I’ve had enough down time over the past couple of weeks and it is time to get back into the shop and be productive. My inventory is pathetically low, and even though my first show of 2010 is three months away, it will be on me before I know it.
I had plans this weekend to get a lot of boards in the clamps, but discovered that I am out of walnut, which is used in just about everything I make. Since the lumber yard was closed this weekend, I had to make do with what little I had laying around. These are three 20”x7” boards that will probably end up as bread boards. I say probably because the bread boards and dipping boards are both the same size, and even though I sold out of both this month, I decided to build up the bread board inventory first since I can make them quicker.
December orders just flat ran me out in many categories. I need more dipping boards, wine snack trays, and the small end grain cutting boards. These were the biggest Christmas sellers this year with many people ordering multiple boards. This situation is actually freaking me out a little because I want to get started on the lazy susans. I already have one customer who wants two of them, but I have none made up right now. On top of this, I have a large, 16 foot long built-in entertainment center that I have to start next week for a customer. It looks like 2010 is going to start out with a bang.
January 1st, 2010 at 5:01 pm
Dennis,
If you don’t mind me asking, why did you close your 2 web-sites for selling your products and just go with ETSY? At least on of your previous sites appeared to be your own therefore you would not have to pay ETSY fees.
Jerry
January 8th, 2010 at 10:28 pm
It is just getting too difficult to maintain inventory on more than one site. When I sell out of a product on one site, I have to remember to update the other site. 90% of my online sales are coming from Etsy, so it doesn’t make sense to maintain duplicate sites. Thanks for asking.