We’ve been working hard behind the scenes to get ready for the fall & winter craft fair season. We love getting out to see you in person! Lucky for us, we have three live appearances scheduled so far!
The first show we’ve got is coming up this Sunday, November 6th, at the Robert A. Steen Community Centre in Winnipeg. The first annual Fall for a Cause is a fundraiser for CancerCare Manitoba Foundation & Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba. We have received some fantastic prizes from local community businesses and are assembling exciting prize baskets for raffle.
Come by, bid on some baskets and do some of your holiday shopping supporting local artists and businesses AND local Manitoba charitable foundations!
Stay tuned for details on the next two shows, and keep a close eye on our Event list on the right side of the page!
Perhaps it is my love of fairy tales and all things mystical and magical but when I saw the add seeking sellers for this upcoming Winnipeg craft sale I simply could not resist sending in my application! I will be setting up shop for the day on Saturday May 7th with the lovely “fairy girls” and hope you will pop by and check out the event. Between 12:00 & 5:00 PM at 955 Mulvey Avenue in Winnipeg! This is your last chance to snag that perfect something for Mother’s Day 🙂
I am very excited to be participating in another Craft/Vendor event here in Winnipeg on Sunday May 1st! Still lots of time to find that perfect something for Mother’s Day 🙂
The sale will be open 10:00 AM until 3:00 PM at 1295 Salter Street, if you are in the area come by for a visit! You can RSVP and get more information on what craters and vendors will be there by clicking on the Facebook Event link here: Vince Leah Craft & Vendor Sale
On Saturday April 23rd Drakestail will be in Winnipeg at the Gladstone School Craft Sale – 500 Gertrude Ave – why not come by and see what you can find? I’d love to see you there!
At the end of March Jacobs Trading in Beausejour MB held a Rock and Mineral Show for 3 days, of course I HAD to go!
My handsome fiancé came with me for the short road trip from Winnipeg. He picked me up from my office right at the end of my muggle work day and even brought snacks and drinks for us. Does he know how to road trip or what? 🙂 The drive was just about an hour long and we got there just a few short hours after opening on the first day.
I have arrived!
I took the time to walk up and down each aisle, table after table of every stone you can think of! It was a rock girl’s heaven. We saw stunning samples from extremely small opals to amethysts almost as tall as me (not that I am very tall at 5’4″).
Amethyst is a favourite so these just blew my mind!
Forgive my dirty boots in the above image, it was a sloppy muddy day out. As you can see, I was wallet in hand, ready to shop! Citrine, Opal, Amethysts, Ammonites, Megalodon teeth and many many other things covered the tables all around us. It was very hard to decide what to choose but I was on a budget. We came to the far end of the room where I spotted my goal – what will be my future – equipment!
EQUIPMENT! 🙂
One day, these will be mine and I will have a full workshop in my basement where I can tumble, polish and drill all my own stones so that I can create even more stunning and unique pieces for our customers. I often find “the perfect stone” but it is drilled the wrong way for what I’d like to do with it, having my own equipment will take care of that! Alas, equipment wasn’t in my budget this time around so I walked away and went about finding supplies.
I was looking for something special for a custom order as well as some different materials I hadn’t worked with before to inspire me. I have to tell you I was very happy with my finds and quite impressed with the pricing! I found what I wanted, paid and we left for the drive back home. If you want to know what I bought, you will have to read my future posts because for now, it is top secret!
A huge shout out and thank you to Jacobs Trading for organizing such a great event!
Hey Winnipeg friends! Drakestail Jewellery will be on site Sunday April 10th from 11 am to 4 pm at the Viscount Gort Hotel – 1670 Portage Avenue – for a special Mother’s Day beauty expo & sale. Why not get your mother’s day shopping done early and come have a look?
