11-04-2012 03:00 AM
by clieb91 |
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Well we had our second of 4 shows today. I woke up this morning with a massive backache (and it is still here), I can tell you I feel bad for anyone out there that experiences this on a regular basis. But anyway the truck got loaded and we drove down the street and I started to get things set up. Got everything in place.
It was a rather slow start to the day but traffic picked up and we came out well. Big seller today was more of my wife’s crayon rolls and also my pens made a gre...
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11-07-2011 01:55 AM
by clieb91 |
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As my wife put it, “It is an odd feeling knowing that people we don’t know are now using stuff that we made.”
Yesterday we sold at our first craft fair. It was a rather nice day and the venue was small, the local HOA puts it on each year at the community center. Our focus was primarily Puzzles and Games. We have shopped a number of the local shows the past few years and noticed it was a bit lacking in this area so we figured it would be a good area to focus on. DW did a number of sewn game...
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10-31-2011 02:40 AM
by clieb91 |
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To those of you on the east coast. I can not believe it snowed 2 days before Halloween. But anywho, hope everyone is doing ok, sounds like Connecticut got hit pretty bad.
This weekend was the big Halloween Program at my work so I finally got to display the cut outs I have been doing. I did a lot of the cutting out, the tracing was done by another person and my staff helped with a few of the smaller ones. It came out looking pretty neat, even though I had to put the witches back up a few ti...
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05-11-2010 02:12 AM
by DonW |
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Several LJs have asked for a blog entry sharing how I made the mini-puzzles that I use to encourage “re-gifting”. They are really very easy to do for those comfortable with using a scroll saw. Here are the steps…
1. Select the subject of your puzzle. I use business card sized cards that are available at Christian bookstores. They are bright, colorful and have inspiring messages. However, you could do the same project with sports or non-sports trading cards, etc. They woul...
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12-27-2009 08:10 AM
by moshel |
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This is a really good book that has many many puzzles. It is also oriented toward the woodworker so there are construction hints, etc
http://www.puzzleworld.org/PuzzleCraft/pc92.pdf
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07-09-2007 08:27 PM
by Damian Penney |
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Nice tutorial on making puzzles with your table saw
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