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Christmas Goodies for Our neighbors...

Project by Napaman posted 322 days ago 469 views 0 times favorited 10 comments Add to Favorites Watch

My wife and I have lived in Napa for 9 years now…but this is only our 2nd time staying at home for Christmas. Since we are the teachers with allllll that time off we have always been the ones to travel…but this year when we got back from our Thanksgiving trip we started thinking about how nice it would be to just stay home and relax…with three kids, lots to do around the house (and a few stacks of papers to grade—-still) we decided to stay home…

Well…like we did a few years ago when we stayed here…my wife made lots of cookies and candy to give to a few neighbors and a greeting…this year we put it all in nice boxes…and did this for 12 neighbors on our end of the street that live near us…and to a few of them I added some wine bottle stoppers…

So…since we dont have Chef-jocks…here is my wife and daughter’s good work…Hannah is 5…and she helped with the frosting…we loaded up all the boxes in the stroller and surprised our neighbors…

The winestoppers??? They are blood wood and I got the stainless steel tear drop stoppers…they run $4.99 i think…they are very easy to use…I had to get a mandrel to put in my lathe chuck but that was only $7.99 if I remember correctly…well worth it…now that I have done some stoppers with other stoppers these were the easiest…

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

Matt…aka…napaman!

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...


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griff

901 posts in 641 days


posted 322 days ago

Very nice wine stoppers. The boxes look delicious, and Hannah looks like shes waiting for Santa. Very Good Job. And Yall have a merry Christmas.

-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none

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RAH

414 posts in 756 days


posted 322 days ago

It is gestures like yours that make a neighborhood a good one. I like these, someday I may get a lathe.

I have almond trees on our property and my wife has been making almond cookies and flavored dry roasted almonds to give as gifts, I spent my time in August harvesting and shelling them.

-- Ron Central, CA

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lew

4413 posts in 634 days


posted 322 days ago

Matt,

Great Ideas!

These are the gifts that mean the most to those who receive them!

Lew

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Woodhacker

1145 posts in 602 days


posted 322 days ago

Matt, the stoppers look great. I’m sure your neighbors will appreciate the thoughtfulness of you and your wife.

Nice job.

-- Martin, Kansas

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Shopsmithtom

399 posts in 1074 days


posted 321 days ago

Merry Christmas to you & your family. I guess you’re getting good use out of the Shopsmith. Wine stoppers in California… who’d have thought… -SST

-- Accuracy is not in your power tool, it's in you

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Napaman

3421 posts in 956 days


posted 321 days ago

Thanks everyone…

SST—hahha…not just california!!! NAPA…prime wine country…lol…today i helped make THREE projects out of wood that was former wine barrels…will post tomorrow…

so anything wine goes well here…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

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darryl

1374 posts in 1205 days


posted 217 days ago

you have a great looking finish. what are you using?

I think I like the shape of the middle stopper the best.

very cool of you and the family to provide gift boxes like this to your neighbors.

-- ~ www.darrylmasterson.com ~ www.darrylmasterson.etsy.com ~ www.woodworkingdungeon.blogspot.com ~

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Napaman

3421 posts in 956 days


posted 217 days ago

thanks darryl…I will get out to my shop and give you the exact titles through a PM…and here…but its really easy…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

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Woodfix

70 posts in 178 days


posted 170 days ago

I dont suppose there are any houses nearby for sale are there, next christmas is not that far away.

:}

-- Life is about solving problems and trying not to be the cause of those problems in the first place

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Napaman

3421 posts in 956 days


posted 167 days ago

lol…thanks woodfix…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

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