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All That Glitters...

Many of you know that I have made jewelry for about 15 years.  Some years I have made more than others but it's always been a presence in my life. The business name that I adopted  is Chaotic Contessa Designs. Over the years I have become somewhat successful in the trade and quit my full time job in July of 2018 to work exclusively on jewelry design, much to the dismay of my brains ambassador of finance. 

Let me take a moment and share with you some of my lovely designs because you are now actually a captive audience. Prepare yourself to be amazed by my super power skills, ninja like hand agility, Michelangelo(esque) power of design and bodybuilder sized pinching muscles in my poor hands. Please note, this display works best if you read the captions following the pictures out load with the proper amount of aw and reverence.  


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Well, now we can move on to more about me because we all know that is why you came here, right!? That, and to count my grammatical errors and how many times I used 'there' for 'their' and 'to' for 'too.' Honestly, who can keep tract of 'can not' and 'cannot'.  Is there any difference...really?
Because of the move to Costa Rica, it also means a change in the dynamics of Chaotic Contessa Designs. For now, I have left my Etsy store on vacation and will open it again once I'm back up and operating.  That will take some time because we are building our mental bunker and two others for rentals.  I will not have much listed because the shipping situation is a bit different and more costly.  
I will be primarily selling at Ferias in the vacation spots around us. A Feria is a open air farmers market.  You can find anything from fresh mango and fish to flip flops and jewelry.  There are a number of them in the area that range from the smaller one in our town of Potrero to larger ones in Flamingo, Tamarindo, and other popular beaches.  Here are some pictures from some of the local markets in the area.  
 

  

The two above are from the Feria in Potrero, our town.  It's a lovely little one with many farmers selling fresh fruits, vegetables, and other food items both outside and inside.  The inside has a lot of vendors selling handmade or Costa Rician produced items.  You can also find great breakfast and lunches made fresh right in front of you.  Pick a fish, have them cook a fish, eat the fish.  Yum.



This beautiful night market is in Flamingo.  Flamingo is a quick 5 minutes south of Potrero.  They host their weekly market in the evening hours with more focus on goods rather than fresh produce, granted you can still find produce. They also have a great selection of prepared food, live music, and dancing.  You will not find me on the dance floor cutting a rug unless my handsome Latin Lover (he is never going to stop rolling his eyes once he reads that) is taken by the music and demands my presence on the dance floor while wearing traditional matador clothing and I am also correctly garbed in fancy flamenco ruffled skirts. If that happens I am pretty sure we will look just as studied and professional as the couple in the picture, of course. Likelihood of that happening is 1%. Likelihood of me needing corrective surgery if I ever get my leg that high is 100%. Likelihood of him forgetting that I called him my Latin Lover is 0%.







Finally Tamarindo, a massive tourist town about 20 minutes south of us.  Theirs is the best farmers market in the area because it draws in so many people on vacation. What do you want to do on vacation besides get a good sunburn on your bum, go zip lining through the rain forest, and have a good reason to wear your sarong in January? That's right, buy things for your and your family from said foreign country.  I am happy to oblige them in that endeavor!  



William Shakespeare was correct in penning the famous line "all that glitters is not gold." When it comes to Contessa in Costa Rica, all that glitters is most likely silver. 

Pura Vida 

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  1. I’m enjoying your blog, and look forward to seeing you again...maybe in Costa Rica.

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