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| Game Table |
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| Completed 2001 |
They say copying is the greatest form of flatterly...so I guess I flatter the designers at Sticks with this creation. Jim and I wanted to have a nursery with a Sticks theme at a fraction of the price, so I spent
a great deal of my pre-natal time working on these colorful folk art pieces. I used a wood burner to burn the images
into pine, then painted the grooves with black, then applied the colorful shading, topped off with a clear glaze for the final
effect. I will slowly but surely continue to add pieces to the kids room.
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| Growth Chart |
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| Completed 2002 |
This is a growth chart that has different little sayings with each image such as "Growing Like a Wee", "Up Up and Away",
"Shoot for the Moon"... There are holes drilled in the side where little pegs mark a person's height. There are
two finials on the top, a planet and a rocketship.
The mirror says "Live Life to the Fullest". There are finials at the top of the mirror. The kids loved to
look at themselves in this piece when they were babies.
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| Treasurer Box |
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| Completed 2001 |
This was a wooden box that Smith & Hawkins used as a gift package for a glass clochette with crokus bulbs.
The lid slides into the box and has a metal embossed plate that says SH. So I played off of that and put "Special Hiding
place" on the lid to go along with the SH. I added the feet to box. The theme of the box is that of pirate treasure.
I keep special items from the early baby days such as the little hats and shirts the hospital sent the babies home in.
I also keep a small collection of foreign currency in the box.
| United We Stand Flag |
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| Completed 2001 |
I created this hanging for the front door shortly after September 11, 2001.
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This box is used to store the children's wooden blocks.
| Wall Hanging |
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| Completed 2002 |
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