May Notes

Well, so it seems that we finally have reached Spring in MN! 🙌🏼☀️ I'm so thrilled to see the wonderful warm temperatures.  Too bad it won't stay like this without heat and mosquitos!  LOL.

Saturday we had a wonderful small little market event in Clearwater MN at the Clearwater Corners Restaurant & Bar.  We were set up in the small patio area, just 8 of us crafters.  It was really neat and we met new vendor friends, bought some cool stuff and it was very successful for the jewelry!   It's always fun for me when ladies come and love my designs and enjoy trying on items to see which one fits their look they envision.

Now on to what's coming up the rest of May.
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UPCOMING EVENTS:

Date: Saturday, May 17, 2025   
Event:  3BC Vendor Market  (NNB & Sauce/Crafts)
Time:  10am-5pm
​Where: Bobbing Bobber Brewing Co., 900 Hwy 15 S
Town:  Hutchinson, MN

In past years I've generally haven't booked any shows in June due to husband's TNT Fireworks tent at Sauk Rapids Coborns location.  We try to take some time for rest before 2.5 weeks of being in that tent for 10 hours each day.

So if you are looking for fireworks, our tent hours are 10-8 every day, except Sundays from 12-8.  We should start being open June 21 through July 5.

For other show updates, check the "Events" page and I'll keep you posted should new shows come about early June.

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THE JEWELRY:

I've been making some re-stocks of popular items such as my Azurite Malachite Stone key chains, the Kazuri Necklaces and some new designs that are already selling because....well, they are cool.  LOL.

The earrings are a new form of material for me.  I'm not the fondest of 3D-Print items as the market seems to be so over saturated, however many of my customers are looking for super light weight earrings and these are PERFECT for that.  
I discovered these at a bead show and they were made by the Taylors Falls Bead Store in Minnesota.  This way it gives me the option to have something super cool, but also lightweight.
The necklaces both sold at this last show, but I wanted to show you these because they are just so cool!  I love finding neat items in thrift/antique/specialty stores and occasionally I find something awesome at a yard sale.   It's fun to give things new life when I take apart the old item (like a bracelet for example) and make it into a pendant as in the last necklace on the pictures.  I added a Cloisonné bead to it and used vintage Czech beads I dug out of the drawers at the Taylors Falls Bead Store.

​My last customer on Saturday totally fell in love with that necklace and I happened to have a scroll heart earring pair that matched!  She was thrilled!

More items are in the works for upcoming shows!

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LASTLY:

Mother's Day is coming up and I had better get my mother-in-laws card in the mail today!!  Nothing like last minute......  
With the nice weather (in MN at least) I'm hoping for a wonderful warm weekend and maybe a cook-out or two.

I'm looking forward to being in Hutchinson on the 17th of May and praying for a non-windy event for once as it usually has always been super windy....  But I can't wait to see all my customers from that show and hug a neck or two and have some fun with the ladies "playing" with jewelry.

I leave you with a word of encouragement I read this morning by Charles Stanley:
"You should never feel like you're alone.  Why?  Simply because you're not!  Once you trust Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, the Holy Spirit seals you in Him.  You will never walk alone, work alone, live alone, or die alone.  You have Him for all eternity."..... John 14:18:  I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
​John 14:27: Peace I leave with you.  My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you.  Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.

Until next month. Blessings to you all,
​Sam