Good Time Had by All

Well the NFW show tonight at wildfire was great as usual, maybe even a little better this time. It's about time for a CD I think. Oh yeah and on a side note........................pssssst, it's still snowing and that sucks.

New Bread

Just finished making a new batch of bread that plays off of an old recipe that is great. This one is a hard crusted but soft centered bread with dill, onions, cottage cheese, a poblano, japaleno and habanero peppers. Mmmmmmm.

NFW

NOT FROM WISCONSIN. Can't wait to finally see them in Ithaca instead of having to leave town. Oh yeah.............come see them I mean it.

I Had a Car..........I Thought

Hmmmmm, I thought there was an automobile attached to the payment I make every month but I could be mistaken. Oh wait I found the mirror, whew it's just under the 22 inches of snow we got over the last two days. Well I can look at it like this I guess, I can't get it out so that means I can't drive it, and if I can't drive it it won't get covered in salt, and if it doesn't get covered in salt it will rust less and that's a good thing. Finally my Malamute Jack feels at home!

Four Hours and Change

Success!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Etsy Modifications

Just so everybody knows I am willing to make reasonable compromises with prices and shipping on anything I make or have for sale. The way shipping works on Etsy is a little cut and dry. I don't really know how much it will cost until someone tells me where it's going and by then it's usually too late to change the price. If anybody is local I won't charge shipping. If anybody is interested in well priced pottery you should check out NorahSmith on Etsy. I have purchased a couple of things from her and use them almost every day. She does good work.

Ambitious Day

I am home today because for the next two days I will probably be sitting behind the wheel of a truck pushing snow, so I guess I should try to get something done. I have a new bread recipe I might try and I think I might try to get to the next step in one of my end grain cutting boards. I would have a third project to work on today but I have a very bad dog here and he likes to work on the same things I do!! I will clear things up...........the other day I started making a wooden chain and had probably put four hours into making this particular one. I went to my basement to use the table saw and when I reached the living room there lay my innocent little Malamute sleeping so soundly.....surrounded by a pile of shredded wooden chain.

Pizza Time Success........and projects

Pizza was a success! A R and I finished two pizzas one of which was the best white garlic I have ever made to date. I have tried to make a white garlic pizza for a long time that I liked as much as one I could buy at a pizza joint but with really lame results, but now I think I might have fixed it............Yay! I worked a little on one of the end grain cutting boards today during work but I am running into problems with making it perfectly flat. I might have to break down and borrow a planer but I will give it one last time with the orbital sander. I have to go digest now.

Bread Bread the Magical Fruit

Well I'm sure all of who will read this know that I also enjoy to make breads. I would love to make and sell bread but I don't really know how you would go about selling a very perishable item. I will probably try a new recipe tomorrow or the next day....... ok maybe the next day, I have a couple of pizzas to make for tomorrow. Come on, who wants a metric ton of bread? I will give you a good deal I promise.

Good Food and Good People

I just posted an event sidebar for a band called Not From Wisconsin who are very good. I have a friend in the band and want to help them get their name out as best I can. Anyway..... you should go see them they are great and they are playing at Wildfire Lounge in Ithaca, NY on Saturday Feb. 27th at 10:00PM I think. They are great people and Wildfire has great food so stop in.

Current Projects

Right now I have a few works in progress and can't seem to focus on just one. I am making a couple of functional cooking sets one for someone and one for Etsy. I have another pair of earrings in the works as well as a gift for one of my favorite shops on Etsy, you should check out this shop if you have a thing for humor and zombies (zombietoes). I am also working of a style of cutting board that I have never made but am really excited for especially if it works out right, it's an end grain cutting board. I will post a random picture from google just to show what they look like but it won't be the one I'm making.

Requests or Purchases

If anybody is interested in anything I have for sale you can just go to Etsy and purchase it there. On the other hand if anybody wants anything made I am up to the challenge as long as it's within the realm of what I think I have the tools to do. I am much more interested in making specific things people want than I am just making things that come to mind.

New Cutting Board

I finished a new cutting board this morning and I think this one is the closest to perfect I have made so far. This board went together seamlessly. I just put it on etsy and am hoping it gets some viewers. If anybody wants anything that I have for sale just drop me a line or go to my Etsy page and purchase it there.

It's a Start!

I have decided to create this whole............"thing" because I wanted to be able to post my projects online for others to see without paying to post them. Currently everything I make I have for sale on www.etsy.com unless it is a special project for something specific. I have only been working with wood as a hobby since June of 2009 and it started with a spoon.


-I have a couple of really good friends that I give credit to for the whole start of this hobby. I had gone over to dinner at their house and noticed a hand carved spoon from some wood which escapes me currently that he had carved and thought it would be cool to have one. I had asked him to make me one but figured it wouldn't be too hard to do myself with a knife and any piece of wood. So one day I had invited this same couple over to boil down some maple sap into syrup and took a knife and a pine 1" * 4" board with me to carve while the sap boiled down. Long story short the spoon above was the end result and thus the beginning of my hobby.