Best day I've had in the shop all month

Last Thursday I was wrestling with a really stubborn leather spine that just wouldn't curve right, and my antique nipping press finally died after 20 years. But then a customer walked in and bought three of my custom journals for $75 each without even haggling. Has anyone else ever had a bad morning turn into a great afternoon like that?

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taylor3051mo ago

A few months back I had this one morning where my guillotine cutter jammed and I sliced my thumb open on a stray piece of binder's board. Blood everywhere, had to bandage it up with some scrap bookcloth. Then around 1pm a local author came in looking for a custom cover for her manuscript and ended up ordering a full run of 40 hardcovers at $50 each. Pretty much saved my whole month right there. Sometimes the worst starts turn into the best finishes.

the_riley1mo ago

Oh man, don't you just love when the universe decides to balance out your morning disasters with an afternoon miracle? My worst shop moment was when I accidentally knocked over a whole shelf of aged leather hides and they all landed in a puddle of water I'd left on the floor from cleaning my brushes. Spent two hours trying to salvage them and just ended up with wrinkly, ruined leather and a sore back. Then later that day a guy came in and bought five of my cheaper notebooks without even blinking. Guess I should spill more water on myself if that's what it takes to make a sale, right?