Come hell or high water I’m determined to make the bike trip this week… latest is going to have to be Wednesday. Seeing as it will be the last week of Pirate Fest with the St. Louis Ren. Faire it works out nicely. I won’t actually be selling but should make it there. At least that is the plan as of now. We will see how things play out once I am actually on the road if I can make it to St. Louis in time 
Hey guys,
I was planning on taking Archmaille Designs on the road just for a bike ride starting last Sunday. That didn’t happen because my cousin called me and said that if he had more time he would go with me. Needless to say I am giving him the more time since going alone seems somewhat fruitless. This also means that the trip will most likely be cut somewhat short, as I can’t expect him to want to ride the 560 miles to Chicago on impulse. Expect the trip to take place vastly along the Katy Trail here in Missouri sometime within the next month (and hopefully within the next couple of months) I plan on letting everyone know both here and on my personal site the exact date of launch.
Thanks for the continued support!
Cody Sortore
There is a much more detailed explanation for everything on my personal site, but essentially I will be going on a month or so long bike ride and taking Archmaille Designs with me! I will pack up all my supplies and what I have made up to bring with me to sell.
The plan for the ride is to head east towards the Katy Trail and follow that to St. Charles, then move on to St. Louis, and work my way across Illinois to Chicago. So if you are on route between here and there there is a possibility that I will see you along the way! I will be stopping in at coffee shops, or other similar places (such as Panera) whatever the towns I am in have to offer and will set up shop every night working on making pieces of jewelry and selling what I have to help pay for the trip.
Have I ever said that I hate updating my online catalog? Because it is true. Maybe it’s just the summer that makes me not want to sit here at the computer and resize images for hours uploading them and adding descriptions (oh wait, almost nothing has descriptions here on the site does it?). Sorry, I will get back into the whole swing of the jewelry business at some point in time. Working on a new line of jewelry anyways which should be fun! It is a little off from the usual Archmaille Designs work so it may need it’s own site but it will be at least put here in the blog when/if I do make the line.
Just today I’ve put in quite a large order for silver, copper, clasps, and other jewelry supplies. As some of you know I lost my jewelry pliers in the car accident I was in heading up to St. Louis for the Ren. Faire the second weekend I went. I just got my check from MTV for doing some freelance website work with them and used the money to replace the jewelry pliers, as well as ordered nearly 1 pound of silver, 6 pounds of copper, 90 clasps (30 high grade Italian forged figure 8 clasps as used with my sterling silver jewelry pieces, and 60 quality Italian forged lobster claw clasps used with my less expensive copper jewelry), along with a good deal of flannel pouches for shipping items in. Now it is the job of my customers to make the necessary purchases to make my purchase worth it’s time 
In other news, I have a friend who has promised to help me with jewelry descriptions… which is coming slow, but that is ok. I’m not very creative when it comes to describing my own work, so it’s best kept for someone else. Those of you who have purchased before are welcome to add anything you’d like, good or bad. Adding comments to pieces is always welcome 
Thinking of having some sort of option here soon to where I will send you a piece for the cost of shipping/handling if you write up a review for it on the site.