Popular Post Iguanadon Posted October 23, 2017 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 23, 2017 So... Long story short, a tourist shop in Wilmington, the "big city" near me wants to stock some of my puzzles. She mentioned that anything with WILMINGTON or NORTH CAROLINA are very popular, so I called Harvey and have him putting WILMINGTON in the body of the swimming mermaid for me and in the meantime I showed the owner of the shop this simple thing I've made a couple of times. I didn't keep it in stock at my shows since it wasn't a puzzle although it had proven to be somewhat popular. I simply found a detailed outline of my state, found a font I liked and laid it out so that it would stand up straight and level. Then I used a wood burner to put a heart over our location. I had done it for a couple of other nearby states but never displayed or tried to promote them. But if you do craft events, you may want to consider doing it for your home state. Quick and simple. She loved it, so I just made 6 of them to deliver to her tomorrow. Scrolling Steve, lawson56, frankorona and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted October 23, 2017 Report Share Posted October 23, 2017 I like it Scott !......Are you going to add the pattern to your website ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguanadon Posted October 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, Scrolling Steve said: I like it Scott !......Are you going to add the pattern to your website ? Even better, I'll add it right here for free. :-) NOTE: Be sure to connect the "N" to the main piece. The pattern shows a slight gap. I never intended to share the pattern, so I didn't make it perfect/pretty. NC.pdf Edited October 23, 2017 by Iguanadon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted October 23, 2017 Report Share Posted October 23, 2017 very nice, I hope they sell well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWSUDEKUM Posted October 23, 2017 Report Share Posted October 23, 2017 Very nice, only 49 more to go Thanks for sharing this with us. DW amazingkevin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguanadon Posted October 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2017 (edited) If interested, here are the other states I've done patterns for to give you an idea of how/where to place the lettering... State-NY.pdf State-SC.pdf State-VA.pdf Edited October 23, 2017 by Iguanadon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam777 Posted October 23, 2017 Report Share Posted October 23, 2017 Awesome work Iggy, Happy for you on the business. Good luck there. Thank you for sharing Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTCowpoke22 Posted October 23, 2017 Report Share Posted October 23, 2017 Looks good. I haven't posted much lately because I've been busy doing state signs. They really seem to be the "in" thing right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted October 23, 2017 Report Share Posted October 23, 2017 11 hours ago, Iguanadon said: Even better, I'll add it right here for free. :-) NOTE: Be sure to connect the "N" to the main piece. The pattern shows a slight gap. I never intended to share the pattern, so I didn't make it perfect/pretty. NC.pdf Thanks , Scott !....Took a couple of copies ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfie Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 Nice work thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 Looks great. I am sure it will be a seller when more people who get to see it. Marg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blights69 Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 Looks great Scott nice touch as well offering them up on here for free amazingkevin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 Iggy,Super Fantastic job I,m gonna do that for Tenn, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaughn Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 Very impressive. I'll bet you will be cutting more of those!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty0312 Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 Pretty nice Scott!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjweb Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 Your doing a bang up job, what no Texas, RJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguanadon Posted October 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 32 minutes ago, rjweb said: Your doing a bang up job, what no Texas, RJ Actually, yes, I did Texas also... State-TX.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 I've seen those on pinterest and had planned to make some of them to see if they'd sell... Just hadn't got around to it yet.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguanadon Posted October 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 15 minutes ago, kmmcrafts said: I've seen those on pinterest and had planned to make some of them to see if they'd sell... Just hadn't got around to it yet.. Someone stole my unique, original design?!?!?! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 17 minutes ago, Iguanadon said: Someone stole my unique, original design?!?!?! LOL That might depend upon how long you've been doing it.. I first seen these about 2-3 years ago.. Your design is different in that you put the text on the outside of the state.. ones I seen was cut out if the shape, LOL and then they put a heart in the location the customer needed.. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 On 10/23/2017 at 6:07 AM, Iguanadon said: So... Long story short, a tourist shop in Wilmington, the "big city" near me wants to stock some of my puzzles. She mentioned that anything with WILMINGTON or NORTH CAROLINA are very popular, so I called Harvey and have him putting WILMINGTON in the body of the swimming mermaid for me and in the meantime I showed the owner of the shop this simple thing I've made a couple of times. I didn't keep it in stock at my shows since it wasn't a puzzle although it had proven to be somewhat popular. I simply found a detailed outline of my state, found a font I liked and laid it out so that it would stand up straight and level. Then I used a wood burner to put a heart over our location. I had done it for a couple of other nearby states but never displayed or tried to promote them. But if you do craft events, you may want to consider doing it for your home state. Quick and simple. She loved it, so I just made 6 of them to deliver to her tomorrow. the more the merrier for sales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevan Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 That's pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 It might be simple but it really looks great. Love the idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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