My wife wanted a gift she could give to some women she works with at church, and I had some maple drawer fronts I picked up at IKEA in their as-is section. I was able to use them to carve… Continue Reading →
I spent some time this past weekend making some Christmas ornaments. To begin, I started off by cutting squares of 1/8″ maple and bloodwood. I then glued them together cross grain, to create basically a 2-ply plywood that would be… Continue Reading →
One of the things I’ve struggled with as a parent is teaching my kids to look past the “gimme, gimme” of Christmas lists, and also look for ways they can serve and help others. With that in mind, I came… Continue Reading →
I recently had the chance to spend a weekend in the mountains of Utah at a cabin near Mirror Lake. It was nice to get away and unplug. My family spent time playing card games, putting together puzzles and playing… Continue Reading →
I recently took some newborn photos of a family friend’s baby. They turned out adorable! Enjoy the cuteness overload.
I created some fun plaid textures you can download and use for free — on any project you want, but you can’t resell them. There are 3 sets, download link at the bottom.
I made these repeatable black and white (and white and black) alphanumeric backgrounds a while back and never shared them. The following characters are represented: A-Z 0-9 & @ $ #
I made recently made my first foray into using epoxy resin. I’ve watched a bunch of YouTube videos of people using resin, and finally decided to take the plunge. It was definitely a using learning experience. Watch the video below,… Continue Reading →
Want to make your own custom bingo cards? This program I made will let you choose what 5 letter word you want across the top (BINGO) as well as how many cards you would like to print. It will even… Continue Reading →
With so much hate going on in the world recently, I was feeling rather saddened today and while brainstorming new ideas, I decided to do a simple design with a simple message — Love. Just Love.
I’ve always liked word searches, and with St. Patrick’s day coming up, I decided to make one to celebrate the holiday. The PDF download includes 3 pages, page 1 is shown below, page two has 1/2 page versions (two per… Continue Reading →
My children all love superheroes, and my oldest boy wanted to make custom valentines for all his friends at school. I used the previous superhero printable designs I made and made them smaller so they would fit 4 to a… Continue Reading →
My father-in-law is a woodworker, and has built some fun furniture for his grandchildren as well as jewelry boxes and clocks for his kids. For his birthday, I decided to make him a gift that will help him keep all… Continue Reading →