I belong to several local Chambers of Commerce, including the Forest Grove, Oregon Chamber. They had an annual Chamber dinner, at which they conducted a raffle. I offered to supply a $49 retail value, custom-laser-engraved bamboo cutting board to one of the raffle winners. This board is the piece I created for a co-chamber member who represented Waste Management NW. He created this custom design, which I burned onto a 17"W x 12"H bamboo cutting...
I was contacted by a local guy who was making two essentially identical boxes that he was going to turn into jewelry boxes as gifts for his girlfriend's two daughters. He knew the images he wanted to use and the font style. So, I just had to put those together in a pleasing layout. He is a woodworker himself, so brought these to me as solid blocks of wood that he planned to finish and turn into boxes after I completed the customization. These...
Snape is my favorite character from the Harry Potter series. I guess I must have a soft place in my heart for the supposed "villain"...at least in some stories. Throughout almost the entire Harry Potter saga we are led to believe that Severus is someone to be feared. That he is a "bad guy" and out to get Harry and his friends. But in the end, we discover that he is really the ultimate good guy. I wanted to find an image of his character that...
UPDATED: 3/20/2019 - I've added the finished piece. Of course, as an artist I'm never really sure when a work is really DONE. You can always add a little more shading here...a little more smoothing there. I'm sure I'll probably continue to made subtle changes. But he is essentially done now and hanging on my office wall... Can you guess which character is NEXT in my series??? -- I've been having a yearning to play with some fun burning...just...
I'm sitting here in pain. Abdominal pain. It started late yesterday afternoon and it's now 8:05 the next morning. It kept me awake most of the night. It's a digestive thing. Nothing too serious...I can just tell. You know...the kind you feel after eating too many beans? Ya, that kind. But intense. It comes in waves, so it's not constant. But a new cramp comes on every few minutes and it makes me writhe and palpate my belly like I would knead a...
My History With Home-Based Businesses I remember first hearing about home-based businesses when I was a child, probably around age eight or ten. I babysat for someone who was a Jafra rep, though I didn't know what that meant. Just that she had some unique skincare products in her bathroom with royal bee honey in them-that part stuck with me. Because I thought it was strange that there would be face cream with special jelly that came from...
I was recently contacted by a gentleman from Wilsonville, OR who wanted a hand-burned, rustic plaque as a gift for his dear friend to hang on the wall in his mountain cabin. He wasn't sure what font he wanted or whether to include any graphics or not, but he definitely knew he wanted his friend's last name and the latitude and longitude coordinates for the cabin. With that information and knowing he was going for a rustic, mountain-cabin feel, I...
Day One of my weight-loss adventure using Nature's Wild Berries. I'm helping Hank and Juliano launch a home-party division of this business so let me know if you'd like to either try the berries yourself or if you are interested in jumping in at the VERY EARLY STAGES of an incredible home-based business opportunity!
