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Kokand y el jardín de las mil flores

Kokand and the garden of a thousand flowers

I'm invited to the First Kokand International Craft Festival 2019, in Uzbekistan! A few months ago I found out they were organizing it and I said, hey, why not? And there I started, what if you send the resume in English here, what if you ask for a certificate there, what...

Ferias, fiestas y ataques de nervios

Fairs, parties and nervous attacks

The Pilar Festival is here, and with it, the fantastic, spectacular and wonderful Koko-Soko stand at the General Trade Fair ha ha ha.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it launched me into the world of fairs. What nerves, what joy, what fear, what excitement. So many emotions… It hasn't started yet and I'm already exhausted! Before going off on a limb, I say that it is in Zaragoza, from October 9 to 16 at the General Trade Fair, in pavilion 2, from 11:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

In addition to a server with very very beautiful jewelry ;), there will be a lot of other things to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the General Fair, with children's attractions, leisure offers, gastronomy, a troupe of giants and bigheads and food stands, fashion and accessories, furniture and decoration, crafts, etc. In this edition, a nod is made to its history in an exhibition that recalls the social, commercial and economic injection that the birth of this fair meant for Zaragoza.
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Pinterest, un mundo por descubrir

Pinterest, a world to discover

Last week I talked about Instagram and this week I'm going to dedicate it to Pinterest. But don't think that I love social networks and I enjoy being connected all day. Quite the opposite! Before Koko-Soko, I had an abandoned Twitter account and a...

Día de la madre

Mother's Day

Many people think that Mother's Day was born as a commercial strategy to increase sales, so some will be surprised to find out that we can go back to ancient times when talking about this topic. Plus, we all know that Mother's Day is the first...

Amatista

Amethyst

  Amethyst is a variety of quartz that usually occurs as a fairly transparent mineral, with colors ranging from violet to purple. Its name comes from the Latin amethystus and this from the Greek améthystos, which translates as 'sober'. It's a...

Técnicas I

Techniques I

This is going to be the first post of several in which I will explain some things about how I make my pieces, since I get asked about it a lot. This first article is dedicated to one of the techniques that I use the most and the first one I learned. Peyote: The peyote point is a...

Receta para hacer cristal japonés

Recipe to make Japanese glass

  Ingredients to make Japanese glass: SiO2 NaCO3 CaCO3 Dye Step by step: 1 The ingredients are placed in the oven at 1400ºC and left until a melt with the desired consistency is achieved. 2 Next, the container glass is changed,...

What is Japanese glass?

Starting a business is complicated, exhausting and, above all, a task that never ends, because if starting it is difficult, keeping it going is even worse! This is why I never make time to dedicate to the blog. That's going to change, and I want to start by explaining a little bit about...

Customize!

“The earrings don't suit me at all with this”, “whew, I don't know what to wear with this dress”, “how angry I lost the bracelet, with how well it suited me with this outfit” One of the advantages of being able to order completely customizable pieces is that you can buy something...

The Essence of your Power

On Saturday, November 21, I finally had the pleasure of discovering the perfume 'Isabel La Esencia de tu Poder' at the presentation of the international brand Healthy Beauty & Chic Lifestyle by Isabel Guerrero. Several months ago, Isabel asked me to...

Joyería popular: adornos y símbolos (2)

Popular jewelry: ornaments and symbols (2)

In popular traditional jewelry, the jewelry, in addition to fulfilling an aesthetic function and representing the social and economic position of the wearer, had a high symbolic and protective value. The rich filigree work, accompanied by rhinestones,...

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