Monkeys!!

Took 2 hours to cut this out. I still have to go back and do the chest squiggles and the smile on 2 of the monkeys, but I got this much done!

Some New Stuff

Well, and some old. I have finished Furla's sign. Wooohoo **the crowd cheers!** and I hope I can finish sealing it by this weekend so I can mail it out to her by Monday. It came out pretty darn cool. Yeah, I only have the pic from when I had it clamped. Deal with it! LOL.



In other news I made a silly little wooden toy too. If I had that drill press I wanted, I might have done a spiffy job of it. As it were I drilled the holes by hand on the edge of a wiggly table. It was fun, but I wasn't really trying to do a perfect job. I just wanted to see if I could do it.




I got a cool magazine from a friend from my moms group and I tried one of the patterns for ornaments. Its done with a type of woodworking called Fretwork. Which I take to mean, TONS OF TINY LITTLE HOLES!! At least it seems that way to me. I like it, but I can definitely tell fretwork is not for me. I hate having to keep pulling on and off my blade to feed it through the predrilled starter holes. So I guess I wont make too many of these this Christmas.



I love the patterns for the scrollsaw in this magazine. My next project (probably tomorrow night's project) is a monkey puzzle. I want to do this and then stain the body a different darker stain while leaving the face or chests, where possible, unstained or whitewashed. How cute are they?!!

Talking Tools

I swear as I walked past my tools they called to me. They said "cut some wood" "come-on, forget responcibility and come play!".

LOL, I need double long days to be able to work AND have time for projects. With both me and the hubby BOTH having to take pay cuts (thank you furlough days for the State workers, grrrr) we are thinking we may not be able to swing Christmas presents for everyone.....

then again this could work in my favor. Since we can't afford lots of gifts or gift cards, perhaps I can suggest a wooden present. I can take one large piece of wood (not too expensive for just one piece) and make lots of small presents for the family. Like personalized ornaments. I know we will be the lame siblings/aunt and uncle, son and daughter for lame cheapo gifts, but we can't afford much. But homemade cookies, fudge or truffles in a homemade wood box....it would seem nicer than it is right?

Hicks Sign Again

I have done all I am going to do to fix the neck of the "bottle". I cut a groove around the end so it looks like the lip of the bottle and I used my scroll saw to cut out a cork shape. Once I glue that on and attach to a larger board for the background it will be done. Its not perfect, but I think I have reached the end of my skill set for this sign.