[Danny C]

When reading all the comment replies from you, and that you have a small shop that isn't overly furnished, I might make a suggestion about the walls that "might" help.

Put up some good pictures of your work, and some of you actually working on a piece - not a shop scene, a close up of your hands doing the work, with the background very neatly arranged, but not bare, neatly arranged tools need to be there.

The cost of this could be expensive (professional) or cheap (photography students). I'd pick the students myself. You get several things here.

1) The "class project" would be to take professional pics of your shop and work.

2) The students whose work is voted best by the class (maybe 2) gets an engraved something or other.

3) The pics are posted with a sign saying how they came about. Each pic is "carefully" signed by the taker and properly mounted (borderless) or framed (more expensive).

4) Signs can be posted outside to bring people in to see the pics

5) An anonymous call to the local paper would bring out the news to showcase the pics of the students work (who like to tell their friends and family about where their pic is)

I realize you have too much work as it is - but this is for the notorius slow time when you have very little.

Just an idea to add to the shops decor, not to drum up business. You could just stop at the student pics and be done with it - I kinda got carried away with the rest cut and paste as needed.