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GISH 2021

GISH is an annual charity event and festival of creativity which has been happening for the last 10 years, or so. They describe themselves as: GISH is the Greatest International Scavenger Hunt, a Guinness World Record-setting virtual event designed to bring out the weird, creative, and adventurous sides of people while doing good.

by J&D September 3, 2021September 3, 2021

Wooden Thread Cards

I have two hobbies, at least. One is woodworking. Building furniture and other objects for my house. I was perfectly happy having this be my one main hobby and creative outlet, but you can’t always do woodworking. It’s loud, messy, and demands me to be outside. All of which I love about it, but sometimes […]

by Jeffrey May 12, 2021May 18, 2021

close-up photo of the coffee table top made from redwood

A Coffee Table, for Real This Time

Back in June we decided to build our Coffee Table. I bought the wood and did the rough cuts, but by the time we decided to actually start building it we realized that we needed a better work bench first. So, that happened. Then DeLyle decided that she needed to build a desk for her […]

by Jeffrey August 29, 2020September 1, 2020

A Coffee Tab…er…A Workbench!

Last month, after I made the shadow box, we decided to start working on our new coffee table. We had the wood already. I cut it all to the specs and it was sitting there waiting to be assembled. The plan is to use biscuit joints for the table top and the lower shelf. A […]

by Jeffrey July 12, 2020

One Day Build: Shadow Box

I grew up with a wood shop in the basement. When I was young my father was an airplane mechanic with a woodworking hobby. There were always tools of all sorts around. He’d make picture frames, small decorative shelves, plant stands, and various other small household items. Being his son, it was only natural that […]

by Jeffrey June 7, 2020July 24, 2020

Cat Box 2.0

If you know anything about us, you know about our cats. You also probably know that we’ve been getting deeper and deeper into woodworking as a hobby for just about the same amount of time as the cats have been in our lives. That is not a coincidence. It all started innocently enough. We adopted […]

by Jeffrey May 31, 2020June 7, 2020

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