http://www.chesterartisans.ca/ 2013-09-11T12:47:22-04:00 Tidedancer Jewelery Designs http://www.chesterartisans.ca/directory/64-tidedancer-jewelry-designs I am a stay at home mom with 3 wonderful, active kids. Previous to this, I was a school aged daycare and daycamp teacher. My younger days of camp and working with children, flamed my passion to make jewelry every moment I got the chance.<br /> Fast forward many years later. I decided to make my nieces Christmas presents one year and LOVED doing it. Looking to earn some money from home and still care for my children, I started to make some jewelry for a lobster supper in Prospect, Nova Scotia. Simultaneously, we decided to move from Prospect to Chester permanently....therefore, the sale at the lobster supper in Prospect, never happened. I was swamped with packing, and getting my kids and family set up in a completely new community.<br /> All of the jewelry that I had made for the lobster supper was just gathering dust. Sheila Blain from Fiasco, heard that I made jewelry and asked to see it. She encouraged me to sell it out of her store. Surprisingly, it went very well and I began buying better quality components to create my designs.<br /> Things have evolved and snowballed from there. I am learning as I go....trying to balance home life and owing my own business, can be challenging at the best of times. I am so grateful for the continuing support that my husband and kids provide me. I truly couldn't do it without them...... 2013-09-11T12:47:22-04:00 Whirlygig Factory http://www.chesterartisans.ca/directory/38-whirlygig-factory Kara & Barry were involved in large retail operations until 1991 when they sold out and moved to Mahone Bay. They purchased the old Maders Hardware Store & started producing folk art in 1997. In 2003, they sold their business in Mahone Bay and moved to Martin's Point where they started producing folk art (whirligigs) full time. They do a lot of custom work and have recently started making a line of originally designed and custom birdhouses. <br /> <br /> Their retail store is open 7 days a week from May 1st until September 30th and nice weekends in October or by appointment. Their online store is available year round. 2013-09-11T09:58:30-04:00