Small Business Saturday

Today is Small Business Saturday. Shop a downtown Manchester business or restaurant and enter to win a gift basket by snapping a selfie while there. Like the Downtown Manchester District facebook page and Post the selfie on your facebook page. Contest entry slips and further directions are available in The Silver Chest and other downtown businesses. 

Thank you for supporting your local small businesses.

Annmarie Merritt

This Sunday, you can bring all kinds of metals to etch with interesting, unusual or fun designs to make unique, one of a kind jewelry components for necklace pendants, earrings or bracelets. You are limited only by your own imagination. Kris Quinn will lead us in this artistic adventure. Plan to sign up and pay by Thursday 11/20, 5pm (3 people minimum for class to run). This is a chance to explore easy metal etching and maybe make some jewelry for gifts for an upcoming gift giving season. I took this class two years ago and really enjoyed it. Metal Etching ($39 plus materials) will run from 3:30-5:30pm.

 Judy Foster made these earrings after taking the metal etching class in 2013.

Kris Plimpton Designs

Kris will also teach the elegant form of wire wrapping during Intro to Wire Wrapping (Wire Sculpted Beads & Cabochons), from 11am-3pm, ($75 plus materials, 3 people minimum). Wire wrapping is our most requested class.

Kris Plimpton wire wrapped cabochon

This is the last chance this fall to take this fun class and begin the adventure of wire wrapping.

Kris Plimpton Designs: Wire wrapped cabochon

Plan to sign up and pay by Thursday 11/20, 5pm  for either class (3 people minimum for class to run).

Downtown Manchester Special Services District has a scarecrow contest running now through 10/31. Local businesses were encouraged to build and submit a scarecrow.

I worked for two days to wire wrap a St Francis (Catholic patron saint of animals 1180-1223 CE) and a small mangy dog. Both have wire frames stuffed with newspaper and a pillow. Both are covered with massive amounts of masking tape. I wire wrapped head, hands, legs, feet and a dog. I covered them with masking tape because I hoped it was waterproof. Time will tell.

Chest hair….. cut up to make monk’s hair (tonsure).

Wire wrapped bone for my mangy dog. Voting for the scarecrow contest takes place on Facebook or in the stores on Main Street manchester including The Silver Chest.

I love my effort but my mom told a relative that I was working on an entry for a skeleton contest. I think that she sees a skeleton more than a scarecrow. I voted for the Scarecrow entered by the Cosmic Omelet. I thought he was the most fun and most attractive.

Cat trying to help me:

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35% off sale on all jewelry making components now (Thursday 10/22) through Sunday 10/25. Handmade items and consignment goods, especially  those items on the shelves around the store, are exempt from the sale. Start thinking about your holiday shopping list and get started now buying the beads and supplies you need.