A spoon for Sandy

I thought it was time to make a new spoon for Sandy's kitchen. This is Birdseye Maple which is a favorite wood in our house.

Lazy Susan

My sister in law asked if I could make her a lazy susan for the middle of her table. I played around with various types of wood, putting them all together and this is what I came up with.
The bottom turning mechanism isn't attached yet when this picture was taken.

Pepper Dish

This is a new little candy (or whatever) dish I carved. I call it my pepper dish because it looks like the jalapeno peppers down here.

Trinket box

On this one, I made the box to the size to accomodate the design that was being used. Both Sandy and I like how this turned out.

It's been awhile

since I've posted anything new. Not because I haven't been busy - - I have.
This was requested by our daughter for her friends daughter's piano. The first picture shows it overall and the second photo shows (I hope) that this is a 3 dimensional piece rather than just being flat.

A lovely Burled box

This is a gorgeous stitched piece mounted into the lid of a burled box. The box can be reproduced if wanted.

Claudia's Spool Storage Box for the wall

This box was made to Claudia's specifications to hold all of her silk floss spools. Painted in a rich, deep chocolate brown. The front of the box is made to hold your stitched piece. Scroll down to the white box with the stitched cats on the front to see what it would look like.

Spool Storage

This box is made to hang on a wall with removable spindle shelves for spool storage. The 'cover' opens from the right and is intended to have a picture (stitched or otherwise) inserted into the frame. The spindles are offset so you can see your thread color without having to remove the shelf. As always, we'd love to hear from you in you're interested in a special spool storage unit for yourself.
This is another shelf configuration. You can store the regular spools on the thin pegs and mini spools on the larger pegs. Mini's can be stacked 3 high to equal the regular spool height.

You've asked for it and now it's here!!

Thanks to Lauren of Sassy's Fabrics for the linen, Vikki Clayton for the silks and Stepanie of Nouveau Encore for the custom design. Of course without Larry creating the cakset for me, this would not be gracing my livingroom! This is made of a lovely dark cherry finished wood and sports gold knob feet.

The top opening is 4x6".

The lid is hinged and the front and back panels are identical. The openings are 2x6"

The end panels are also identical and the openings measure 2x4"

The design is available for sale on Stepanie's website (http://www.nouveauencore.com/). If, however, this is just not your style, Quaker motifs would work really well for all the openings.

Hope you like it!! If you're interested in owning a mini casket, please email us.

Decorated Hornbook

For my wife, she already had the chart picked out that she wanted to mount to the front of the hornbook so the size I made was pre-determined. Of course you can go smaller or larger depending upon what you want to mount on yours.

HORN BOOKS

My wife asked me to make her a hornbook (I didn't even know what it was!). This is the hornbook without any stitched ornamentation. As with all things, I'm finding that the final size is determined by the person wanting one. So email me with questions and I'll be happy to see about creating one for you.

Newest creation

This box came out of a discussion by some ladies as to the merit of having a wall mounted box with shelves to use as storage. Some ideas are spice storage, guest room and guest bath sundries storage, family room items that end up where they shouldn't be, spool storage, your imagination is your only limit. The boxes can be designed for the size of the stitched piece you want in your frame or as one lady said, she'll decide what to use it for and then determine the piece she'll stitch for it!

This is the front. This box is painted in a soft, lovely cream but our current colors are Americana red, blue, green, gloss black, gloss deep chocolate brown, a navy blue and cream. Stained boxes are substantially more expensive due to the cost of the wood that has to be used. Let us know what you're interested in. The other colors can be seen in a post further down.

Inside:

Thread winder addition

This is the latest addition to the wooden thread winders that are hand carved by Larry. Email for information.

Trinket box w/stitched cover

This exqusite piece of stitching, done by Mary C., was mounted in her custom made and sized to order gloss black trinket box. Click on the photo for a detailed image- it's awesome!

MORE THREAD WINDERS

Here are a few new thread winders. Actually, it might only be the heart that is totally new.

Custom Box for Cross Stitched Project

My wife asked me to make her a box to mount this piece in. Here's the result. These boxes can be made in whatever size you need for your project. All the colors available are posted further down the page under Trinket Boxes. Email us for prices.

Quaker Casket stitched by Margaret

This is a casket created and designed by Larry but stitched by Margaret (one of our very satisfied customers!). The blue gives it a whole different feel from mine. It's beautiful.
This is one of the end panels

And one of the front/back panels

Thread/floss winders

These thread/floss winders are hand carved. The 'design' is always different due to wood variations. They make nice little gifts for your needleworking friends.

Miscellaneous carving work

I carved this boot for a friend of ours - from Texas of course!
This is called a styalized bear because there are no individual features.

This is a leaf candy dish I worked up.

Hand carved ornaments

Sometimes it's fun to go into my workshop and just play around. That's when I create little ornaments for people.

You have to have some trees to hang on the tree. OR you might want some to sit around in a little village scene I made a 'normal' snowman but of course living in Texas, I also had to have a Texas snowman!

More Spoons I've made

Here are some pictures of more spoons that I've hand carved. All of my spoons are available for sale. If interested, email me for more information.

They say everyting is bigger in Texas, so this is a large spoon!
The spoon on the right is commonly known as a love spoon because of the intertwining of the wood. This would be for decorative use.

All my spoons are able to be used with and for food.

The 2 small spoons in the center of this picture are going to be for ornaments on a Christmas tree. Or wherever you'd like to hang them.

Trinket boxes with area for stitched piece

My wife saw a small trinket box she liked but it didn't have a place to mount a stitched piece so she asked me what I could create for her. This is the result of that question. This original box measures 5x5 square with an inside frame size of 3-1/2" but can be made to accomodate whatever size you need it to be. Prices vary by size. Email us for details of pricing. We have also added a dark brown, navy blue and cream to the finishes available.

This is done in the Americana Red.

This is the Americana Green with a stitched piece in the top.

This shows the inside of the cover. The inside is painted to match the box.

This is the Gloss Black

Americana Blue

These boxes can be made to fit any size stitching project you would like to mount in them. All you need to do is tell me the size of your piece, the amount of border you'd like and I will create the box to fit that need. Because prices vary according to size needed, please contact me through my email or the comments section.

Quaker Casket

This is called a Quaker Casket. It's a place to show off your stitching and have a storage place for sewing items as well.
This is made of dark cherry wood with 5 frames for mounting your stitched pieces. These boxes are quite large and do make a lovely statement for instance on a coffee table. It is sure to get many compliments. Due to the variation of wood prices, if you are interested in a casket created for you, it is best to email me or let me know to contact you in the comments section.

This shows the detail of the wood moldings

This is the inside of the box

Optional removable tray that I really like.

Top and end

Top and front

My spoons

I hand carve a lot of spoons - my wife says I give them all as gifts and she doesn't get any!

WELCOME

We have been asked to create a blog so bear with us since we've never done this before.

I have had a love of working with wood for most of my life. I'd like to use this area to show you some of the things I enjoy doing.

I turn wood on a lathe, I hand carve and I try to create what my wife asks of me for her love, which is counted cross stitch.

We will be adding content as we go along. Please feel free to contact us with comments and/or questions.