Local Happenings: The WGO Winter Bazaar

The Women's Guild Oman, ran a 'Winter Bazaar' yesterday, 19th Nov at 9am in the Al-Bahja Hall located next to the Jungle Restaurant at the Qurum Natural Park.


This has been the fourth Winter Craft Fair run by the WGO, and it has steadily grown in popularity over the years. The WGO had a  packed house with 70 stalls. A majority of the stalls have been booked by WGO members, and the Crafty in Oman members who made up for a huge number of the craft stalls.




As creator and admin of the face book social page; Crafty in Oman. I am overjoyed by the outreach that our members are getting via the page. We actually started the page almost 2years ago, and it currently has 1,170+ members registered on the page from various backgrounds and origins, which makes for a blend of craft work being displayed daily on the social page.

The  aim of the page is to allow the local community to find creativity, support and resources for the various craft activities that interest them. Crafty in Oman has conducted two of its own craft fairs, and will be running another very soon. Our vision for the group is to bring together the crafters of all nationalities who currently reside in Oman under one roof. To help, support and guide our crafty community.

If you want to know more about Crafty in Oman, you can find us in The Week feature on pg.12 or on our Face book page here. Visit the page to 'Get Crafty. Get Creative'.


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Weekday update

Morning

Its been a hectic and fun filled weekend what with various events happening all throughtout the weekend, and any other activity that you may have attended. There was Barney show, and the Pechackucha session, the opening of Party Fever plus the Hala biEid Festival which ended on the 25th Oct.

I bet that there was a lot more going on which I couldnt cover but I would like to always keep you up-to-date so email me on aishelaqtta [at] gmail [dot]com. If you keep me informed I can always make sure that the majority of the local community will get informed. Nothing is more powerful then the word of mouth, but that "power source" requires alot of out reach and this is the place to do just that.

Keep looking up at the AishElaqtta to find out about new upcoming events, and the various local talent that I enjoy showcasing within the page.


 

Local Enterprise: Crafty in Oman

I cant have a blog page showcasing local talent and happenings without mentioning my very own social page on Face book!

 

As creator of the page I couldn't have done much without the admin assistance of +Mayya Al Said +Tanya Lerdkasem [ Heart made by Tanya]. The idea for the page came after participating with Mayya at another exhibition. It got me thinking of the less appreciated handmade talents displaying their hard work and creativity against commercial products.

Thus came Crafty in Oman (CiO) a social page on Face book that works as a gathering point for all homemade-handmade crafts and projects. The page also functions as a resource for the members in finding materials, local exhibition, connecting with others who share the same crafting skills and a selling/buying point for displayed projects.

Members register on the page, and share their craft project on the page, which allows other in the local community to know about and at times inspire others to start their creative juices flowing. We currently stand at over 1090+ members after only being in existence for slightly over a year.

We have conducted a few craft fairs for the group, and our members participate in various other local crafts and exhibition. We understand the hard work and dedication taken to produce something unique and creative, so CiO offers a specific targeted fairs in appreciation of handmade crafts and products, thus we do not allow commercially made items to share the same space in our events.

Look us up on Face book if you have a flare for making handmade crafts, we have various projects and work being displayed from crochet, knitting, sewing, clay, pottery, mosaic, wood work, handmade jewellery, quilling and many more.

The Week article written by Emma Abdulaal, June 27, 2012