Beautiful Mini Blessings

I finally finished making the gifts for my 300+ followers give-a-way! I think everyone needs an escape from the winter weather. Let's go...

I made some oranges and grapefruit. They are ready to ship to the winner of my give-a-way! If you would like some real citrus, fresh from ...

No, I haven't forgotten. I'm working on two more chairs today. I see that the bottom chair back needs to go into the microwave and b...

Grandpa is taking a break. One chair is done! We still have three more chairs to build. Hopefully, they will be much easier? Thank you so m...

Thanks for your helpful suggestions! I sanded off some paint and am using wood glue to try to assemble my chair. I tried to use my new Micro...

I've done a lot of fussing and fighting today with my chairs. One thing I learned is that it is almost impossible to glue painted pieces...

I'm still working on the adironack chairs. Each one has 25 pieces! Maybe if Grandpa helps, we can get one chair finished today? Hope yo...

We have inches of ice everywhere here this morning! The roads are closed. The office is closed! I have another day off! :D I'm happy to...

Ah, the smell of sawdust and the soothing sound of my Dear Dremel! I love it! This was the first time I had used my Dremel. It takes some pr...

Thanks Casey and Elga for your great suggestions! I didn't have any burnt umber oil paint so I tried good old brown shoe polish instead....

I'm trying different techniques to get the right finish for my chairs. I would like them to look bright, but weathered a bit. First I p...

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? I don't know, but it sure takes a lot of wood to make four adiron...

Call it procrastination. Call it frustration. Call it anything you'd like. My good intentions of finally creating something instead of ...

I am so excited to be back online again! My son sent me a new "baby" notebook computer! I absolutely LOVE it! We connected it over...

I now have TWO computers. Neither one of them is working. I'm at my daughter's house this morning and just thought I would say ...

This cute little chair was on a shelf just inside the front door of the beach house. I'm going to try to make one in miniature. This one...

Hello everyone! This is the cute little house we stayed in at New Smyrna Beach Florida. It was just a short walk to the beach. Very comfy c...

I hope that everyone has had a wonderful Christmas Day! I took two long walks on New Smyrna Beach. I gathered some beautiful soft white sand...