Kunsthåndverksmarkedet Oslo Year 2

At the end of August, I visited the Oslo Handmade Art Market (Kunsthåndverksmarkedet) with some of my crafty friends.  We went last year and unfortunately the artwork and items did not meet my expectations.  Last year there were many more vendors, and I don't know why but this time most of the items there seemed so bland.  Nothing creative really stood out at me.  I think part of the problem though is my mind is mixing up the Christmas craft show at the Folk Museum with this one.  That one was HUGE and had so many cool items that I braved the cold to see and buy.

Here are a few photos I took from this years event.

The event takes place at the Oslo Domkirken (Cathedral) and it is a very beautiful location to host a show like this.

A good friend of mine is a basket weaver so we had to stop to check out the beautiful hand-woven pieces!

Last year I was so tempted to buy one of these beautiful felt burn out dresses.  I almost convinced myself to buy one but then I did the math translation and they cost the equivalent of $500.  Which was way to much for me to pay for a dress when I was pregnant, but they still are gorgeous pieces.

And I had to sneak in this pic of a random owl I found guarding a window of one of the inner workshops.

Here is the link to the website where you can find out more about the market if you read Norwegian.  http://www.kunsthandverksmarkedet.no/   Even though I felt like this outing was a bust, afterwards I walked to the Glas Maganiset department store down in their basement where they have crafting supplies for sale to tempt myself.  I was good and didn't buy anything so on my way back to the bus stop I went in the Norwegian Hobby chain Panduro and picked up some card stock for a Cricut project I am working on.  I will show you the results later.


I'll post the pictures from the year before soon to see show you the difference that I experienced from this year to last.