MT woman using new-found woodcrafting skills to fight pandemic business losses
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and last updated 2021-02-03 12:14:14-05
HELENA â COVID-19 has forced many businesspeople to adjust to new ways to find revenue. For Rainey Smith of Helena, the pandemic let her explore her creative side.
Smithâs online advertising consulting business was humming right along until the pandemic hit. When she discovered a laser engraver online and helped a friend build a table, Barbed Wire Woodcrafting was born.
She could make intricate, heartfelt engravings on beautiful wood.
âIt will engrave down to the thickness of a piece of hair,â said Smith. âSo you can take a recipe card from your grandmother who you havenât seen in 20 years because sheâs been gone and you can put it on a piece of wood and hang it in your kitchen and have it there forever.â
Helena woman using new-found woodcrafting skills to fight pandemic business losses
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and last updated 2021-02-03 10:51:54-05
HELENA â Covid-19 has forced many businesspeople to adjust to new ways to find revenue. For Rainey Smith of Helena, the pandemic let her explore her creative side.
Smithâs online advertising consulting business was humming right along until the pandemic hit. When she discovered a laser engraver online and helped a friend build a table, Barbed Wire Woodcrafting was born. She could make intricate, heartfelt engravings on beautiful wood.
âIt will engrave down to the thickness of a piece of hair,â said Smith. âSo you can take a recipe card from your grandmother who you havenât seen in 20 years because sheâs been gone and you can put it on a piece of wood and hang it in your kitchen and have it there forever.â
Helena restaurant adds dining pods to serve more customers during the pandemic
By: Alexie Aguayo
and last updated 2021-01-02 19:20:16-05
HELENA â The pandemic has forced restaurants to constantly adapt over the past year and winter weather means restaurants facing limited capacities can t always turn to outdoor dining to keep customer numbers up.
MTN News talked to a Helena owner who has a new way for diners to stay safe and distanced with an added touch of the outdoor dining experience.
âIt s been fantastic,â says Marci Andersen, the owner of Wassweiler Dinner House in Helena. âPeople have really enjoyed it. We ve gone from an intimate dinner for two to dinner for six people and everything in between and it s been really well-received.