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Finished these two items this week, both are Steve good patterns.

I made the pattern for this from a painting that I found online. The original artist was not credited. It's 8 x 10 x 1/8 inch Baltic Birch plywood. Cut with Pegas #1, 2 and 0 spirals.

My SOs daughter requested me to make a Bethlehem Star to hang on the wall above her Nativity Scene she displays for Christmas. Believe it or not, I could not find any simple patterns of just a star. I finally found an image of a star made/folded out of card stock that was exactly what I was looking for. I converted the folding pattern to a nominal 6 1/2” x 12 12” cutting pattern. This size is proportionally correct for where it will be displayed over the Nativity set. I’m not sure what to call this…it is not Intarsia nor Segmentation nor Fretwork nor ???…, but I did cut it on the Scroll Saw, so I guess I’m allowed to show it off here. The two stars are identical with the small Star about half-size. I used a Pegas #5 mgt R blade to cut the bottom big star from nominal 3/4” (actual 5/8”) thick Whitewood that had very little grain and the small star from the same board milled to 1/2” thick – on the Table Saw. I sculptured the small star to taper the sides of the points, much like how the card stock was shown after it was folded. If I had used a harder wood, the sharp ends of the Stars points may have held their shape better. After sanding, sculpturing and mounting the small star, I applied an Acrylic Air Brush Sealer White prime coat. I then used my Air Brush to paint the star an Acrylic Craft Paint called Pure Gold. After the paint was dry, I applied a coat of craft glue and a thick coat of Fine Gold Glitter. This was the messy part of the entire project, and you can see in the photo, it is hard to remove from where it is not supposed to be. After the Glue dried the entire Star was coated with a Krylon product called Clear Glitter Blast, that is supposed to brighten up the Glitter while securing it in place. Like photos of most Scroll Saw work, all the blemishes are very visible, but when displayed on the wall it doesn’t look bad at all. My Lady is happy, and I think her daughter will be also. Comments and critiques always welcome.

I started making Christmas decorations for family members a couple of years ago. We send it out early so they have a chance to add it to their decorations the same year as they get them. I pick rather simple items and I started them a little earlier this year so I would have a clear slate for regular Christmas items if someone wants to place an order with me. This year I am doing these little snowmen. I am planning on making 12 of them, so far I have finish 4 of them. Here are a couple of them so you can see what I am up to in my shop this year. Dick heppnerguy

Can't remember who said they leave their pattern attached when spray painting to avoid getting too many coats applied trying to get those cut areas covered. Leaving the pattern on stopped me from having to apply a thick coat when pattern was removed. Works like a champ!

I have a granddaughter that lives in Montana and takes her time. every day to call her grandmother and also she loves my intarsia animals and requests new ones every year for Christmas. Her hallway it covered with my projects and she never seems to tire of them. I am one step ahead of her, as this bear will be her next addition. I am not sure of the wood used but it is extremely dense and making the fur lines on this peace was really difficult to do because of the density of the wood. It was also extremely heavy and took a few blades to get it cut, even with the simplicity of the pattern. I have more to post in the following days to come. Dick heppnerguy

Sorry for your loss, Charlie. Prayers for you and your sister's family.

Very nice Frank.

great job

Wonderful work Frank!

WOW Frank, as usual you do great work. I'm certain your lady's daughter will be very happy with it. Jerry

Very nice Edward, I especially like the eagle. Jerry

You have to lick the glue after it is applied to "activate" it!

I buy full shipping labels from amazon and print more than one pattern to fill out the label and it goes through my laser printer. I put contact clear paper on my wood first, then stick label pattern on that and it all comes off when done with a simple pull and wood is clean. Bill

@OCtoolguyHi Ray, thanks for all the suggestions. I had tried most of them prior to posting here, to no avail. I'm going to rtemove inkscape from my computer and then reinstall it again. Don't know if that will help or not...here's hoping it works.

In addition to Ray's advise, you may try rebooting your computer and then restarting Inkscape. This may cause Inkscape to try to recover a file that was shut down improperly.

Glue sticks from the dollar store over painters tape has yet to fail me Nice work btw, Thurman

A very good idea. It would also protect the reindeer. I am always concerned about these getting broken when I ship them.

Great thinking outside the box.