An Excursion to Casa Grande

Our friends from Ritzville, Dennis and Colleen, are spending the winter in Tucson selling their jewelry at local fairs and shows. They were scheduled to be at the Street Faire in Casa Grande this weekend. Since it is only an hour or so away, we decided to go visit this afternoon.

We found them at their booth on the corner of 4th and Florence Streets --

Dennis and Colleen have a great variety of jewelry and wind chimes made from silver plate --

Serving pieces make great bases for wind chimes --

The different tops, the length of the silver wire holding them, and the number of spoons make for many different sounds --

In a way, it's a real shame that no one wants to deal with polishing silver or washing it by hand. All of these pieces were destined for scrap --

The Street Faire in Casa Grande is a big two-day event. There were over eighty booths lining the downtown streets --

One of shops we went into had turquoise stones from many of the mines in the southwest. I was able to buy several stones that I will be able to use in the silversmith shop here at Valle del Oro.

This is the name of Dennis and Colleen's business -- The Recycled Spoon.

And this is my new treasure. My watch face was pretty badly cracked, so it is a delight to have this new pretty!

After the Street Faire closed for the day at five pm, we went with Dennis and Colleen to Mi Amigo Ricardo, a Mexican restaurant for a good dinner and an even better chat.