some Christmas spoons-

                                                              Happy Holidays to all!

A chair for Elizabeth

Photos of my rocking chair taken just before packing it carefully for it's trip to Kirkland, Washington-
I'm so glad it found such a good home!
Thank you MG for insisting I post about this- and Happy Birthday, too!

Off to Seekonk....

Go these custom spoons, to the lovely Annie.

                                 just shipped  these custom spoons to Rhode Island-

Etsy Blog 6/25/2012 Short Stories: Monogrammed Wooden Spoons

just finished this custom spoon-

Burned Furniture in Improper Bostonian- Go Figure!

I'm so pleased to have a paragraph and a few pictures of my woodburned pieces included in

" Boston's Etsy Entrepreneurs" in the April  Home edition of the Improper Bostonian magazine.

 A few of my pieces took part in a photo shoot in downtown Boston, as well.  Here's the article!

April 11-24, 2012

Easter eggs colored by P and C!

Christmas chopsticks

this year I made Christmas chopsticks for the kids.
Pictured atop a lovely napkin hand embroidered by Stitchado, of Etsy.
Pictured beside a gorgeous vintage plate from EnglishTransferware, of Etsy.

custom order for the lovely Constance

                                                                          front....

                                                           
                                                                and back.

Ah-

22 ginko leaves

a new frame for my Etsy shop.

very enjoyable to make- it still smells (slightly) like a campfire!

12 Frames

finished 12 frames

10 frames

                                   Here's what I've been working on for the past five weeks or so-
         
                                 

Rosa's Rolling Pin

just finished today at 5 pm- several almost non stop days of fun/work-

jennifer's new chopsticks

custom spoons for Kim P.

just finished!

serving bowl

new small tray

working on this custom order for the lovely Mary-Claire

large serving plate

Another upcycled (then sanded and woodburned) used plate from the Saint Camillus Thrift shop. Two full days of burning-finally it's finished!

oak rolling pin

Another second hand find from the thrift shop- this one is oak, I think, and quite heavy- took lots of sanding and lots of time- finally finished!

small shelf

This small shelf was purchased used and unfinished from the best shop ever- Saint Camillus Thrift Shop in Arlington, MA. After some moderate sanding and many hours of burning, here is the shelf! It's going to hopefully find a temporary resting place at the Blue Cloud Gallery in Somerville, MA later today.

Also pictured, a July anniversary cake. 

new chopsticks

Just finished this rolling pin- one of several vintage finds from my favorite thrift shop..I cleaned, sanded, burned (for about a week!) and oiled with care- here is the result.
You can see it in person at the Blue Cloud Gallery in Somerville, MA.

Betsy of Blue Cloud

If you have not met photographer Betsy Lenora- new owner of Blue Cloud Gallery in Somerville's bustling Ball Sqare-you are missing out. A talented artist in her own right, Betsy kindly and expansively stables the work of many prolific local craftspeople- already I am tempted to spend money I don't have on lovely sgriffito style pottery and whimsical technicolor primates.

I'm pleased to announce many of my emblazoned housewares can now be found at Blue Cloud; in fact I just dropped off every last woodburned utensil in my home, as well as several plates and other pieces, into Betsy's open arms. I'm really happy about this new opportunity!

(photo credit Betsy Lenora of Blue Cloud Gallery

new fork and spoon-

a new serving plate-

                                                    

available at Blue Cloud Gallery, Somerville, MA