HOW TO CARVE GREEN BRANCHES

just some tips how to deal with green wood vs dried wood, enjoy , arleen

MORNING SANTA #1.

MORNING SANTA #1.

i will be making a dvd video of this santa, some new ways to view this on youtube

hi folks, i will be posting the first and last video on youtube,, i plan to start it today,, and hope to get it done by the end of the week, this video will also have how to carve this morning santa,,, this santa will be in his long sleeve tee, with suspenders, about three inch tall and its made from a block there is no pattern needed for this project , i did a couple of these this past week, that will be up for sale soon,, i have yet to paint the last two,,, lol my favorite job ( not) lol this is different then my other santas,, i tried something new,,, its always fun to do,, your welcome to order your dvd ahead of time i should have everything ready in three weeks, cost will be 20.00 free shipping in the usa and canada only,, international, you can order to see it on youtube i will add you to my private list and you will have access to it for a month, the only thing about youtube only 25 folks can be on the list at a time, i will add it only on the first of the month and remove your name on the last day of the month,, and the next group of folks will be added the following month on the first and so on,,, ,, cost is 10.00 by paypal only enjoy, arleen

working , and getting company, trying to find time to carve

hi folks,, as i told you before that i was going to have another video coming up on the santa,, well time is getting away from me,,, as it normally does this time of year,,,, we have alot of family and friends that come and visit us in the summer and fall,, most of the folks are from canada, since we have alot of family there,,,,, this next month will be a busy one,,, so trying to get things in shape around my home and at the farm leaves little time to carve,,, might be a good thing for a while, sometimes when your time to carve is limited , it makes that more special when you can carve,, i was going to go to the roundup,,, but no air in the building, and i just couldnt make myself go,,, its been so hot and sticky lately i cant stand the heat,,, believe me when i have to plow snow you will not hear me complain,,, lol snow is a welcome sight for me,,, i dont like driving it in , but rather have that then this heat anyday,,, sorry to those of you that enjoy hot weather,,, \

well no relief in sight,, i can handle a few days but back to back,, it gets old,,,, well folks take care stay cool, and keep carving ,, arleen

getting ready for a new video

hi folks,, some of you might be going to the northeast roundup, have a great time, i will be starting a new santa video , i have to decide which one to do,,, i think i will first i will do the one with the black suspenders and the white tee holding a book with the title called LIST i was asked at the lancaster show if i would do this one,,, he wanted to be able to see it,,, so for him i will start that one most likely tonight,,,, take care everyone, and say cool arleen

EAGLE FLAG BRANCH ORNAMENT #7 (END)

new santa photo

hi folks, i just finish this santa, i dont have a teaching video of this style yet,, but will soon, or my other one,, thought i show you what it look like ok, take care bye

CARVING NEW SANTAS

hi folks, i will soon do another santa on youtube , i just finished an old carving that i started some time ago, and sat down yesterday to finish it,, it looks a lot different, of of a block,, in fact i did two santas that are different to want i use to carve in the past,,,, i finding it so much fun to create something new, i will post some photos of the finished santa soon , keep carving , arleen

eagle flag branch ornament almost done

hi folks, today i am loading up a couple of more videos of the last project, i am still deciding if i am going to the roundup in honesdale, it might still happen,, i have a lot going on this month, stay cool and keep carving, arleen

i am ending the monthly dvd giveaway, thanks to all that entered

there will be no monthly dvd giveaway , i am ending the monthly giveaway, thanks to all that entered in the past, arleen

EAGLE FLAG BRANCH ORNAMENT #1

sorry this video gets a bit better later, i didnt have all of it in veiw, there are two videos up so far, thanks arleen

wow the heat in pa lol and the northeast carvers roundup in honesdale pa.

hi folks , its another day to stay in as much as you can cause of the heat today,,, it top to 101 in my area, and i for one dislike summers,, i do not care for the heat,,, fall is my favorite time of the year... i know the northeast carvers roundup is being held in honesdale pa, at cherry ridge campground, july 18-22... i still hoping to go for a couple of days, just as a visitor,,, i am thinking monday and tue, well i will see how things go,,, we have a lot of family and friends that come to see us from canada, i hear that they have a number of classes you can attend, if you are able to go enjoy it, time to get some things done around here, i dont think i will be mowing this week, wow a break lol there is a plus for me when the grass is brown, sorry to the folks that love to mow lawns, i am not one of them but learn that its very necessary for a nice yard, now you would think being a farmer i would love it lol,,,,, i love some of it not all of it,,, take care and stay cool carving, arleen

NEW TIPS on the branches AND WHAT IS COMING NEXT ON YOUTUBE

SORRY , these will be in the carverswoodshop-creations.blogspot thank you

sorry i will remove them from the arleenscarverswoodshop blog and they belong with my other carvings for sale, thanks you , www.carverswoodshop-creations.blogspot.com

posting these for sale on my other blog, arleenscarverswoodshop .blogspot.com

more branch santas on my other blog, www.arleenscarverswoodshop.blogspot.com thank you

busy making santa and snowman branch guys,

hi folks , i know some of my videos are slowing down a bit, i need some time to get some things done, i just finished some of my branch guys, ( snowmen and santas) ornaments, i sold one , and the rest will go on my other blog for sale, also i have a new santa that i will be teaching on youtube, it was a request some time ago from a person that came to see me at the lancaster show ,,, from new jersey, so i should be starting that one in the next week or so,,, i have 8 of these branch guys done, finding the wood was a bit of work, i found some, it was so neat cause i take off the first layer of the bark which has a rich brown color to it, and then i carve in the santa face, its been fun to do the wood is really hard, but if i take my time its not to bad, also i am spraying it with the water and alcohol mixture which has help it, i have yet to find popular trees around me lol maybe i am to use this stuff first ,, it holds detail, well the wood i am not sure what it is, its some type of nut tree, cause the wood smells like hickory, but yet different than a hickory tree, happy carving everyone, safe travels, arleen

requests are always welcome and happy 4th of july!!

hi folks, we are done with the last ornament, and not sure what i will do next, sometimes i get requests to carve something for the youtube channel, and some i have done, or at least look into to it and see if its something i would like to try, some of the requests were done on youtube, the leprechaun, ducks first plunge, and the pig, etc, so if there is something you would like to see carved, i will put it on my to do list, and see if i can maybe make a project out of it, needless to say i cant do everything requested, sometimes like chip carving isn't something that i do, i have done it but there are folks on youtube that teach it, so if you have something in mind, well let me know you can always email it to me at carverswoodshop@yahoo.com and i be happy to see what i can do, hope you all have a very safe and happy 4th of july weekend, and dont forget to bring something to carve at that picnic you might be going to...... take care , arleen

TREE BEAR ORNAMENT #9 ( END)

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a bit more work on the tree bear ornament

hi folks sometimes i change my mind on how to finish a carving, today is one of those days, i decided i will wood burn the fur on the bear, you dont have to do this , its just something that i wanted to do to give it more detail, it should be done in a day or two, our company will be leaving in the morning, and then i will find the time to paint, well i best get going, take care and happy carving, arleen

TREE BEAR ORNAMENT #7

almost done with the carving of this project, its been fun

things aren't always what you think they are,,,,, i was fooled

hi folks, we each are fooled sometime in life, lol and my day was today,

i found some wood where i worked, and put it aside , and put a note on it if i could have it, about a week later i got the ok to go ahead and take it home, i thought it was butternut, it looked like it and so i drag it home, looking forward to carving maybe for some christmas ornaments, lol well to my surprise it was not butternut, it was a veneer butternut over the same butternut particle board, cause i looked at the end it , and it was the same color, until i had cut it on a bandsaw that i realized it was not what i thought it was..... so now what do i do with it , i cant carve it but it will be some nice shelving somewhere around my home, so live and learn , things arent always what you think they are, happy carving everyone, arleen

TREE BEAR ORNAMENT #1

what a difference one day makes,,,,,,, what do you do?

yesterday was a difficult day for me, in fact the week was not great, i had some news about someone that was not good, but the point being, today, that same news that i thought was so bad really wasnt as bad as i thought, the information given was not correct, but yet it made me very sad indeed.
what do i do when i get bad news, well one i pray, and then pray some more, once the shock of the news, then the questions, then i pray, i learn i cant change what happens in life, but i also know that i can call someone that cares, in my discussion with a friend, i said i really dont know how folks handle bad news, when they dont have faith, how much harder it must be for them, i can always count on a listening ear, and know the one that has everything in control, and all i have to do is accept that fact,
i do carve when i need my mind to be busy, its a wonderful way to past the time, and to create as well, i dont know many of you , but that you read this blog cause you like to carve, i hope that your as blessed as me that no matter what happens, i have faith, family and friends and a good piece of wood to whittle, makes it all seem a bit easier, take care folks, arleen

bandsaws and christmas ornaments,

hi folks , i going to do what is called a tree/bear ornament, this project will be interesting cause you can use the pattern for many things, you may want to create your own design, i will explain this once i start the project on youtube, the smaller bandsaw i have is to small to cut it out , so i will have to go to the farm and get the that bandsaw fixed, this is the first time i ever had a blade snap on me in 30 years of cutting stuff out, but i guess there is a first time for everything, i have to go down now and fix it so i can start this project , so i will have something going soon, mom has a huge picnic for her church this afternoon, which i help out very year so it maybe wont be till this weekend, ok folks keep carving, arleen

time for another project,?? christmas already???

hi everyone, the past couple of weeks have been very busy, with the farm and working and getting ready for another round of company from canada, as you can see summer is busy like it is for most folks. as i was finishing the last project of the ducky's first plunge, i thought that christmas will be here before you know it, lol , i know that sounds terrible to alot of you but i know that if i dont start carving the stuff now it will not get done, i used to carve my santa's all year long, but as i got busy with the youtube channel, well all i can say is that i didnt have the time, i will be doing another project soon of a christmas ornament, and maybe a couple of different ones plus i might have a new santa in mind, hmmmm i will have to go to the drawing board for that one, but the ornament i already have the pattern,, just a matter of cutting it out and having the time to do it, hope you all have a great week, it's going to be way to hot for me, near 95-98 thur, i dont like summer , the heat is not my friend, the hay was done last week, and the amish got about 400 bales, thought it be alot more, lol its never as you think it would be, well off to get some more things done around my home, take care and happy carving, and stay cool, arleen

DUCKYS FIRST PLUNGE #18 (END)

WINNER OF THE DVD GIVEAWAY JUNE 2OTH IS AMY, CONGRATS

thanks for entering the monthly dvd giveaway, and if you like to join please just email me and put on the subject line DVD GIVEAWAY and i will be happy to enter you for the year, open for those in the usa and canada only , sorry only region 1 thanks arleen

DUCKY'S FIRST PLUNGE #17

woodburning done on ducky's first plunge

howdy folks, i just wanted you to see how the woodburning looks on this duck, now you have a couple of choices how to finish him, you could just do the woodburning, and then seal it and paint the eyes brown, or seal it and paint the whole duck, with yellow , brown and white, it depends you what kind of finish you would like, i like it this way but i most likely will paint it, here are a few pics for you to see the detail, enjoy, plus i will have a video on this too on my youtube channel, www.youtube.com/carverswoodshop enjoy, arleen

woodburning done on ducky's first plunge

howdy folks, i just wanted you to see how the woodburning looks on this duck, now you have a couple of choices how to finish him, you could just do the woodburning, and then seal it and paint the eyes brown, or seal it and paint the whole duck, with yellow , brown and white, it depends you what kind of finish you would like, i like it this way but i most likely will paint it, here are a few pics for you to see the detail, enjoy, plus i will have a video on this too on my youtube channel, www.youtube.com/carverswoodshop enjoy, arleen

next dvd giveaway drawing will be SUNDAY JUNE 20TH

if your new , the next drawing will be june 20th, sunday,,, if you like to enter just email me at the carverswooshop@yahoo.com and put in the subject line DVD GIVEAWAY and you will be entered for the rest of this year 2010 , good luck, arleen

summer is a slower time, hopefully i will have the duck finished

hi folks, i know its been a bit slower with the videos coming to the youtube channel, i hope to get the duckys first plunge done this week, life is getting in the way, but no complaints, just very busy, with filling in at work for those that are on vacations, the show , and some other appointments. i hope your all having a good summer of carving, the amish guy has yet to bale the hay that he cut a couple of days ago, its been very damp out so drying it will take a bit longer, need to repair some things around the farm, and as always the lawns have to be cut again, so keep carving, enjoy the summer, and i get this little duck done soon, thanks so much for stopping by here on my blog, take care and happy carving, arleen

MAKING A STROP WITH CARDBOARD

this is a better post, of the video , this one is from youtube, i decided it was easier to see, thanks folks enjoy your weekend, arleen

well the first cutting of hay by the amish this year,

well some of you know that i am a farmer, and my dad was a farmer all his life, my dad and i worked side by side for over 27 years together, and i learn alot from him, we raised hundreds of calves, today there is a part of me that misses the daily feeding we use to do , it was very morning and every night , sad to say that part of farming came to an end.... and it took me about two years to get out of the feeling that i had to go the the do chores morning and night, there are some things i miss and some things i dont, i dont miss the stress farming was, and any of you that farmed understand this, you never knew what you were going to make in that year, some years was good and many more were not, i often shake my head today to think of the risk of farming in feed, cattle, etc we use to have, today i would not even think of going back to it, in the way it was back then,,,, but today we still have the farm, and sooo thankful we do, we still hay the fields and do some animals, but nothing like what we did in the past, farming is a business and family business, farming was not a stress free life, alot of worries that most folks will never know unless you farmed,
i will never regret that i did the farm, i loved the animals, and i knew that i was one of very special group of people that can claim that we are farmers, i was proud to be a farmer, and sad that now that i am older that we could not continue to farm as we did, just like many of you that understood what it was like to lose money in the stock market , we had that experience often , some years we did ok and others we did not, so now the amish folks are cutting our fields for hay, they came today, and its good to see good use of the field, we bale hay very year, and hopefully the first cut will give us 800 bales, we will see, but at least the farm is here and the hay will feed many animals, i was so thankful that we understood that farming of the past would not give us the living we had in the past and decided to slow it down, so that we could keep the farm, but many farmers continued to farm weather they lost money or not, always believing that the next year would be better, we did too, but sometimes it learning when to change directions, or to sell the farm all together, so we went into a different direction, slowing it down was not only the right thing to do it was the only thing to do, the lord blessed my family, and today we still have it, so no complaints, just thankful for all the grace that we had to work as we did, and i will be forever grateful not only for the chance to do what many never did, but also grateful that other doors open when one closed, little farming now, a couple of side businesses, and working off the farm, one thing i learned long ago, i am never in control and farming nothing was in my control,,,, but thankful i know the one that is , happy carving, arleen

MAKING A STROP WITH CARDBOARD

what one can learn at a carving show, making of a strop, with cardboard, ??? we will see

hi folks i didnt think going to the carving show that i would learn as much as i did, it doesn't matter how long you been carving you can always learn something, i learned how to make a strop out of card board, i haven't tried it but i will and give you the details and results later, now the cardboard is hard what you use from a tablet you know the cardboard on the back of the tablet, i will find one tomorrow and put some compound on it and i will let you know the results, it was interesting, i just have not had the time to get round to finding what i need, but it might be a way for some of you that dont have access to leather,,, i was told that it was glued to a wooden board , just like a regular strop, so i cant wait to put one together, nice thing about it , its a super cheap way to make one and you can make more than one with different compounds of your liking, but we will see how it work, i be back in a few days to let you know. happy carving, arleen

DUCKY'S FIRST PLUNGE #10

back carving the ducky's first plung, enjoy