Carving Update

I made my first sale two days ago!! I made a sign out of maple for Ken's cousin John. He wanted to make a sign to give the people that he is going to visit in Wisconsin.

Currently I am making some Maine themed signs and other projects. When we went to Acadia last Friday I came up with an idea to make replica signs of the various signs in Acadia. When I was looking around in the gift shop at the top of Cadillac Mountain I saw a carved replica trail marker selling for $50 and some random small signs selling for quite a bit as well. I made one sign for Thunderhole and another random sign from the park loop road. They are all carved and look really good, but I need to go get some brown paint. The other project I am working on is a carved checkerboard with the outline of Maine in the background. I have carved half of it so far, but it needs some minor tweaking to get it just right. Once I get enough samples finished I plan to go back to Bar Harbor and talk to some shop owners about selling my works.

I went to Lowe's yesterday to get some paint and some more wood, but I forgot to bring a sample of the color brown that I need. I did, however, find some gallon cans of stain for only $1!! They had five and I bought all of them... I'm sure I'll find use for that much stain.

Hopefully I will make it out to get some paint some time this week.

I'll post some pictures once the checkerboard is stained and the signs are painted.