All we are saying...

is give silver a chance.

It is like being back in 67 again. The trendy thing is the peace symbol. Come to think of it, I have been seeing a lot of tie dye shirts too.

I showed Wanda, one of our regular customers at the Italian Farmers Market a peace symbol that I had made out of silver and she fell in love with it and wanted it as a necklace. Jane put it on an Omega chain and Wanda went away wearing her new necklace. She wanted me to make a pair of peace symbol earrings for her too.

As I was making the peace symbols for Wanda, I got to thinking about hearts. Peace and love, you know. So I made a couple of large hearts and then it occurred to me to combine the two and make a peace symbol out of the heart. I am sure I have seen that before and it wasn't an totally original idea, but I thought customers might like it. The result is shown below.



I also made Jane a pair of silver dome earrings. The domes are 5/8" in diameter so the small size makes them perfect for just about anytime. Here is a photo of those earrings.



I have more ideas and a new shipment of silver is due to arrive today. I will share more soon.

Location! Location! Location!

Yup... we had a new spot last week - next to Jim from Rosehill Plantery. SO... we bought a BEAUTIFUL plant (or two).

Next week they're moving us again - - - - next to the barbeque guy. I'm sure that next week we'll be telling you about the great pulled pork - or something "barbeque". I mean really... we have to support our fellow vendors. Community and all that. Riiiiiight?

When they put us next to Mona's Munchies or Yummy Tummy... we're in trouble!!!!

Oh! Life is good!

They Moved Us at the Market

We have been setting up our wares at the Italian Farm Market now for four weeks. We had a great spot in the shade in the corner and it was great. But then vendors around us didn't show up and two weeks in a row we were stuck in that corner 50 feet from the other vendors.

So this week they moved us down by the Amish Farmer and by Jim, from Rosehill Plantery. Well put us next to a guy that has beautiful hanging baskets and of course we had to consider buying something. It is mid-season for him so prices were as unbelievable as was the quality of the baskets. We had to have something to hang, so we got a couple.


You can see how they look in the picture above. I was sure that I would remember what each basket was, so I didn't write down the names of the plants. Of course, now I can't remember and have no idea what they are, but they are pretty.




Regardless of what they are, they're very pretty and Jane and I like them very much. She says that the plastic hangers will drive her crazy so we stopped and got some twine so that she can make some hangers for them.

Either way, the colors are great and they add a nice touch to the front of the house.

How many farmers does it take to have a Farmer's Market?

Well, at the little Italian Farmer's Market in Wilmington, Delaware - just one.

It was a beautiful morning; almost chilly sitting under our tree at the Italian Farmer's Market in Wilmington yesterday. This has been a cool and comfortable summer; low humidity, not much heat (at least so far).


There was lots of foot traffic at The Market yesterday. Some came walking their dogs; some couples were holding hands, out for a walk around the neighborhood; some came for their weekly produce purchase from the Amish Farmer, some came to visit the vendors to see what's new, or to purchase what they WISH they had purchased last week (and hoping it's still there).


The "tink tink tink" of Michael's chasing hammer on the bench block brought people to our table to see what we were up to. (NOT a bad thing!)

We got an order of silver last week, so as we sat in the shade of an old, graceful tree, we tag-teamed some silver clasps and findings (pictures coming later). I formed the pieces (with some occasional help from Michael) and Michael hardened them on the bench block.

It's amazing that such a little sound could carry through the Farmer's Market, but apparently it did!


We are finding that Little Italy is a wonderful neighborhood with a beautiful mix of people from every ethnicity, race and ecomonic group, represented every week. Regulars visitors, like Grace Marie, stop by to chat. Others wave and smile a friendly "hello" as they walk past to get their produce.

We look forward to seeing our vendor friends - to check on where they've been the previous week - to compare notes on sales and ideas - to check up on families and pets. This has quickly become another family for us.

What a glorious way to spend a Saturday morning!

Life is good!!

Sun, Silver and Socializing on Saturday

Our third Saturday at the Italian Farmer's Market and we did okay. We have a beautiful spot under a tree where we can sit and make jewelry and talk to the people going by. Oh... and sell jewelry, too. Riiiiiiiight! I almost forgot about that. (We even have a couple of custom orders for next week.)

One of the things I love about the Market is that so many of the people walking around are "regulars" and we see them week after week. It's a fun, relazed atmosphere. I don't think we'll get rich there, but it's a great way to spend a morning - AND sell a few things, too!

We were missing some vendors this week, but Michael took a couple of pictures while we were there. He's not happy with them, though, and promises to take some better ones next week.

The first two pictures are of some of the things on the table.

This one is the Market from our perspective under the tree. (complete with missing vendors)

This is a great neighborhood - wonderful, interesting people! We're SO glad we did this!