OzarkSawdust Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 Got my first request for a special piece. The Rustic Barn is an antique/flea market type place. I've had a few of my woodworking pieces up there for about a year and a half. I've been showing the owner and her husband, has a small engine repair shop in the next building, all the stuff I'm doing with the scroll saw. She put my Elvis up front instead of back in my space, and she put my "scroll guy" business card holder on a shelf right beside the register! The other day she said she wanted to keep a box of tissues on the front counter and wondered if I could make a tissue box cover like the one I had there for sale...but with a barn on it. I started to work on it and ran into a snag and asked for some help. Jim Ern helped me out big time...Thanks again Jim!! He sent me his take on it in SVG file so I could play around with it. I changed the font, easier to cut and space, and put a "barn" roof on it. Then cut it out of Mahogany. I put the barn on opposing sides and a flower design on the other two. Light sanding and a couple of coats of Minwax spray semi-gloss poly. and it's done! Took it up there with a couple other pieces...she loved it!! You should have seen her eyes light up when she saw it...makes all the work worthwhile. Only charged her $25...but I'll bet I'm getting a bunch more in free advertising with it and my scroller card holder kept right on the front counter where no one can miss them! And before I left she asked me if I would mind her moving my pieces up front while I'm gone, my shelf is kind of in the back of the shop at the end of an isle, I thanked her ! RabidAlien, amazingkevin, Jronn65 and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjR Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 Very good job. Good luck with the sales. OzarkSawdust 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 Awesome job. I love the wood you chose. Bet they were over the moon with it. Marg OzarkSawdust 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 Now that is a Beautiful box.Awesome job. OzarkSawdust 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimErn Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 Looks great, kudo's OzarkSawdust 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 Great workmanship!!! Your the best!!! OzarkSawdust 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzarkSawdust Posted December 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 2 hours ago, JimErn said: Looks great, kudo's Thank you for getting me pointed in the right direction! I'm getting better at Inkscape...but am still a long way from where I want to be. I hope to have time to just play with it later this month. When I get better at it I'll try GIMP. I looked at it a time or two but need to go through the videos again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzarkSawdust Posted December 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 50 minutes ago, amazingkevin said: Great workmanship!!! Your the best!!! Thank you Kevin! Not bad for a rank armature...eh ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzarkSawdust Posted December 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 9 hours ago, wombatie said: Awesome job. I love the wood you chose. Bet they were over the moon with it. Marg Thanks Marg! I looked around the shop and thought "I haven't made anything with the Mahogany yet" so I used it. Glad I did...I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. And Brenda, the owner, just loved it. wombatie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 very nice OzarkSawdust 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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