Band saw back online and snow is due this week!

Hi Everyone,
Well, the new blade is back on the bandsaw and weve cleaned and lubricated all the moving parts and that critter is good to go so I cut up a whole pile of lumber that was beginning to stack up.
Ive got several tea boxes in the works right now-all of them are laminated blocks of different types of scrap lumber. They are all about 3 inches deep and six inches in diameter although I may cut them down just a little from those dimensions. All are out of wood that have been kiln dried and the scent in all of them is mostly absent and thats important for a closed container.
Ive brought them all inside to dry as its getting too cold for glue to dry now.
Im going to work on one of them early tomorrow morning and Ill post photos afterwards.
Its supposed to snow this Wednesday!
VW

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CHRISTMAS DEER AND A SNOW DAY

 

 

I chose a woodland theme to play with this year for Christmas decorating. It stated with the burlap

 ribbon I used on the Christmas tree. I had picked up these stocking hangers at Walmart along with

the crystal snow tree in the middle. My baby pinecones are from Brick & Mortar and the smaller

 shiny trees are a second hand find. They have candles behind them. (battery tea lights) I have also

 used a few sprigs of faux greener along the shelf.

 

 

 

A glitter covered reindeer wreath got perched a top of a black urn. The same black urn I use with a

 topiary ball in some of my furniture pictures. I simply pulled the greenery ball off the stem and sat

 the wreath in front of it.

 

 

My stockings were a unique find at Potters Christmas Store, but they had to be purchased on the 50%

off coupon weekend. I planned to be there right at 9am when they opened and I found out quickly so

 did everyone else. The parking lot was full, the extra parking lots was full, and the road side parking

 was full. I was patient and a spot opened, we got in the store and picked out the stockings, before

 we knew it we were through the cashier and on our way. Thank you Potters for being so organized!

 

By now you must have noticed the title and the theme of reindeer hanging around our home.

The bed has a deer and even the wrapping paper has tons of them prancing around.

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This morning we woke to our first official snow. We had a light dusting earlier this month and it was

 gone by that afternoon. This snow fall should look pretty for the rest of the day but with warmer

temperatures forecast tomorrow it wont be here long. We typically get one nice snow to enjoy the

rest of the time its rain. This Wednesday the forecast is calling for rain. Enjoy todays photos.

 

 

 

 

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