Pretty good day

184 posts in 1525 days

1496 days ago

Saturday was our first art show of the year where the LOML works at John Tyler Community Collage here in Midlothian,Va. It is an annual event that features all types of artists and is a pretty big thing in this area. Weather was perfect,the crowd was big and was an over-all good day. Sales could have been better but overall we did decent considering the bum economy. We sold a few wooden cutting boards,a bunch of pens,a table, a jewelry box and hopefully a nice commissioned intarsia piece or two.Time will tell. Also had a lot of interest in the furniture repair and refinishing part of my business. Here is a picture of my booth

-- Mike --www.midlothianwoodworks.com

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spanky46 home \| projects \| blog 968 posts in 1563 days #1 posted 1496 days ago	A growing business looks like! Good work! -- spanky46 -- Never enough clamps...Never enough tools...Never enough time.
cabinetmaster home \| projects \| blog 10874 posts in 1730 days #2 posted 1496 days ago	Great looking booth. Hope you get those commissions. This is a tough economy. Good luck. -- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps
Allison home \| projects \| blog 818 posts in 1971 days #3 posted 1492 days ago	Very nice. Sounds like you did quite well in this economy. Nice looking booth -- Allison, Northeastern Ca. Remember, Amateurs built the Ark. Professionals built the Titanic!
Gene Howe home \| projects \| blog 3200 posts in 1601 days #4 posted 1492 days ago	How much for Mt. Vernon? -- Gene 'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton
wdkits1 home \| projects \| blog 184 posts in 1525 days #5 posted 1492 days ago	Hi Gene Actually that is Monticello and it is $4,000.00 -- Mike --www.midlothianwoodworks.com
Gene Howe home \| projects \| blog 3200 posts in 1601 days #6 posted 1492 days ago	Thanks. Mistook it and I just visited there last summer. Ah, the vagaries of age. So, any interest in it at the show? I mean serious interest of the buying type. I’m sure it caught plenty of peoples eye. I know, I was drawn to it. It looks like a beautiful bit of work. I just went to your site. It really is a beautiful piece! -- Gene 'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton
wdkits1 home \| projects \| blog 184 posts in 1525 days #7 posted 1492 days ago	Thanks Gene—Plenty of lookers but no takers at the show but we plan on going to Charlottesville this summer to the new Thomas Jefferson museum. -- Mike --www.midlothianwoodworks.com

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