show me something you've made yourself. there are all kinds of possibilities here. it can a picture of your dinner that you cooked or perhaps you have a secret laboratory where you invent things!!! these are some baskets i made. you put them over a box of tissues and then pull the tissue up thru the center. i gave one of these to a friend. my mom has been teaching me the art of basket weaving. i've made some other baskets. when mom & i are together, we do all kinds of crafts. we make soaps, bath crystals, earrings, etc. Mom also taught me oil painting and stained glass. i don't have any pictures of my stained glass...gave everything away to family members...but i was making Tiffany lamps and designing my own pieces. i miss doing stained glass so much! Mom has a studio though. perhaps next visit we'll work on a glass project. :) anyway, can't wait to see your stuff! sorry about crappy picture. i took it a few years ago i believe.

... I do LOVE Bonsai ... and I 'made' this one

oh how WONDERFUL!!!! a LIVING creation!!! i love Bonsai also and always wanted one. i've purchased several, but always given them away to friends and never kept one for myself. LOL! It's beautiful, Carlos!!!!!

Thanks Sheila for your kind compliment.
As you know it takes many years to "achieve" (grow and build) a 'good' Bonsai.
It is not easy to suceed and I did have many failures trying to 'build' my collection.

Here's a portrait I drew of Penn & Teller Does that count :)

27 years ago..(cough cough) when I was 18, I carved this with a cheesy pocket knife, it started out as an 18inch long board. 3 pcs, the center is a donut glued on top of the base, wrapped with brass wire. The Eye is a Brass brad & the teeth were the toughest thing, 2 brass brads with the heads cut off. Cool Subject!

Wonderful baskets, bonsai, drawing and woodwork! proud pieces! years ago I made Gobelins, you need perfect eyes to do it. ;o)

I tried to paint with oil color. Here a painting I did some years ago. ;o)

Nice work on both!

OMG Tod!!! Do u sell that box???? I just LOVE it!!!! I'm a box's fan!!! I just have that thing with boxes and urs is totally awesome!!!! What a brilliant idea Sheila!! Those baskets of urs are adorable!! I didn't know u had so many talents! Rinze, I'm impressed with the drawing!!! Didn't know u had other talents either! Carlos, I had no idea it took so long to make a Bonzai!!! I have no idea how it's made actually!! But I surely love them too!!

Something i am in the process working on for Chrissy for Christmas...a manger scene!! with a block of wood i cut pieces out with a jigsaw then made it into a puzzle right now i am working on oil painting the pieces by hand.. it isnt quite finsished now but just something i thought up and am working on ...sorry for the glare here... shot with my ol cam the oils really make it hard to see. the cow is upside down so you will have to rotate it to see the pieces the painting is far from being finished and i need to do allot of finishing touches here... i like to make things and cards for gifts always have.. i make everything down to my curtains scrapbooks cards .. you name it ..and have always enojoyed anykind of craft.. i am also working on a stuffed teddy bear with a ceramic head right now i still have to paint his face... sorry you cannot see this better well its not done..!

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ok that unfishes puzzle still looks lame so i am going to put up one more i did this painting at 12 years old.. my more recent have all been abucted by relaitves lol... hey its penn and teller.. !! I SWEAR i used to hang out with them and my good friend Ben in the 80-s Ben was thier buddy a mathamatic genius that would help them problem solve we would go to coffeshops and play you did an amazing job with that drawing very talented 3-d guy! that box is wayyy cool you carved that wow that must have taken hours and house to carve its amazing!! Shelia i love your boxes they are so pretty - would make wonderful gifts treasures cause you made them!! beautiful bonsi tree those are hard to do!!! and that painint ins beautiful!! love this thread!!

Cake l made last october.. for A friend. Back to comment in the morning..:).. everyones images and talented work looks real cool.. Nikki:)

That cake is surely a piece of art Nikki!! I'm wondering what was inside?? O_o

What a talented bunch of people! Especially like the box (certainly one of a kind). Knew right away it was Pen and Teller (I really like their weird shows!) And (smile), viva le Bob Ross (hehe)! And that manger scene...we need to see that when it's completed. That looks like lots of work! Oh, and I second the bonsai comments. Love them, killed quite a few of them myself before I decided I was better at growing tall weeds instead of short trees.

Rinze, Sure it counts! You made it!!! it's a FABULOUS drawing!!!! but i have NO idea who Penn & Teller are. i see from Chuck's thread they're on a TV show. Rod, i LOVE that box!!!! Uh, i know you made it 27 years ago, but, uh...are you taking orders??? i'd like 2 please!!! one for kemal and one for my brother! :) Rita, Kimmers...you both paint BEAUTIFULLY!!!! You're both VERY talented!!! i used to oil paint, but i gave all my paintings away. no pics. :( Kimmers, that manger scene is GORGEOUS and sooooo creative!!! I'm sure Chrissy will love it and cherish it for years!!!! I'd LOVe to see it when you finish it!!! Nikki, oooooooh yummmmmmmy!!!! Definitely is a piece of edible artwork!!!! You make cakes professionally? I'm very impressed!!!!!! can i have a bite please!!! :) Carlos, you must give that Bonsai lots of tender loving care!!! so neat to see all your hand-made stuff!!!!! You guys are all so incredibly talented!!!!! I wanna see more!!!! :)

rushed off to bed last night so didnt take a proper look.. some lovely talented crafts above.. @ shelia... yes qualified Chef orginally , yes make cakes for family and friends, special occasions.. in side the cake (fruit, touch of brandy fed over a period of 2 months)

How wonderful, Nikki!!!!! oh man that cake sounds sooooooooo good!!!!!! i would enjoy going to culinary school (among other things, LOL!). I love to bake and make some pretty yummy and quite unusual cakes, but i have no idea how to do these kinds of professional cakes. Bet it's a lot of work but most enjoyable!!!! Here it is early morning and you have me craving brandy-soaked fruit for breakfast!!!! :)

haha shelia.. after 6th college worked in a small office for a few months.. medical insurance . hated it.. got the opportunity to train in hotel and catering management for 2 years, whilst working for a hotel chain, eventually branched off on the banqueting and conference side.. working large function arranging etc etc you know the score.. but never forgot the skills from the cuisine side.. will send you the recipe.. l soak the dried fruit for a day in a brandy marinade.. or any fruit liquer depending .. whiskey is good also... enjoy monday :)

Penn & Teller are magicians .. with a twist.. they have a knack for the bizarre :P

Great idea for a Simone Sheila! You all have wonderful skills and have created some very neat things.

Me, I made this little marshmallow park for my gummi bears to frolick and fraternize in. It is good to be the god and supreme ruler of your own little universe, even if it is just populated by gummi creatures. :)

...and of course, my most amazing creation, my daughter Kyra (with a lot of help from my wife Lisa).

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