2022, Coast Chimes

 We enjoyed a rare white Christmas here on the Sunshine Coast, BC. That only happens about once a decade. And usually when it snows here, it quickly changes to rain and washes away. This time it has stuck around for over two weeks! Loving my daily hikes: snow changes everything! That said, it is certainly a little trickier getting around without falling hard!

2021 was an absolutely fantastic year for Coast Chimes, and I wish to thank all my customers for supporting small business, art. Daily now I am enjoying thank you emails from people who love their wind chime Christmas gifts-- very heartwarming!

Stock at Coast Chimes is a bit low (still plenty of beautiful works to choose from, just not quite as much as usual). After taking a bit of time to breathe, I am back making nice things. Hopefully I will have a nice line up to photograph, once the snow melts.

Best wishes for 2022! Tim, Coast Chimes

Cobalt Glass with Black Beach Stones

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Happy New Year, from Coast Chimes

Looking Forward Towards Brighter Days
Sunshine Coast BC Forest Hike
December 28, 2020

Happy New Year, and a BIG thank you to all the friends and fans of Coast Chimes for making 2020 a pretty darn great year, despite all the challenges.

It was super frustrating and sad to cancel the annual Art Craw in October. The Sunshine Coast Art Crawl became a major high-point with so many people visiting and inflating my ego, but I simply could not see it working well for Coast Chimes in the midst of a pandemic. On a bright note, online sales jumped dramatically, and it was fantastic to see so many returning and new customers. Deeply appreciated!

The new year starts; time to reflect, take extra-long hikes, and rebuild stock that took a major hit. I've already made good progress-- the hugely popular anniversary copper wind chimes are now back in stock, as shown in the picture below. Soon I will focus on kaleidoscope wind chimes and free standing kaleidoscope suncatchers... maybe  have some by the end of the month.

Best wishes for 2021!

 

Happy New Year, from Coast Chimes

Happy New Year Wishes
from Coast Chimes

I can not believe 2019 is gone! What a busy, great year! My customers kept me busier than ever (thank you!), and kind messages about orders received kept me more motivated than ever: there is nothing better than an email raving about a wind chime or suncatcher, or how happy my work made someone-- so great!

My plan of not getting my workshop back together before the new year fell flat, as I saw only one set of copper chimes left. So ordering copper, sawing, sanding with a vengeance. The copper chimes are for now under control, and onto some new design ideas that I am excited to share, once the sun pokes through and there is enough light to snap a few pictures... soon, I hope!

Happy new year, all the best for 2020!

Making the First of Many Sets
Copper Chimes, Coast Chimes