Seattle Woodcraft's Holiday Hours

Wednesday, November 25th, Thanksgiving "Eve":  Close at 4 pm;

Thursday, November 26th, Thanksgiving:  Store Closed;

Friday, November 27th, Day-After-Thanksgiving:  Store OPENS at 7:30 am, and CLOSE at 9 pm;

Saturday hours (9 am - 6 pm) and Sunday hours (9 am - 5 pm) remain the same throughout the holidays.  Exception:  Sunday, December 13th, closing early at 4 pm;

Beginning Monday, November 30th through Wednesday, December 23rd, Monday through Friday hours will be 9 am - 9 pm;

Thursday, December 24th, Christmas Eve:  Close at 3 pm;

Friday, December 25th, Christmas:  Store Closed;

Thursday, December 31st, New Year's Eve:  Close at 3 pm;

Friday, January 1st, New Year's Day:  Store Closed

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New Products at the Store:     

•      Verathane - we have a new line of Verathane finishing products in stock.  Two interesting products in this line are the "foam" stain that allows you to easily apply stain to a vertical surface without a lot of messy dripping; and a really cool 'surface distressing kit' (two tools to help you mark-up new wood to make it look distressed; or simply if you want to take your frustrations out on a hunk of wood perhaps).  ;-)
•      Wood - Yes, Eli has brought in some nice 'book matched' pieces of wood; new pieces of quarter-sawn Zebra wood; and incredibly long 5/4 Koa.
•      Festool Levels - very well thought out design and ask about the built-in flashlight.
•      Coffee Bean Pen Blanks - our re-supply of this popular pen blank should be in no later than 11/11...get them now while you have time to make a holiday host or hostess gift for your favorite Starbucks affectioniado.

Carving Cruise, anyone?

Carving Magazine's Third Annual "Carving Cruise" aboard a Holland America Line ship to the Mexican Riviera is planned for January of 2010.  Special guest carvers will be Donna Menke and Pam Gresham.    If you'd like to learn more about the cruise, contact Kathleen@travelcenter4u.com.  We also have fliers about the cruise available for pick-up in the store.

Your "Hand Tool Coach", Rob Cosman, Returns in January!

Based on popular demand, our good friend, Rob Cosman is scheduled to return to your Seattle Woodcraft store to teach a three-day, hands-on project class in January, 2010.  (The 14th, 15th and 16th...see our class listing for more information.) 

As many of you know, Rob has joined us annually for several years now, and over 75 customers have experienced Rob's special way of explaining and teaching hand tool woodworking techniques.  And virtually everyone who has been a part of his highly educational workshops at the store has clamored for more...especially "hands-on" classes.  As a result, Rob has created this special three day class, representing a condensed version of the more extensive classes tuaght at his annual "Train the Hand" curriculum in Calgary.  So now, Seattle Woodcraft can deliver an economical version of the Hand Tool Master's classes to allow you to take your new-found skills and interest to the next level - right here in your own locale!  Rob is excited...and your Seattle Woodcraft staff are very excited to offer you this opportunity!

We have recently booked classes with Marquetry, Veneer and Inlay Expert Paul Schurch for April of 2010.  More details will be posted in our class section shortly.

 Do You Know About Our Weekly E-Mail Newsletter?

Please make sure you are signed-up to get the "Seattle" Woodcraft version of our e-mail newsletter.  How would you know which version you are now getting?  The Seattle version always starts with:  "Dear Friend of Seattle Woodcraft" and ends with "Helping You Make Wood Work..."  You can change your sign-up at any time for the Seattle version; just go to woodcraft.com or woodcraftnews.com page and "update your subscription by indicating that you live close to the 'Seattle' Woodcraft store and would like to be notified of local in-store events and specials."  Since the monthly hard copy flier is generally on a four month advance planning cycle, we do use our weekly email newsletter for last minute updates about store happenings. 

Here are a few 2009 dates to put on your calendar: 

• Saturday, December 5th, 10 am - 2:30 pm, Book-Author Signing Day!  Buy a selected book and get it autographed by the author - what a great gift!

Here are 2010 dates to look forward to:

• January 14th, 15th & 16th (Thursday, Friday & Saturday) - Rob Cosman returns for a special three-day Step Stool class.  Details are now posted and registrations are now being accepted.
• April 17th & 18th, Workshops by Veneer. Inlay and Marquetry Expert, Paul Schurch.  Full details posted shortly on the class page.

• Do you receive our monthly sales flyer? If not, send us an email with your name and address, and we'll sign you up!
• Do you receive our weekly email newsletter?  Let us know next time you're in the store and we'll add or update your e-mail address.  The weekly e-mail sometimes has valuable coupons for you, products on promotion, "news", free patterns at times, and more!  You can always unsubscribe if you don't like it (but most people do)!  
• Do you have one of our business cards for your wallet?  If not, let us know and we'll give you one...it's a quick reference providing you with our store hours, store phone number, e-mail address, and website, and directions to the store.
• Tell a woodworking buddy about our home page and our store.  We always enjoy meeting new customers!  (Don't forget, the coffee pot is always on and we have donuts on Saturday mornings!)  Thank you!