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General Scroll Saw Talk / Wood Art Fair

« on: December 13, 2011, 11:49:43 pm »

This last Saturday I did the Wood Art Fair at the Woodcraft Store in Ventura CA. I think I was the only scroller there out of about 22 Wood artist. It was a great day and my best sales ever! I had a variety of items from pattern makers such as Sheila Landry, Steve Good, Diana Thompson and Grampa among others. the top sellers were Sheila's sled ornaments and fretwork mini ornaments, Steves Ornaments and gift card holders, and Diana's Mini Birdhouse ornaments.
After adding up my receipts, I sold nearly $1000! Not bad for a long days work. The pictures were taken just before opening, I hadn't finished my tree yet.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Wood Art Show

« on: December 10, 2011, 01:01:03 am »

Saturday, December 10, I will be at the second annual Wood Art Show at the Woodcraft store in Ventura CA. There will be about 22 local wood crafters showing and selling their wood art. Last year was a great success for all and hopefully this year will be even bigger!
If you are in Southern California, It will be worth the trip to see some fine woodworking from talented woodworkers from the area! The show runs from 9:00 am till 6:00 pm.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Despite the wind

« on: December 04, 2011, 02:43:04 pm »

Had a Christmas Boutique scheduled yesterday, and as most of you know, we have had high winds here in Southern California. The weather forecast was to be calm on Saturday but no, it was very windy, and this was an outdoor event! Could not even set up my eze-up tent because it would of blown away. I had a small Christmas tree set up to display some of my ornaments. I had it clamped and duct taped to the table and almost lost it a couple of times. I could not set up every thing I brought because I was afraid things would blow away. Not many customers because of the cold wind and it was just a four hour show. Despite all this, I managed to sell $450!
I didn't even bring my camera because I knew it would be a disaster!
One more show next Saturday. This is a Wood Art show at the the Woodcraft store in Ventura, CA. Only local Woodworkers will be displaying and selling. I did very well last year and hope to do a lot better this year!

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The Coffee Shop / Happy Birthday Steve!

« on: December 02, 2011, 12:29:05 am »

Happy Birthday Steve Good! May the birthday Fairy bring you some time off and lots of new woodworking tools!!!

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Computer questions / Cleaning a laptop

« on: November 24, 2011, 05:09:24 pm »

There was  thread on cleaning a monitor, But what is recommended for cleaning a laptop?

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The Coffee Shop / There Done!

« on: November 23, 2011, 08:28:38 pm »

With an orphan member, Some online Friends and another forum, I had nine Christmas ornament exchanges to do! They are all done, packaged and mailed! Now I can get back to finishing projects for two more shows!

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Hey GeneVG

« on: November 19, 2011, 10:08:56 pm »

Hey Gene, How did your show go?

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Pattern Requests. / Martini Glass Ornament

« on: November 13, 2011, 01:28:20 pm »

My wife has requested a martini glass ornament for her annual Martini party next month. I am not a pattern maker, So I ask the wonderful pattern makers out there!

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The Coffee Shop / Tony Wins Again

« on: November 06, 2011, 06:46:21 pm »

With three races to go in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship, Tony Stewart wins his forth race in the Race For The Chase. Karl Edwards finished Second, And retains the points lead by three points! I'm still rooting for Karl, but will cheer for Tony Too! Two races to go!

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The Coffee Shop / NASCAR

« on: November 05, 2011, 11:31:44 am »

I know most of you don't watch NASCAR racing and that's fine. Last night at the NASCAR truck race, Kyle Bush took out Ron Hornady who was contending for the championship. This was intentional after the two made contact on lap 14. The officials threw the yellow flag. While under the yellow flag, Bush came behind Hornaday and spun him into the outside wall taking out both trucks. Hornaday was still in contention for the championship while bush was not eligible. NASCAR parked Bush for the rest of the race. Bush was suspended from racing for the rest of the weekend, which means he can't race in the Nationwide race and in the Sprint Cup race. Bush was running for the Cup championship. With three races left, Bush is no longer a contender.
Personally, I think NASCAR did the right thing, What do you guys think?

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The Coffee Shop / Another win For Tony!

« on: October 30, 2011, 06:00:22 pm »

Hey Russ, Another win for Tony Stewart in the NASCAR race for the chase Championship! Crazy crazy Race. That puts Tony in second place with Karl still in first. Three races to go! I'm still rooting for Karl!

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The Coffee Shop / Congratulations GrayBeard!

« on: October 28, 2011, 11:35:20 pm »

Congratulations Ed! Your team did it! Sorry to the Ranger Fans.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Street Fair

« on: October 24, 2011, 12:03:24 am »

Last Sunday our woodworking club did the annual Street Fair in Thousand Oaks CA.
The club paid for the booth and we had about 12 members selling. I was the only Scroller. The problem with so many showing in one booth is not enough room to show items properly. We had three tables set up with no back drop to hang portraits and clocks. I tried to clump my stuff all together, but I also had some items spread around. I sold about 40 mini bird house ornaments, 25 gift card holders, several mini clocks and a hole slew of other stuff. Altogether we sold about $1700 with me selling the most at $550. Next year, We will have two booths and I will build a back drop!

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The Coffee Shop / GrayBeard

« on: October 20, 2011, 10:29:53 am »

Hey Ed, We are all patiently waiting for the good news!

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The Coffee Shop / Hey GrayBeard

« on: October 19, 2011, 12:28:30 pm »

I have been waiting for your post about your Baseball team.