hand crafted iron mermaid and fish sculptures make great gifts

Since I began offering my sculptures online, I have picked up on a couple trends that I wanted to share with everyone in regards to holiday shopping.  Obviously, the first trend most of you are far too familiar with.  That’s right, I am talking about procrastinating the purchase of that perfect gift for someone during the holidays.  If you have no idea what I am talking about, please feel free to stop reading now.   If you can relate and are considering purchasing an iron fish, crab, stingray or mermaid sculpture from me for someone this holiday season, please read on.

You will notice that in a couple places on my website I have placed an “FYI Urgent” in red font color text about the need to get your orders in early for Christmas and the holidays.  I want to stress this point to remind all customers and collectors that I am only one artisan/artist.  I employ one apprentice and we always start the holiday season a bit behind.  This leads me to tell you about the second trend I mentioned earlier.

September and October are dependably busy months due to increased wedding orders.  Also, for some reason, I notice that many customers and collectors get busy buying for themselves during this time of year.  I can’t explain why, but I can say that this puts us in a  position of strain(welcomed no doubt) in catering to my holiday customers time constraints. (more…)