am back to my regular programming folks! and as usual, to de-stress myself from 5 days of non-stop zombie walking in London, i immersed myself in, what else, holiday bargain-hunting!
to start off, found this lovely wooden seagull mobile with a Tarifa mark (Tarifa is a small seaside town in Spain about an hour and a half away from Gib and well-known for its white sandy beaches and excellent windsurfing conditions) that will surely make a certain little boy i love happy as can be :) bought for only a pound.
below is a decorative egg-shaped pure jade embellished with a hand-painted toucan (or some kind of bird). i did some research on how to determine if its authentic jade or not and i'm pretty sure this is the real mccoy. found this among a pile of baubles inside a distinctive colorful small pouch embossed in gold with a name of a jewelry and ivory company in HongKong.
also in the same pouch is a jade pendant with a gold clasp in a bolo knife design :) for £1.50 i think i got a keeper :)
yesterday i and the mister went to the Convent Christmas Fair. its an annual charity-sponsored event where independent designers can sell their creations for a nominal fee. i didn't find anything i particularly like and i had to circum-navigate the Convent twice before i saw these beauties :)
i saw two ladies selling crocheted stuff and among those buried deep under scarves and mittens were these two lovely lacquered burgundy apple and golden pear. they were a bit more than what i would like to pay for them but what the heck. i love them :) bought for £2.50 each.
two things i can say though: (1) there are some pretty creative people here in Gib and (2) our christmas is certainly shaping up nicely!
and what have you found recently?
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The jade pieces are terrific, and I love the fruit.
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