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Part of what I do, outside of LumberJocks.com, is consultant work for a day care in a Native community. Last week, they asked me for some more business cards and I thought it would be nice to have the cards displayed somewhere rather than being stuck in a drawer.
My ideas went from a fully enclosed box to one that included some deer hide.
I cut two small pieces of walnut and then drilled 4 holes in each piece to hold the dowels that would be used as the frame for the leather.
I then stitched the leather around the top dowel, wrapped the leather around the bottom and up the back and stitched it around the back dowel.
I then stamped my Wolf logo on the bottom (I’d forgotten about it or I would have put it on before stitching!)
And that was it..
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)































32 comments so far
Dadoo
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posted 747 days ago
Good idea Deb!
-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!
Jeff
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posted 747 days ago
I like this a lot, Debbie. I’ve seen lots of card holders and never one done like this. I would proudly display it. Great conversation piece too. People are bound to ask where you got it… What a cool thing it is when you get to say, “Thanks! I made that myself.”
-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN
RobS
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posted 747 days ago
Creative—contrasting—considerate—crafty—colorful—and cute, well done….
-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX
MsDebbieP
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posted 747 days ago
thanks :)
Jeff, that’s the best part: ‘I made it myself” :)
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
CharlieM1958
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posted 747 days ago
Catchy design, Debbie! You mean you do something besides worldwide shop inspections? :-)
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
MsDebbieP
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posted 747 days ago
haha yah.. in my spare time ;)
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
TomFran
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posted 747 days ago
Good job, Debbie!
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Todd A. Clippinger
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posted 747 days ago
These are great!
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mrtrim
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posted 747 days ago
ok that explains the deer i just saw go runnin by with a patch of hide missin off his hind end !! if he comes back bye think ill grab me a patch and make me one of those thier cool !
MsDebbieP
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posted 747 days ago
you don’t need a very big piece .. I’m sure the deer won’t mind.
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
David
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posted 747 days ago
Very cool! Great to incorporate more than one material – leather is a great compliment to wood.
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DAN
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posted 747 days ago
Nice work !
-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever
woodchips
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posted 747 days ago
Debbie, that is a great card holder! i’m always on the lookout for new card holder ideas. i hope you don’t mind if i incorporate some of your ideas into my next card holder. thanks for posting this unique piece of functional woodart!
-- "Who but a fool would discard seeminly useless parts? To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent engineering" -- Aldo Leopold
Jojo
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posted 747 days ago
Great lil’ project Debbie. It puts together the two materials I love best, wood and leather. I love the simplicity in the design, very smart and useful and looking great at the same time.
Isn’t it the best design achieved when you can’t take anything else instead of when you can’t add anything else. I can’t remember who said something similar to what I just paraphrased. It escapes me all the time.
-- Jojo, shopless in Kyoto · http://twitter.com/kagushokunin
Karson
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posted 747 days ago
Great design Debbie. When I first saw it I was guessing a small box design with an open top. I guess that is what yours is but with a flexible bottom.
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
Buckskin
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posted 747 days ago
That is one awesomely unique card holder Debbie!
Lee A. Jesberger
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posted 747 days ago
Hi Ms. Debbie;
Where do your talents end? Please don’t tell me you lassoed the deer youself, and then tanned the hide.
Also, I think I could use some of your consulting!
I just don’t have a clue what I’m doing anymore. (not that I ever did).
Really nice and creative project! Great job.
Lee
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john
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posted 747 days ago
Nice work Ms Debbie
I don,t know where you find the time.
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miles125
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posted 747 days ago
Very nice Debbie!
-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""
Douglas Bordner
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posted 747 days ago
Cool Stuff!
-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.
Dorje
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posted 747 days ago
Next thing you know you’ll be making your own planes!
Nice work!
-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA
Thos. Angle
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Debbie, Did you really chew that buckskin??? Old man say woman need good teeth. Make better leather. Make’em real sof’ so not make bum sore. It is really nice Debbie.
-- Thos. Angle
frank
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posted 746 days ago
Hello Debbie;
—-WOW! Wholly Smokin’ Rockin’ Rollin’ Awesome….!!!
....your path before you in working the wood,
is clearly cut out by your working hands of good,
and as it is with a mind equipped that says i could,
this card holding business box is now just as it should….
—-you are ’functional woodart’—-
Your talents have found a wellspring of use and this wood project shows just how many, are wanting to follow your mindspring of ideas….great show and tell.
Thank you for sharing….
GODSPEED,
Frank
-- --frank, NH, http://frank.wordpress.com/
MsDebbieP
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posted 746 days ago
gee, wow.. thanks everyone :)
I’m taking it to the day care today so I’ll let you know if they like it.
As for the deer hide, although i’ve tanned a hide or two in my past (and yes I even tried a chew or two just to say that I’d done it) these were professionally done.
Rick got the deer (yummy venison summer sausage oh yah), did the skinning, and then we took it to the tannery.
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
cajunpen
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posted 746 days ago
Nice card holder MsDebbie. I think that it is a clever design and a very unique way to display your cards.
-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/
jockmike2
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posted 746 days ago
Way to go Deb, yeah!!!!mike
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MsDebbieP
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posted 745 days ago
they daycare centre now has the card holder
response: “Oh how nice. And you made this yourself, didn’t you?!”
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
Robert Smith
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posted 738 days ago
Great Idea
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MsDebbieP
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posted 738 days ago
thanks :)
I made a few for gifts and I didn’t get the size the same as the first (which seems to be perfect) and the cards are now sitting too low.. but they still look nice.
I also cut the leather wider and so it has a ripple effect to it. My daughter likes this version much better.
I know—no pictures, didn’t happen…
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
Allison
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posted 575 days ago
Great, Another example of “seeing” things. I bet they really enjoyed it! It’s funny how you can go from” a fully enclosed box” to something like this. I wonder if everybody does that or if it’s a “GIRL” thing. If I would stick to my original thought on projects I would have a whole lot more of them. LOL!!! I like this outcome. Thanks for sharing the inspiration. Peace!!!
-- Allison, Northeastern Ca. Remember, Amateurs built the Ark. Professionals built the Titanic!
MsDebbieP
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posted 573 days ago
the box sits on the supervisor’s desk.
So… let’s see your “out of the box” ideas!! :)
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
Dusty56
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posted 572 days ago
Awesome idea !
-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .