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Introduce Yourself. / Re: HELLO MATES

« on: February 09, 2011, 09:31:56 am »

SUMMER, bring it on   We got dumped on again yesterday 20-30 cm, again, and three more low pressures lined up to hit us between now and Tuesday
We may need to go look for summer before to long

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Intarsia / Re: Hummingbird

« on: January 29, 2011, 07:10:28 pm »

That is some impressive work, I hope my Geek turns out half as well. 

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Intarsia / Re: Squirrel

« on: January 29, 2011, 06:44:28 pm »

That is a nice tidy job, thanks for the look.

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Intarsia / Re: Another piece finish

« on: January 29, 2011, 06:41:16 pm »

Very nice job, thanks for sharing.

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Pattern Requests. / Re: Can anyone make this into a sign Pattern?

« on: January 27, 2011, 07:10:05 pm »

Paul this could work for me as well . Thanks.

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Pattern Requests. / Re: Computer geek

« on: January 25, 2011, 09:10:25 pm »

Intarsia92 Thanks I got the message and replied.

Paul you amaze me, it is close to what I had in mine only I was thinking an over the shoulder view with some thing on the screen possibly GEEK, his name,  "Ken", or "Ken's Computers" or something that would be common to all IT junkies. Thanks for your effort.

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Pattern Requests. / Computer geek

« on: January 25, 2011, 12:15:09 pm »

Hi Folks I am looking for an intarsia pattern of a guy working at a computer. It is for a friend of mine who is very gifted ( not like me)  when it comes to computers. He has helped me out of many expensive situations. Thanks

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: FD Ultra Reverse blades

« on: November 30, 2010, 07:49:29 pm »

 :)I have been using the FDUR blades for some time now and wouldn't use anything else. Mike is great, he will call you if he is in doubt about your order. Keep up the wonderful work Mike

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: thank you all

« on: November 24, 2010, 09:19:31 pm »

Hi Cherie, we had a similar situation, my grandaughter had been banned from us by her mother when our son's marrage to her fell apart. The young girl made it right by wanting to be part of our lives and now once again she is in a big way. The Lord has a way reward those who have faith, so hang in there. If He lead you to it, He will lead you through it. Good luck, things will get better:)

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Christmas Bazaar

« on: November 23, 2010, 03:42:27 pm »

Bill, I know where you are coming from. I had the same experience just this weekend and sold 1 key chain. I am back to the real world now and is once again cutting what I want and enjoy doing.
Clyde

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Frustrated

« on: November 21, 2010, 11:06:26 am »

Good advice Paul. I have sold many items through word of mouth or because I donated an item to a community group.  At the Craft Fair yesterday there were 150 exhibitors, that is  too much for a person to take in. With  the crowd and the amount of material to choose from, maybe I am lucky to have sold a key chain. I did learn one thing, in this area I will need to look at other venues to market my product. Has anyone else out there found innovative/ creative ways to market their wares?  Thanks for the advice.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Frustrated

« on: November 20, 2010, 09:10:42 pm »

Thanks folks, I was a tad disappointed with the whole affair. My wife and you people remind me why I enjoy scrolling. Most of my stuff do go as gifts  or is given to church and other groups to raffle and make some much needed funds. All that counts is that I feel good scrolling and I do make people happy with the gifts. I have put a lot of crosses and plaques in the houses of my friends and family. However,  it would have been nice to sell just a few items. I found out after that there were others selling similar but inferior pieces for a fraction of what I could sell it for and there were commercially produced items as well. . I said from the beginning that I would bring it home and give away as gifts rather than sell it to people that want something for nothing. Thanks.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Frustrated

« on: November 20, 2010, 03:35:45 pm »

How do you make any money from your hard work?? Today I participated in my first real craft fair. I went well prepared, low priced ornaments and key chains ($5.00, $6.00) , mid line items, $10.00 to $ 25.00  intarsia and fretwork and some higher priced fretwork  items but nothing over $60.00 and that included the frame. The items were of good quality with lots of detail . I sold one, (1), yes, one, key chain for $6.00 and $2.00 for postage. There was good traffic, 1200 to 1400 people over 6 hours. There were over 150 exhibitors. What did I do wrong??

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Pattern Requests. / Re: Who care's if it's raining

« on: October 31, 2010, 07:33:12 pm »

I have to cut that one, Thanks Paul. It is very fitting considering all the rain we get here.

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Pattern Requests. / Re: Frog Hanger

« on: September 28, 2010, 08:03:37 pm »

  Cute Paul. It has lots of possibilities I can see a bunch of these on the fence by my water fountain.