That’s what everyone says, do things in small steps. I tend
to be a jump in with both feet kind of person so passes the small steps with a
big leap. Not that I don’t understand that the small steps can be best, just
that I like my mom’s saying: “I still have all the patience I was ever given
because I never use it.”
With my wood working that seems to be a bit messed up since
my first memory of doing wood work is with my dad making me a boat out of a 2x4
when I was 5 or 6. While he was more cowboy than wood worker, he did get me
started with those simple toys.
Now that I am trying to take my wood work to another level I
am finding that the small steps are still hard, but I’m doing them. First small
step: make small items that will sell for under $50. Second step: find places
that will sell those for me. Third step: use those sells to fund the tools and
equipment to make the bigger pieces, forth step: find a place to sell those
bigger pieces.
Step one I am working on, I just need to have more
inventory. While twenty spatulas seems like a lot when you see them in a box,
spread them out on a table in two different locations and it looks pretty thin.
If you think about some of those selling and you need to restock them, twenty
is not nearly enough. So, add more spatulas to the “make now” list.
Step two is in the one store in Pendleton and one in Walla
Walla that currently have my items for sale. With the start of ‘tourist season”
here soon I hope sales go up quick.
Step three could be a bit more difficult, I have a couple of
bigger “art” pieces, but still need to work on more. Need to get my portfolio
finished and printed off in a professional shop so when I set up appointments
with potential sales locations I have something to show them prior to hauling a
lot of items to them.
I guess that might be step four, getting my portfolio to a
state where not only am I happy with it, but Lynn is as well. Look for progress
on that in the next few weeks.
One of the Big items.
