DISCOUNT FOR THIS WEEK ONLY!

DISCOUNT FOR THIS WEEKEND ONLY! MUST COMMENT AND TELL US WHAT YOUR FAVORITE FIRESCREEN IS - AND WHY - and then email us at vintinwelding@gmail.com asking for the coupon code for 15% off ANYTHING in our shop! www.etsy.com/shop/vintin

Updates!!!!

Okay, we are past the 1500 LIKES milestone on Facebook! This is awesome news! Thank you everyone for your support!!

 UPDATES:

•  WE ARE WORKING VIGOROUSLY TO GET OUR WEBSITE (WWW.VINTINWELDING.COM) UP AND RUNNING BUT IT HAS PROVEN TO BE MORE LABOR INVOVLED THAN WE BANKED ON, SO IT MIGHT NOT BE PUBLISHED UNTIL JANUARY 2015. 
•  IF YOU HAVE NOT YET HEARD OUR GOOD NEWS, WE HAVE A NEW BABY! OUR 1969 MERCURY COUGAR SOLD TO A MAN IN NEW YORK, AND WE WENT OUT AND BOUGHT DANNY'S DREAM CAR FOR A DEAL WE COULDN'T PASS UP! BYE BYE COUGAR. WE LOVED YOU AND WE WILL MISS YOU.

HELLO '51 MERC!

• ANOTHER PIECE OF NEWS: WE ARE EXPECTING BABY #5! :) We are just overwhelmed with how the Lord has blessed our business and our family. It is a WHOLE lot of work, but very rewarding and fun. Lord willing, our sons will be able to blacksmith as teenagers and learn the trade and many other important, invaluable skills while working alongside their Dad. 
• A BIG update that I never mentioned on the blog - but I mentioned everywhere else! We moved the shop in May! We moved from a 2 car garage to a 4200 sq foot building (that's just the main level!). For up to date pictures and announcements, follow us on Instagram (http://instagram.com/vintinwelding) and Facebook (facebook.com/vintinwelding)! Here's a few pictures of the blacksmith palace!

This is a photo of BEFORE we had a landscaping company remove 6 huge bushes that were blocking our "show room" door!

This is a photo of how it looks now, after we dug a new flower bed to help create a comfortable ambiance as you approach our "show room" ;).

Our coal bin!  

Our mail room is no longer in our house, it's at the shop!

One view from the welding table...

Facing away from the back wall, looking towards the main shop door (not the show room door, but the door everyone uses right now).

Facing the anvil and forge, and newly installed power hammer, where the magic happens.

Danny, proud new owne...err, I mean renter of this beautiful building.

View from the far corner, looking toward the main door.  Natural light is certainly not an issue here!

This was when we first moved in - this is another section of the shop, where a lot of automotive parts are currently being stored.  I, Katie, am unclear as to what is happening in this room. Update later.

There you have it!  Comment on this blog post and email us at vintinwelding@gmail.com to tell us that you did - and you will be entered to win a $20 coupon off of anything in our Etsy shop!  We will draw a winner Friday, August 15, at noon!  Thanks and good luck!!!

Giving away some hooks!

As of this morning we only need 2 more FIVE star ratings on our Facebook (50 total ratings is what we are aiming for) in order to give away 4 of these little beauties!  Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/vintinwelding and rate us!  We are grateful for your time and your support.  

Faux Antique Firescreen

Special St. Patty's Day Sale!

Phasing out the small stuff....

Okay so after much deliberation and prayer, we have decided to phase out the "small stuff" in our Etsy shop.  We have about 70 open orders, and we have had about 70 open orders for the last year...  We are doing our best to get the list narrowed down but unfortunately one blacksmith can only do the work of one blacksmith.  And, although we never hear negative feedback about the quality of craftsmanship, we do hear some complaints about the wait time.  Because we want all of our clients to be 100% satisfied with our shop, we would rather not have the little stuff available for purchase.  This will do two things: 1) reduce the amount of orders and 2) invite another crowd or type of clientele.  We expect that the new group of clientele will be more than glad to wait a few weeks for their very large order.  One of the great qualities about our business is that just about everything is custom order.  So if you order a bathroom set, and you want the towel bar to be 33 5/8" wide exactly, then it will be!  We don't know any other iron work company that offers that service.  We want to continue this for many years.

As of April 1, 2014, you'll no longer be able to order one toilet paper holder, or one towel ring, or one towel bar.  You'll either need to order the set, or you can email us and ADD a toilet paper holder, towel ring, or towel bar to your order.  

In no way do we want to come across as if we don't appreciate the customers who order the individual pieces.  We love you !!  You have helped to build our company from one order a week to 20 orders a week!  This is amazing and we appreciate where we have come from and where we are going.  

The last 3.5 years that we have been selling our hand forged ironwork on Etsy has been incredibly rewarding and we have learned so much.  We know we are still a teeny tiny business but this is our livelihood, and Danny no longer does odd jobs to support us.  We've been self employed, business owners since 2007, but it wasn't until 2011 that Danny was able to turn down small jobs.  This is a huge blessing!  We are so honored that God is growing our business.  Having four kids, and both of us being stay at home parents who work from home, and home schooling our kids together (beginning fall 2013), we have a lot on our plate!  Thanks for your continued support!

Please invite your friends and family to join us on our social media sites.  Here are the links:

ETSY: www.etsy.com/shop/vintin 

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/VinTinWelding

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/VinTinWelding

INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/VinTinWelding

YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/user/vintinwelding

BLOG: http://vintin-welding-and-fabricating.blogspot.com/

PINTEREST: www.pinterest.com/vintinwelding

Shop small and local!  Over 50% of the money you spend with a local, small business, goes right back into the community.  

Thanks again!
Danny and Katie @ VinTin

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New listings!

Check out our Etsy shop for many new listings available!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/181748115/set-of-2-hand-forged-iron-rocket-shelf

Giveaway!

Check out Facebook for our current giveaway!!! Www.Facebook.com/vintinwelding
Drawing a winner tomorrow!!!

VinTin Forging a Leaf

New member in the VinTin family!~

No, I'm not talking about our 5 month old.  I'm talking about our 50lb Little Giant Hammer.  If you don't know anything about power hammers... no, this doesn't weigh 50 lbs.  It weighs 2000 lbs and it uses a 50 lb hammer.  It's awesome.  I'll post links of it in use SOON!!!  Time to get it put back together.  Danny had to dissemble it to haul it back here from Michigan this weekend.   Check back soon!