it's all got to go

On Sunday I went to help my friend Ria at a market stall. She's planning on going travelling soon and was trying to get rid of lots of her stuff while making a bit of money at the same time. She has a very cool job as an 'art buyer' for TV shows and films. In other words she gets to talk to the set designers about what they have in mind for their sets, and then she goes driving around town from shops, to prop houses to second hand stores to auctions, buying all sorts of things for them.

Over the years she has collected heaps of amazing things for herself, for 'just in case', and at the end of jobs. Her house is filled with amazing 50's style furniture and an aray of curiosities. But the time had come to get rid of the stuff she no longer needed. It took alot of strength.

I had had my eye on this candle holder for a while, so she gave it to me as an early birthday present, I also nabbed a great red fabric lamp, a spotty shirt and some cool fabric, and that was all before we even got to the markets.

The candle holder is painted terracotta, I think it looks Mexican although I never been there so I don't really know. I love the things I see that people bring back from Mexico (my friend Henna has a set of cool dioramas all made inside coke and tuna cans, and some amazing chunky jewellery). Because we're so far away we don't really get any of it here, so when I see it I get very excited.
I really really want to go to Mexico! (one day)

Anyway, we had a really fun day playing shop at out little market stand. All the dealers came rushing over when they saw Ria (she's only done the markets twice before but they know they're in for a treat when she comes). We spent the day chatting, people watching and drinking hot tea. I ended up making about $100 selling some of my old junk, but Ria made heaps! So it was fun and a success, not to mention a really nice way of spending time with a dear friend who may be going away for a long time.