golden guide presents
MAY 3 & 4, 2025
11AM-4PM
VIP Access at 10AMSD Made Factory
2031 Commercial St, San Diego, CA 92113golden makers market is a pop-up makers market that aims to celebrate asian american, native hawaiian and pacific islander (aanhpi) businesses, makers, entrepreneurs and artists.
poster design by chunky
vendors
AMOI
San Diego, CA
CASA MAKULAY
San Diego, CA
CHULA CO.
Los Angeles, CA
CLARAMING
Long Beach, CA
CHUNKY
Los Angeles, CA
HANDMADE BY NENSH
Los Angeles, CA
JULIA KESTNER DESIGNS
San Diego, CA
KAMYI.ART ORIGAMI DESIGNS
San Diego, CA
KO KAI KHAO MUN KAI
San Diego, CA
LIA’S LUMPIA
San Diego, CA
LITTLE YELLOW JEEPNEY
San Diego, CA
MINDFUL PEACH
Cypress, CA
MING OUN’S KITCHEN
San Diego, CA
MOONYMADE
Buena Park, CA
NEVERLESS
San Diego, CA
NYOOT
Irvine, CA
ONE OF ONE (OOO)
San Diego, CA
PHAM PHOTOS
Los Angeles, CA
PUKSHIET
San Diego, CA
TAMBAYAN/GÜDMÜDFÜD
San Diego, CA
YUZU LEAF
Los Angeles, CAworkshops
saturday, may 3
10:00am - 11:30am / 90 minjapanese tea tasting workshop
Join us for a Japanese tea workshop exploring the rich history and varied production styles of Japanese tea. Participants will enjoy a guided tasting of sencha (green tea), wakoucha (Japanese black tea), and matcha (powdered green tea), each thoughtfully paired with kakanin—traditional Filipino rice delicacies. Together, we will explore the art of pairing Japanese teas with sweets, a practice rooted in balancing flavors and enhancing the tea’s natural notes through complementary textures and sweetness. Perfect for tea lovers and curious palates alike!
by ESTE
12:00pm - 01:00pm / 60 minthe soulcare ritual:
gua sha flow & release
The Soulcare Ritual: Gua Sha Flow & Release is more than a skincare class – it’s a journey inward. Licensed esthetician Sabrina Kim of Soulcare Standard invites you to slow down and embody beauty beyond the surface. We’ll begin with grounding tea before moving into an intimate, hands-on ritual rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine. We’ll explore the origins of gua sha, dispel common myths, and deepen your understanding of its energetic and physical benefits. Each guest will receive a take-home gua sha kit with botanical facial products. Steamed and dry towels provided; bare skin encouraged.
1:30pm - 03:00pm / 90 minembracing yourself & your emotions
Emotional awareness is a crucial aspect of self-understanding, healing, and personal growth. Embracing Yourself & Your Emotions is a 90-minute experiential workshop designed to help participants explore and process their emotions through a combination of movement, theater-based exercises, and guided journaling. This workshop is specifically tailored for the AAPI community, providing a culturally responsive space for emotional expression and self-reflection.
03:30pm - 05:00pm / 90 minperfume making workshop
In this fun and interactive workshop, participants will be able to choose from 30+ different scents in order to create their own roll on perfume! No experience necessary, ages 12+.
by Megan Lauw
workshops
sunday, may 4
10:00am - 11:30am / 90 minintentional charm jewelry workshop
Join us for a hands-on workshop led by CC Fernandez, founder of So Niice Jewelry, where you'll create intentional jewelry using gold-filled pieces and semi-precious stones. Each material holds meaningful properties, helping you craft personalized charms that inspire and empower. This meditative process of designing bracelets, necklaces, or enhancing existing pieces encourages deeper connection with your creativity and intentions. Whether you're new to jewelry-making or experienced, this transformative experience blends beauty and purpose—leaving you with a unique, wearable reminder to live intentionally and be your best self.
by So Niice
basic principles of ikebana workshop
12:00pm - 01:30pm / 90 min
vy.lan atelier is a San Diego-based floral studio founded by Jacqueline Nguyen, a second-generation Vietnamese American designer specializing in ikebana arrangements. Rooted in mindfulness and intention, each design is a quiet meditation on balance, form, and cultural storytelling. Named after her Vietnamese namesake meaning “orchid,” vy.lan atelier invites moments of stillness, connection, and grace through the art of floral design. In this workshop, participants will be taught an introductory lesson on the basic principles of ikebana using live demonstration and hands-on practice. All participants will be able to take home with them their very own ikebana arrangement using this season’s spring flower offerings.
collective healing through the art of yoga + sound
2:00pm - 03:30pm / 90 min
How often do we ever just sit there and breathe together in community?
A sacred space for self-exploration and self-expression of our aanhpi identities + experiences. Cultivating stillness with gentle movement, sound bath meditation, and guided journaling. Rooted in representation, we’ll slow down to nurture the mind-body-soul connection where the language of yoga + sound is inclusive, accessible, and digestible. This two-part workshop (beginner-friendly) includes: welcome tea, mats, blankets, & journaling materials.
04:00pm - 05:30pm / 90 minspiritual + energetic maintenance
This workshop will offer self-regulation techniques & energetic hygiene practices, meditation and spiritualism rooted in Filipino, Chinese & Indian cultural medicine. We may touch on self massage, energy clearing, breath work, divination and herbal remedies to soothe the body, mind & spirit. Come with an open heart, a curiosity for the unseen & an interest in connecting with the natural elements that are around us every day.