Denny Knappen Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 I finished the final four patterns of these Standing Miniature Birdhouses. I used Aromatic Red Cedar for the birdhouses and Yellowheart for the birds. I used FD Polar #5 & #7 blades and one coat of spray Shellac for the finish. Thanks to Diana Thompson for the wonderful patterns. Comments welcome. don watson, amazingkevin, TripleJScroller and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don watson Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 These really look great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted June 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 Thanks Don. Now the set of eight is complete. New Guy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 I finished the final four patterns of these Standing Miniature Birdhouses. I used Aromatic Red Cedar for the birdhouses and Yellowheart for the birds. I used FD Polar #5 & #7 blades and one coat of spray Shellac for the finish. Thanks to Diana Thompson for the wonderful patterns. Comments welcome. Tweety tould tike taying tin tne tf these tomes,tou tid ta tery tice tob tf them,Got my tongue tied looking at these beauts.I well know the amount of work mit takes to produce one,Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Nice work Denny !...Have not cut any standing ones yet , but looks like i may have to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky2 Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Denny, they look great, I like how you've adapted them to stand rather than hang. Len Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 They look fantastic. Great work Denny. I finally ordered the hanging bird houses yesterday. Marg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 They are Beautiful I am gonna have to give them a try,Thanks to A,K I have some patterns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfie Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Those came out great thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted June 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Thanks for all the nice comments. I did not adapt these, the patterns come from Diana Thompson's website. In fact, I received a comment on my Facebook page from Diana. It seems she is selling a lot of these patterns lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdatelle Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Nice job Denny. I cut a lot of the other bird houses but none standing. I'll have to check her pattern out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted June 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Thanks Ralph. Not sure if they will sell, but someone mentioned they would look great on a window sill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penquin Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Thanks for the photo and story. I am one of the folks who have bought all the bird house patterns from her site. Have done one set of the hanging ones. Am trying to convince my wife to use her old tole painting skills to do them in colors but she like to knit a lot now so it maybe a job to get her to paint. May offer dinner. They are without a doubt a lot of fun to make. I do find the #7 polar blade a bit hard to use and seem to jump for me in the cutting. Maybe trying to go to fast. Thanks for the inspiration. jim penquin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted June 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Thanks Jim. No talent for painting here, so I will leave them plain. Polar blades are aggressive, so you have to let the blade do the cutting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edward Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Lookin great and nice cutting. edward Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Be_O_Be Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 Nice work, I really like the way the bases turned out. After reading your earlier post I followed up at Diana's website and was surprised how small these are. Did you enlarge the patterns, curious how big these are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted June 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 Thanks Edward and Bob. No, I cut them as sized on the pattern. The smallest is 3 1/2" and the tallest is 5". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdatelle Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 Denny, I sold about 15 of them just word of mouth for $10.00 each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 I have to admit, the first time I saw these little bird houses, in did not care much for them. I understand that everyone has different likes and dislikes. I miss a lot because of my own quick judgements on things. I Have found as time goes along, my mind is finally showing me that I need to take a closer look at things and I am starting to understand how I am restricting only myself when I do that. As I look at your cute bird houses, I understand how wrong I am to be so quick to decide against making something. You have helped me to see my own shortsightedness. I really like your miniature pieces Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted June 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 Ralph, I have not sold any of the Standing Miniature Birdhouses yet, but I just sold three of the hanging ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted June 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 Dick, glad I got your interest peaked. Give compound cutting a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted July 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 I thought you might like to see my display of Miniature Birdhouses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted July 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 As a follow up, someone came into ArtCrafters and purchased all the Miniature Birdhouses. What a joy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vott1 Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 I really like the standing birdhouses Denny. Nice cutting, and I can't believe thats only 1 coat. What brand of shellac do you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Monk Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 You do a great job on those Denny. dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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