Photo Review: summer "Past Tense"

Γεια σας from Double Crochets! (which means "hallo" in greek)
how's life over there? Over here, in Greece, things are a little bit messy all over the country, because of the political and economical crisis, plus the elections. Things are too serious and everyone's talking about it. But you might have notice, that when something hard and complicated happens, life keeps going....
Our lives do continue and we try to live every moment with smile and optimism. Things ain't easy at all, but right now, this only seems as a chance to prove that we can do it. Wish for us that we won't get too disappointed in the end ......

...so as life continues

...we had the bazaar, two weeks ago, and we loved it ,once more. We did a lot of preparation with half the anxiety we had last time. Cause you might remember that this was our second time taking place at a bazaar, but surely not the last! Some other bazaars are already planned for this summer! Hooray!

our little corner

Aggeliki!

   We want to thank everyone who showed up, and everybody that supported us once again!! We also had a visitor that used our sale password. Thank you Vasiliki!

  It lasted two days, Saturday was marvelous, Sunday was ok. The weather was too hot, and I guess most of the people, chose to spend their weekend at a beach, rather than shopping! So here's a thought: why don't we move the bazaar by the beach!? (extra info coming on). 

  The best part of this bazaar were, definitely, its people, we enjoyed the company of the girls who participated at Past Tense, the ones who showed up to say "hi" and of course "Les Broderies Anglaises". Below there are photos from all the girls that participated and you can find a link to them on the photo caption.

Swell Dame

Grandamama's Reloved

Κούνια Μπέλλα

Adore Vintage by Le Lektra

Lazy Di

Renata Malavazou

Miss Cherry Pie + Swell Dame +  Bourbon Mademoiselle

Bourbon Mademoiselle

So that's for now, I'm going back on sketching and drawing for my examinations at school. But you should stay tuned, for a new post, because last Saturday we had the Kip meeting!! Knitting/Crocheting in Public is fun....so are the photos we shot! Another topic that is coming on, here at Double Crochets' blog is the "Rockin in Style festival" and the retro bazaar we organize over there!

big kiss and hold on Greece
Marietta

Once more: Past Tense bazaar!

   Are you looking for some cool summer gifts? or something to style up your summer outfit? Is your ideal summer plan, long stays at the beach, sketching and drawing? Then some of the stuff on our new collection will suite you right! You'll find us (with our creations) at Ginger Ale Café & Cocktail Lounge, (Themistokleous 74, Exarheia) on the 9th and the 10th of June 2012. Cause we are happy to participate once more, at the "Past Tense" vintage and crafts bazaar!
   We have made some extra cute, crocheted accessories (earrings, bracelets, bows, and more). We are also happy to introduce to you a contributor at Double Crochets shop!! Our beloved, aunt Maria (who visited us last time at Ginger Ale and loved our shop) is contributing us with some marvellous glasses cases, pencil cases, earrings and more! We make a great team!
   Summer edition "Past Tense" will be our second time taking place at a bazaar, and it's only a month after we debuted our shop! Les Broderies Anglaises will partner with Ginger Ale, to bring us, again, the best bazaar in town! There will also be a gig! "Yianni's Loukakos Gypsy Trio" will perform on Saturday evening at 21:00, we wouldn't miss that.


Here is a pick of our collection:

We also, have a special offer for our readers! If you are a reader and you come by the bazaar ,this weekend, you'll have -20% discount! Leave us a comment here and use the password "double crochets you are the best" at the bazaar, so that we'll know ...No ok, I'm just kidding, just tell us that you read our blog!

see you there!
a huge kiss
marietta 

Double Crochets @ Past Tense

Did you miss us? We sure did! Time does fly, that's something we learned over the past weeks. One moment we were working like crazy getting ready for "Past Tense" , the vintage and crafts bazaar, next moment here we are, three weeks later, still recovering from it! Easter came, Marietta has some wonderful news (tba!), two close friends got married and ..omg its almost May!
  Today we want to share with you our experience from our first participation ever on a bazaar. But before that, we want to thank each and everyone who came by the bazaar to support us!! We were amazed by the wonderful turnout and we just want you to know that, we appreciate you! Also a big "thanks!" to our friends, they are super precious, and last but not least, we want to thank Les Broderies Anglaises for having us at this wonderful bazaar!

Dimi holding her Double Crochets' bows 

Panagiota crocheting while waiting time

smiley people! (Eirini, Dimi, Veronica, Manolis)

our aunt Maria (also a crocheter!) and our cousin Marietta!!

Eirini ,our favrourite person from the bazaar

Venia from Grandmama's Reloved

Iliana selling petticoats and marvellous dolls

Grandmama's Reloved and Debil Sade, back to back. 

Miss Cherry Pie

Swell Dame

Eirini and Mariangela

Bourbon Madmazel

GlazedSisters Sweetreats

and Double Crochets (again) 

    The experience was amazing and we learnt a lot of stuff almost by the moment we set our feet at the bazaar (a bit late though)! The night before, we were up late preparing the last details, and we didn't sleep well because of the anxiety! We have surely underestimate how much there was to do! Eirini (the girl, we had our shops back to back with) told us, that we were pretty well prepared for our first time, though.
  We were super happy and we were crocheting at the time we were waiting for someone to show up. We met a lot of new people and a lot of our friends came by and say hi . We enjoyed a lot this contact with "customers" and we also enjoyed being among the nicest crafters that we've met before. We are super proud of ourselves and our little shoppe! And a strange fact: the things we didn't expect to sell, were selling like freshly baked buns and the ones we thought that would be the best sellers, didn't sell much!

So that was it! we had a hell of a time, and we can't wait for our next adventure! See you next time!!
Double Crochets ♥