Handcrafted Journey

11/18/2025

Do you like crafts? Make your own “terrarium” Christmas Tree ornaments! Here’s a basic how-to. Easy peasy!

If you’re local to Raleigh - I have many I’ll be selling!

06/14/2023

Something else I’ve gotten myself into is making hypertufa pots for my plants! It’s fun to get my friends to play in the cement with me 🤓😎

Rather than buying a large pot at the store for $75 you can make your own old-stone looking pot for about $8 or less. Take 2 weeks to cure.

04/19/2023

I seriously love this kid. He was the best helper with making this stand for hanging garden plants. This is a total experiment as I’m trying to learn about gardening with the little sun we have in our yard. Have you had luck with hanging plants? (More pics in stories)

02/19/2023

This cutie wanted to make a pen because the one he made many years ago got lost. I love my kids using the lathe and seeing their excitement!

I got to thinking… I want to offer a pen turning class! I want to light a fire within more people that they are capable, that fear of doing new things is normal (but move forward anyways) and that learning/creating is a huge part of enjoyment in life.

Oh this will be fun! 🤩

02/02/2023

Going through pictures and saw these beauts! Back in 2014 I took a cabinet making class at our local college in Ann Arbor, Michigan and it was the best schooling experience of my life 😍

12/14/2022

This was a very rewarding one day project! I got these chairs about 6 years ago and they’ve seen better days. 😬🫣 I tightened all the legs, reinforced the seats underneath, sanded and stained/waxed the legs, added more padding to the cushions and stapled a new fabric cover/bottom on. I LOVE these chairs now (and don’t trust them in my house anymore 🤗😜). More pictures in stories 👍🏻

11/28/2022

10/10/2022

I finally pulled down one of my big beams I’ve been saving - YA’ll!.. I’ve been in heaven planing and jointing this stuff. I literally wake up in the middle of the night and think how exciting it will be to process another board - and I have to hold myself back from turning on my becomes at 6am 🤣🤣. After working with pine 98% of the time this is a HUGE treat.

Also, I finally went through my 1 gallon jug of wood glue — trying out this time 💪🏻