so it was definitely a long week, leading up to our garage sale weekend. unfortunately we didn't sell too much, but we made enough money to go out for food tonight. kind of. like, a crap ton of food. have you ever been to texas roadhouse? i haven't, until tonight. holy balls. i think i just did grocery shopping for the week with one meal. at the very least, it will last me a couple of lunches, so that's cool, i guess. it was pretty good, but my favorite barbecue is always going to be any north carolina style bbq. we always make it a point to get some while we visit the outer banks, because it's just awesome.
anyway....
see all that fancy wood burning up there? that was my arts and crafts for the weekend. aside from making some hair bows (and i even sold a few!), i used these special wood burning tips i got to make some neat patterns in a couple wine racks/shelves/planters/etc that ron put together. also, i listed out that long name because everyone who looked at them seemed to be offended by the fact that they were specifically "wine racks." it seems kind of funny considering the fact that i believe our town is a community of closet drunks, or kids stealing those tiny bottles of vodka from the liquor stores. you know how many bottles and cans i find when we go for walks around the town? it's stupid. seriously.
how fun is that? we (well, mostly ron) put a lot of effort into these and people said they "looked nice" and were "pretty," but that was about all we got. we ended up only asking for $25 for the big ones, and $10 for the smaller ones (which my mom bought all four of the smaller ones). people sell things like this without the wood burning for like $60. i can understand the people who don't have space, but good luck finding something like this cheap. on the bright side, he also got commissioned for a tv stand for our neighbor, and my mom wanted another night stand. meh. i suppose i will post these on facebook on my page to see if anyone is interested. if you are reading this and like either of the larger two, or have a request, feel free to email me, leesh.r42@gmail.com. i think i have a link to my email somewhere on my page. i can't remember.
there are a few close ups of each. the first one with the top border is stained "ipswich pine," and the second one is stained "cherry," and each are coated with a clear polyurethane to protect it. i mean, they do fit a few standard sized wine bottles (they are not extremely wide), but you can use them to hold books, as a planter for plants to hang over the edges, utensils....the possibilities are endless, really. the smaller ones (in the next few pictures) did not fit a wine bottle, but we could adjust so they do, or can be used for other small shelves, etc.
these were approximately 30"x18", although i did not measure them. the larger ones are about 36"x24" or so....i should get the exact measurements. anyway, these smaller ones were also burnt with a torch and then stained in various colors and clear coated. we put a bit of effort into these, and i think they came out pretty cool!
ta daaa. here was our little table. there really weren't too many people taking part in the sale, maybe only about 6 or 7 total, which is nothing out of our large complex. oh well, though. i suppose not everyone is into this kind of stuff. people usually just throw things away because it's easier. that's also how we end up with free stuff like chairs, folding tv dinner stands, luggage....#trashpickinggoods
one of our patrons actually suggested i talk to our local video game shop in town to partner and sell my hair bows through him. it is actually a cool idea, so i might try that this week. i sold three of them over the weekend, but it would be cool to sell some more. they're unique, i make them out of lanyards i get from work. i was asking $4 for each, believe it or not, they do take some time to assemble. i spend probably about 30-45 minutes per each bow, start to finish. i would like to take better pictures, and i also have more lanyards that i have not made into bows yet, so i have a good variety. these are available as well, feel free to contact me!
we got a couple lamps, and i also found these miniature wine glasses. i can't resist anything mini. it's like this terrible weakness that i cannot overcome.
even though we didn't make much money, it was still pretty fun, and was nice to get out for a bit. it was also kind of cool to talk to people about our stuff we were making, and even more cool that we gained a project and stuff like that. and also, not working all the time is way better than working all the time. i feel like i can't tolerate it anymore, so it is good for me to be out for a couple days here and there.
finally, to unwind from the week and after picking up the garage sale, we went out to green lakes and went out on a boat for a couple hours. it was nice to get away from people, the beach was pretty crowded when we got there. i have determined, and displayed, that i can't row a boat to save my life. in my defense, it was pretty windy, so i probably could have moved the boat instead of spinning in circles, but yeah. that's why ron was in charge of rowing us about the lake. i always like to say how i pretend i am awesome and can do anything, but there are a few things i can't do. rowing a boat is one of them. driving a tank in grand theft auto is another. if you could see a video of them side by side, you would get the same effect of moving slightly, while spinning in circles. like, imagine being on a tilt-a-whirl or one of the tea cup rides where you can spin in circles, but instead of following the pattern of the ride, you are going in a straight line, while spinning in the cup. yep. unpossible.
and then there's these assholes. we got home and pinned them down to torture them for a few minutes. it's all love torture. they like it. too much, sometimes.
so i am going to leave you with that for now. with any luck i will have something for wednesday, but i have to walk off my weight in food before i make anything else. have a good week! thanks for reading! ☺
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