out of the house he walked me there and I was very surprised that this little charming shop was just behind my house. Take a look at this eye candy shop.

This place cheered me up immediately. Malia Mather the owner and a pattern maker is a very knowledgeable person on yarn, patterns and techniques also, she has a big smile and a naughty mood that I am glad to find again in life. On thursdays she hosts a knitting night group which is my favorite activity of the week it simply remembers me that I can keep going even when some weeks are still tough sometimes.

The shop has everything you can wish if you are into knitting, crochet, yarn and other needle work, also nice books to learn or follow patterns.

and there is more, the people that bring the place to life, they come from all walks of life from around the world, they`ve been so kind and sensible and cool to me I guess that probably they do not know how well they did to me but they did and still do. If you are reading this THANK YOU for every moment you have make me laugh and have had giving me a hug, thank you. As you can see in the pictures it is the more colorful place on earth, ok well of the city, ok well of my neighborhood. Give it a try if you are looking for some yarn or want to learn how to knit or how to crochet, is open from wednesday to Sunday from 11am to 5pm. Penelope Craft is an awesome place.

Here is a bit of what you can find there.

Enjoy it. 

One day the special night arrives. At the top of an attic it was time to plan the strategy and logistic of the movement. 

When everything was ready they dressed in black and went out to start working on.

After some hours of installing under cold weather, some rain and hail, that was it, the mission was accomplished. 

The next day when the sun came out a rainbow was over the bridge.

No one has seen them since but some people say they secretly visited the bridge and stared at it.

Because I love you Amsterdam, because you make me well and you heal my soul and mind.

Supported by: Ladies Fancywork Society

Photography by Nicolas Uthurriague and Alexandra Feo

Today December 1st is the opening if you are around Amsterdam  you are welcome.

Bye bye

December 1st is the day The New Label Project open its doors in Rozengracht 75 Amsterdam from 10:30 am , many designers from all around the world and different styles will have a little space inside the shop, Jewelry, clothe, accesories and other creations will be exhibit there.

Madame Craft will be part of this project having a little box with The Little Capes I have been working on since the summer.

I am preparing even more colors and let`s see how they do.

So, because things keep moving I decided to go back to Sunday Market Nov. 13th, Dec, 4th and 18th. It feels cool to be busy. As always I am preparing new things and new tags, business cards, new photos, just cleaning details and improving the image in general. New things every day keep happening I`ll put them on this blog... later.

The installation in the galery was great, great experience, I am very glad that I got that opportunity, we taught people who approached us how to crochet those little circles, it was very interesting.

Well I took the chance to make a portrait for Madame Portrait and Madame Craft at the same time and use it as promotional material. So that´s it for this week, just sewing, knitting, crocheting, silence and quietness in my studio in my world with my own colors.