tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46866459220569507972011-12-11T09:19:12.583-08:00a blog by Norris Arcade SticksTim & Briehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17527359844718325140noreply@blogger.comBlogger731100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686645922056950797.post-20630755136336245762011-12-11T09:12:00.001-08:002011-12-11T09:19:12.605-08:00

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Saturday afternoon, 12/3/2011, we will have a new Premium Hardwood Case for sale. Here’s a teaser pic of the wood used for the case.

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Tim &amp; Briehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17527359844718325140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686645922056950797.post-63232384729202493422010-10-04T09:19:00.000-07:002010-10-04T09:20:42.698-07:00

The White Painted Case has sold. We will be back later with another painted case. Premium Update: There will not be any new Premium (a/k/a fancy hardwood) cases until the end of the year at the earliest, hang in there they will be worth the wait.

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We just posted a new painted case for sale; you can see more photos and information on how to purchase it here. You may need to F5 refresh if you have us bookmarked.

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We will have a painted case for sale this weekend!

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Our apologies for the delay (work...life...blah blah blah), we are still working on a couple painted cases, one of which will be completed and posted for sale before the end of the month. We will post a few days in advance before listing it for sale. Thanks for hanging in there; hope everyone had a great summer! Are you guys ready for Halloween? Looks like this guy is going as a Cranky Bumble

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The Black/Blue/Green Curly Maple case has sold. We will be back later this month/earlier next month with painted cases!Have a great day!

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We just posted a new case for sale; you can see photos of it and information on how to purchase it here.This case was very difficult to photograph. We found it hard to achieve an accurate photo of this case's color. The best solution we could come up with was to create two films of the case, one taken outside and one taken inside to accurately depict how the color changes in different

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Wow it’s been a while, sorry to be so MIA. We are just finishing up a new Premium DIY Case that we plan to have available for purchase *Sunday morning.The Painted Case Well has been a little dry lately; fear not, we are presently working on a few new painted cases as well as a new painted case design but more about that later.We now return you to your regularly scheduled program.

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The maple case has been purchased. Please take a moment and visit the ASPCA to learn about all the ways you can Go Orange for Animals this month and remember We Are Their Voice!

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Did you know that April is Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month? In honor of this, Norris Arcade Sticks will be donating 100% of our proceeds from the sale of this case to the ASPCA (please note this is not a tax deductible purchase). In addition to the case, purchaser will receive an Orange ASPCA T-shirt (Size XL), a Dog Bandana and 3 ASPCA Wristbands to help them Go Orange for Animals!

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Keep an eye out for a special premium late this weekend or early next week!

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Sorry we have been MIA recently, rest assured we are working hard to bring you some new cases not just laying around the house. Well, maybe one of Team Norris is :) We don’t anticipate any cases will be done before the end of the month but hang in there as there will be plenty of cool stuff coming in April.

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Case building is a bit of a double edged sword; you get into it because you love playing video games but end up with no time to play said video games. Having such little time for gaming we usually just go to our favorite standby, Street Fighter IV, when we have a chance to play. Recently though we have found another way that allows us to check out a bunch of new games in a spare hour or two.If

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Although basically every cell phone has an alarm function, I have never had occasion to use mine until recently. I am one of those people that always needs a second alarm; especially with the chance of a power failure or hitting the off button instead of snooze on one of those all important meeting days. Unfortunately, two weeks ago my trusty backup alarm clock passed on. Having recently

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The red case has sold, we will be back later with more painted cases!

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We just posted a new painted case for sale, you can see it here. You may need to F5 refresh if you have us bookmarked.

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This weekend we celebrated Tim’s birthday!There was some Street Fighter,A few Banana CupcakesAnd of course, Woodworking.This one is a special personal case that we started last year and have had little time to move beyond the glue-up stage. It is made from a seriously expensive but well worth the money amazing Vera Wood a/k/a Maracaibo Lignum-Vitae. The wood has a “Little Tree” car air

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The white case has sold, we will be back later with more painted cases!

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We just posted a new painted case for sale, you can see it here. You may need to F5 refresh if you have us bookmarked.

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Although still recovering from our holiday hangover, we have started on new projects and designs. There will be more about that at a later date but here’s a teaser. Also, we will be a little light on Premium cases for the next few months but we will have painted cases available, maybe even something in the next week. Hope everyone had a nice holiday season and are ready for a great 2010!

Tim &amp; Briehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17527359844718325140noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686645922056950797.post-5040194632387933152010-01-08T16:55:00.000-08:002010-01-09T19:25:26.167-08:00

If the animals that will benefit from the $165.00 donation Norris Arcade Sticks made to the ASPCA from our 2009 sales could, they would most certainly say thank you. Since We Are Their Voice, we want to say Thank You to our customers. Their purchases allowed us to make this donation; we hope to double it next year.On another note, if you are already thinking about adding a pet to your family

Tim &amp; Briehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17527359844718325140noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686645922056950797.post-41801882968644989672009-12-31T15:02:00.000-08:002009-12-31T15:06:11.724-08:00

2009 was freagin awesome, thanks mostly to our fabulous customers. Here’s to good health and prosperity for all in 2010. Hope everyone has a great New Years Eve and don’t forget to “phone home” for a designated driver.

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We hope everyone had a nice holiday. Every year for Christmas we bake up cookie boxes as gifts for friends and family. We thought we would share a virtual box with our readers. This year we made over 9 different cookies in addition to peanut brittle that was drizzled with a dark chocolate peanut butter mixture.The tin in the middle is filled with our most requested treat: mini Pumpkin Whoopie

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We just posted a new case for sale, you can see it here. This will be our last case of 2009!Happy Holidays!

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We were hoping to have more painted cases this month but California has been uncharacteristically rainy/humid preventing us from being able to paint and/or clear coat. We might have one finished premium coming up later this week.Happy Holidays!

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Both the Purpleheart/Maple and the Black Painted cases have been purchased. We will be back in a week or two with more for sale.

Tim &amp; Briehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17527359844718325140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686645922056950797.post-37129810696299724192009-11-29T16:33:00.000-08:002009-11-29T16:44:53.601-08:00

Hope everyone had a great holiday. We just posted some updates to the website so make sure to F5 and refresh your bookmarked pages. Some of the new things to check out:• We now have Accessories for sale. Right now it’s just our Button Labels but we hope to add a few more things next year.• Painted cases have returned! We have started painting our textured finish cases again, keep on the

Tim &amp; Briehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17527359844718325140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686645922056950797.post-67513858185481113062009-11-25T18:18:00.001-08:002009-11-25T18:19:25.659-08:00

We are still working on the site and probably won’t have it up until Sunday or Monday. In the meantime...

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Sorry there haven’t been more new cases recently, we are currently working on some additions and changes to the website. We hope to have everything done next week and will definitely have at least one new case available then.

Tim &amp; Briehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17527359844718325140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686645922056950797.post-7048151494958717402009-11-06T09:32:00.000-08:002009-11-06T09:43:41.648-08:00

A few weeks back we took a quick day trip to Temecula. While there we stopped at The Swing In Cafe (home of the best bacon on the planet and a delicious breakfast served all day) located in Old Town Temecula. But this post is not about tasty restaurants, it’s about their Hot Rod Fridays which they host from 3 to 9pm. Unfortunately, we had to get on the road to beat the traffic but we did see a

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Happy Halloween from Norris Arcade Sticks!

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Have you ever had one of those days where you’re working on a project, moving along well and envisioning finishing early with enough daylight to take some great pictures of your completed masterpiece? Our Sunday started out that way and ended with zero sunlight, a sink full of dirty dishes and a strong desire to go to bed, so our apologizes for these poorly lit and hastily taken photos of

Tim &amp; Briehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17527359844718325140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686645922056950797.post-15535826062292180382009-10-22T22:03:00.001-07:002009-10-22T22:03:51.988-07:00

We sold the Canary case this evening. We will have another case (a different kind of hybrid case) available in a bit.

Tim &amp; Briehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17527359844718325140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686645922056950797.post-37472656913737419792009-10-19T16:25:00.000-07:002009-10-20T07:35:26.392-07:00

We just put up a Canary hardwood case for offers; it features one of our new designs, the Big Nose. Please stop by and check it out, you can see it by clicking here. *Important: If you have our For Sale website page bookmarked you may need to F5 to refresh the screen in order to view the new case for sale.

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We should have the new case up for offers tomorrow evening. Here’s a small sneak peak.

Tim &amp; Briehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17527359844718325140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686645922056950797.post-20677011589369479502009-10-12T15:46:00.000-07:002009-10-12T20:07:01.633-07:00

We are hoping to have a new case available this weekend provided we get some good picture taking weather later this week, right now we are preparing for some much needed rain. In the meantime, enjoy this tasty treat from Halloween 2008. We got the idea for this Bride of Frankenstein cake from the Wilton website (although we think it turned out more like the Bride of Homer Simpson). It

Tim &amp; Briehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17527359844718325140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686645922056950797.post-43124028482733675472009-10-04T20:49:00.000-07:002009-10-04T20:56:43.845-07:00

As you may have already discovered, stick building is not a gold mine. It is a minimal to medium profit business that is fueled by a love for the craft. More often than not the artistic value will far outweigh the monetary. The best way to keep down your building costs are to purchase the right materials from the best vendors and to wisely take advantage of discount opportunities.Before we get

Tim &amp; Briehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17527359844718325140noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686645922056950797.post-18409917911173927142009-09-24T16:45:00.000-07:002009-09-24T16:47:39.498-07:00

We sold the Claro Walnut case this evening. We will have another case available in a few weeks.

Tim &amp; Briehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17527359844718325140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686645922056950797.post-55828428435058225572009-09-23T19:21:00.000-07:002009-09-24T16:48:23.598-07:00

Sorry this is later than promised; Brie came down with another bout of the flu and had to make a visit to the doctor. We just put up a new Claro Walnut case for offers. Please stop by and check it out, you can see it by clicking here.

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We're all better and back to work! Keep an eye out for a new case Monday or Tuesday.

Tim &amp; Briehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17527359844718325140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686645922056950797.post-82653062463901959952009-09-10T20:07:00.000-07:002009-09-10T20:09:04.724-07:00

Sorry we have been absent of late, unfortunately, all of Norris Arcade Sticks has been stricken with the flu. We hope to have a classy new case available for offers in a week or so. Thanks,Tim & Brie Norris Arcade Sticks

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So these new designs aren’t exactly playable but they are certainly edible. The Back-Story:For starters, aside of The Office and Lost one of Brie’s favorite shows are those Food Network cake challenges. While, her 29th Birthday was yesterday and two weeks ago I asked her what kind of cake she would like for it, she responded with an arcade stick cake challenge. The Rules:• The cake had to

Tim &amp; Briehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17527359844718325140noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686645922056950797.post-72445798876543843492009-08-23T19:42:00.000-07:002009-08-23T19:45:23.501-07:00

We just put up the Curly Maple case. Please stop by and check it out, you can see it by clicking here.

Tim &amp; Briehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17527359844718325140noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686645922056950797.post-50442284529180999632009-08-22T20:46:00.000-07:002009-08-22T20:47:34.116-07:00

Tomorrow evening we will be posting on our website available for offers a case made from a natural curly maple hardwood. To see a picture of an unfinished piece of Curly Maple and learn about its characteristics visit our building materials page here.

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Let’s Start With the ObviousIf you own a Wii, you already know how much fun Wii Sports is in a party setting or alone. Our personal favorites have always been Bowling and Tennis, they have absolute replay value. So when we heard about the new Wii Sports Resort…we wanted it.Procuring the Game on a BudgetWhen we looked into it, we saw the game came with a hefty price tag; the game itself is

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A little late, but as promised, here are pics of the vinyl Action Button Label options we will have for the 24mm buttons (these will be in red, pink, black, blue and light green).Here’s how they look installed in a case. (Buttons and case will not be included) There was some confusion (our fault) as to whether or not these were circle stickers on a sheet or if they were individual vinyl decals

Tim &amp; Briehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17527359844718325140noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686645922056950797.post-86147733134065122302009-08-04T16:45:00.000-07:002009-08-04T22:19:45.923-07:00

We are really excited to announce a new product we plan to have for sale by the end of this month. We haven’t come up with a definite name for them yet so we are going with a temp name of Action Button Labels.Xbox OptionPlayStation OptionThese letters & shapes are specially cut using adhesive backed vinyl and will fit inside 30mm clear buttons. We will also have different ones for the 24mm, we

Tim &amp; Briehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17527359844718325140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686645922056950797.post-81127650480972455872009-08-02T18:24:00.000-07:002009-08-03T14:50:34.242-07:00

We just put up the Wenge case. Please stop by and check it out, you can see it by clicking here.

Tim &amp; Briehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17527359844718325140noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686645922056950797.post-71134609087069342932009-07-31T11:54:00.000-07:002009-07-31T11:56:19.176-07:00

Sunday evening we will be posting on our website available for offers a case made from a beautiful Wenge hardwood. To see a picture of an unfinished piece of Wenge and learn about its characteristics visit our building materials page here.Have a great weekend!

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In this series we will try to give an overview of the many things we had to do or the troubles we encountered while starting our own premium case building business. If you are really serious about opening a beyond-hobby legitimate stick building business or any small business for that fact there are a lot of things you should consider. To start, check out your local Small Business Administration

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There is a new change coming to Paypal in 2011. This change is legislation passed last year, that begins in 2011, requiring Paypal to report a seller with over a certain amount of funds received and 200 transactions a year to the IRS. We don't know much more as we aren't really affected by it since we fall under the $20,000 minimum discussed and we report and pay taxes on all monies we receive

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Since we are a little while away from posting another case for sale, we thought we would throw a treat your way. Not sure about everywhere else in the country but it is HOT here in Cali. These sweltering hot days make you long for the great fall weather, especially a nice Halloween evening. Below are some pics of Halloween cupcakes we made a few years back.For all you non 30 Rock fans the

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We sold the Curly Maple case Dyed Black this morning! We will have another case available in a week or two.

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We just put up the Curly Maple case dyed black. Please stop by and check it out, you can see it by clicking here.

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Late this evening we will be posting on our website available for offers the winner of the poll, a Curly Maple blank case Dyed Black.

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We sold the Curly Maple dyed orange this evening. We plan to have either the Natural Curly Maple or Curly Maple dyed black available in a week or two. We will put up another poll to let you choose which one we should sell next. You can see pics of the different wood samples in our Maple Madness Post below and yes we will have other hardwoods besides maple available next month.

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We just put up the Curly Maple case dyed orange. Stop by and check it out, you can see it by clicking here.

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For those of you interested, later this evening we will be posting on our website available for offers the winner of the poll, a Curly Maple blank case Dyed Orange.Also, if you have a chance, we suggest you check out our Offers post below.

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Later this week we will be putting up one of three maple cases we will have available for offers this month. We thought it would be fun to let you guys choose which one we should sell first. Below are pictures of the different options. We will be updating here later this week with info on when the first one will be available for offers so get your vote in now!Orange Dyed Curly MapleNatural

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Last week we sold our first case on our new website using our new offers method. It went really well and we are going to stick with it. A few things we learned/observed that we wanted to share with our customers:- Don’t worry about offending us with your offer; the whole idea is that you are saying how much you value the case. We expect that everyone will offer a different value depending on

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We sold the Red Gum case this evening. We plan to have another case available in a week or two. Have a great 4th of July!!!

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We just put up the Red Gum case for offers. Stop by and check it out, you can see it by clicking here.

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For those of you interested we will be posting tomorrow evening on our website our first case available for offers. We have never done this (the offers thing, not the case selling thing) so we are sure it will be a learning experience for us. Here's a pic of the unfinished wood from the case we will be listing tomorrow. Stop by and check it out, it looks completely different.Thanks and Good

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Sorry the site is not up yet, we have spent the last few days battling our Anti-Virus software and tech support for the computer housing the website and HTML editor. We are giving it one more day with the tech support and if there are no new results we will probably have to wipe the computer clean and reinstall everything (luckily we have a backup of the site from before the problem started).

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The website is almost there, mostly waiting on some nice picture taking weather. In the meantime chew on this...Faux Hostess and S'mores cupcakes. Both cakes have a devils food cake base (It is our belief that devils food is the brownie of the cake world. It has all of the chocolaty flavor without sinking to the bottom of your belly, thus increasing your consumption ability). The S'mores cupcakes

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Hi to whoevers left and hasn't lost hope in us. We are looking to have the new site up the middle of this month! We are going to do a soft unannounced opening before listing anything for sale/offers so everyone can get used to the new layout. Hang in there though, we plan to have a new case listed before the end of the month. As always, we will post here with any changes, updates or announcements

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FYI: We will be putting up some old inventory for sale, two blank painted cases, in the SRK Trading Outlet in the next few minutes. They will be first-come-first-serve!!!

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We have an oldie but a goodie for your first Treat. These are mini hamburger cookies: the buns are peanut butter, the patties are chocolate and the condiments are dyed frosting. They are paired with some sugar cookie french fries and ketchup frosting. They were made a few years ago for National Hamburger Day and were accompanied by a lunch from In-N-Out. Enjoy!

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We’ll it’s been a while. It looks like we will be reopening the beginning of June, as we get closer, we will be sure to announce it here. Some major changes have occurred in our personal and professional lives that have dramatically impacted the future of Norris Arcade Sticks. We would like to take this opportunity to share with you what some of those changes will be.First off, as we stated in

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