the Christmas market ball begins this weekend
Local and artisanal gifts? This is the challenge that Nathalie Prêcheur has been taking on for 13 years. In his house located at Minimalthe designer offers several Toulouse craftsmen to showcase their skills. A way to share a moment with friends, while fueling the Christmas spirit, just over a month away from the holidays.
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Place in room
This year, 17 designers from Toulouse will be invited to the event, which will take place at 157 rue de Chaussas. Illustrators, ceramists, screen printers, cheese makers from the Pyrenees, designers and creators of decorative objects and lighting, clothing, jewelry, candles, cards… “There will be something for everyone”, rejoices Nathalie Prêcheur, questioned by The Independent Opinion. The creators who exhibit at the “Petit Minimes Christmas market are part of the network of creators of the city.
There is a part of the team who shares a shop on rue Sainte-Ursule, the Pangram which opened in June”, the precise designer, who has been officiating since 2005.
Among them, some participants in this ephemeral store in Toulouse For years. A way to build customer loyalty, but also to attract new people, as the small event attracts more and more curious people. “The number of creators who exhibit increases, as does the number of visitors. At the beginning, we were 3 creators, then 7, now we are 17. Before, I only used one floor of my house, now the two levels are invested for the organizer of the event”, the creators of Toulouse.
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500 visitors in 2021
For artisans, such events serve as showcases. “The creators share the clientele, it is advantageous because some of them did not ask for a store”, analyzes Nathalie Precheur. The event seems to mark the beginning of the end-of-year festivities in the Minimes district, as long as visitors are there.
Last year, 500 customers came to the store in one weekend. We feel that this ephemeral shop attracts more and more residents. It is also not anodized to organize this Christmas market early enough. Subsequently, this kind of initiative multiplies throughout the city”, admits the Toulousaine.
Something new this year, a inauguration concert of the local group Dartford Station will take place on Friday November 25th. “We want to launch this 13e music edition!”