Girl Shops Globe

It goes without saying that one of my favorite parts of travel are the markets and shops. When we were in Peru, it was the textiles; in Buenos Aires, the shoes and antiques. Did any of you ever see the show Man Shops Globe on the Sundance Channel? It chronicles Keith Johnson doing, what I might consider, my dream job: searching for the most unique and beautiful objects and decor for Anthropologie. It was always a tricky show to catch when it was airing--but you can watch the episodes online now at Sundance.com. Anyways, Man Shops Globe follows Johnson, who travels six months of the year, to ends-of-the-earth excursions, from flea markets in Paris to remote villages in India to obscure art studios in Turkey. Did I mention dream job? When I travel I always think of that show and what Keith would say--would it make the cut and take the trip back? I try to only bring back items from my travels that I couldn't find elsewhere, that are part of the culture or folklore art, and/or just tickle my design fancy.

Our trip to Puerto Vallarta and Sayulita, Mexico hinged more on ocean leisure and adventures with  our friends, not so much shops and markets--but I did manage to grab a few little things that are reminiscent of the town and our visit. The green headband was in a little handmade shop. It is really just a long piece of hand woven textile. I loved the color combinations, and thought it could also be cute wrapped around as a belt with a high waisted skirt. 

These lightweight towels were all over Sayulita. Matt and I forgot to bring beach towels, and we ended up buying these at a little market for $8 each. I may have officially switched over from heavy beach towels to these soft and airy ones. They are almost like Turkish Towels (love this little round up by Apartment Therapy), but a bit more like linen. We used them as big beach blankets to sit on, and I wrapped mine as a cover up too!

At the tile shop I showed you yesterday, I picked out a few small brightly painted pieces, that I am treating more as art work. I plan to frame the folkloric "La Catrina". I love the traditional hand-painting on these tiles. It's a hobby of mine to collect postcards anywhere we travel. There is this album that I keep them in with space to write little stories and fun moments I want to remember from our trip. I found a box of beautiful hand-painted postcards in Sayulita, and decided on this red one depicting the mother and child.  Isn't it so pretty? I actually may frame it, I like that much. And the spoon rest, a replacement for the one we got on our honeymoon which is now in pieces, because ceramics break and life happens when you are cooking away sometimes. Happy weekend, friends!