Latest item -crochet cottton dishcloths

It have been quiet the last couple of weeks but life has been busy!  The latest new item are crochet dishcloths. They are all cotton and about 9"x 9".   I will probably make some 7" x 7" soon as a more managable size.  Current price is $4 each. Great Christmas gifts and I will be adding more colors soon as well.
The plan is to be at Farmer's Market this saturday.

Nothing new -sort of

So no new items. The garden and the picture above have kept me busy. I now have two Californian does and I am borrowing a Californian buck.  Hopefully in a few months I will have baby bunnies for sale (either for pets or meat.) The two above are mother/daugher and like to be together. I hope to get one more California or a Satin doe and eventually a New Zealand buck.
Still have a few whistles left, hopefully this Sunday I can get a bunch of woodturning completed.
Will have Bok Choy, Japanese Sweet Potatoes and some mizuna at Farmer's Market tomorrow.

New item - Old fashioned whistles!

I finally got the whistles done.  These are just the beginning. They are $5 each.  The whistle is maple and for now the 'flipple' is either walnut, cherry or birch. The flipple is the piece inside that actually helps make the whistle work.  They are colored and then buffed with carnuba wax for a slight shine and food safe protection.  A couple of the ones picture are already gone but I will be make more after this weekend.
Great old fashioned game stocking stuffers. 

Demo day

Today I was doing a demo at Boonville Days at the Brazos Center.  It was a little quiet but I got some tops and honey dippers done so that is always a plus.  I also made my first whistle this morning before heading out.  It works so look to some whistles posted soon. I hope to work on some Sunday along with some new jewelry.

More mills and a demo

A few more peppermills that I finished this week.I have also done a few mesquite pens as well.
Production has been slow due to being at my brother's wedding last weekend.  Should be picking up now. There are tons of rough turned cottonwood bowls to finish and I am thinking about trying to make whistles. What do you think? Just simple one note ones.
I will be doing a demo Saturday Oct 7th at the Brazos Center for Boonville days.  I will also have my woodturnings and ceramics for sale as well.
Stop by and say hi. I will be making tops and honey dippers.
Some items in the next few weeks: new bottle stoppers, bowls.  Hopefully if I have time I will try the whistles and I have had a request for salt boxes.  I also want to work on the jewlery some more.

Mini pepper mills and salt and pepper shaker set

Here is some other new items.  On the left there is a salt and pepper shaker set from a beautiful piece of maple burl that I have been holding onto for a few years now.
The other pieces are mini pepper mills (or you could use them for salt as well.)  The one on the left of the three is bubinga, then jobillo and then a piece of curly maple that has been dyed with yellow, blue and turoquise giving it a green apperence with a few bluish highlights. The picture really does not do it justice.  It has a lacquer finish with a carnuba wax over it to help bring out the color.

I do have one more style of pepper mill which I need to make.  If these sell well, then there will be more on the way.

Salt and pepper shaker set - $ 25
Mini pepper mill - $30

Update: salt and pepper shaker set - SOLD
Two pepper mills on the right - SOLD

New stuff! - Wedding goblets

So here is a new item.  A wedding goblet.  It has two captive rings and the stem is spiral cut. 
One of these is going to my brother and sister-in-law to be (part of their wedding gift) the other (pictured right) is for sale.  The lighting makes it look like they are leaning but they are straight.  The wood is maple and the finish is food safe (walnut oil, beeswax and carnuba wax) but they are really a show piece. 
Captive rings are turned from the same piece of wood as the goblet. They are turned before the stem has been completed so they will never come off the piece.
I will be making more but the types of wood is limited since only close grain hardwoods will work with the captive rings and spiraling the stem.

Wedding goblet - $50

Well, it has been awhile and Farmers Market keeps me busy.  I sold 4 bowls this weekend so I had to finish up some more.  So here are some new ones.  The bottom lighter ones are hackberry, the little one I think is sweet gum, medium size is sweet gum as well (I think) and the one in the upper right hand corner is Texas Sugar Maple. Pretty wood but a pain to deal and soaks up alot of finish.

Hopefully I will try to finish some wooden spinner tops in the next few days a post some pictures of those as well.