self made hairtoys thread

**DecafJane** · April 4th, 2008, 07:32 PM

Elle, I thought those designs looked familiar - and then I saw the link in your siggie!

Lovely sticks, everybody here. I'm so impressed.

**Nightshade** · April 4th, 2008, 07:47 PM

Originally Posted by Sidani

Wow.. you guys really have made me want to go out and buy a Dremel.

Get one, trust me. You'll use it for a TON of stuff outside of hairtoys

**~~TheHippieChick~~** · April 7th, 2008, 11:43 PM

SquiggyFlop! You gave me the idea when you painted yours! So, ok, guys! I had to show you what I made for myself.

This is a Purple Heart Comb I asked my dad-in-law to do a little something on. I had seen he was painting and asked for some clouds or a sunset...this is what he painted me! Honestly, I was going to sell it. BUT As soon as i saw it, I almost cried. I am always talking about heirlooms and this most certainly is! I instantly pictured a daughter or a daughter in law wearing it on her wedding day. OMG...it makes me so squishy

Something old...and something sorta blue! I keep it in a nice wooden box by my bed and wear it on special occasions.
Oh-I forgot to mention that he painted it for me with a toothpick!

**Carthasis** · April 8th, 2008, 12:50 AM

After reading this lovely thread I decided to do a fork (or two, or three

) myself, to see how they work for me, before I invest in some of the lovely forks from etsy or ebay.

Here's the first one I made and the second, that I'm working on right now.

front:

back

The Quecraft fork is for size comparison.

I decided I'll leave these two unstained, but do a couple more and paint them with flowers and such (I dabble a bit in illustration

)

Thank fosquiggyflop, for the little tutorial, btw!

**squiggyflop** · April 8th, 2008, 07:29 AM

Originally Posted by TheHippieChick

SquiggyFlop! You gave me the idea when you painted yours! So, ok, guys! I had to show you what I made for myself.

This is a Purple Heart Comb I asked my dad-in-law to do a little something on. I had seen he was painting and asked for some clouds or a sunset...this is what he painted me! Honestly, I was going to sell it. BUT As soon as i saw it, I almost cried. I am always talking about heirlooms and this most certainly is! I instantly pictured a daughter or a daughter in law wearing it on her wedding day. OMG...it makes me so squishy

Something old...and something sorta blue! I keep it in a nice wooden box by my bed and wear it on special occasions.
Oh-I forgot to mention that he painted it for me with a toothpick!

Thats so awesome! wow a toothpick? the little idea engine in my head is whirring...
ok so my dad bought me a belt sander for my birthday but he never set it up for me... i cant even lift the box to get it onto the table/desk where i want it.. i think the maple wood thats been sitting in my yard is just about ready to become a 3 prong fork... im hoping it didnt come from a swamp maple... how can i tell if my trees are good hard maple or swamp maple... ive got 4 of them in my yard... one is really really tall so i can only get wood from it when thunderstorms tear huge branches off it... i have a sort of short one that is wide and fat in my front yard.. then ive got a couple of little ones in my back yard that i dont dare prune because they already look so pathetic.

Originally Posted by Carthasis

After reading this lovely thread I decided to do a fork (or two, or three

) myself, to see how they work for me, before I invest in some of the lovely forks from etsy or ebay.

Here's the first one I made and the second, that I'm working on right now.

front:

back

The Quecraft fork is for size comparison.

I decided I'll leave these two unstained, but do a couple more and paint them with flowers and such (I dabble a bit in illustration

)

Thank fosquiggyflop, for the little tutorial, btw!

im glad i could help... what kind of wood are those made of?? i started out with a fine plywood but now im moving on to regular hard woods.

**~~TheHippieChick~~** · April 8th, 2008, 09:17 AM

stick your thumbnail in it! if it dents...don't use it! I bite my wood.

If my teeth leave a mark, I burn it. If they don't I'll use it. Works great for maple! So go bite your tree!

**SHELIAANN1969** · April 8th, 2008, 09:21 AM

Originally Posted by TheHippieChick

stick your thumbnail in it! if it dents...don't use it! I bite my wood.

If my teeth leave a mark, I burn it. If they don't I'll use it. Works great for maple! So go bite your tree!

hahaha, hey I have heard of a tree hugger but NEVER a tree biter!!

Thats some good advice though, I like that, next time i wanna make sure something is a "hardwood" Ill see if I leave teethmarks!!!!

I am lol'ing here, hehehehe