Ketchup & Mustard

The top left is me as a kid (in my Grandpa's truck).
The bottom right is me about 18 years later.
The kids are in my bro-in-law's truck another 18 or so years later.

Need Wine Corks

I am building a wine cork end table (similar to my palm trunk end table, see link below).
I have the first two layers built.

(The bubbly stuff is dry Gorilla glue (love it)).

Palm End Table:
http://maker-of-things.blogspot.com/2009/03/blog-post_25.html

Prototype: Bamboo Butterfly Birdhouse (License Plate Roof)

Crafted circa 2010.
Inspired by my mother-in-law's ultra-hip mid-century-modern William Krisel butterfly dwelling in P.S.

http://ultramodernstyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/PalmSprings_06_-ButterflyRoof_William_Krisel_photo_MGPicascio.jpg

http://www.dwell.com/articles/william-krisel-q-and-a.html

Coral Coil Sledge

The coral is from Spain.
The sledge is from the Plain.
The rod was coiled painstakingly.

(We lived in Cadiz for 3 years.
The sledge was wielded by my Grandpa.
The fusion of the two was by Hugh.)

Oh yeah, I paint trees too...blue, mostly...

Seeder Cross

Either, my grandfather or great grandfather made this tool (or what was a tool).
It was used for planting seeds. It had two handles (which I removed).
I wish I would have taken a picture of what the tool looked like originally (before I transformed it). The metal box dispensed the seeds as the handles were pulled apart.
I almost sent the tool to Goodwill. Good will I didn't! Last minute folk art thinkin' and tinkerin', turned the seeder into this cool func art.

Jhn 12:24-25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn a wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

Jhn 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Yes, you can paint your couch, I did!

We've had this couch for over 10 years, and it was time for a re-invention.
First, I stapled the skirt up.
Next, I ordered stainless peg feet.
Finally, I convinced my wife, that regular (egg shell finish) wall paint would give us new lease via a vibrant color (the original color was between forest / pea soup green).
It worked!
(That is, after 3-4 coats of paint, of course. Roller application of the paint worked best.)
And mom made us new pillow covers from old curtains.