Centerpieces Continued

#1

So they asked for to states to be included for the tables to show where there families originated from. Hannah’s from Massachusetts and David from Virginia. My self being in MA I was a little bias because I go by the saying “They hate us because they ain’t us.” Virginia as we know is for lovers.
Here is MA:

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The zip file:
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Now Virginia:

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Virginia zip:
Virginia.zip (1.9 MB)
I do this just for fun for family and friends so I include the files for anyone can use them to learn and enjoy from them.

#2

Those are fantastic and thank you for sharing. Wonder if you could do the topper in acrylic and add LED to it?

#3

Nice work - and thanks for the files.

#4

Flowering Deadwood? I would suspect many folk even beyond Virginia might take issue with that, though it makes me realize I have not seen anyone trying to cut Dogwood. Snakewood, cat briar, Horse chestnut, beefwood, dragonwood…well you can occasionally find snakewood anyway but a box made of Dogwood and Cat briar might be interesting.

I have a tiki torch/walking staff with a dragon for the flame but the main staff is dragonwood.

Oh and how could I forget Zebrawood, it burns so easy it is hard to engrave , but I really like the idea on making a lion out of Zebrawood.

#5

Thanks as always for sharing. I might just have to make the MA one for my brother-in-law’s birthday in a few weeks. He’s a big sports fan (we’re also in MA).

#6

I am in lakeville about 40 south of Boston.

#7

They did not want anything with lighting. Maybe should have made Virginia in the shape of a heart,

#8

We’re about 20 minutes north of Boston. Expecting the first snow tonight. :frowning:

#9

Yep Virginia’s flower is the Dogwood. Not dead wood.

#10

Thank you so much. I have been trying to do too many things at once. I read image.png message but did not catch on to the meaning.e I have time to correct this grave error.

#11

Chuckle! I completely missed it too! :smile:
(You ought to leave it…it makes for a better story to tell the grandkids.)

#12

I thought maybe there was a Deadwood tree. Not like I use trees for much other than burning :grinning:

#13

Most common tree in the ghost forests

#14

A close relative grows in the ocean, The much sought after Driftwood

#15

Frequently found on the Beech. :innocent:

#16

That is the difference between beechwood and beachwood

#17

OMG. I missed it, too! But it’s cracking me up now that I see it. You DID say that you were biased toward MA…

#18

Saw a fantastic Flowering Deadwood Tree when we went to a new (to us) Oriental Restaurant. The beautiful flowers were like, silk. However they had the aroma of being beachwood aged, a sort of mix of seaweed and dead fish, that put the whole restaurant off my favorites list.

#19

hmmm great wood but not generally available
https://www.wood-database.com/dogwood/

#20

I missed that at first too.

I understand how a sneaky spell check can be. It keeps giving me carp as well.