Come Shop on Facebook

I have set up shop on Facebook and you can now shop to your hearts content for all of your parachute cord paraphernalia. PayPal is the only method of payment right now. It’s still a work in progress, I am continuing to tweak minor items and options but I have some bracelet styles, necklaces, and key fobs to purchase. If you would like a custom application,  please let me know and I will add it to the store for purchase when it is finished, it may even become a featured product. I would appreciate any business that you can bring. So, pass the word along and click the like button to get a better price (up to a dollar off on bracelets).
Tomorrow I will be running a special END OF THE WORLD sale. So stock up on survival gear just in case you do actually survive.

I am not looking to make rich off of sales, rather help to meet financial obligations as I continue my progress toward my Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering OIT and trying to support my wife and four kids. I only have five more quarters to go and funds are getting tight.

Thanks for you interest and have a very Merry Christmas.

Bazar was really bazar……

Well the bazar came and went as fast a time would go. It was nice that we were in greenhouses with heaters, but it was still cold at times. Starting time was 10 am and was scheduled to proceed until 7 pm on December 14-15. The first day was much like a ghost town, where we played the role of the ghosts haunting the greenhouses. Saturday I didn’t consider much of an improvement. So, how did I do? Depends on which kind of news your in the mood for. To quote from the movie Robin Hood: Men in tights “…maybe if you put the bad news in a good way it won’t seem so bad.” Fortunately I can put both in one convenient package.
I have lots of stock as of this weekend.
If you didn’t catch on to that, the bazar went horrible. Thank goodness I didn’t have to pay space rent (whew!). I think I sold two items to outside customers, a hanger cover made by my mother and a crocheted hat made by my wife (kudos to them). I think the vendors created more business than the public did. A lot of inter-vendor selling,bartering and charity seemed to take place. I personally made out on the plus side of this scheme. One of the vendors gifted my son a set of sleeper pants and pillow case. Another gave me about a dozen or so Lindt Chocolate truffles and yet another handed out a cheese ball to all the vendors in the respective greenhouse. Two vendors purchased two paracord items.
Needless to say I think everyone walked away disappointed. The only nice part about it was the comradery that  was developed over the two days. There was a lot of standing around with not much to do (unless you worked on making more product). So, I whiled the time away by making some more bracelets. There are some lovely and generous people out there and it is awesome to be a part of a community of such great people.
All in all I don’t think I will be selling at that event again. The summary that I heard about last year was that it was pretty much the same way. There were a number of factors that seemed to be against catching the publics eye, from newspaper screw ups to holding it too late in the season and maybe little bit of inclimate weather. So any business that I get from now until the Farmer’s Market starts up again will be through webspace and word of mouth. I just started a Facebook page so click the link and check it out. Pass the word on to your friends and click the like button. I would much appreciate it.

Grand Opening……..

It’s a few days before my first Christmas craft bazar for selling parachute cord bracelets and various products in Oregon. Money is tight non-existent (at least for buying gifts) this Christmas and I am glad that I have a talent that I can use to make some money with till my next term in college. So if you found your way here congratulations and thank you for checking out my blog. 
This blog will be used to show case some of my products and custom projects in knot tying. I have been practicing for about two years. It has been very fun and exciting to understand the role that knots play in our everyday lives and just how endless their application is.
All of the products that are pictured are for sale and I can custom make any size, color and hardware combination if so desired. Please feel free to contact me if you want something custom that you don’t see pictured. Each bracelet contains approximately eight feet of 550 parachute cord (for average adult size bracelet).