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  14th year of carnevale lies behind me. It’s been a very special one for me. No competition, no TV etc., no stress, just fun with my daughter. Sophia has been with us since she was born, but always “out of the busy days” so this year we enjoyed her “first real” carnevale. Walking in costume as long as she wanted, after that strolling through Venice, throwing confetti and streamers, eating Fritelle and Pizza al volo, playing games and riding caroussells on the campi. It was one of the nicest and easy going carnivals I ever had.
Now all the fotos from photographers from all over the world are rolling in and some are ready for YOU to watch.
Enjoy a glimpse on my creations for Sophia and me, our “Golden Treasures” and “Paper dolls”.
Write me some feedback in the guestbook, Tanja
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Dear friends all over the world,
just a few days left until Carnevale 2013. This year our whole little family will travel to Italy again to celebrate the beautiful carnvival of Venice. The boys will take it slow and we girls (my daughter and I) will be in town for the days around the peak weekend which will be early (9th & 10th of febuary) this year. So keep your fingers crossed for good, dry and not too cold weather for us, we might need it.
Sophia and I will wear two different, stunning dresses throughout the days and also take some time to enjoy the children’s carnival by the Biennale at Giardini and hopefully find some interesting and inspiring work shops etc. for Sophia.
So if you see some dolled up mother and daughter and golden treasures walking around, it might be us. Don’t hesitate so say “hello” to us.
Ci vediamo a Venezia, Tanja
Update Feb. 04: I was on TV! Click on the image to start the video.
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 If you ever wanted to wear one of my costumes for free, here is the chance to do so: For the Caribean Carnvial Parade in Aalborg, Denmark, http://aalborgkarneval.dk/?lang=en
I am invited to present my Venetian costumes. But it only makes sense to have about ten costumes to be impressive amongst the huge Caribean costumes. For that I need people who are willing and able to enjoy to dive into the world of costume art and becoming a totally different personality for a day or two.
I will soon post the list of the costumes that I will present there. If you would like to be a part of my troupe please contact me a.s.a.p. . I will guarantee for big fun, an extraordinary experience, good photographs (that you will get for free, my husband will take them during the days) and a great setting at the Aalborg Carnival (they expect about 25.000 participants and 100.000 viewers). Unfortunately I cannot pay for you guys since I am also investing money in going, staying, transportation etc. But I will do my best to help you with accomodation and organization. And at least you get the mentioned above things for free, which also is valuable.
So, let me know if you want to join us on May 25th (Friday) and 26th (Saturday) in Denmark.
Drop me a mail or ring (number on this site)
Tanja
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 Dear Friends, sorry that it took two weeks to get the photos online. But with a kid (that wants to know the world and asks questions the whole day) and a toddler that is three months old (smiles all day but also has a lot of energy at night) it is hard to work on websites (next to tiding up the costume mess).
First of all I want to thank my great husband who took care of our beloved kids and kept everything going for the four days I was able to spend in Venice. Secondly thank you to my wonderful kids that are so strong and independent that we all get chances to go beyond “normal life” and create new worlds.
I was very happy that the weather turned in the last second and we had sunshine as usual in carnival.
So, have a look at the costume section and enjoy the “Zoo of Venice”. |
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Carnevale 2011, we are back!!! - zurück zu Hause!!! |
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Dear friends,
 sorry that it took two weeks to get the fotos on the site. But we still recover from the carnevale. Since I severely injured my shoulder on the last day in costume (fell down 1.5m of stairs in front of our apartment cause I was distracted by my daughter and stupid me did not pay enough attention to the stairs) and the doc said that I have a shoulder and neck trauma which means arm brace and rest for at least three weeks, we were not able to do much since. I still have bad pain but I believe the doc that this will pass. And what I have is still better than breaking the arm, right?
So this carnevale was not very lucky for me.
Read more about the costumes and what happened in this carnevale in the costumes section.
Here are some links to TV footage that was made this season about me on German and Italian TV: Italienisches Fernsehen, RTL Nachtjournal, RTL Guten Abend, SWR
New plans for next season have already stormed my mind (since I cannot do much more than rest and think at the moment), the next edition of costumes will be GREAT!
In case someone is interested: I will most likely give class in August (most likely 2nd weekend) here in Hamburg to teach interested people my non-sewing-way-to-make-costumes. So, if you wanna come, drop me a mail!!! Numbers are limited!
Enjoy the website, Tanja!
Liebe Freunde,
bitte entschuldigt, dass es so lange gedauert hat, bis die Fotos und Texte online sind. Doch da ich mir dieses Jahr am letzten Tag in Kostüm die Schulter verknackst habe (ich bin 1,5m die Treppe vor unserem Apartment runtergestürzt, als ich mich nach meiner Tochter umschaute), haben wir kaum was machen können, seit wir zurück sind. Der Doc meinte ich hätte ein Schulter- und Schleudertrauma, d.h. mindesten drei Wochen Armbinde und Ruhe. Ich habe immer noch heftige Schmerzen in Schulter und Kopf, aber ich denke, das wird vergehen. Dauert halt etwas.
Aber ist ja immer noch besser, als sich den Arm zu brechen, nicht wahr? Denn es war natürlich der rechte Arm :-)
Ihr könnt auf den Kostümseiten mehr über die Kostüme 2011 und was wir so erlebt haben lesen. Hier sind auch noch ein paar Links zu den TV-Filmchen, die das deutsche und italienische Fernsehen diese Saison über mich gedreht hat: Italienisches Fernsehen, RTL Nachtjournal, RTL Guten Abend, SWR. Viel Spaß beim Gucken.
Die neuen Kostümideen für 2012 springen mich auch schon wieder an, hab ja sonst derzeit nicht viel zu tun :-) Nur so viel: sie werden GROSSartig...hehe
Ach ja, und falls jemand Lust hat: ich werde wohl dieses Jahr in Hamburg imAugust ein Wochenend-Workshops (wahrscheinlich zweites Wochenende im August) anbieten, in denen ich Interessierten meine Ich-kann-nicht-nähen-aber-Kostüme-machen-Technik beibringen werde. Wer mitmachen möchte, bitte kurze Mail an mich schreiben. Plätze sind sehr begrenzt!
Liebe Grüße,
Tanja |
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1st prize for best costume in Carnevale di Venezia 2009 |
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 Oops, we did it again. The miracle happened and together with a group I completed the hattrick and won the Venetian Carnival a third time in a row! This is freaking awsome and historical!
More photos can be found on the costume pages.
Some press articles are on my press page.
Read more...
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1st prize for best costume in Carnevale di Venezia 2008! |
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 For the second time (after 2007) I won the award for “Best Costume of the Carnival of Venice”! My costume was named “Luna park” – amusement park.
This year I had to succeed in a preselection first (against several hundreds of costumes in two days) and then in the final contest against approx. 30 other costumes from all over the world.
I was stunned to make a dream come true TWICE and win again. What an honour!
More photos can be found on the costume pages.
Some press articles are on my press page.
As a side note: My costume “Casino” worn by my friend Jacqui was placed under the best ten! |
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1st prize for best costume in Carnevale di Venezia 2007 |
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 This is the costume “La Montgolfiera” which won the award for “Best Costume in the Carnival of Venice 2007” on the public parade in St. Mark's Square. The costume won against more than 300 costumes which took part in the parade, attendance of the viewers was about 135,000 people. Wow, a dream come true for a costume maker!!!
More photos can be found on the costume pages.
Some press articles are on my press page.
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