Different styles

So we've been out all week shopping for supplies, which is annoying because we could be getting much better prices buying in bulk online!  However, we're impatient and need supplies so that we'll be prepared for our first show!  Through these shopping trips and our recent sessions, we're finding out that we have vastly different styles.  Cindi's much more into gunmetal findings and blood red and black beads, while I'm girly and use a lot of pink, purple, and green with silver findings.  Neither of our styles is conducive to producing Christmas-themed pieces, and we think we should have some for the upcoming Christmas shows.  I'll post pictures of some of what we've come up with, but I'm not promising it'll be pretty!

Check out the pics on our website!

The pictures are up at sankofaquest.com!  Check them out, they look great thanks to my mom.  She is the photographer and she did an excellent job, especially since we took them on my kitchen table with a random lamp!  This is really moving along, and we're getting excited...

It's been too long!

Hi all, I'm sorry about the delay, I was out of town and then working on the website, which is up and running! Go to www.sankofaquest.com! We also have some events coming up, which we've been preparing for so we haven't had a real lesson for about a week. The rest of the week I'm going to try to learn how to do some wire wrapping, so stay tuned for that. I see some frustration in my future because wire wrapping is not easy! Here are some pictures of some of what I've made so far with Cindi's help:

                                                                  

Craft shows and power tools

Well if you frequent random craft fairs and festivals across the great state of New York, you may run into Cindi and I at some point this Christmas season!  We'll be starting a calendar on this blog as well as www.sankofaquest.com, which will be up and running next week!  So far we're planning on attending a Fire Department craft fair, an airport flea market, and a huge exhibit at a mall in White Plains that promises to be interesting.  White Plains means a hotel and a lot of empty evenings, so if you're in the area in the middle of November and know of a place that makes good drinks, let us know!

Busy little bees

So we've had two sessions since my last post, but I've been so busy I haven't had time to relay our progress.  Wednesday we ended up drinking about three pots of coffee and listening to my three year old's cartoons while we were working.  The caffeine and Imagination Movers combo made for an interesting afternoon!  We looked at web page templates and I made a strung necklace using crimps.  They look like beads but are used to secure beads that are strung rather than held together with findings and eye hooks.  You have to use this little crimper tool to close them up and secure them.  It takes some getting used to, and I feel like an electrician!  But, my necklace is totally random with no pattern whatsoever!  So I'm making some creative progress.  I'll post some pictures ASAP.