[TheForge] My first contract!!!YIPPEE!!!

[Daniel Kretchmar]

Hey All,
       Celebrate with me!!! Guess what?  I just got my first contract! Not a sale at a craft fair or a reenactment. An Architect saw my web site and asked me to submit a bid for 9 porch lights with an Arts and Crafts style.  Real simple design (about 4 hours a lamp).  They liked the demo and they accepted my bid.  The architect said that if I deliver on time there should be more orders later. 
       After a bunch of false starts on other possible jobs and even having some people "promising" big orders and then losing my number, I got a real contract.  I am getting the down payment this week. 

(I'll actaully celebrate when I have the check in my hand....no I think I'll celebrate when I have it cashed :)

If this works out I won't need to get another summer job again! (I am a teacher)  I can smith my way through the summer from now on!!!!

Wish me luck!

Dan
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Irontree Works
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