Star Bright...

Wow, these are really nice! About how big are the stars? I think the font is very cool.

She paints walnut, she varnishes poplar. What is the world coming to? :)

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hahah now that is funny…

CHIP—ignore Peter’s comments… I’m sorry.. I’m sorry about the walnut..

the stars are 4”.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Nice, Debbie! Don’t worry…it’s okay to be different. LOL!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Somebody is going to have a well decorated Christmas tree. Your star is really nice. Hmmm, painting Walnut, varnishing Poplar – you just may have become a “free spirit” MsDebbie :-)). Oh, BTW Chip – I made that up about painting the walnut – nobody would really do that.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

oh that’s good, Charlie… ‘cause I’m always walking to a different drummer

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

hahaa Bill.. that’s funny.

Yah, Chip.. he made it up… all in the imagination… didn’t really happen ;0

Free Spirit. That’s a nice compliment!

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

These are just great Deb. Beautiful work. The only thing that might have made them look better is if you had made them out of… oh, nevermind, I just remembered that you used up all the walnut on that painted piece. arrrrg ;-)

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

hahahaa lol lol :)

you are too funny “I love walnut and apparently Deb does not…) hahaha
I do love walnut; walnut is my friend… but not on a scrollsaw. I made my grand-daughter’s puzzle out of walnut and it was SO hard to work with.
It did work nicely on the bandsaw though…. for .. well, some other project that I did…

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Very nice Debbie…Don’t let these guys give you a hard time …your not the only one thats ever put a finish on Poplar…I have lacquered it! But for the record I would never paint Walnut! ;@)

-- David, South Windsor, CT "I love the smell of sawdust in the morning"

oh you are bad!!!!! lol lol

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Great Debbie. Did I read that you are going to paint your Christmas Tree?

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

lol good one, Karson..

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Debbie

I think you are in great company with painting walnut.

Remember my project http://lumberjocks.com/projects/935

I don’t really think I have recovered yet, but my wife loves it.

And you are the star of this site.

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

oh yes… I remember that paint controversy!! :)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Nice one, Deb.

-- Thos. Angle

Excellent work. I see a lot of exquisite scroll work in your future.

-- Chelle http://artsgranddaughter.blogspot.com

thanks :)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Great job Debbie!!!! Sorry for the slow post, it’s been wee-bit hectic for me. So….are you hooked yet????

the scroll saw was my tool of choice when I started this exploration of woodworking last January.
I had fun making my first projects and then I took on some more difficult projects and I’ve had fun… and now, I find myself going back to the scroll saw. The right wood and the right thickness for my abilities really makes it a pleasurable experience. (The piece of poplar I picked up was heavenly to work with. )
Yes, I think I’ll be doing more and more work such as this.
So now, I just need to find some more wood that is right for me and get myself some more patterns. (as soon as I finish my little fern box that is…)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Great looking star! Don’t forget that you can do just about any pattern that you can print just by tracing onto the workpiece…

-- Living on the square...

yah.. I just have to find something that catches my eye.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

well deb i think its a fine lookin star !! however a little yellow latex ….... lol

I agree with Mr. Trim, it is a fine looking star. Now, I have to go read the details in the blog!

Mark

-- Mark DeCou - American Contemporary Craft Artisan - www.decoustudio.com