Me and Mike love to do almost anything in our little shop.
From little candle holders to large birdhouses and shelves 16' long!
Mike does most of the designing, cutting out and putting them together.
Me, well, just between me and you, I think I have the most rewarding part.
I get to sand, stain and finish each item. I get to "Watch The Wood Come Alive!"
Our shop is in our basement, and our tools are few.
We don't have fancy plainer nor do we have the room for them.
We only have our plain ole sanders, a table saw, drill press,
scroll saw, (some kind of sliding saw-LOL) and of course our hands.
I guess that's why they call it" Hand-made", "Hand crafted"? *giggles*
The candle holders hold any size jelly jar candles.
*Check at the bottom of this page for a link to friends who make candles!
We designed them heavy enough to never tip (3 sided) and to hold the jar snug.
These candle holders come in the heart, cross, apple, four leaf clover
and the traditional country style shapes.
Shoot you can even put your favorite jelly in them and place them on your table!
These are finished in choices of oak, walnut, cherry, and mahogany stains.
The birdhouses we make range from very small table tops to large 5 1/2' sturdy
outdoors type that you can keep on your porch.
I design them so you can add your own ornaments for any occassion, anytime.
Or, if specified, I do make wooden things for the holidays to be tied onto with twine, such as hearts for Valentines day, Xmas Trees, Easter eggs,
Flags, ect.... All made of wood and painted or stained.
Our 4x4 tables (25"x25")made with real itallion marble to with-stand even the harshest of treatment.
We use screws for contruction so they don't come apart, where
Traditional finish nails do. Of course you can not see the scews.
On the trim that is viewable, we Do use finish nails.
These were made for herlooms; To hold up through the years and to be handed down to your loved ones, for them to enjoy also.
We use the hunter green, black and traditional white itallion marble inlay.
This is the real itallion marble that is 3/8" thick.
The marble can be sanded and polished back to orginal shine if scratching occurs.
We also have the vase stand or telephone stand (13"x13")to go along with these.
You can see the phone stand in the 1st. Craft pic at the top of this page.
We are in the process of designing the coffee table to match.
These and ALL of our woodworks come in the previously mentioned stains.
Our shaddow boxes come in the heart and cross paturns.
To add charm to these boxes, I have burned patterns into the wood between the shapes on the doors that show while open.
We have designed a wishing well that fits either a plant
or can be decorated with ivy. We also include lights and birds on them.
Of course last but not least, we do shelves. They range from itty bitty trinket shelves,
to fancy corner shelves to 16' (solid, no splicing) shelves or to fit any size room!
We do take orders from our local friends in the neighborhoods of New Philadelphia,
Dover, Canton and Akron areas in Ohio.
We don't want to make it a business, just a hobby to get to meet new people and make new friends.
Most of our woodworking crafts are made as gifts to loved ones.
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Please check back often. We will be adding more craft pics. View below a few pics of "Mike in the ACT" ! *giggles* :-)