Useful gifts for soon to be parents! Supplies diapers ribbon carboard wrapped in tissue paper for transport tissue paper flowers elastic or craft rope to tie diapers together Also made a Diaper Basinet Paper Flower Several ways you can make tissue paper flowers. The easiest is to stack about 6 layers of tissue paper and […]
The pandemic inspired us to finally get a proper standing desk. The base is from Best Buy – MotionGrey Height Adjustable Electric Dual Motors. We did some research into dual vs single motor and different heights (this had the greatest range) and four memory settings. After watching many Youtube videos on making Live Edge tables […]
I found some wood, cut them into triangles with a jig-saw, used an electric sander, drilled a hole, and used behr maquee indoor paint with an Oil based Sharpie paint pen to finish!
Glue gun and Wire worked best to attach greenery
Finished with clear cutting board oil. I also looked into Tung Oil from Lee Valley that would give the wood a bit of a stain.
Picea sitchensis More art experimenting In two styles – Mod Podge vs Acrylic
Practicing fine detail with a smaller point. Acrylic paints.
With left over wood I experimented in making my first Key Holder. Materials: Sand paper Wood stain Behr marquee black evergreen paint Cup holders hooks Screws
For this project I worked on shading skills. Size: 11″x11″ Method: Transfer image via inkjet printer on wax paper. Pros – no need to trace. Fast. Cons- left ink marks and smudges easily.
Wood burned 11″x11″ with a mixture of behr marquee paint and acrylic paint and sealed. Best campsite on my Bowron Lake Canoe trip. Inspired by this photo
This is the other side of the chess board. Practicing using glass edge as a ruler with my wood burning pen.