With co-owning a company, being a mom, and now with busy season upon us it is hard to find some spare time and take in some of the events that go on within the area. I was fortunate enough to work and attend the Funky Market in Chelem this month. It was a great turn out and like always a lot of fun.
The Funky Market is held at Taco Maya, a local restaurant in Chelem. The owners Paul and Carol started the tradition a while back and it continues to grow. They have a fantastic restaurant that is very popular with the locals and ex-pats. Paul and Carol and are such wonderful people. I wish we had more time to spend with them.
People from all over the area come and sell their hand crafted items. We have locals from Chelem, Chuburna, Progreso, Chicxulub, and even Artists from Merida come and sell their items. It is a wonderful mish-mash of art, jewelry, food and more. It also gives us a chance to catch up with some of our friends that we haven't had a chance to see recently. Here are some pictures of the day.
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| I purchased a lovely shawl from this table. Christine makes beautiful knitted hats, shawls and scarfs. |
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| Mary from Progreso had the most beautiful hand crafted jewellery. So beautiful. So unique. |
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| Here are Randy's lush tropical plants. He also had great hammocks for sale. I ended up purchasing both. I could not help myself. |
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| Our friend Martin from Chichen Itza hand carves these absolutely stunning masks. We had him custom make us one and we just love it. That is now our third piece from him and will not be our last. You can find him at the Cruise Ship Market on Mondays and Wednesdays in Progreso :) |
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| This is Jorge's display of his Murano glass Necklace and Earing sets. I just love his work. I also have purchased many pieces from him. There are no two pieces alike. He also is at the Cruise Ship Market. |
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| Here is Gaby at my display. I shared with the community my hand blended All Natural Canadian luxury spa line. |
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| Showing here in this picture are my "Feet Retreat" Pedicure Foot salts :) |
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| I just loved this table. This vender also had gorgeous hand crafted watches, earrings, and necklaces. |
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| This artist had very unique wire art. I was just amazed at the detail. So creative. |
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| Here this artist drew this fantastic piece when he was at his friend's house for supper. Can you see the fine detail in this picture. What a gift to be able to do this. |
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| Here at our friend Nancy's table was all handmade pottery. All the money raised at her table went to the Chuburna Children's Christmas fund. What a great cause. :) |
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| Here is my favourite piece at the market. It was created an artist from Merida, named Agustin. I hope to purchase one of his items at the next market. |
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| And this is what we came home with. Our custom made mask from Martin. Our plant and hammock from Randy. Luis's handmade purses (three of them), earrings and a bracelet from Jorge. And our beautiful coconut decorations. And I just realized I am missing a couple items. I had such a wonderful time. I can not wait until the next one :)) CLICK HERE to see the most recent You Tube video on the Funky Market. Until next time…just hanging in Paradise J |
