Monday, January 01, 2007

In the Workshop

**I'm not ready to publish this post because I don't have a photo of the completed project yet. Blogger has other ideas and won't let me save posts as drafts or edit posts. Grrrrr. So I'll upload an accompanying photo tomorrow.**

Here are some images from the Christmas Workshop (aka the kitchen). We made 13 Nativity sets for family and friends. Everybody helped - Daddy and the older two cut wood and sanded, everybody except Younger Daughter did some woodburning and staining, and everybody, including YD (especially YD) did some painting. The top photo is of the staining process. The wood was stained with Walnut Ink that I made this fall from Black Walnuts that my InLaws gathered for me from their yard last year (Black Walnuts are Biennial - they fruit every other year).
The second photo below shows YD painting. We used Grammy's paints and brushes, which thrilled the kids.





2 comments:

Jenny said...

These are WAY cool!!!! I hope everybody loved them!!! I think my favorite part is that they are truly home made with materials from home, and lots of loving work put in by the whole family!

What are you going to make next year ;)

Grandma September said...

These are awesome! Thanks for sharing them.... :)