To me, the star is the penultimate symbol of the Christmas season. It’s a message of hope, of joy, and love peace. A couple of years ago I created this mosaic version of a wooden Christmas star. Every year since I get a lot of requests to build the star for others. Unfortunately, I just […]
Service Spoons
Service Spoons: A Project to Help Kids (and Parents!) Remember the True Meaning of Christmas (Or any time of year!) The idea for service spoons comes from the desire to find ways to help our kids understand the reason for the season. That said, it’s great for any time of the year in teaching kids […]
Christmas Gift Box Ornaments
Growing up, my mom would give each of us kids a new ornament each Christmas. Carefully chosen, the ornament was intended to be a reflection of something we were interested in or would like. When we got married mom gave each us a box of our ornaments to start our own Christmas trees. I love […]
The Gift of DIY: A Dining Table with a Special Purpose
Welcome to the 10th of our 12 Days of a DIY Christmas. For my day I wanted to share a way you can use those awesome DIY skills to give to others. I love the Christmas season with all of it’s lights and activity and festivities. Of course, it’s also easy to get caught up […]
12 Days of a DIY Christmas
Better ask that true love to get you some tools, because this holiday season we are bringing you 12 free DIY plans that will knock your socks off. Forget the turtle doves and maids-a-milking, these ideas are perfect for gift giving (or gift keeping!) Starting tomorrow 12 rocking kick-butt building women are going to share their plans […]
13 Days of a Woodworking Christmas
We just wrapped up the very first annual 13 Days of a Woodworking Christmas, and hopefully you spotted something you love and want to make. Guys, this is one incredible group of woodworking bloggers. I am honored to work with each of them, and love to see what they make. If you aren’t following their […]
Wood Star Mosaic
Welcome! I’m so glad you are here. If you have been following along you know that I am working with a group of awesome woodworking bloggers to bring you 13 days of build plans. That, and a giveaway for $300 worth of tools are our gift to you! Day 7 is here, and it’s my turn! […]
DIY Wooden Houses Village (free template!)
Houses are probably my favorite design motif. They find their way into my decor every season in some form or other. Christmas is one of my favorites, and this year I added a wooden houses to the mix. This one is made from curly maple and sits on my console. I have some friends that […]
Christmas Photo Display Boards
One of my favorite Christmas traditions is getting my kids’ photo with Santa. I mean, check out this piece of Santa photo perfection: It seems a shame to waste such perfectly good photographs, to display them for one Christmas and then never see them again. Same goes for those Christmas family photos that become your […]
DIY Faux Expensive Garland
Faux expensive. Like that? I am going to show you how I took a cheap, crappy looking garland and made it look like a much more expensive garland. So much more expensive. That is nearly 25 feet worth of thick, luscious garland. You go ahead and price that out, then if you haven’t won the […]
