{"id":1455,"date":"2012-09-06T09:28:52","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T16:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wallypots.com\/?p=1455"},"modified":"2012-09-27T09:57:05","modified_gmt":"2012-09-27T16:57:05","slug":"keeping-busy-with-the-big-chili-cook-off-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wallypots.com\/?p=1455","title":{"rendered":"Keeping busy with the Big Chili Cook-Off awards."},"content":{"rendered":"

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We’re having a really good summer here in the sales department at Wallyworld.\u00a0 One reason is a series of large orders from the Keith Fleming Gallery<\/a> in Port Clinton, Ohio.\u00a0 Over the past few months we’ve shipped them hundreds upon hundreds of pots and they are now my top-selling gallery for 2012.\u00a0 It’s great to have such an amazing new account!\u00a0 The other reason my sales are up right now is that the buying mood overall is a lot better.\u00a0 A lot of the new accounts that I took on in the past year have been re-ordering steadily lately.\u00a0 If you have been reading this blog over the years, you will note that this is significantly better than the dark days of 2008 – 2010 when I had to take a job with the U.S. Census<\/a> because my business was so slow.\u00a0 So every time I hear Mitt Romney ask that rhetorical question, “Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” I answer with a resounding, “Yes!”\u00a0 Those rhetorical questions can cut both ways, can’t they?<\/p>\n

So here’s a nice little “How To” photo essay on our yearly ritual of making the Big Chili Cook-Off<\/a> awards.\u00a0 This is a fundraiser for the mountain area volunteer fire departments in Evergreen, CO. I’ve been doing these awards for ten years now, and it’s a great event to be a part of.\u00a0 This year we made ten of the “chili chalices” and six bowls with a total labor hour tally of over forty hours for my assistant and I.\u00a0 Each piece has original cartoons that go with the theme of the award (e.g. “best showmanship” – fire-breathing bikini roller skate chili).\u00a0 I always gripe about how much effort these pots take, but by the time the kiln rolls out, I’m really happy with the results.<\/p>\n

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