Hi , folks, thanks for coming to my blog,  I just finished the black lab puppy for my 10 year old great niece and she will be thrilled to get it, its headed to canada , so this item was made in the usa.  you dont find that to often these days,  so i will bring it to her later on when i travel that way.  i going to start the songbirds relief carving on june 1 2009 . it should be a fun project to do.

well i also updated my website,  http://www.carverswoodshop.com   where you can purchase some of the patterns if you need them for the youtube videos, also i going to the lancaster county carving show this coming sunday,,, looking forward to going, i havent been to their show,  i love to see what others are making and also its a wonderful place to get some neat ideas, and tool tool and more tools and books,   i love it ,   so come if you can.  i just going as a visitor, not a vendor,  lol 

well one more thing, if you need a strop i have a video how to make an inexpensive strop for less that 5 bucks.  i  want new carvers to be able to get things for a good price, and making one is easy. 

also  i am planning on some woodcarving classes this fall 2009.... making the hobo santa and hobo snowman, so if your interested go to my web site and ck it out,  ok thanks again for coming to my blog  happy and safe carving, arleen