From stand-alone spools to ornaments

[jillsy]

OK, I'm hoping I finally did it right. There should be 3 pictures of the spools that I carved and put in the Gallery. Today, I added cherry beads and rusty bell on the bottom. On the top, I glued 2 red and green buttons. So, now instead of being stand-alone, they're tree ornaments. To me, it gives them a finishing touch.

With the bad glare from the flash and a 5 year old who can't stand still, I did the best I can! Now let's see if the pics come up. If not, I give up!

[cannuckcarver]

You did real good Jillsy, those are real nice ornaments and the tree behind OH, I meant that little guy looks like a future carver...lol
Thanks for sharring.

[CarverFromNoWhere]

Jillsy your pictures are working fine for me and those ornaments turned out great. Thank you for sharing.
Carl

[tucker1931]

Jillsy, I think your spools are spiffy and the paint job is excellent. Are those just regular thread spools or are they something special?
Cliff

[feb]

Jillsy, great job on spool ornaments and great pics also. Now I have to find someone that sews a lot lol.

Feb

[Nancy-G]

CONGRATULATIONS on getting the photos here !!!

Bigger CONGRATULATIONS on the great ornaments !!

[Terry Vance]

Hey Jillsy those are great ornaments. I will take the five year old...Cute one.

Keep carvin'

[Blake Lunsford]

Great ornaments Jillsy! Coming from someone who tries to keep up with a 3 year old on a regular basis, I understand how you feel about getting them to stand still.

Great work! I'm a big fan! Looking forward to more of your carvings!

Blake

[jillsy]

Thanks all! Just figured I'd show you something I learned from others after googling it.

That's actually my little Mary holding them for me. No way would I get Nicolai to do it. He just turned 3 and is too much of a spaz to be trusted!

Tucker, these are just normal vintage thread spools. Do they even make wood ones any more? Seems like they're all plastic now-a-days. I had bought some from the Etsy.com site, but they're also sold on Ebay. They're about 2 inches high. I figured the bigger, the better.

I just thrilled that after all these years, I FINALLY learned how to post pics without needing to go to the gallery!

[DADDIO]

great job jillsy very good idea,those are really neat lookng.and comgrats on getting the pics to post! and how cute is that ornament holder lol keep em coming great job.