Nuts and Bolts
Open M – Th: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM, Friday & Saturday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
1104 N Springbrook Rd, Newberg OR 97132
P: 503-610-3250
E: makeit@themakeitmarket.com
Business History
Founded in 2021, we are a mom and pop shop.
Mission Statement
Our mission is to be the go-to print shop for all of your personal and business needs. We support print projects from concept to creation. If you can think it, we can MAKE it!
Business Products or Services
Outdoor Signage
Indoor Signage
Banners
Copies
Vinyl Lettering
Stickers
Brochures
Booklets
Cards
Business Cards
Postcards
Copies
Blueprints
Graphic Design Services
Business Industry Standard
The Make-It Market offers a full range of large format printing for signage as well as a full service copy and print center.
I have loved printing for over twenty years and find delight in seeing a project through from idea to finished product.
I love ink, paper, vinyl, printers, and all the little machines that come with a print shop, but the real reason I started a business was because I love people. I want to spend the next season of my life becoming friends with all the wonderful people of Newberg!
Customer Engagement
One afternoon not long after I’d signed my lease, I had the front door propped open and a lady popped in to say hello.
“I was just heading out of town to go get some banners printed. Do you do that?”
“You bet. I can have that for you tomorrow morning. What do you have in mind?”
She placed her order, then asked me about business cards and door signage. She quizzed me about what other services I was going to have in my shop.
She was charming in every way, and I was thrilled that my shop wasn’t even open yet, and I was already meeting fun new friends.
And then she did something completely unexpected.
As we stood there, she took me by the elbow, and gently turned me around.
“THIS is for good luck!”
Then, with the inside of her foot, she gave me a swift little kick in the butt.”
“I am going to be one of your best customers. Now get your shop open already.”
We laughed, and three months later, true to her word, she has become a regular customer!
Hmmm….
Let’s see…
Another customer caught on to the idea of my shop immediately. She came in for the first time one night just before closing and picked out a few cards and local goodies. She showed up again the next day with a project she’d had on her TO DO LIST for over a year. She needed a board painted with her son’s name in vinyl on it for his karate belt display. She dropped off the display and picked up a finished product ready to hang a couple of days later. I was delighted. She was delighted. And her son was delighted. It was a win all around!
And maybe one more. . .
I’ve worked with The Dundee Hills Wine Association closely over the past two years replacing all of their signage throughout the vineyards in the area. With every new sign that goes up, I get to meet another vineyard owner or manager, and it has brought me so much joy to meet the people that spend their days making this area such a spectacularly beautiful place to live!
A few google reviews:
Deb at the Make-it Market did the unthinkable – she took my idea, asked all the right questions to narrow it down and made me the perfect sign for a gift. She treats every project like it’s her top priority. Plus she’s so cool, fun and friendly to deal with. I’m looking forward to working with her again! -Cindy Smith
Deb has a way of bringing anything to life. Everything she touches is magic! Her graphic design is timeless and clean, and she knows how to get you the product you need and on the right substrates. Would recommend 1000%! -Devrey Hair
Banners, signs, copies, customized gifts — Deb at The Make It Market has gone above and beyond to deliver exceptional quality and service, every single time. -Sarah Hadley
Starting Up Stories
Not long after I signed my lease, I began the hunt for printing equipment. I had a large format printer for making vinyl and signs, but I knew I would need a printer for things like calendars and brochures.
I found a guy that was moving out of state and was closing down his print shop.
Well, THIS caught my attention. I watched his ad over the course of the month as some equipment sold and his moving deadline loomed closer.
He got right down to the line.
It was Sunday morning, and he was leaving on Wednesday, and he still needed to sell his card/brochure/calendar printer.
I HAD to message him.
I didn’t exactly know how this was going to work. It was three hours away, and I didn’t see any way to get that big printer in the back seat of my convertible.
But he was ready to wheel and deal, and before I knew it, I had the top rolled down and the music up loud, and I was heading south on a 3 hour road trip.
After a month of long work days, it felt refreshing to get out on the wide open road.
I didn’t have much of a plan as I threw a sleeping bag in the back seat that morning, but I had a general plan.
Drive down. Test equipment. Buy equipment. Rent Uhaul. Load equipment. Return to Uhaul. Rent trailer. Load car on trailer and drive truck home pulling the car behind me.
I thought about saving the hotel money and picking up the Uhaul that night and just camping in the back, but then I spent a good ten minutes imagining the news story of some lady that got locked in the back of a Uhaul and died because she was trying to save $85.
I opted for the room.
The next morning, I bought a giant printer and loaded up my truck with all sorts of goodies from a print shop. I have enough heavy duty staplers to last a lifetime.
It was a lot of physical labor to load those machines and boxes and carts and by the time I got to the Uhaul to load the car on the trailer, I was beat.
So, when I asked the man if he could help me load the car on the trailer, as I’d never done it, he matter-of-factly told me that he wasn’t an official Uhaul dealer, and it was against company policy to help load.
So, I took a deep breath and pulled out youtube and watched a video about how to load a car on a dolly and drove that car up on the ramp and clamped the wheels down. Like a boss.
Then, I got on the interstate and headed north: a Uhaul, a giant printer, and a car in tow.
I smiled.
I’d done it.
Except I hadn’t quite done it.
I needed to figure out how to get that thousand pound machine out of the truck and into the shop.
We’d used a truck with a lift on the back to get it into the Uhaul, and there was no way a few teenage boys and I were going to lift that baby out of there.
But I had an idea.
I texted a farming friend of mine to see if they might possibly have a liftgate truck I could borrow, and pure elation overcame me when she told me her husband was happy to help me and would meet me down at the shop the next morning with a truck.
I pulled in just after nine o’clock that night and was up bright and early at 6 o’clock to get things unloaded enough to be ready for the liftgate when Ben arrived.
He pulled up early that morning before the parking lot filled up with people, and we got all the different parts of the machine unloaded.
We rolled them over to the door of the shop.
Now, I’d measured the front door AND checked the specs before I bought this machine, but I didn’t take into account that I would have no idea how to take the door off the hinges. It was a commercial door with no sign of hinges.
Ben helped me bring all the smaller machines inside, while the big grandmother of all printers sat outside under the eve waiting for me to solve this little hiccup.
I finished unloading the truck filled with boxes of all sorts of mysterious print related items.
I googled ‘how to remove a commercial door’.
Nothing useful.
I called all the handiest people I know. They had no idea.
I called several local window and glass places. They were too busy for a little job like that.
Then I called a glass guy that summarized my situation, “So, if I understand correctly, you bought a printer that won’t fit in your door and it’s sitting out in the drizzling rain?”
“I mean, I wouldn’t say it like that, but basically. It WILL fit in the door, but I need to take it off the hinges, and I can’t figure out how to do that. I just need a little education on commercial doors.”
Fifteen minutes later this kind man showed up, and I watched as he removed the door and let out a sigh of relief as we rolled Big Bertha into the shop.
I had a printer. I had no idea how to assemble it, but that was a problem for another day.
I stood back and thought about how much fun Bertha and I were going to have printing my own cards.
And then, I took a nap.
Also, this was a pretty fun story:
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