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We had a couple of orders through KC Paws in Pendleton, Indiana.  Trying to get a reputation for doing these type of puzzles quickly, we went ahead and cut them out over the weekend and delivered them today.  Unfortunately I was not able to get good pictures for the catalog.  I did some with a [...]

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I just turned in a couple of custom orders to The Sister Exchange today, and discussed the custom orders.  Most of the revenue from them has been custom orders, and they get a lot of interest in that.  Since they are going from a booth-based store to consignment, I’m planning on placing several examples of [...]

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I took a breather today.  About the only thing I cut out was a personalized centerpiece tray.  I want to deliver it to Sisters on monday, so I had to get it cut.  It’s done, but the oil needs to cure.
I did drop by Lowes today, and was going to pick up a gallon of [...]

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The Sister Exchange in Pendleton Indian had a request for one of the dragonfly pot ornaments–but they wanted some beads added to the wings.  This is something I’ve been toying with ever since somebody else in Wilmington also suggested it. The problem has always been “How do you efficiently add the beads?”
I finally gave it [...]

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I got another order from “The Sister Exchange” this afternoon, this one for a horse customized to a little girl’s name.  Basically, I take the horse pattern, erase all the interior lines, then sketch in the letters.  I try to take advantage of the gross characteristics if possible.  For example, the girl’s name begins with [...]

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Jenny dropped off the batch of custom work at The Sister Exchange, and the reception was warm. The lady there really like the ARABIAN horseshoe (see previous posts), and thought we should have some more there to sell. Also, she had someone come in who wanted a German Shepherd personalized to “Sam”. [...]

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Oh, did I mention in the previous post that I couldn’t find the custom “Arabian” Horseshoe? I gave up looking for it, and cut out a second. I did find out that it takes about one hour to make them, going from printing out the pattern to sloshing on the BLO.
Also, I cut [...]

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In between Church services today I was able to cut out the two personalized puzzles, the “SEAN” and the Sean Vizsla dog. The Vizsla is the same pattern as I posted yesterday. There wasn’t any real problems, and it cut out nicely. I haven’t had a chance to cut out the VIZSLA pattern (the non-personalized [...]

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I finished up the two types of Pendleton horseshoes tonight. Below is a picture of all of them.  On the ones with beads I did two different combinations: one set has both green and clear beads (the Pendleton colors are green and white), the other two simply have the green beads.
Here is a close-up of [...]

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Jenny set up the spot at the shop in Pendleton today. She said the folks there were pretty positive about the things we brought.  They helped Jen set things up as well, and had some ideas for some future products.  Here is the spot. Jenny made up a bio for me, which is sitting in [...]

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