The really really last batch of woodburned goodies! :-)

Ok, I know I said that the "last" one was last...but what can I do?! Every day I find more and more interesting things to woodburn. :-) So, basically a lady asked me to woodburn her a raccoon family and here is how it started:



1. First I made a very rough 5 min sketch of the family





2. Then the lady chose between 2 sizes of plaques( you can see how big they are compared to a pencil). She chose the bigger one.





3. Then the lady asked me to sketch them up to the waist, so here is the second sketch





4. So, this is what came out of it





And a close-up





Here is one more





Unfortunately the light wasn't very good today and the pictures don't to it justice, because in person the strokes with the woodburner look more like fur. One other thing that I did this week was finish the huge nutcracker that I've started last month and never had the chance to finish. Here he is! Isn't he a beauty? See how big he is compared to the penny that is right next to his legs?







Well, I tried a bamboo candle holder for the first time, but unfortunately it had some kind of a coating on top of the bamboo and it was extremely hard to woodburn it. I had other design in mind, but what can you do.

Stamp artist is needed!!!

Hi All,
I just wanted to let whoever doesn't know that the online store " Paperbasics" is looking for a new stamp artist!
Here is a link to the article:
Looking for a Stamp Artist!

So, if you are a person who likes to draw and would love to make a stamp line for them, go for it and send them an e-mail at: paperbasics@web.de

Good luck everyone!!!

Out and about

Again, it has been a busy week! I finally made my cake for the cake challenge ( yuppie!!!) and you are going to hear about it very very soon! We are discussing the cakes on 1st of November, so look out for the posting with the pictures and all! :-) Here is the rest of the woodburned items I made for the spa center.



1. Flower shaped box, small size.







2. I have 2 of these, this one is the "white" one, because it has white in the middle:









3. This one is pretty much the same design, but it's the "black" version.









4. One of my favorites:









5. Feng Shui Koi fish as Yin and Yang, very auspicious box.







6. Linear design, interesting combination that just came out of the blue.





7. Halloween here we come- a spiderweb design!





8. Small box with floral design





9. A very surprising item to have made in wood- Notebook 1





10. Notebook 2





11. A medium size wooden plaque with reproduction of a rubber stamp image.





12. My favorite leaves again





13. Medium size wooden plaque with birds.





14. Wooden wall cross.





15. Whimsical design that I just came up with.









16. Medium size plaque with a cat





17. Butterfly design on a small box





18. Linear design again

Pyrographed Christmas Toys & Decorations

It has been a long long weekend! I've finished 7 more wooden pieces that I'll try to show you in the next couple of days before I start on the cards but now it's the time to reveal something I've been working on that I think you might like. With all the other things I've been making for the show at the spa I made some Christmas decorations and toys and here they are:

1. Little toy train

2. And another train

3. Nutcracker No.1

4. Nutcracker No. 2

5. Nutcracker No.3

6. A large bell Christmas tree decoration

7. A snowman

8. A reindeer

9. Santa Claus ( is coming to town ;-)

10. And another Santa

11.The bell and this one are bigger than my hand, very large tree decorations.

12. A cute present

13. These can fit in your palm.

14. Another "bulb"

15. And another one

16. One more

17. Here is an acorn shaped one

18. And another " bulb"

19. Another "acorn"

20. And another "bulb"

If for some reason you have missed the previous 2 posts with the recent pyrographed items, check out here the 1st one

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Tomorrow I'll post the rest of the pyrographed things + I hope I can show you the ones I made this weekend as well. Have a good week!