AARI Gift Shop Display in Queen Street Beads Artisan's Showcase

Today, we set up a small exhibition in a month-long showcase at Queen Street Beads (runs until March 31st). Since we couldn't display our entire inventory, I selected some of our higher-end items with the hope that as people see the quality of our jewelry, more will come to the website and (hopefully) purchase things to help us raise more money for research. I personally hope we have enough to start up a small lab in another 5 years or so when I complete my formal education. Given the current economic climate, it seemed prudent to start working towards that goal a bit early.

The pieces we selected for display were unlike anything else currently on display at Queen Street Beads so, looking ahead towards spring we selected items that were both fashionable, and colorful. The case currently consists of:

1) the "Mod Maven" set (composed of lemon jasper, purple agate and amethyst)
2) the "Antiqua" set (composed of amazonite, purple agate and amethyst)

3) the "Imperial Jade Cascade" set (composed of jade)

4) the "Crystal Heart" necklace (composed of quartz, pink agate and crystal)
5) the "Dark Passion" set (composed of pink agate, black agate and jet crystal) and

6) the "Heiress" set (composed of Swarovski crystal).

It would be nice to sell these items before the end of the exhibition but... who knows? I included a stack of business cards and informative pamphlets about AARI's mission, objectives and activities. At the very least, it will be a wonderful opportunity to gauge public opinion-- to see how Sault Ste. Marie feels about supporting astrobiology research (or at least, find out what people think of our jewelry!). I expect feedback about on AARI's desire to establish a laboratory and museum to be positive. As for the jewerly... I guess we'll just have to wait and see.