2012 Connecting Women Annual Festive Bazaar

I’ve attended the Connecting Women events a couple of times since I arrived in The Netherlands early this year and it’s a wonderful group  of inspiring, talented businesswomen.  I love that it’s such a dynamic mix of different nationalities and a broad range of businesses.  You can also read an earlier blog post I wrote about this networking group in The Hague.

This post is about their Annual Festive Bazaar.  What a fantastic way to celebrate the festive season!!  Not only was it a hugely enjoyable evening, there was also an opportunity to support each other’s businesses by buying Christmas presents for friends and family from a wide range of lovely local products & services.

The set up was great – an area to eat and drink, a stage to enjoy a talent show throughout the evening and a large room with display tables for all the businesses so you could browse and network.  Attendance was impressive, lots of really interesting, friendly people to talk to.  There was a raffle at the end where many of us went home with great prizes, I was lucky enough to win a free one hour fitness consult from Jessica Hills, Fitness Matters.

Here’s a list of the participants that were there  who have websites , as I’d love to make it easy for everyone to take a look at and support these great businesses:

• Atelier AnaRt: Chocolate Sculpture
• Moynihan HR Consulting: Career Coaching
• JoBanna: Career & Life Coach
• Studio Sandra Vos: Personal Style services & vintage accessories
• Body Mindy Dynamic Balance: Tailor made health care & Feng Shui
• Super Lorelei Creations: Inspiring book
• Direct Dutch: Dutch Language Lessons
• Kathy Keller: Author
• MG Pottery: Handmade Polish Pottery (no website)
• Picnic in the Park: Delicious Preserves
• Le Table de Delphine: French Delicies
• Petite Princess: Gorgeous Girls Accessories
• Eculanda: Hats & Scarves from Ecuador
• Simply Skin: Amazing Skin products
• Bio-Active Natural Collagen: Natural Collagen & Mexican Jewellery
• Manuela Damant: Master NLP Coach & Trainer & confidence coach
• Wapiti: Jewelry & felt objects
• ASPA City Spa: Beauty & Wellness
• Bread dough decorations: Joke Keasberry (no website)
• At Jen’s Beauty and Health Care: Beauty Products
• Finess Matters: Fitness business & guitar lessons (no website)
• Renee Toolans greeting cards (no website)
• Annalies Jansen Silk Flower Arrangements (no website)
• Deining Arts & Crafts: Arts & crafts pottery, porcelain, bird feeders
• The Welsh Bakestone: Welsh cakes & homemade chocolate
• NYEL Binnenhuisarchitechtuur: Christmas wishes on stones
• Brick, Paper, Scissors: Real Estate and Interior Design
• Felt4you: 100% handmade felt and silk scarves
• Over the Top Couture: Style tips,shopping advice, accessories
• LaTrib: Shoes, bags, Jewellery
• Auryn Acupunctuur: Acupuncture
• Summertime Publishing: a great range of expat books & more
• Hispano: private Spanish lessons
• Dymphna Business Assistance: Business assistance
• Bintou’s Banquets: complete home catering service
• Zahara Dance 
• If i missed you, please contact me and I’ll add you to the list!

I took along my camera and ended up being the “official photographer” for the evening, which was an absolute pleasure considering the kaleidoscope of colour there.  A couple of images are below and you can view all the images at the Connecting Women Annual Bazaar 2012 Photo gallery.

Here are a few of my favourites:

If you’re in The Hague, The Netherlands and would like to attend upcoming Connecting women events, visit the Connecting Women Website for more information.