I hit up a thrift store recently.

These books are the first thing I saw and since I didn't want to wander around with 11 books, weak arms, I bought them and left. That tactic works well in Costco too. No basket or cart and you leave without buying too much.

The Latest

I've been working on Christmas stuff lately and can't post any pictures until after they've been opened but here's some stuff in progress that I won't be wrapping up.

I'm giving the coffee table a break. This is an old tv tray table I painted and then carved.

And then carved some more, and painted the design a light blue.

Then I filled it in with resin, which I mixed with photo-luminescent powder so it glows in the dark aqua.

I bought some picture frames at the $1 store and spray painted them red, after stenciling the glass.

I wanted to make something for the new coworkers, I bought some books at a thrift store and cut off the front and back covers.

I used copy paper for the text block, I didn't have the art paper with the grain going the right direction, also I don't know how into blank journals they are so the sections are 10 pages each with 5 per book. 

I did a Ethiopian Double Needle Coptic binding.

I hope they like them. I get over anxious about that but I do know that at least one needs to write stuff down more so hopefully this helps. 

The big Christmas party raffle is this week and other departments are donating some amazing things. I'll post pictures when my stuff is all finished. Super nervous yet again and I don't even have a 2 headed cow to start off with!

New Dremel!

My coffee table was too narrow to hold my square o mdf I paint on. I added a long box with a lid and it works. But then the top seemed boring and I've been dying for a dremel since mine broke. I did get it working but not enough rotation was getting through the flex shaft. So this is the first project and I'd forgotten the tendonitis I used to get. I missed that pain.

So I have this idea.

What do I do if people don't get it?

Caterpillar

It took 4 tries to get this sort of right....

Calvin and Hobbes

I forgot there were some in progress pics. And then some other projects I still need to work on. I have no idea what I'm going to do with some of it, I made too much and can't overdo the Christmas party donations or people there will think I do this nonstop. Which I do.

Merit Badges So Far

71. That's how many I've made. I have a pile of about 30 more ready to paint and every time a friend sees them they give me more ideas. This will never end. I suppose this is for the greater good in the end. I need to get these out of my system so I can concentrate on my Colbert/Zod painting. Which I need to actually start.


And coming soon