Red Hat Society Gift

[Graywolf71]

Hello friends,
Sorry i haven't been on for a while or shared much lately but as ya'll know work keeps us busy, as it is me.
The wife is a member of the Salvation Army's Women's League and the secret Santa exchange is coming up among the ladies, my wife's is a Red Hat Society lady. The wife asked me a couple weeks ago to carve her a hat that could be worn as a pendent and as normal i kept putting it off to the back burner of my carving bench. Well while winter cleaning yesterday i got cornered about the pendent, no more putting it off.

Well as you can see this is the result. it only took me a couple of hours to carve and came out better than i thought it would. I've got some finishing touches to put on the paint and then clear coat it, oh and i have to find a pin so it can be worn. The wife loves it, i hope the receiver does too.

Took the pics in macro so ya'll could see the detail and my boo boo's.

Michael Gray

[Marci MN]

Thats cute! Be ready for more orders... heh heh.

[Kenny_S]

Yep, I believe you will be carving more of these. Great job!

[DManning]

Good idea.
My wife is in the Red Hats, too. Because of her age, she's restricted to being a "pinky". I've never seen them in action, but, some of the things i hear are down-right scary!!!(lol).
I might have to try one of these for her. Since I don't paint, I guess I'll have to start looking for the right colored wood.
Thanks for giving me another project.
Dan