Wednesday, October 22, 2008

CREATIVITY

I don't know if you know this about me. But my mind I guess seems to need a thousand different outlets to be sane. I have been watching an awful lot of HGTV lately and I always look at things and say, humph, I could do that. Well, no different in this case. My good friend Emily and I decided to take a woodworking class together to learn how to build stuff.

I have a thousand things in mind that I want to build but I decided the first would be a bench/toy/cedar chest for Audrey. I came up with a design. I designed it to have bead board in the front inset a little from the frame....Well. My teacher decided that we were going to make that bead board out of individual pieces. HOLY COW!! I cut, and jointed, and sanded, and shaped, and sanded again, and pieced together, and sanded some more 26 planks of bead board. Yikes! Even though that was crazy, for the last several weeks I have been forging ahead learning lots about all the amazing things you can do in a well supplied wood shop. I am pretty proud of myself because it looks awesome. Last night I did a few silly mistakes, hope I got them all over in one night so I don't feel stupid to the teacher anymore. I hate that feeling. Luckily it was nothing to do with my finished product or anything like I had to replace pieces. I am happy about that. So just wanted to share the progress!



EMILY'S MAKING A BOOKCASE



WHY DO I ALWAYS WEAR BLACK WHEN I DO STUFF LIKE THIS?




OH YEAH SHE LOOKS HOT IN SHOP GLASSES


THE PIECES BEFORE IT GETS PUT TOGETHER


YEA!!!! ITS FURNITURE

9 comments:

Theresa said...

I'm totally and completely jealous. where did you find the class at? This is something I've been wanting to do for a long time. How much is it costing you?

Emily said...

Yay for woodshop! You're not lying about your project being intense! I would've given up on the beadboard after about the 11th board. Good job!

Amanda said...

That's amazing Becky! Way to go!

Mitch and Holly said...

Holy Cow!!! Impressive. I wished we lived closer to each other. I would have totally gone with you to this class.

Nathan and Colleen said...

Wow Becky you're so amazing. Will Audrey even be able to get into the toy box, it looks huge? You are definitly learing some great stuff.

Jen@eighteen25 said...

how fun!! i bet you girls are having a blast. i love to learn how to do new things!! can't wait to see the projects all done!

Josh and Gnickie said...

Way to go Becky. The toy chest is looking good. I think I am going to need to take up some classes like that. It is always fun to learn something new.

Amanda said...

Hey girl...that's amazing. That's awesome that you are taking a woodshop class. Are you still doing photography? Let me know if you still need me. I'm able to fit back in my dress again! Yeah...it took a while!!!

Cassidy said...

That is awesome! Good job!