by Pat & Mike | Jan 20, 2016 | Blog
We learned many lessons in 2015. You’ve heard the phrase “work smarter – not harder”? That’s the plan for 2016. Happy new year! Redirect our energy Limit the number of shows – Time and money spent anticipating what customers...
by Pat & Mike | Dec 30, 2015 | Blog, Custom Metal Work
Looking Back at our Growth 2015 was a year of growth for Sunriver Metal Works. Looking back, we pushed the limits in the types of things we created. We did more shows than in 2014, created 138 new items in products, and shipped more Christmas orders than in 2014....
by Pat & Mike | Dec 24, 2015 | Blog, Custom Metal Work, Small Business
Snow presents challenges For anyone who has seen our Facebook posts over the last two weeks, you know we’ve been doing a significant amount of snow removal. Over the last 3 weeks (starting with our power outage), we received nearly 4 feet of snow. Check out...
by Pat & Mike | Dec 18, 2015 | Blog, Family, Favorites, Signs, Small Business
Christmas Snow! Last year’s Christmas snow fall in the Sunriver area was dismal, at best. It was a record drought year, and skiers in the area didn’t have much snow to work with at Mt. Bachelor. We created this snow gauge for a new customer as a 2014...
by Pat & Mike | Dec 2, 2015 | Blog, Nature
Horse Art make great gifts! One of the good things that came from a recent show we did was a new line of metal horse related products. We have done biking, fishing, and dogs, but not metal horse art. This Cowgirl/boy Boot Welcome sign was one of the more...
by Pat & Mike | Nov 17, 2015 | Blog, Custom Metal Work
When you’re a two person shop, it’s tough to keep up with Christmas requests for custom metal work. Add two Christmas shows into the mix, and (well) you get the picture. We’re already just a week away from Thanksgiving. So, that only leaves...
by Pat & Mike | Nov 11, 2015 | Blog, Custom Metal Work
Once upon a time we became so excited when we heard the notification “ding” from Wufoo contacts. It meant that someone was interested in finding out more about our custom metal work! But, just be careful what you ask for… Wufoo Contacts It’s a...
by Pat & Mike | Nov 2, 2015 | Blog, Custom Metal Work
Square Feet formula Sunriver Metal Works uses Square Feet to calculate the cost of our products. We determine what our square foot cost is at the beginning of each year. If prices fluctuate during the year, we revisit our per S.F. cost and adjust as necessary....
by Pat & Mike | Oct 20, 2015 | Blog, Custom Metal Work, Small Business
A customer asked just the other day about setting prices for our metal work. It’s difficult to apply a standard formula to what we do. I’m sure that’s the case with most small businesses. Setting Prices What’s interesting is that we came up...
by Pat & Mike | Oct 1, 2015 | Blog, Family
The partners at Sunriver Metal Works were in different parts of the country last week. Mike had to stay home and keep the work going, while Pat was visiting her mom in Wisconsin. So the start of this new day meant that Pat would be returning home. Sitting out on our...
