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“I’ve got a fever, and the only cure is more cowbell.”
- The Real Bruce Dickinson, as played by Christopher Walken on Saturday Night Live, April 8, 2000.
In this case, it’s about the wood, not the cowbell. Although I have played cowbell in my time, so I do understand that cure as well.
But back to the wood. This collection of 5 Lazy Susans was just completed for this weekend’s big event, the California Strawberry Festival.
Three of the Susans have Mahogany in them, which I was able to buy inexpensively because somebody made a big mistake. The lumberyard got an order for 2″ rough stock flooring, and they cut the order – 7 pallets of order – using Mahogany.
But the buyer didn’t want Mahogany.
So, I got the opportunity to buy a few pieces for pennies on the dollar. Wish I had more, but this is the end of my mistaken Mahogany.
The other 2 Susans both have Padauk in them, which is freshly surfaced in these pictures. And, yes, when Padauk is fresh, its color is pumpkin orange, just as these pictures show. Over time, though, that color will fade to a nice warm brown. Not as spectacular, perhaps, but more in keeping with most decors, I believe.
So, Mahogany may not always be cheap, and Padauk may not always be orange … but when you’ve got a fever, more cowbell is the only cure. Just sayin’.
Lazy Susan 16 – 009. Jatoba, Mahogany & Black Walnut. 18″ diameter x 3/4″.
Lazy Susan 16 – 010. Mahogany, Black Walnut & Bloodwood. 18″ diameter x 3/4″.
Lazy Susan # 16 – 010. Mahogany, Jatoba & Black Walnut. 17″ diameter x 3/4″.
Lazy Susan 16 – 012. Cherry, Bloodwood, Padauk & Black Walnut. 17″ diameter x 3/4″.
Lazy Susan 16 – 013. Padauk, Hard Maple, Black Walnut & Yellowheart. 17″ diameter x 3/4″.
Time was short, so I opened the cabinet and found 6 boards waiting for me to have time to finish … and there was no time like NOW!
I added several more glue-ups to this quick production run before the next event, and got to work. The result: 6 medium-sized, edge grain cutting boards, 3 small boards and 2 Lazy Susans. A couple of custom orders snuck in around the edges as well, but that’s a story for another day.
Several of these boards proved to have some remarkable Purpleheart in them. This Purpleheart was – luckily – cut just right, so that the wood flouresces. That’s very unusual for Purpleheart! Given how popular that wood is with so many people, I don’t expect those boards to stay with me for very long.
Today we’ll be at the Simi Valley Street Fair, so come see us if you’re out and about in SoCal!
Next week I’ll be at the California Strawberry Festival with Little Girl while Mrs M “works” at her “job.” I’ve been promised that the younger Mrs M will make a surprise appearance at the Strawberry Festival … just so she can have another glass of the Strawberry beer that she liked so much last year.
That’s fine by me. I get more time with my Granddaughters!
Here are this week’s new boards:
Cutting Board 16 – Edge 009. Black Walnut, Hard Maple, Padauk & Bloodwood. Edge grain. 13″ x 17″ x 1-1/4″.
Lazy Susan 16 – 007. Black Walnut, White Oak, Jatoba & Cherry. 17-1/2″ diameter x 3/4″.
Cutting Board 16 – Edge 011. Jatoba, Hard Maple & Purpleheart. Edge grain. 14″ x 18″ x 1-1/4″.
Small Board 16 – 009. Hard Maple, Black Walnut, Cherry, Jatoba & Purpleheart. Edge grain. 7″ x 14″ x 1-1/4″.
Cutting Board 16 – Edge 010. Black Walnut, Hard Maple & Jatoba. Edge grain. 12″ x 16″ x 1-1/4″.
Cutting Board 16 – Edge 012. Hard Maple, Goncalo Alves & Black Walnut. Edge grain. 14″ x 18″ x 1-1/2″.
Lazy Susan 16 – 008. Teak, Black Walnut, Yellowheart, Red Oak & Hard Maple. 17″ diameter x 3/4″.
Small Board # 16 – 011. Hard Maple, Padauk, Black Walnut, Jatoba & Bloodwood. 7″ x 12″ x 1-1/4″.
Cutting Board 16 – Edge 013. Hard Maple, Black Walnut, Cherry, Jatoba & Purpleheart. Edge grain. 14″ x 18″ x 1-1/4″.
Small Board 16 – 010. Black Walnut, Hard Maple & Jatoba. 13″ x 8″ x 1-1/4″.
Cutting Board 16 – Edge 014. Hard Maple, Goncalo Alves & Black Walnut. Edge grain. 13″ x 12″ x 1-1/2″.
I’ve got a tiger by the tail with these. They are selling as fast as I can make them. Faster, really.
I made 30 that were finished last Saturday morning at our event. Today, 5 days later, 20 of them are sold. Now, that’s a really good problem to have. No complaints! But I see that I will be making a lot of these in the near future just to complete our Spring Fling!
Magic Bottle Openers are all at least 5″ x 10″ x 3/4″, though some are longer or a bit wider if that’s what the wood gives me. All will magically catch the bottle cap after you open your bottle. The Double Magic versions will also stick to your receptive refrigerator; the others are simply wall mount. Long wood screws are included with the wall mount version (or the Double Magic ones upon request) for mounting; all boards are pre-drilled. You simply remove the 2 short screws holding on the opener, and replace those screws with the longer ones of the right length for your mount.
My apologies that these photographs are not better … the shots were taken at the Rotary Art Fair last weekend, on a table in our booth before the crowds arrived. I simply ran out of gas on Friday night, and couldn’t take better shots at home with our new product photo cube. Next time.
I hope.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 020. Black Walnut, Purpleheart, Padauk, Yellowheart & Canarywood.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 038. Hard Maple, Black Walnut & Teak.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 028. Cherry.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 021. Cherry, Hard Maple, Black Walnut, Teak & Goncalo Alves.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 029. Hard Maple & Padauk.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 024. Chaos Board. Purpleheart, Cherry, Black Walnut, Hard Maple, Bloodwood & Honey Locust.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 025. Hard Maple, Padauk & Cherry.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 023. Black Walnut, Goncalo Alves & Red Oak.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 030. Black Walnut, Hard Maple & Bloodwood.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 027. Cherry, Black Walnut, Hard Maple, Yellowheart & Goncalo Alves.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 031. Chaos Board. Black Walnut, Hard Maple, Cherry, Padauk & Jatoba.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 033. Cherry, Black Walnut & Jatoba.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 057. Bloodwood & Black Walnut. Double Magic for refrigerator mount.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 036. Hard Maple, Padauk & Jarrah.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 022. Black Walnut, Purpleheart, Padauk, Yellowheart & Canarywood.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 034. Chaos Board. Black Walnut, Hard Maple, Honey Locust, Bloodwood, Cherry & Purpleheart.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 035. Black Walnut, Hard Maple & Yellowheart.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 037. Hard Maple, Black Walnut & Teak.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 032. Black Walnut, Quilted Hard Maple, Cherry & Padauk.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 051. Black Walnut, Hard Maple & Padauk. Double Magic for refrigerator mount.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 052. Cherry, Hard Maple & Padauk. Double Magic for refrigerator mount.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 054. Black Walnut, Cherry & Jatoba. Double Magic for refrigerator mount.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 055. Black Walnut, Hard Maple, Cherry & Bloodwood.. Double Magic for refrigerator mount.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 056. Black Walnut & Red Oak. Double Magic for refrigerator mount.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 061. Teak, Black Walnut, & Yellowheart. Double Magic for refrigerator mount.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 059. Purpleheart, Hard Maple & Jarrah. Double Magic for refrigerator mount.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 058. Cherry & Jatoba. Double Magic for refrigerator mount.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 053. Hard Maple, Jarrah & Padauk. Double Magic for refrigerator mount.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 060. Black Walnut, Hard Maple & Bloodwood. Double Magic for refrigerator mount.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 026. Black Walnut, Goncalo Alves & Red Oak.
I like cheese & crackers. I am on a quest to make the perfect serving pieces for one of my favorite edibles.
I started, of course, making very basic cheese boards, which are still rather OK for their intended purpose, IMHO. Nothing wrong with cheese boards like these for small presentations:
Cheese Board 16 – 001. Black Walnut, Purpleheart, Jarrah, Jatoba, Cherry & Hard Maple. 9″ x 11″ x 3/4″.
And I know those are OK, as I had a lady that wanted to buy 2 of them on Sunday … but, unfortunately, the 2nd was already gone. So, she special ordered a similar piece.
But that’s just one approach.
Way back when, I made a rather unique set of Cheese & Cracker servers … made 5, and their like has not been seen since. There’s a clue there that I didn’t love making the pieces, though I thought they were very nice in the end.
Cherry server, Black Walnut end grain cutting board insert.
I also took another approach, making small routed bowls to hold the crackers, olives & such as companion pieces for my cheese & cracker servers. I made one batch of these bowls, and to my knowledge, not one was purchased with a cracker intent. Haven’t made one since. I am a spiteful maker of bowls, apparently.
Finally, I’ve made several of the pieces that I call Cheese & Cracker servers, but the world insists on calling them surfboards. I call them large surfboards (since I also make true surfboard shapes that are called small & medium), and they are rather fabulous for cheese & cracker eating, if I may say so myself.
Surfboard # 15 – 37. Yellowheart, Canarywood, Cherry, Hard Maple & Black Walnut. 12″ x 19″ x 1-1/4″.
All of which brings me to the latest attempt to make a perfect cheese & cracker server. Two of these were made, and one sold at its first event. Perhaps there’s a lesson there … should I make more?
Cheese & Cracker Server 16 – 01. Maple, Walnut & Cherry. Side reservoirs are 1-1/2″ wide, and the top is 2-1/2″ wide. Piece is 11″ x 15″ x 1-1/2″.
Cheese & Cracker Server 16 – 02. Maple, Walnut & Cherry. Side reservoirs are 1-1/2″ wide, and the top is 2-1/2″ wide. Piece is 11″ x 15″ x 1-1/2″.
The Board Chronicles is an ongoing series of articles about the adventures of Mrs M’s Handmade as a vendor at community festivals & craft fairs. Mrs M’s subsidiary, Mr M’s Woodshop, has been approved to create this chronicle for the good of vendorkind.
After several years resident at the Valencia Hyatt – which had been outgrown in more ways than one – KHTS (my hometown station!) decided to do a major upgrade with their Home & Garden show.
KHTS partnered with the city of Santa Clarita to incorporate their Arbor Day celebration, and then with that support moved the event to Santa Clarita’s Central Park. Attendance of 12,000+ was expected to see the big show, maybe get a free tree, and enjoy some Southern California blue skies.
New Ideas
- The “home & garden” vendors were moved to 4 large tents on the edge of the park, next to the food trucks. The other vendors – some with their own shade structures, and some with event-supplied canopies – were behind the 4 large tents. Lots of activity going on here, from a climbing wall for adventuresome kids to a quilt show to city-sponsored tree giveaways. This event goes big, so we felt right at home.
- With the event 3.5 miles from home, we were. I reffed a lot of AYSO soccer on this field. Unfortunately, the grass was better before the drought restricted our municipal grass watering so severely. Didn’t like the dust blowing in the wind throughout Friday. And Saturday. And Sunday.
- Last year, my booth location was in a photogenic garden area at the hotel: KHTS kept it as exclusive handmade area. My neighbors were local, handmade, and mutually supportive. Very nice. This year, the handmade booths were lost in a sea of vendors. Handmade vendors were in our area, but my closest neighbors included Pampered Chef (buy & sell), a hat vendor (cheap import buy & sell), a BBQ rub maker (local!), a pet supplies vendor (buy & sell), the SCV Domestic Violence Center (community group), a lending library (community group), and a clothes vendor (buy & sell). Of that batch, only the rub maker was handmade. Not so homey.
- Last year, it was just my boards & me. This year, Mrs M’s Handmade was there with all of her products. FWIW, come to find out.
Observations
- I love local.
- My gosh, it was windy for setup on Friday! We had gusts of 20+ MPH while we were putting product on tables … and then we stopped. Too much dust in the air, and too much air movement, for that matter. Setting up on Friday allowed Mrs M to help (as she had the day off), but it wasn’t very successful due to the wind.
- On the other hand, I had to return home for a table that I forgot to bring as well as a rubber gasket to repair the scrub wash station. Then, after I was home, I had to return to the booth for a forgotten cell phone. Good thing it was local! (sigh)
- We go big. It’s how we do. And when we go big these days, we really don’t fit in the Jeep + the Honda. And soap is coming. We need a trailer.
- We were there at 8:30a on Saturday and were not allowed into the booth area to unload the Jeep. We were directed to vendor parking, with no appeal possible. I hate it when events don’t follow their own rules (which had offered close-to-the-booth area access until 9am for a 10am start).
- Little Girl helped with setup Saturday morning, and was in the booth all weekend. She told me I couldn’t write about her unique approach to prep for the event, but then I forgot what she told me I couldn’t blog about. I asked her to remind me, and then she didn’t tell me not to write about her reminding me that she painted her toenails in the booth before we opened.
- Freedom of the press is a thing … though I don’t have a press; I just have electrons.
- Mrs M was “working” this weekend at her “job.” She said.
- Several former customers approached me over the weekend – several while I was talking to new customers – and gushed about how much they & their loved ones love their board(s) and how much the new customers will enjoy having their boards. Totally unsolicited, totally heartfelt, and oh, so gratifying to help people that love my hobby.
- I love local.
- Home & Garden shows, in my vast experience of 2, appear to have limited appeal for Mrs M’s products. There were several lotion vendors here this weekend, but our results indicate they may not have invested wisely. For our part, my boards outsold Mrs M by a wide, wide margin, in spite of the fact we were at a big Santa Clarita event!
- A young lady (who, come to find out, went to high school with Little Girl) was playing with a flying disc (definitely not a Frisbee) with her ?nephew? or ?little brother?, when a wind gust sent it onto the roof of one of the large tents, and out of reach. Little Girl went to the rescue with the long arm of our awning adjuster, and with a slightly taller young man helping, the disc was rescued. People helping people. Community. A good thing.
- I was asked for puzzles (that’s a new one), charcuterie boards (wow, two weekends in a row!), chess boards (of course) and toaster tongs. That’s a new one, too.
The Food
Saturday Breakfast: Bagels & cream cheese that tasted like strawberries, as Mrs M was making very fragrant strawberry lip scrub & lavender body scrub as I was eating. And then I helped her with the packaging so we’d have the new scrubs for Saturday sales.
Saturday Lunch: In & Out, courtesy of the hockey player. It’s a SoCal thing (the burgers, not the hockey so much. But, GO KINGS!).
Saturday Snack: never thought about it.
Saturday Dinner: Miss P’s 4th birthday party, complete with chicken tacos and some delectable bean dip made with chorizo. Dessert was a unique skirt cake, since we live in a Barbie world. Or, she does, at least. After dinner, Party Barbie was passed out cold on the floor, so Dr Barbie was trying to identify the problem with her stethoscope. Or that’s what it looked like, at least. All was good in the Barbie world.
Sunday Breakfast: Mrs M’s breakfast burritos. The best in town.
Sunday Lunch: A delectable grilled chicken, portobello mushroom & cheese combo on an Asiago cheese ciabatta roll. A great lunch from the Keep On Grubbin’ food truck.
Sunday Snack: Cookies from the Paradise food truck.
Sunday Dinner: Asian chicken wraps from Velda. A good day’s end.
The Facts
- 2015: The Board Chronicles: KHTS-AM 1220 Home & Garden Show
- Total miles driven: 82
- Booth cost: $425
- # of people we met during the event from the producer: 3
- Visits in our booth by a promoter’s representative: 4
- Total sales: $1,922
- # containers of product taken: 22
- # boards available: 145
- Saturday alarm: none
- Sunday alarm: none
- # transactions: 393
- # soap & lotion vendors: several. I saw 3 buy & sell corporate types as well as one soaper and one retailer that was, uh, difficult to ID.
- # woodworking vendors: 2 turners, one scroll saw artist, one patio furniture maker and me.
- Edge grain vs. end grain: 24:2
- Returning next year? Definitely. Mrs M may opt out, though….
Boards sold: 26
Small Sous Chef Boards: 6
Bottle Openers: 5
Cheese Boards: 4
Small Boards: 3
Cutting Boards: 3
Large Surfboards: 2
Large Sous Chef Boards: 1
Lazy Susan: 1
Large Cutting Boards: 1
Bottle Opener 15 – 03. Black Walnut, Yellowheart & Hard Maple. 5″ x 10″ x 3/4″. Magic Bottle Opener.
Sous Chef 16 – 005. Teak, Quilted Hard Maple, Purpleheart, Canarywood & Birds Eye Maple. 11″ x 14″ work area w/6″ handle.
Cutting Board 16 – Edge 002. Purpleheart, Black Walnut, Bloodwood, Padauk, Cherry & Jatoba. 16″ x 16″ x 1-3/8″.
Sous Chef 16 – 010. Black Walnut, Hard Maple & Yellowheart. 9″ x 12″ work surface & 4″ handle.
Cheese Board 16 – 010. Edge Grain. Black Walnut, Cherry, Hard Maple, Purpleheart & Jarrah. 9″ x 13″ x 1″.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 52. Black Walnut, Purpleheart & Hard Maple. Approximately 5″ x 10″ x 3/4″.
Cutting Board 16 – Edge 004. Black Walnut, Padauk, Goncalo Alves, Jatoba, Purpleheart, Bloodwood, Hard Maple & Cherry. 16″ x 23″ x 1-1/2″.
Sous Chef 16 – 011. Black Walnut, Goncalo Alves (AKA Tigerwood) & Honey Locust. 9″ x 12″ work surface & 4″ handle.
Small Board 16 – 007. Black Walnut. End Grain. 9″ x 13″ x 15/16″.
Cheese Board 16 – 006. Edge Grain. Hard Maple, Jatoba, Yellowheart, Goncalo Alves, Black Walnut & Purpleheart. 8″ x 11″ x 3/4″.
Cheese Board 16 – 008. Edge Grain. Hard Maple, Jatoba & Padauk. 9″ x 11″ x 3/4″.
Bottle Opener 15 – 02. Black Walnut, Padauk, Cherry, Jarrah & Jatoba. 5″ x 10″ x 3/4″. Magic Bottle Opener.
Sous Chef 16 – 013. Black Walnut & Bloodwood. 9″ x 12″ work surface & 4″ handle.
Sous Chef 16 – 007. Cherry, Yellowheart, Jatoba, Bloodwood & Hard Maple. 9″ x 12″ work surface & 4″ handle.
Cutting Board 16 – End 003, AKA The Zipper. A numerologist’s favorite. Hard Maple, Yellowheart & Padauk. End Grain. 13″ x 14″ x 15/16″.
Magic Bottle Opener blanks, awaiting the openers & the magic to be installed in each one.
Small Board # 15 – 054. Purpleheart & Hard Maple. Edge Grain. 7″ x 12″ x 1-1/4″.
Sous Chef # 15 – 53. Black Walnut, Hard Maple & Jatoba. 9″ x 16″ x 3/4″. Sold in its first showing.
Cutting Board # 15 – 102. Purpleheart & Hard Maple. Edge Grain. 12″ x 16″ x 1-1/4″.
Cheese Board 16 – 003. Purpleheart & Hard Maple. 9″ x 11″ x 3/4″.
Surfboard # 15 – 40. Black Walnut, Jatoba, Cherry & Hard Maple. 12″ x 19″ x 1-1/4″.
Lazy Susan 16 – 002. Mahogany & Black Walnut. 17-1/2″ diameter.
Cheese Board # 15 – 065. Black Walnut & Teak. 8″ x 11″ x 3/4″.
Sous Chef 16 – 009. Purpleheart, Quilted Hard Maple, Black Walnut, Yellowheart & Canarywood. 9″ x 12″ work surface & 4″ handle.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 10. Cherry, Black Walnut & Hard Maple. Approximately 5″ x 11″ x 3/4″.
Surfboard # 15 – 33. Hard Maple, Black Walnut & Goncalo Alves. 12″ x 19″ x 1-1/4″.
The Board Chronicles is an ongoing series of articles about the adventures of Mrs M’s Handmade as a vendor at community festivals & craft fairs. Mrs M’s subsidiary, Mr M’s Woodshop, has been approved to create this chronicle for the good of vendorkind.
Boasting over 100 vendors, the Community Street Festival is a cooperative venture between the city of Westlake Village and the Rotary Club of Westlake Village that actually produces this event. This year is the 22nd annual, so expectations were high as I packed the Jeep on Saturday … and prayed that the Sunday event would be in the non-rainy part of the weekend.
The weather broke spectacularly, with blue skies and a warm sun on my face at 8a as I was setting up. It cooled some in the afternoon as the clouds and breeze returned, but the weather was great as long as you didn’t look to the sky in the north, where it was dark grey. The weather at the event, though, was really fine.
New Ideas
- This was a rare event that Mr M’s Woodshop was given permission to do solo. No Mrs M at this event – and no Mrs M products, either. This was all me, all the time.
- New display pieces were used for the first time: crates holding Magic Bottle Openers, Clipboards & Sous Chef Boards were featured on two tables. This was a huge upgrade, and now allows these pieces to be displayed easily, and in quantity, without having to hang them in the air (and bang into people’s heads).
Observations
- No signage to help me find the designated parking lot for vendor entry. There was a map … not much help for me while driving. After 2 wrong turns, I found the guy with the clipboard standing in the driveway for the right office building. An address would have been really helpful in this GPS age.
- First time at a new event, and I arrived early. This event had assigned times for street entry, and they made me wait in a parking lot for 30 minutes until my assigned time approached … even though there were few vendors actually on the street. Control appeared to be important to the organizers.
- Set-up was very spaced out; every booth was a corner location, 10×12. The booths were set up on a wide street; everyone could have been 10×15. At least.
- I don’t really like short, one-day events with a full outdoor set-up, and I certainly don’t like doing day-long events solo. All I can do is sit in the booth and wait for the next conversation. This was exacerbated by the fact that my last transaction was at 1:30, and the crowd had totally disappeared by 3p.
- Mr M was a lonely, lonely man.
- Only one cash transaction today: everything else was on a card. I didn’t even need to bring change!
- Lots of dog walkers. No clue why two white poodles were air brushed & colorized. One was purplish, and the other was green and blue, with a number 10 left in white on its side. Why would someone do that to their dogs?
- The most vicious dog moment was when there were 9 dogs in close proximity and they suddenly went into aggressive mode. Between the 9 dogs, they may have all weighed 30 pounds. Total.
- This is the first event that I’ve shown two products in quantity: Magic Bottle Openers (9) and Clipboards (11). I sold 6 of the bottle openers … so they have found at least one appreciative audience!
- Requests I received: Chess boards (3), a birthday gift for an 80-year-old, furniture refinishing, an RV cutting board & a charcuterie board. I’ve got 1 chess board and 2 charcuterie boards in the shop, but they aren’t done. There’s always more to do….
- In the end, this wasn’t a great day, but it’s certainly true that the weather forecast was ominous at best. The actual weather was better in the morning, but the final results from this event were less than spectacular.
The Food
Sunday Breakfast: Jack In The Box # 28. Won’t be doing that again.
Sunday Lunch: A ham & cheese sandwich brought from home.
Sunday Snack: Nope; I was tied to the booth … and this wasn’t a good event for eating, anyway, with only 2 food trucks in residence.
Sunday Dinner: Velda’s meatloaf. Yum.
The Facts
- Total miles driven: 102
- Booth cost: $160
- # of people I met during the event from the producer: 1
- Visits in our booth by a promoter’s representative: 1
- Total sales: $585
- # containers of product taken: 15
- # boards available: 122
- Sunday alarm: 5:14a
- # transactions: 9
- # soap & lotion vendors: 2 – Mary Kay Cosmetics was there, and a small batch soaper as well
- # woodworking vendors: 2 – me and a wood turner
- Edge grain vs. end grain: 9:2
- Returning next year? Maybe
Boards sold: 11
Magic Bottle Openers: 6
Lazy Susans: 2
Cutting Board: 1
Small Board: 1
Large Sous Chef Board: 1
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 52. Black Walnut, Purpleheart & Hard Maple. Approximately 5″ x 10″ x 3/4″.
Lazy Susan 16 – 004. Jatoba, Hard Maple, Purpleheart, Black Walnut & Honey Locust. 17″ diameter.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 08. Black Walnut, Padauk & Hard Maple. Approximately 5″ x 10″ x 3/4″.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 07. Black Walnut, Jatoba, Hard Maple & Teak. Approximately 5″ x 10″ x 3/4″.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 02. Yellowheart, Purpleheart & Hard Maple. Approximately 5″ x 10″ x 3/4″.
Cutting Board 16 – end 014. Chaos board. Hard Maple, Black Walnut, Jatoba, Purpleheart, Cherry, Yellowheart, Honey Locust, Padauk & Canarywood. End Grain. 14″ x 15″ x 1-1/4″.
Lazy Susan 16 – 002. Mahogany & Black Walnut. 17-1/2″ diameter.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 06. Bloodwood & Hard Maple. Approximately 5″ x 11″ x 3/4″.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 04. Black Walnut, Red Oak, Padauk & Hard Maple. Approximately 5″ x 10″ x 3/4″.
Small Board 16 – 002. Cherry, Black Walnut & Hard Maple. End Grain. 9″ x 9″ x 1″.
Sous Chef 16 – 001. Purpleheart, Cherry, Black Walnut & Honey Locust. 11″ x 14″ work area w/6″ handle. Sold in its first showing.
While sleeping last night, I had a dream about drilling holes in these boards to install the clips … and realized that they would then be clip bored.
What, don’t you have punny woodworking dreams?
Alas, I’m often wittier at 3a than I am at 3p.
I have finally produced several clip boards, and I believe they will prove popular. I have been asked for them many times, so we’ll see if that demand will be satisfied with this group. Mrs M doesn’t have faith in this product line, but that’s OK, as I have no idea why she’s playing with bath bombs.
But that’s a story for another day.
All of these old-fashioned paper holders will be at this weekend’s Santa Clarita Home & Garden Show in Central Park. Stop by and see the lovely Little Girl substituting for the Mrs M’s.
Hope to see you there!
Clipboard 16 – 009. Black Walnut, Canarywood, Honey Locust & Purpleheart. Letter size. 1/2″ capacity clip.
Clipboard 16 – 007. Jatoba, Black Walnut, Hard Maple & Cherry. Letter size. 1/2″ capacity clip.
Clipboard 16 – 006. Black Walnut, Mahogany, Jatoba & Cherry. Letter size. 1/2″ capacity clip.
Clipboard 16 – 008. Black Walnut, Canarywood, Yellowheart & Purpleheart. Letter size. 1/2″ capacity clip.
Clipboard 16 – 003. Black Walnut, White Oak & Cherry. Letter size. 1″ capacity clip.
Clipboard 16 – 002. Black Walnut, Canarywood & Purpleheart. Letter size. 1″ capacity clip.
Clipboard 16 – 005. Black Walnut, Red Oak & Cherry. Letter size. 1″ capacity clip.
Clipboard 16 – 004. Black Walnut, Jatoba, Cherry & Yellowheart. Letter size. 1″ capacity clip.
Clipboard 16 – 002. Black Walnut, White Oak & Cherry. Legal size. 1″ capacity clip.
Clipboard 16 – 011. Black Walnut, White Oak & Cherry. Legal size. 1″ capacity clip.
Clipboard 16 – 012. Black Walnut. Legal size. 1″ capacity clip.
Everyone needs magic in their life, and these bottle openers require you to believe in magic.
Just find your favorite icy cold bottled beverage, and flip the cap with the opener … and the cap will be caught in mid-air by the wood.
It’s magic.
And that’s all I’m saying about that subject.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 01. Black Walnut, Bloodwood & Jarrah. Approximately 5″ x 10″ x 3/4″. Claimed by Mrs M.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 02. Yellowheart, Purpleheart & Hard Maple. Approximately 5″ x 10″ x 3/4″.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 03. Black Walnut & Bloodwood. Approximately 5″ x 10″ x 3/4″.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 04. Black Walnut, Red Oak, Padauk & Hard Maple. Approximately 5″ x 10″ x 3/4″.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 52. Black Walnut, Purpleheart & Hard Maple. Approximately 5″ x 10″ x 3/4″.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 06. Bloodwood & Hard Maple. Approximately 5″ x 11″ x 3/4″.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 07. Black Walnut, Jatoba, Hard Maple & Teak. Approximately 5″ x 10″ x 3/4″.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 08. Black Walnut, Padauk & Hard Maple. Approximately 5″ x 10″ x 3/4″.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 09. Purpleheart, Black Walnut & Jatoba. Approximately 5″ x 10″ x 3/4″.
Magic Bottle Opener 16 – 10. Cherry, Black Walnut & Hard Maple. Approximately 5″ x 11″ x 3/4″.
Magic Bottle Opener blanks, awaiting the openers & the magic to be installed in each one.
I believe every sous chef needs their own cutting board.
Do you have a plan to pass on the culinary arts to another generation? Great, then make sure your younger assistants have a good knife and cutting board to learn by your side. And maybe, just maybe, these sous chef boards will work in your kitchen!
Sous Chef 16 – 006. Black Walnut, Hard Maple & Canarywood. 9″ x 12″ work surface & 4″ handle.
Sous Chef 16 – 007. Cherry, Yellowheart, Jatoba, Bloodwood & Hard Maple. 9″ x 12″ work surface & 4″ handle.
Sous Chef 16 – 008. Hard Maple, Bloodwood, Purpleheart & Canarywood. 9″ x 12″ work surface & 4″ handle.
Sous Chef 16 – 009. Purpleheart, Quilted Hard Maple, Black Walnut, Yellowheart & Canarywood. 9″ x 12″ work surface & 4″ handle.
Sous Chef 16 – 010. Black Walnut, Hard Maple & Yellowheart. 9″ x 12″ work surface & 4″ handle.
Sous Chef 16 – 011. Black Walnut, Goncalo Alves (AKA Tigerwood) & Honey Locust. 9″ x 12″ work surface & 4″ handle.
Sous Chef 16 – 012. Black Walnut, Hard Maple & Canarywood. 9″ x 12″ work surface & 4″ handle.
Sous Chef 16 – 013. Black Walnut & Bloodwood. 9″ x 12″ work surface & 4″ handle.
Sous Chef 16 – 014. Black Walnut, Hard Maple, Purpleheart, Honey Locust & Canarywood. 9″ x 12″ work surface & 4″ handle.
I’ve had big litters, I’ve had small litters. This was the smallest.
I already feel the pressure to make more.
Yes, I’m back in the pig business.
Pig 16 – 03. Hard Maple, Padauk, Cherry & Black Walnut. 12″ x 19″ x 1″.
Pig # 16 – 02. Black Walnut, Cherry, Hard Maple & Purpleheart. 12″ x 19″ x 1″.
Pig 16 – 01. Black Walnut, Goncalo Alves, Jatoba, Padauk & Cherry. 12″ x 19″ x 3/4″.
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A Litter Of Pigs
