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Just a quick post tonight.   I got an order for a customized Dachshund, named Stretch.  Although I’ve been using Corel to draw these patterns, the program wasn’t available today (Jenny had the computer…. ). So this one was drawn by hand.  Here he is drying from his oil dip.  He still needs his base [...]

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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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Yesterday I cut out most of the modified dog pattern (same outline as the standard dog, with customized letters).  Today I did a pair of completely new patterns.  These were taken from pictures we either took of the dog (the lab), or where supplied by the dog’s owner (the Irish Setter). These are a bit [...]

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Today was the day of the custom dog puzzle.  I cut out about 5 or so custom puzzles, along with a couple orders for Shepherds and Dragons. Here are most of them on the bed-of-nails:
Most of the custom puzzles were Aussies, but the one in front (”SABRINA”) is a Shepherd.  A OTCH golden retriever also [...]

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Well, we finally got back from the St Louis Dog Show. While we didn’t sell as much as we’d liked (you always want to sell more ), we covered expenses and made more contacts.  About half of the sales were orders, so I’ve got some cutting to do!
The animal puzzles were well received. We [...]

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Not too many sales, but several orders.  In fact, I got one in by email while updating the blog tonight. It’s getting easier to do the custom dog patterns, I just have problems doing a good #2 (as in MACH2). I sold a couple of the dog boxes (one was actually an Eagle box [...]

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Along with the sawing  I spent a bit of the day getting a new clutch for the truck (preventive replacement–I’m going to be traveling through Illinois, and things always tend to break while going through that state.  It could have gone several more thousand miles, but a bearing had seized up and was slowly destroying [...]

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Well, mostly puppies .

I got the puppy order finished, and they all took their bath in the BLO.  They should be ready to ship out early next week.
Got packed up for the first shot at Second Street Market tomorrow.  Have to get up early so I can be ready to start at 0800.  I [...]

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The custom orders have been gradually rolling in.  I’m still not down to my 15 minute goal, but they are coming easier. Like someone mentioned here earlier, having a good, continuous outline makes the puzzles look better.  Also, not being scared of fat letters seems to fill them out better and not make them look [...]

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It’s been a while since I posted a picture up here, so I thought I’d put one up of a recent custom animal puzzle.  I usually get a picture of a finished work so I can keep a record of what I’ve done.  I also try to send the picture to the orderer.

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