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Fairy Door #5: The Sunflower

Project by MsDebbieP posted 452 days ago 634 views 0 times favorited 19 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Aug 13, 2008

The Fairies have brought their neighbours—and they have moved into the flower gardens!

I found this sunflower this morning hanging on the old dead tree in one of the flower beds.

Wood: poplar
Door Handle: an earring: sunflower with sunglasses on.

Learning Curve
Isn’t it interesting how you can trace an edge, cut out the adjoining piece of wood and they don’t match! Argh.
Got it close though; the next one will be better, I’m sure.

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


19 comments so far

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Lee A. Jesberger

3709 posts in 858 days


posted 452 days ago

Hello Ms. Debbie;

I see your cat knows they’re in there!

Nice job.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

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MsDebbieP

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posted 452 days ago

haha yes, Jasmine always has to run out and get in the pictures!!! Silly cat.

Thanks Lee.

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

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thetimberkid

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posted 452 days ago

Great job!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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Dick, & Barb Cain

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posted 452 days ago

Hi Debbie!

I like it!

It looks like you’ve taken a first step into the realm of carving.

The only fault I can see is, the flower stem is a little bit hefty.<;O)

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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roman

1071 posts in 772 days


posted 452 days ago

I would be proud to have that in my garden

-- http://www.furnituremann.ca/

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MsDebbieP

14090 posts in 1039 days


posted 452 days ago

haha yes Dick.. the stem is a little large.
I forgot that I was going to find a branch and add to the flower before I took the pic.. darn. Oh well.

Thanks :D :D

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

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Thor

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posted 452 days ago

I love the picture of the cat looking up at it.
Fun piece for your wonderful yard.
Christina

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scottb

3391 posts in 1205 days


posted 452 days ago

this one’s great. My favorite of the bunch so far.

did you think they used gorilla glue to attach the earring? <- the fairies contest entry????

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

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SteveKorz

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posted 452 days ago

This one is terrific!...

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †

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Dusty56

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posted 452 days ago

you are so inventive and artistic : ) wonderful job !

-- 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 .

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TedM

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posted 452 days ago

Great carving! I wonder if the fairies used your new tools? :)

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Hersh

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posted 452 days ago

That’s a bright and cheery sunflower. Great job.

-- Hersh from Port Angeles, WA - Gotta Complete That Project!

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john

1161 posts in 1260 days


posted 452 days ago

Maybe you can make me a 100 cat doors .

-- John in Belgrave http://www.extremebirdhouse.com ....http://community.webshots.com/user/cranbrook2

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MsDebbieP

14090 posts in 1039 days


posted 452 days ago

Ted; No, they didn’t use the new tools…. I didn’t have them out of the package yet. I can’t wait to see the next sunflower door—it will definitely be made with the new tools and then I can see the difference!

John: 100 hahaha that’s funny. You sure you ONLY have 100 cats/??

Christina: yah, that cat picture is great. She just popped into the camera range and looked up as I was taking the picture—totally luck on that picture. But definitely great!! Maybe she heard the fairies.

Scott: this is your favourite?? It’s definitely sunny but there’s lots of improvements to be made on the next one for sure.

Thanks everyone :)

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

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jeanmarc

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posted 451 days ago

Great job!

-- jeanmarc manosque france

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MsDebbieP

14090 posts in 1039 days


posted 451 days ago

thank you Jeanmarc :)

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

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Rustic

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posted 451 days ago

Beautiful job

-- There is no such thing as a mistake. Its called a design modification Rick Kruse, Grand Rapids, MI

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SawDustnSplinters

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posted 450 days ago

Nice work of art….I paid a guy to get the tall grass and weeds around my shop the other day, there was one wild sunflower on the side of my shop already 4 feet tall growing out of roadbase and gravel, I told him to leave it there..

-- Frank, Little River/Academy, Texas , http://www.allthingsrustix.com

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MsDebbieP

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posted 450 days ago

4 feet tall.. yah that’s a keeper! And in gravel. They are a determined flower, aren’t they!

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

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