Author Archives: joel

To Each His Own

Posted on December 30, 2012 by joel

Lori came downstairs one morning to find Sean asleep on the couch, in this position. His head is wedged into the corner between the couch back cushions, and he was fast asleep. What a weirdo.

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Tracy and I came up with the design together, and then I built the pair for her and Andi for Christmas. Tracy's is the white, Andi's the teal. The third picture is Tracy's, all set up. I like how they came out!

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Breakfast with Santa – 2012

Posted on December 30, 2012 by joel

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Papercut Project for Carter

Posted on November 18, 2012 by joel

Started this thing almost a year ago, when I was doing all of those paper-cut portraits. Finally got around to finishing it, and putting it up in Carter's room.

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Medicine Cabinet Finished

Posted on November 12, 2012 by joel

I started building this medicine cabinet almost a year ago, during my Christmas break last year. Then I put it aside for a good long time. For some reason, I got a fire lit under myself to finish it up recently - and here it is, all done! The wood of the body is some spalted hickory I milled from a tree that was has been down for several years in our back woods. The door frames are from some mahogany that a coworker saved for me when he saw a neighbor getting ready to throw it out. All in all, a good project. Now I've just got to make a mirror to go with it. :)

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Carter’s Birthday Playdate

Posted on November 12, 2012 by joel

After lots of waiting for a class list for Carter's class so that we could schedule her birthday party, we eventually threw in the towel and scheduled a big playdate with a select few friends instead. It actually worked out really well - Lori had all kinds of activities planned for the kids (only half of which we actually ended up with time for), and they all had a really good time.