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Old 12-17-2006, 08:13 AM
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Default New Style Santas

Here are a few that I worked on yesterday. The red and blue santas are wearing their night caps. As you can probably tell, the deft spray is still wet on them. Thanks for giving it a look!

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Old 12-17-2006, 10:00 AM
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Adorable! Love the faces. Cute snowman too.
Keep sharing! Happy Holidays.
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Old 12-17-2006, 10:04 AM
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Keep cranking them out, Blake. They look good.
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Old 12-17-2006, 10:24 AM
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Looking good blake, it keeps getting better with each one...
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Old 12-17-2006, 12:01 PM
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Real nice ornaments Blake. Shows the great progress you have made!The paint job is nicely done also.
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Old 12-17-2006, 02:10 PM
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Those are some of the nicest ornaments I've seen. You seem to have a well-tuned finishing system too as I personally really like being able to see that "hint" of wood underneath... makes 'em much more interesting.
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Old 12-17-2006, 02:26 PM
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Nice carvings Blake.

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Old 12-17-2006, 02:34 PM
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You've given me some great ideas for decorating the tree Blake. If I start early enough next year, I should have a tree of only home made orn'ts.
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Old 12-17-2006, 03:48 PM
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Very very nice Blake. And with those "ties" on them they will stay on the tree. Tom H
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Old 12-17-2006, 03:58 PM
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Thanks everyone for your kind comments! I have to say that I have enjoyed carving these ornaments more than any others!

Tom, as for the ties, I actually put those on there to hang them and let them dry after I sprayed them with Deft. I use the BLO, Acrylic paint wash, and deft spray finish and like for them to hang dry in the shop before putting them on the tree. After they are dry I then cut the ties off and put real ornament hangers on them.

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