Found a new bike chain manufacturer. This one is in Taiwan. I am digging the “planet” stamped on the link. I made some sputnik inspired earrings.
Bike link-cleaned and in the rough
Saturn links with spacy dangle
Here’s my output since last weekend. I cranked out 3 necklaces, 3 bracelets and 5 pair of Lego earrings. Now to load up for the Hatch event in Savoy, IL.
New jewelry pieces
I have not been keeping my posts up to date with my commitments. I just finished up a show in St Louis–Green with Indie. Wow! What a great show. Good publicity, supportive and organized organizers, nice vendors and a good volume of browsers/buyers.
March 15–I will be in Savoy, IL for the Hatch Show. Another re-use, recycle themed show. Again good publicity and participation/attendance for the pre-sales event.
April 12–I am returning to the Prairie Village Earth Fair at Shawnee Mission East High School. This is a funky Earth Day themed event. There a vendors selling plants and seeds, demos for electric cars, urban farmers (complete with chickens).
This is the most up to date list of confirmed commitments.
Green with Indie mascot-Craft Yeti
Here is the rest of the ensemble–a little slouchy hat and a sweater jacket. All of the pieces are made from thrift store sweaters. I made another jacket and a couple of skirts (because I bought a lot of sweaters). This is an interesting diversion but I don’t think I’ll perusing this for sales. My tailoring skills aren’t that good and the learning curve might be too long and too expensive to pay off. I did learn to not panic if a sweater gets a hole–I can mend it, after a fashion, and it’s still functional.
Upcycled wool sweater hat
Upcycled sweater jacket