Christmas is in the air... can you 'smell' it? You are possibly already preparing things, even if only in the back of your mind!
Which reminds me, next week we need to decorate the shop window nicely, now that we are in a street with lots of passing traffic.
Last week I attended the Brisbane Quilt and Craft fair, with Rhonda, my long suffering friend, running a stall in the Bead section. We enjoy the shows, despite tiredness and stress creeping up on us over the days. By the end, we are hobbling! .... However, Brisbane has a great city centre, especially South Bank, where we strolled and relaxed on the Monday after the show, before returning to Adelaide.... to prepare for the next show in Adelaide, 6 to 9 November.
We took several of our new kits to Brisbane....
The Scorpion was very popular, and sold out quickly. The new Flower brooch also sold well.
We have more new kits, which I hope to have up on the website in a weeks time. A nice spacer / Swarovski pearl necklace, a Choker with 10 mm Swarovski bicones and very fine seed beads, and some new Crystal necklace design colours. The pale blue colour also proved popular at the Brisbane fair.
It is always great to meet our online customers. Tina was one of our very 1st customers online, so I'm glad she let me know who she was! It is good to put a face to a name. Hello again, Tina!
Anyway, don't forget to order your Christmas decoration kits early... get the children making them with you before Christmas. And there are lots of other beautiful kits... necklaces, earrings, bookmarks etc. to give as a personal gift to a friend, family or work colleagues.
Not only do Cabeadle Bead Kits make quality gifts, they are also inexpensive... important in these uncertain times!
Beading tip: One I use daily.
To thread beads with doubled clear elastic (to make your bracelet double strong), take 10 cm of 30 gauge wire, fold in half. Leaving a small loop in the centre, twist the wire ends together. Cut off uneven wire ends once the wire is twisted. Thread your elastic through the small loop, and voila! A quick and easy, inexpensive needle for those awkward little jobs!
