matthew_talbot
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« on: December 23, 2009, 09:04:AM » |
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I am just putting the finishing lacquer on a hand-carved chess set and board I am making for my son for Christmas..Carved out of maple..Been working on it since August  Anyone else making any homemade Christmas gifts? |
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« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2009, 09:14:AM » |
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That sounds so nice! How old is your son? I'm sure he'll love it. Well, as you may have guessed, I give rosaries and chaplets...go figure |
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« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2009, 09:20:AM » |
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I'm giving people letters and paintings. The letters are being written in the best calligraphic hand I can muster. The paintings are in watercolour. The only bought gifts I'll be giving are books to my parents.
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“I am a Catholic not like someone else would be a Baptist or a Methodist, but like someone else would be an atheist.” - Flannery O'Connor
Then again I asked him, "supposing the Pope looked up and saw a cloud and said 'It's going to rain', would that be bound to happen?"
"Oh, yes, Father."
"But supposing it didn't?"
He thought a moment and said, "I suppose it would be sort of raining spiritually, only we were too sinful to see it."
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RalphKramden
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« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2009, 09:33:AM » |
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I'm giving people letters and paintings. The letters are being written in the best calligraphic hand I can muster. The paintings are in watercolour. The only bought gifts I'll be giving are books to my parents.
That sounds great. May I ask what you paint? Landscapes, abstract, portraits... |
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matthew_talbot
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« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2009, 10:41:AM » |
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That sounds so nice! How old is your son? I'm sure he'll love it. Well, as you may have guessed, I give rosaries and chaplets...go figure He is 10. It's funny because he is a serious chess player ( plays at the library and sometimes at school and beats adults who play well all the time), but he is not your typical "nerdy" chess-playing kid..He is also heavily into hockey, baseball, soccer, football,basketball, gymnastics and hunting and fishing too.. A young man with a wide-range of interests to say the least... |
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« Last Edit: December 23, 2009, 10:50:AM by matthew_talbot »
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Are you worried about Obama and his gun grabbers? FIGHT BACK!!! JOIN THE NRA TODAY!!!: http://membership.nrahq.org"God console thee and make thee a saint. To arrive at the perfection of humility four things are necessary: to despise the world, to despise no one, to despise self, to despise not being despised by others." - Quote from Servant of God Matt Talbot |
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« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2009, 11:03:AM » |
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That sounds so nice! How old is your son? I'm sure he'll love it. Well, as you may have guessed, I give rosaries and chaplets...go figure He is 10. It's funny because he is a serious chess player ( plays at the library and sometimes at school and beats adults who play well all the time), but he is not your typical "nerdy" chess-playing kid..He is also heavily into hockey, baseball, soccer, football,basketball, gymnastics and hunting and fishing too.. A young man with a wide-range of interests to say the least... That sounds great. A well rounded individual with healthy intrests. Merry Christmas to you and your family. |
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« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2009, 01:31:PM » |
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I'm giving people letters and paintings. The letters are being written in the best calligraphic hand I can muster. The paintings are in watercolour. The only bought gifts I'll be giving are books to my parents.
That sounds great. May I ask what you paint? Landscapes, abstract, portraits... I've tried my hand at most things, at the moment I'm painting figurative scenes. I've just finished one picture in black and white (just picking out negative space) of a Victorian lady with a parasol in her "midnight garden". Not very Christmasy, but it's a joke between me and a friend |
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“I am a Catholic not like someone else would be a Baptist or a Methodist, but like someone else would be an atheist.” - Flannery O'Connor
Then again I asked him, "supposing the Pope looked up and saw a cloud and said 'It's going to rain', would that be bound to happen?"
"Oh, yes, Father."
"But supposing it didn't?"
He thought a moment and said, "I suppose it would be sort of raining spiritually, only we were too sinful to see it."
Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited
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« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2009, 02:01:PM » |
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That sounds so nice! How old is your son? I'm sure he'll love it. Well, as you may have guessed, I give rosaries and chaplets...go figure He is 10. It's funny because he is a serious chess player ( plays at the library and sometimes at school and beats adults who play well all the time), but he is not your typical "nerdy" chess-playing kid..He is also heavily into hockey, baseball, soccer, football,basketball, gymnastics and hunting and fishing too.. A young man with a wide-range of interests to say the least... That sounds great. A well rounded individual with healthy intrests. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Thanks Ralph..And to yours as well.  |
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Are you worried about Obama and his gun grabbers? FIGHT BACK!!! JOIN THE NRA TODAY!!!: http://membership.nrahq.org"God console thee and make thee a saint. To arrive at the perfection of humility four things are necessary: to despise the world, to despise no one, to despise self, to despise not being despised by others." - Quote from Servant of God Matt Talbot |
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« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2009, 03:16:PM » |
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Two days ago I realized the patterned mittens I was knitting for my Mother-in-law ... were both right handed. Many people saw me knit, no one noticed I made two right ones. I went from "almost done" back to "just over half done" in an instant.
Otherwise, most gifts are knitted dishcloths and (not-knitted) earrings. However, calling the earrings handmade when I buy the pins, slide on a few beads and bend it around the already made "fish-hook" feels inaccurate. Let's call those "hand-assembled".
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« Reply #9 on: December 23, 2009, 04:27:PM » |
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I filled a few baskets with homemade hot cocoa mix, chocolate cookies, handmade cards, and some fused plastic items I created.
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