And Then there were Boxes!

OK since I'm all over the place after the toilet seat, I decided to once gain list my boxes on Etsy. I did manage to sell a few of them before. but it took a long time and I guess I lost faith. But Cheryl says they have to move out and they make us nothing sitting on the shelf. I agree! It was a wonderful learning experience, but it is doubtful I will ever make these again for profit. Cheryl says I have been a bum since I have not had a "LARGE" project to keep me busy. It's funny because whe I was totally immersed in the wood elf, she complained that she never saw me! In other news, We found a couple more White Morals in our "secret' spot. it's been pretty dry and it still is rather early for them. A few more and We will have enough for that Puff Pastry Cheryl has been eager to try out. MMMmm Mmm!

Fixing the hair

Alright, I mentioned before that the goal was to get her painted..at least a primary coat... Well things got a little more complex and now that may have to get pushed back to tomorrow. I worked on the hair trying to give it a little more drama by making the mountains and Vally's a little more interesting. Then I found a bunch of stuff that needed a little patching. Like her eye. Her right eye has been bothering me ever since I carved out the socket. I think I carved out a little too much and as a result tried to make the left one to match. but it just isn't working out...so I patched it up with wood filler. Now I'll have to wait for it to dry, but I should have the correct proportions now. So here she is sanded a little more, hair defined a bit better, and the eye repaired and ready for final detail .

Avalanche victim in our driveway?

I have been rearranging my shop area and basically trying to figure out where things are going to go and what will be thrown out. I happened upon this carved hand (see the bold link) I made for Cheryl so she could display her jewelry items, but she later gave it up. So with it having no use, and just taking up space in my area, I decided to have a little fun with it instead of simply burning it up with my other "reject" carvings. Maybe I'll scare the garbage man on Monday. In other news, Rashi seems to be doing better, though it's still by baby steps. She mostly breaths through her nose now and does not cough as much as before. She even stretches and nuzzles like her old self, but she has yet to eat anything ( I'm not to concerned about that, but I would like her to drink some water) We have been giving her numerous "steam treatments" in our bathroom with the vaporizer and I'm thinking she likes them.


UPDATE! Hey hey! Rashi finally ate something. I'm estatic! She is also looking a lot better. Go Rashi, GO!

Listing the yellow bird!

Just listed the yellow bird on the cherry blossoms. It's true that cherry blossoms are not blue, but I just wanted to be different. Maybe it will match someones living room decor. Kind of a boring post tonight. Ah well, It's the weekend!

Final toilet seat carvings

Tonight I finished up an order for a customer. The toilet seat supply is totally gone now and there will most likely be no more of those. Cheryl and I have been thinking about what it would take to get us back into them, I'm not sure, but the money just isn't' there for the headache that they have become. So we are off to rethink things once again. I still might post a panel here and there from time to time, or maybe a wall hanging. We'll see! I still have to fix up the pics for the bird panel from yesterday. I'll post more later.

New panel listing!

Hey hey! I found a couple of panels in the garage I had forgotten about! So tonight, I spent time taking new pics of them, polishing them up, and listing them on Etsy. With a little luck, perhaps I can Eek out another sale. In other news, Cheryl and I went to buy some new feathers for the fly tying. Unfortunately, I didn't find any that I liked or could use. I still need new hooks and for that, we will have to go to Orvis. It's like a candy store for fly fishermen. They have just about every feather you can get ( legally) and a large assortment of hooks. Regardless, Cheryl experimented with the ones I tied up last night to see if she could seal them up in resin. With what I had, the flies were a little too big for the mold. We'll see how they turn out.

Bat house and panels! YEAH!

So tonight was "finish all the projects you started earlier" night. I finished carving in the bat on the bat house and painted it. I may touch up a little bit later with paint, but for now, it should be ready to hang. Or at least have it's picture taken. The other project was a panel requested from a customer to match one of the bass panels. She wanted one that would face the other. This weekend was pretty good for me, I sold the peacock panel and one of my boxes! (YEAH!) I was quite fond of the peacock one and I'm glad it is finally getting a good home.

Seat carving catchup!

Finished carving the remaining seats tonight. We are going to have to move quick on that wholesale seat gig, because all the stores seem to be running out of solid wood seats. Well, I might have a few more seats on deck for tomorrow, but for right now, I'm all caught up! yesterday I listed one of my hummingbird cupboard doors, I have not gotten to list the second one, but for now I'm just too tired. As for keeping the anime theme going, Here's the closing of Karau, Phantom memory! I love this song, Moonlight! Enjoy!

Monday seat carving.

Carved up 4 seats tonight, even though only three are going out tomorrow. ( boxes) It's funny, we sold another Zebra seat! We have sold a grand total of 4 over the last 3 years, and two of them within the last week. It's funny how trends work. Cheryl hates paining tree frog seat. Other news for the day, Cheryl's shop was featured on the front page of Etsy today! I had to take a picture and show it off! ( She is the one that makes the cute little felt owls!) Now if only wood carvings were featured...

Weekend seats!

I carved up 4 seats tonight! Cheryl and I have discovered a bitter sweet event going on now at our local home improvement store. They are discontinuing their supply of solid wood seats. This is Good for a couple of reasons, One, they are marked down almost half! Two, They are solid wood seats, though not oak like I would prefer. The bad news is that they will no longer stock them so when they are gone! It's OVER! We already cleaned our closest store completely out. This now puts our plans of wholesale ordering in a whole new priority. They HAVE to work out. Cheryl and I plan on clearing out any and all seats from our home improvement stores that are within driving distance. We just can't beat the sale! As for other news, Cheryl dug out these resin Flies that I tied some time ago. She wants to make key chains out of them. I still have one that she bought me when we were first married! Now I'll have to dig out my fly tying materials and get to work on some more. Hope ever one had a great weekend!

Dragon Panel

Since the majority of my day was spent looking for what remaining seats there were left in stores, I didn't feel much like carvings when i got home. So I took pictures and edited some more panels and listed them. Tonight's listing: An oriental dragon in maple! Cheryl thought this one looked good enough without any poly or paint, so i left it as is. It looks almost antique! And, for the person who wants to think of it that way, It could look like an authentic Chinese carving! Never thought I would TRY to make my carvings look like they were made in CHINA! It's a funny world. Ah well, whatever gets me a sale! I have not done any origami lately, but I have been watching some Anime. BIG WINDUP! Great for the baseball fan! ( I'm not one, but i appreciate the game. Enjoy! And if you can watch the episodes on Funimation.com