Santa

Until the day comes when either Scott or Sean bless us with a grandbaby, this is the best we can do.  Our little Ivy, she's so sweet!

Customs on the 1st day of Winter

Good Tuesday Morning,

I have 3 open spots on the board if anyone would like to place a custom order.  The first 3 requests through ETSY conversations will get the custom orders.

As a reminder, here are the rules of the "Custom Time" game.

• Existing design only, no "create it from scratch" designs.  Ebony is available, however it cannot be engraved.  An example of what will work would be a full body paua with banded borders.  In this example, the paua is being engraved, not the ebony, and the banded borders I cut by hand.
• The only information needed is a link to the sold or active stick, along with allowable changes which are wood type, gemstone / metal/metal flake inlays and length.  If it requires more information than what's listed above, it's considered a "create it from scratch" design.
• Just one order, and the first 3 to reply thru an ETSY conversation gets the custom.  

Update:

Mariaasa, you've got the 1st spot!
Shawnah, you've got the 2nd spot!

Custom Time

Good Saturday Morning,

I have 3 open spots on the board if anyone would like to place a custom order.  The first 3 requests through ETSY conversations will get the custom orders.

As a reminder, here are the rules of the "Custom Time" game.

• Existing design only, no "create it from scratch" designs.  Ebony is available, however it cannot be engraved.  An example of what will work would be a full body paua with banded borders.  In this example, the paua is being engraved, not the ebony, and the banded borders I cut by hand.
• The only information needed is a link to the sold or active stick, along with allowable changes which are wood type, gemstone / metal/metal flake inlays and length.  If it requires more information than what's listed above, it's considered a "create it from scratch" design.
• Just one order, and the first 3 to reply thru an ETSY conversation gets the custom.  

Update:

Nora, you've got the 1st spot!
KibiC, you've got the 2nd spot!
Kattabalou, you've got the 3rd spot!

This custom time game is now closed.

Custom Time

Good Morning,

I hope everyone is doing well this chilly Wednesday morning.  I have 3 open spots on the board if anyone would like to place a custom order.  The first 3 requests through ETSY conversations will get the custom orders.

As a reminder, here are the rules of the "Custom Time" game.

• Existing design only, no "create it from scratch" designs.  Ebony is available, however it cannot be engraved.  An example of what will work would be a full body paua with banded borders.  In this example, the paua is being engraved, not the ebony, and the banded borders I cut by hand.
• The only information needed is a link to the sold or active stick, along with allowable changes which are wood type, gemstone / metal/metal flake inlays and length.  If it requires more information than what's listed above, it's considered a "create it from scratch" design.
• Just one order, and the first 3 to reply thru an ETSY conversation gets the custom.  

Update:

Marcee, you've got the 1st spot!
Angelaxyz - you've got number 2!
Mariaasa, You've got the 3rd spot.!

The custom list is now closed.

Fridays - Our favorite day of the week

Good Morning All,

I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the holiday season, Santa's not far away.

I want to apologize for the abrupt cloaking of the blog for the past week, we had a few unanticipated distractions, but it's all good.  As you can see, you haven't missed anything.

So, this is our favorite day of the week, we have our Friday night get together with friends, I get to raise my head above ground level for a few hours.  Before the get together this evening however, I get to raise my a head a little higher, as in 2 stories higher.  There's an elderly gentleman (89 years old) who is a member of our Church, and I work with the "Helping Hands" committee.  He's a sweet old guy who just needs some help, and today myself and one of our Pastors are going to go clean his gutters.  For those of you that haven't had the distinct privilege of cleaning gutters, it's a nasty job, especially on a 2 story house.  We live in a 1 story house, and I paid someone to clean ours, so what's wrong with this picture :)  Afterwards it's off to visit my 93 year old mother who lives in skilled nursing, and then we go drink a few beers with our friends.  Suffice it to say, we're not going to be kicking out many sticks today, and hopefully neither I nor our Pastor will fall off the ladder, as that probably wouldn't be a good thing.

Let's talk about customs.  I've had a number of conversations this past week, and have taken quite a few custom orders, and I'm backed up a little bit.  For the time being, I'm not accepting new customs until I've tackled the internal list we've been keeping.  I should have the list cleared sometime next week.  For those of you that I've spoken to, thank you for your kind and encouraging words, and I meant what I said as it relates to your custom orders.

I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable weekend, I'll be back next week with an update on future custom orders. 

Doug

Custom Time

I have 2 open spots on the board if anyone would like to place a custom order.  The first 2 requests through ETSY conversations will get the custom orders.

As a reminder, here are the rules of the "Custom Time" game.

• Existing design only, no "create it from scratch" designs.  Ebony is not available.
• The only information needed is a link to the sold or active stick, along with allowable changes which are wood type, gemstone / metal/metal flake inlays and length.  If it requires more information than what's listed above, it's considered a "create it from scratch" design.
• Just one order, and the first 2 to reply thru an ETSY conversation gets the custom.  

...and 24 hours later, we have the 1st spot taken. I have more openings if anyone is interested.

Shawnah, you've got the 1st spot
SarahM, you've got the 2nd spot.

the list is now closed.

December 3rd Customs

Good Morning,

Hope everyone is doing well, Erin just reminded me that today is my birthday, so Happy Birthday to me.  We seem to be in a bit of a slump lately with slow sales and few custom orders.  While I'm certainly not a market analyst, I suspect it's due to Black Friday / Cyber Monday along with all of the other big box retailers trying to move their stuff.  Well, just like them, we need to move our stuff also, as we've got bills to pay just like everyone else.  So, I'm going to tweak the custom guidelines a bit.  Until further notice, I'm removing the 30 day time limit on customs, if I just finished a custom for you and you want another one, send me a note. 

Also, as it relates to current inventory, we'll be clearance pricing everything tomorrow around 1:00 PM. Similar in nature to a FNS without removing any inventory in the morning for price adjustments.

I have 3 open spots on the board if anyone would like to place a custom order.  The first 3 requests through ETSY conversations will get the custom orders.

As a reminder, here are the rules of the "Custom Time" game.

• Existing design only, no "create it from scratch" designs.  Ebony is not available.
• The only information needed is a link to the sold or active stick, along with allowable changes which are wood type, gemstone / metal/metal flake inlays and length.  If it requires more information than what's listed above, it's considered a "create it from scratch" design.
• Just one order, and the first 3 to reply thru an ETSY conversation gets the custom.  

Update:

pepperonisam19, you've got the 1st spot!
Lauren, you've got the 2nd spot!
Shawnah, you've got the 3rd spot!

...and only because it's slow, Mariaasa, you've got the 4th spot!

The list is now closed.