Vickie, We used Softflex beading wire and silver crimping tubes. So easy! I bet others have ideas of wire too. This wire was recommended because it doesn't twist together. Carol has found it on-line at a good price. Good luck at making the chimes! They're pretty addictive!!! :o) Bear Hugs! Kirk

Thanks for the report - only 65 days 'till Christmas and people are already starting tpo buy for it here...

We're doing a large show in Salem, New Hampshire next Friday, Saturday and Sunday Nov 10, 11, & 12 There will be over 250 exhibitors from all over New England at this show. When I get back on Monday I'll give a review.

Seems to me a lot of it is for financial and paring down reasons a lot of people are avoiding the "trinket" junk stuff that usually constitutes "crafts". The functional items, hand-made seem to do well. You can only have so many dangling ornament things hanging in your house, but well made potholders or even the bookmark someone here showed recently made from a paper clip, are useful and will sell. Often they are better made than the storebought stuff too so I'd prefer to buy that. But the junk jewelry and all the "cutsy" stuff - they can keep.