Crates

I have also been making crates. I think they are fun and easy to make.

On these two I had some 1x12 pine scrap sitting around and had stripped some 2x4's after planing in the idea of making these. I should find a better place to take pics than in the garage on top of hte washer and dryer.

Yes, there are no cut outs for the handles. They are not that bulky and should not hold anything that heavy. I will enjoy them or someone will.

more cutting boards

I found a pattern for zigzag cutting boards and you see one here with the others.

And some more boards...

I have given a few of my earlier cheese boards away, all to work people, Malcolm, Kathleen and Rusty.

I would prefer selling them but it is nice to give things you made away.

For Sale

I took the items as mentioned in previous post to be sold and none sold yet. I didn't think so in a days time but she did a nice display of them as soon as you walk in. I went in to take a picture of the business card holders

They were not on display yet, but that was my purpose of going there.

When I got there to take the picure I saw how nice everything else looked and took these pics.

Some things are in a shop to be sold

At least I hope so. I took some of my woodworking to Simply Vintage near where I live and have some of my items there on consignment. The lady that owned it was nice and professional. I am just trying to get my feet wet in it. I have no complaints about the split because I do not have to sell it. I imagine many people think that they can make so much more if they sell it themselves. Yes, that would be true if you don't value your time. I am keeping my fingers crossed that most sell. It would be most satisfying.

Some of the items to be sold. In the last picture only the 3 items to the far left are for sale.

There are also some other business card holders that I made for sale there that I forgot to take a picture of. I must go by there and take that picture.

Assorted business card holders for desk

These are just an assortment of business card holders that I have made. Pics are not the best but I enjoy making them and the challenge of some of them. I am not posting the big failures yet.

I gave Cassandra one of thecard holders at work. On th ethirsd pic it is the far right one and on the bottom pic it is the bottom left one. 

and little yard signs - painted

I initially made these plain yard signs for mom to paint and sell as she wanted. She had less success than I had hoped. I made more stretched canvas things for her to paint on and she gave me some acrylics to paint on my own canvases. More on this later on. Anyway, on my last drive up there she gave me the ones that were not painted and  the craft paint she had bought for the signs. I, of course, went overboard and bought more. Here are the results.

Trivets finished

I was busy with many projects and here are the four trivets. 2 are clearly better than the other 2.