MBridges

Thanks everybody! The show went well. It was my first every show and I did $250 in sales (only spent $40 on the booth) and got an invite to another sale in Nov. at an elementary school's fall craft fair. It'll have more people come thru than this one did so we'll see how that goes. Kevin - I haven't see any of the boy or girl plaques in stores here. I've sold 1 of each, but that's it so far. I completely agree with the stamped or lasered items and that ours are unique and handmade and on good wood making them worth more. Good luck on your show! My feelings for the first show were as long as I made back my fees and a litle more I would have been happen. That being said I was thrilled with the outcome As far as an suggestion box, I actually bought a couple receipt books at Office Max and took orders.

I've been popping in once in a while and catching up on posts, but was spending a lot of time getting ready for my first show. Here's a few of the projects I was working on

Mine is def. the Olsen #3 Mach Series.

HI Chance and welcome. I have the DW788 and love it. It's needing a tune up though after 12 years of scrolling on and off, but has been very reliable. You'll love your new purchase.

That is absolutely amazing and detailed! Thank you for sharing.

Those look really good!

Looks Amazing.. I love her patterns.

I have the DeWalt and love it! Don't forget to check places like Craigslist and maybe you can get lucky and find a good used one or a new on there.

I wish they'd do that hear. I'd love to have some of that stuff!

Welcome Crystal

That looks good. I like the double image

Very Nice!!

Susie, I don't know what Ace sells it for, but Sloan's Woodshop is another source you can use for comparison or if Ace is out Doug, Glad I could help and contribute

I sell by word of mouth and give items out as gifts. My sales have really picked up in the last 6 months which is awesome. It's still a hobby to me, but I sell enough to pay for my hobby plus a little extra. We'll see how my first show goes next month LOL

If I don't have any orders and I'm cutting just because I like to and slowly building up an inventory, I cut what I like I figure if it doesn't sell I'm happy to keep it and chances are if I liked it so will someone else. For the show I'm doing next month I'm trying to build an inventory in a hurry. Given my region I'm doing mostly wildlife and relgious themed stuff with of course some holiday themes mixed in. I'm doing a few more detailed items for orders taht I can stack cut and have extra for the show, but when cutting just for the show I'm doing low to medium detail so I can my prices fairly low and still make a profit. One thing I'm going to do is buy Sue Mey's cross that has "Faith, Hope, Love, Courage" in it along with the ribbon shape and make some pink backers. I think people will LOVE those for Christmas gifts for cancer survivors. She has another one that is for autism I plan to get. Not sure if that helped but just a couple of the ideas I'm going with for mine