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How Do You Set Prices for Handmade Goods?
So you want to sell your work at a craft market. One of the most common questions that new makers ask is how to set prices. We all know that everything has a price, but we seldom think about why … Continue reading
Posted in Market, Wood and Woodwork, Woodenware
Tagged art, craft, craft fair, craft market, marketing, price point, price tag, pricing, sales, selling
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Do NOT Boil Your Wooden Spoons
You may have seen a TikTok video in which somebody tells you to clean your wooden spoons by boiling them in water. This person fills a pot with water, brings it to a boil, and then boils a handful of … Continue reading
Spoons, Spoons, and More Spoons
During market season, it sometimes seems like all I make is spoons, spatulas, and other wooden utensils. I take photos of a lot of my work, but I don’t always remember to post the photos here on my blog. So … Continue reading
Posted in Woodenware
Tagged craft market, spoon carving, spoon making, wooden spoon, wooden spoons
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How I Make a Spoon
From a tree to a spoon, this is how I make wooden cooking utensils. Continue reading
Posted in Wood and Woodwork, Woodenware
Tagged craft market, spoon carving, spoon making, wood spoon, wooden spoon, wooden spoons
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Essential Tools (for Me), Part 3: Spoon-Making Tools
Because spoon making has been such a big part of my woodworking, I think it’s appropriate that I write my 350th blog post about the tools I use to make spoons, spatulas, and other wooden utensils. These are by far … Continue reading
Posted in Wood and Woodwork, Woodenware
Tagged card scraper, carving gouge, coping saw, draw knife, drawknife, gouge, Heritage School of Woodworking, Homestead Heritage, Paul Sellers, Pfeil, spofford brace, spoke shave, spokeshave, spoon carving, spoon making, wooden spoon, wooden spoons
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How to Not Grow a Business
Most successful businesses have a growth mentality. But I don’t want to grow anymore. I want my craft market enterprise to shrink gracefully. Continue reading
Posted in Market, Musings, Wood and Woodwork, Woodenware
Tagged business, craft market, farmer's market, farmers market, growth, Market, price, pricing, production schedule, production time, shrinking gracefully, spoon making, time, value, vendor
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The Ukulele Spoon
Did you ever have one of those odd bits of wood hanging around the shop that is pretty useless but just nice enough not to throw away? For example: Quite a few years ago, I brought this little piece home … Continue reading
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Tagged mahogany, mahogany spoon, spoon carving, spoon making, treen, ukulele spoonn, woodenware
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125 Utensils in Three Weeks
It was already shaping up to be a busy market season when somebody messaged me wanting to know if I could make 125 little spoons and/or spreaders. A local company wanted to put together gift baskets with locally-made items, and … Continue reading
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What’s in a Name?
Since middle school, most of us have hesitated to let other people give us names. Name-calling is a basic tool in the toolbox of bullies and leaders of cliques. And even though our parents mostly gave us nice, socially-acceptable names, … Continue reading
Posted in Musings, Wood and Woodwork, Woodenware
Tagged business names, name, names, naming, Schuler Woodenware, the spoon guy
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A Note of Encouragement to Beginning Carvers
If you’re doing any wood carving these days, you probably belong to one or more Facebook groups for carving. Or you follow some expert carvers on Instagram. Seeing beautiful woodwork every day can be inspiring at first. But eventually it … Continue reading
Posted in Carving, Wood and Woodwork, Woodenware
Tagged carving, comparison, discouraged, discouragement, encouragement, influencers, perfection, progress, social media
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