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By: More Venice Tips – Murano Glass and Burano Beauty | Misadventures with Andi

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:30:43 +0000

[...] She had necklaces on hand that were beautiful, but she was also making them to order in the color preference desired by her customers. And she was doing it quickly, within a couple of hours. Her glass is authentic Murano, and that is represented in the price. But she was doing unique pieces which was interesting. [This reminds me of a post done by Susan of Transient Travels on the topic of buying local souvenirs.] [...]

By: Dominique

Dominique — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:53:55 +0000

I’m a big fan of colored gemstone or crystal necklaces that originate from where I travel, or music specific to where I travel (local artists or music genres). There there is always the tried and true local college T-shirt! Tim loves being asked if he went to Yale when he wears his Yale T…so he can tell people that, yes, he did go to Yale-long enough to buy the T-shirt

By: erin - heart in ireland

erin - heart in ireland — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:46:20 +0000

I usually buy local art from people painting along the streets. I bought gorgeous ones in santorini and in italy and spain. i also buy some kinda jewelry and whenever i wear it it reminds me of the trip.

By: Andi

Andi — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:08:43 +0000

I totally agree with you. It was so sad to see when I was in Venice and I went to Murano island where people were falling over themselves to buy Murano glass only to find out from a local most of it was imported from China!

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:19:30 +0000

I like finding stuff that I’ve never seen anything like before, somehjng no one else has or things have stories as you said. Supporting foreign local artists (is that an oxymoron?) is good. My favorite purchase was a white wine I bought while up in the Finger Lakes (it tasted like a red…weird) and this cool tiny painting I bought while traveling the ring of Kerry in Ireland. It was about ten years ago and this guy was just walking on the side of the road while we were taking a picture on a cliff and he asked if wewanted to buy this random painting he had and was tired of carrying for two pounds. That was odd…do you have any other tips for avoiding touristy stuff? What was your worst purchase??

By: Andhari

Andhari — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:31:00 +0000

This might be cliche but I always go for ethnic shirts, maybe cute ethnic jewellries for my friends if I look for souvenirs when I travel but when I went to China I got a lot of little statues to decorate my room as well.

By: Camels & Chocolate

Camels & Chocolate — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:01:51 +0000

Local art (whether paintings or vintage posters), postcards and jewelry from markets. Always jewelry! Also, recently I’ve been collecting children’s books from around the world in the native languages.

By: Andi

Andi — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:45:32 +0000

That’s such a special painting–I love it! I also try to buy a work of art when I travel to decorate my house with. As well as a piece of clothing or piece of jewelry. Other than that I spend my money on adventures and good food/drinks. When I was in Guatemala I found the most gorgeous travel bag and scarf. I can’t remember what I bought in CR???

By: A Super Girl

A Super Girl — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:18:22 +0000

Great find! I agree with you, but I’m sure I still fall into the touristy souvenir category. In Italy, I picked up a little painting from a street vendor as well as some Murano glass stuff. They’re all cool and things I couldn’t find here, but probably the equivalent of an I <3 NY key chain