Christmas bazaars(1)

I love Christmas bazaars whatever type they are, charity or professional, handmade or second hand.
I will cover some of the ones I went to in a couple of blogposts.
So last week I went for a little while to buy some handmade items from friends who were selling at Pillbox, a professional bazaar that takes place many times a year. This time it was at Kitchen Bar.
I bought this lovely cushion for my nephew from Anna of Inmycloset/ inmyc on etsy.

 Here is Anna of inmycloset with her sister Vasso of Metodahtylostovaso blog of great sweets.

 And their amazing cushions.

And this very beautiful pendant from Erasmia of Erasmia's Handcrafted Jewels.

 Then on Wednesday I went to the bazaar that takes place every year at the Ethnological Museum of my city. This lasts 5 days, finishes on the 22nd December,that's today in the evening, and has lovely handmade things and many activities for children.
I bought a wreath (unfortunately I didn't take a card from the seller).

and they gave me this lovely ornament made out of the bottoms of soft drink cans.Great idea isn't it?

I also bought a pair of funny earrings from Da Faux Creations.

 Look how beautiful all of Kassiani's creations are.

 I also bought a fabric bracelet and hair accessory from Fani of Skeftomai kai Ravo. 

Fani always brings her ingenious ladder/shop.

And I also loved my friend Gioula's shop with lovely handmade brooches and wreaths.

Finally I bought a diary from the Museum shop for the new year! It is called Nero (means Water in Greek) and it is made with works of art by students who took part in a Museum project!

 I loved the detail of the little boat/bookmark.

Finally a bazaar I am unable to go to or take part due to the many theatrical performances we have. But it is a great one and many of my crafters-friends are taking part in it. It is taking place today at Rover Bar. It is one more I made it bazaar!
Have a look.

Some of my crafters-friends taking part are
Lale Soaps
Karalis Soap
Da Faux Creations
Trucs Trucs
Mammy Knows
Skeftomai kai Ravo
Erasmia's Handcrafted Creations
TriCreation
More about bazaars tomorrow.

Serbia-Romania

Don't ask me why I didn't write anything about this trip we did back in April with the Teachers' Association.
It was a good trip but I wasn't really impressed. And as we spent so many hours inside the bus (which had very narrow seats) I felt very opressed. Still now that I see the photos I realise we had fun and saw interesting places.
I took more than 500 photos so I will only share a few.
All the way to Belgrade the scenery was fantastic.

 The view from our hotel.

 First day bus tour. Bombarded buildings from the NATO bombing in 1999.

 Saint Savas Church. Impressive!

 The view of the river from the Kalemegdan Fortress.

 Nebojsa Tower where Rigas Feraios was killed.

 Lunch at Zemun.

 The notorious Karajorjeva.

 Cruising Sava River.

 Smederevo Fortress

 Acting a scene of our play even there!

 In Romania at Timisoara.

 Meat and the famous Easter eggs.(Pysanka)

 My beloved Romanian Pottery.

 At the monasteries Velika Remeta and Krusedol.

 Sremski Karlovci, a tiny picturesque town.

 Novi Sad

 Nis

 We didn't want to spend much so we only bought some local snacks.....

 a handmade icon for my mum at Dzep....

 and a book and some fridge magnets. Also this lovely Romanian vase. Prices are exceptionally low both in Serbia and Romania!